Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-09

said to have been responsible for murder. and that was il the most re- cent crime which took place in Glen dale a few days ago when A W Peay was shot in the back Elmo Pearson and Bob Cleveland are now being held in the county jail at Phoenix awaiting trial Pearson is alleged to have made a voluntary and complete confession of the murder
 According to the records there have been fifteen murders in MarieOpa county since the abolition of capital punishment. This does not include the Star Daly case. who committed the homicide outside the county line. but was brought to the local jail and later lvnched before being removed 10 Florence Neither does the list in- clude the FOlstOn case. although the uublic is convinced that the man who dropped from view on November 20 met with foul play
 Not all the cases were dealt With bv the county, the federal court having jurisdiction in the case. of an Indian girl killed on the reservation Anoth- CT Indian is alleged 10 have been killed bv a Mexican in Wickenburg- who l lster is believed to have committed suicide. Juan Sierras. a Mexican who shof his sweetheart rather than stand trfal. killed himself when confronted by the officers
 The first murder case which MT La aev prosecuted for the county was that of the state against Ong Bue, who killed John Holt a Mesa boy Bue was convicted on msnslaughter ana siven a ten years sentence.
 John GrOff and A. Anderson then stood trial for the murder of Stephen Hughes. They were tried separately and both were given life terms
 IL Raynor was acquitted by a iurv for murder of Calvin Heath, an Avondale rancher- RaynQr shot Heath after 2 disturbance arisisg out O1 the flooding of RaynOr's lands by Heath
 The next case on the criminal cal endar was that of Mrs. Ethel Butts who became generally known as the -prettiest defendant Mrs. Butts was l tried for the murder of her sister-in' law. Mrs. Amanda Butts, and was con victed of manslaughter- She was in , carcerated in the Crittendon home for a period of ten years
 4 Chinese tong war case lent color to the criminal court and the defend ant. Ong Kee. secured an acquittal
 AreIlO Martinez was also acquitted fol. killing a man who he claimed in suited his wife
 J. R. Beasley has begun a life term in the state penitentiary at Florence for the murder of John Bell. a Spanish war veteran. The case was hard fought and cOnvicticn was secured largely on the point of entrance of the bullet. as there were no eye witnes- seS to the crime and Beasley pleaded self-defense. The bullet was proved to the jury to have entered from the back. The tragedy occurred in a hay field near Chandler and the motive for the crime was a dispute over des- ert land claimed by Bell and by rela. tires of Beasley.
 Mrs. Sara E. Ochoa was given a ten year suspended sentence for the mur- der of Mrs Dolores Alvarez who com mitted adultery with Mrs Ochoa's husband who is now serving in the state prison for the offense.
 H. B. Miner. convicted of man slaughter is serving a one to ten year sentence at the penitentiary. Miner shot and killed John Williams alias John Radcliffe in Glendale last spring.
 There are three more murder cases on the criminal docket-that of John Fields, the negro who is alleged to have murdered his wife because she objected to his affairs with other wOm- en- The Fields case will be tried in Judge Standford's court January 15.
 Freeman Greer. another negro. will be tried for the murder of a Mexican over a card game. during the coming term of criminal court when Pearson and Cleveland will be tried for the murder of A. w. Peay.