Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-17
WHIT CASE IS SENT
 TO JURY; MANY CASES
 ARE SET FOR HEARING
Damage Suit Against Warren Bisbee Street By. Is Given to the Deciding Factors. Bootleggers Sentenced.

TOMBSTONE, March 16-(Special) The case of l.. Willard Whit against the Warren Street Railway company, which has been before the court for the past three days, was concluded late this afternoon and giv- en to the jury. This morning the plaintiff concluded it's case and the defense put on a few witnesses in re- buttal. This afternoon the case was argued and the instructions given to the jury.
 An order was entered in the cases of the State vs. Andy Johnson, charg- ed with introducing intoxicating liquor that he be in court on Saturday, the 18th inst, to be arraigned and to en- ter his plea.
 A similar order was entered in the case of A. w. Murphy. who is charged with selling whiskey, for him to ap- pear on the same date.
 An order was made for a special venire of trial jurors, ten in number, to be here on Monday, March 20, at uine a. m.
 An order was entered postponing the case of the State vs. Hernendez, which was set for trial tomorrow, un- til later date.
 The civil case of L. A. Hohstadt vs. the Arizona Eastern Railroad compa- ny, which was set for trial to follow the Whit case, has been continued until later in the term.
 Bootleggers Sentenced.
 Dan Jojan, of Miami, who was caught at Bowie by Constable Pruitt, with two suit cases filled with Glover Nook" brand of fire water, entered plea of guilty to introducing it and was sentenced by the court to serve term of sixty days on the county roads and to pay a fine of S25.
 D. E. Welch, who was arrested on the same day as Bojan and by the same officer and at the same place. entered plea of guilty to bringing in two suit cases of quart bottles of Honeydew and Lexington Club and was sentenced by the court to serve term of fifty days from March 10 and to pay a fine of $25. Welch, while in the jail at Bowie. discovered small siX-shooter in the toilet and re- ported the matter to the constable and it was confscated. Weich was on his way to Globe with his consignment. Both lots of whiskey were broken up this morning by the officers.
 A. w. Holeman of Bisbee, who was on a charge of selling whis- key, did not get off as light as did the others, as in the eyes of the court, it is a much more serious offense to sell it than it is to bring in a few bottles, and he received a sentence of 15O days and to pay fine of $25. He only sold a pint bottle for S200. All three of the men have been added to the gang that is now being used oy the city in cleaning up the streets.
 Has Appealed Case.
 Clerk James of the superior court has sent to the Supreme Court at Phoenix the papers in .the case of Pablo Ramirez. who was convicted Dec. 22 of the murder of Walter Brooks in Bisbee last June Ramirez was found guilty of murder in the second degree. His attorneys, Messrs. Gibson and WOolery, filed the motion for the appeal. Leandro Maldonado, who was implicated with Ramirez and who was extradited from Mexico, has not yet been tried but his case has been set for trial on April g.
 Not Out for Tax Commission.
 County Recorder owen E. Murphy states that he is not a candidate for the nomination as a member of the state commission against Chas R. Howe. the present incumbent whose term of office expires this year. Mir Murphy said that he gave no one the to mention his name in con nection herewith and that someone in Phoenix started the rumOr He will be a candidate for the same office that he now holds and in which posi- tion he has made a most excellent racArI