Weekly journal-miner., 1918-08-21
FEDERAL COURT IS CLOSED BY
 DEATH WIRE
MOTHER OF JUDGE SAW TELLE DIES IN SOUTH AND TERM IS ADJOURN ED UNTIL SEPT. 16; MANY ARE SENTENCED.
(From Tuesdays Daily.1

Saw1elle yesterday adjourned the present term of the federal court un- til Monday, September 10th, and left on the afternoon train for his old home at Tuscumbia, Ala. All civil and criminal cases were set over un- til the date above mentioned.
 Judge Sawtelle's last act before leaving was to impose sentences upon number of prisoners who had either entered pleas of guilty or had been convicted at the present term of court.
 Mickey Scanlon, the Jerome Wob- bly leader, who was last week con victed by jury on charge Of re- sisting arrest by a federal officer. was sentenced to the county jail for a period of six months and fined S250. The jail sentence, like all others i'm posed yesterday, dated from that time, and were not made with view of allowing the prisoners any credit for the number of days which they had spent in jail while awaiting trial.
 John Fronlbacil, Jfe focal musician, who last week entered a plea of guilty to a charge of failing to regis ter in June 1917, was sent to the Yavapai county jail for six months. Frombach. who is an Austrian by birth. alleged that at the time of the draft he was more than 3l years Of age. but a week or so ago when he attempted to get his naturalization Dapcrs. he stated that he was but 30 years of age al the present time, and an investigation was started and charges filed gainst the man.
 George Meyers, self-confessed white shaver. drew the most severe sentence which was handed out yes terday morning. He entered a plea of guilty 10 a charge of bringing al woman to Jerome from some point in New Mexico for immoral purposes. Judge Sawtelie sentenced Meyers to the federal pcnitentiary at Leaven- worth, Kansas. for a year and day. Meyers had at first entered plea of not guilty to the charge, but later withdrew it and substituted one of guilty.
 Steve Basta, who was charged with bringing intoxicants into the State contrary to the interstate commerce regulations, was given four months in the county jail and fined S250.
 Dan Yalas, who also brought in a cargo of liquor was sent to jail for six months and fined S250. Tom Dil- lich. charged with a similar offense, got off with jail term Of four months and fine of S250.
 The trial of Peter Hutchinson and Juana Cervantes, who are charged with misusing a Santa Fc railroad pass which had been issued to one of them, were to have been placed on trial yesterday afternoon, but because of the departure of Judge Sawtellc, were remandcd to the county jail un- der bonds Of Sl, 900 each to await the lime when court again convenes.
 Charged with making derogatory statements about the Americans and the American troops, Antonio Nav arctic was yesterday placed under a bond of S5.OOO to await his trial at the next session. The defendant failed to rustic the required amount of bail and was sent to the county jail
 ?. Morales who is charged with at tempting to incitc United States sol dicrs to desert from the army, was placed under a bond of S2,000 for his appearance at the next session. He was also remanded to jail in default of the bail money
 The jury which for the past three days has been listening to the cvi- dcncc in the case of the Stephens Cotton Company vs. the Southern Pacific Railroad, yesterday noon re- turned a verdict awarding the plain tiff corporation damages in the sum of S5.2O0 The plaintiff had filed suit for Si0.00O damages, alleging that the i road had failed to furnish it with a number of cars in which to ship a load of cattle. The complaint stated that when they arrived at their desti- nation. the bottom had dropped out of the market and large loss was sustained They also wanted rccom- pensc for the difference between the express charges and the freight tariff. .
 Mrs. Lucille Fec, the handsome American wife of Jerome China | man. who last week entered plea of guilty to a charge of having opium in her possession. was before Judge Sawtcllc yesterday morning for sen tcnce. Nattily attired, the young wo- man sat on the prisoners bench along with a miscellaneous collection of bootlcggcrs, slackcrS, white slav- CTS. etc. and when the judge called her to the front she stepped forward and explained how the opium hap pened to be in her possession. She told the court that she had married the Chinaman at Gallup several months ago and that they had been living in Jerome since the wedding. Iidoe Sawfelle asked the girl !