The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-10-04
DEPUTY SHER|FFS CONF|SCATE AUTO
 WITH BOOZE
CAPTURE MADE AT DAYLIGHT ON DUNCAN ROAD-MExICAN AT MORENCI IN JAIL ON ESPloN- AGE CHARGE-A. & N. M. FIRE MAN QUITS HIS ENGINE.

On Saturday morning last, just as ! day was breaking, Deputy Sherifs Spaw, of Morenci, and Deputy Moore, of Clifton, halted an automobile six miles out of Clifton, and upon search ing same confiscated seventy pints Of whiskey and one quart of brandy.
 The party occupying the car at the time was composed of Selso Val deg Seferino Valdez and Lorenzo Al varez.
 Leading the confiscated booze intol the sheriffs car, with the captured auto in the lead, the deputies brought the contraband whiskey and prisoners to the sheriff's office.
 Later Saturday morning the three men. arrested were arraigned before Superior Judge Laine on the charge of introducing intoxicating liquor in-' to Greenlee county. Lorenzo Alvarez promptly plead guilty and was assess ed a fine of $50 .O0 and six months on the county road. The other de- fendants plead not guilty and were hound ever to the Superior Court ana bond fixed at 1000 in each case.
 finder the new law passed by the Legislature the automobile used ln
 transporting the liquor was confiscat-
 ed and will be sold at public auction. For Violation Espionage Act. :,
 Hermeto Jiminez, miner employed
 in the mines of the Phelps Dodge cor poration at Morenci, was brought down from Morenci on Wednesday and lodged in the county jail on a charge of violating the Espionage Act' He had his hearing before U: 5. Com. missioner Dave Ling on Thursoay and was bound over to the 1edera' ; orand iury at Tucson in the sum oi s2 900. Being unable to give the , bond Jiminez is in jail.
 Jiminez is specifically charged oS
 the Complaining witness, Shift Boss Daniels. with making vulgar and Tn sulting remarks about the Unitee States Government when approached j and solicited to purchase LlDeres ,t Bonds E, --- Booze, on Freight Engine.
 On Tuesday of this week Supt- Geo
 Wagstaff. of the A. N. NJ Ky. ane
 Roadmaster J. I. Widner. ordered ou
 the gasoline motor car for a hurried
 trip to Guthrie Before leaving the!
 phoned the Sheriff's office and reques
 ed that deputy sherln accompan. them. Deputy Bud Smith was oe | tailed for the trip and the three Ter ! for Guthrie. upon Ihc diiiNoi VI .i
 incoming freight train at that pom a Supt. Wagstaff, Widner and Sm1t E mounted the engine with the amour
 cement that the cab would be searcI
 ed for liquor as the railroad author q ties had been informed that hquo :. was in process of transportation O U this particular engine No. "A. Tn . search by the railroad officials an a the deputy revealed nine quarts Rcck and Rye and four quarts T whiskey. Engineer Pike Penn wa .t pulling the engine and Jack Cnam CTS was fireman. After the search ha r' been made, and the liquor confisca ,na "a ed, the freight train pulled out ,e Guthrie but had only proceeded ~ short distance when Fireman Chan 70 70 bers quit the engine and proceeded ,s , foot in the direction of Duncan Lat' ss e his arrival by auto in Lordsburg W. t,, reported at a. m. the follo"li :s morning. In conversation with l of coming passengers from Lordsbur m v, Chambers is reported to have state ,d that he intends to make his futu os home in California.