The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-06-20
CHARGE OF MURDER AGAINST JOE YARN
 WAS A F|zzLE

The charges preferred against Joe Varin, who was brought back from Cisco, Texas, for the murder of the Chinaman "Sharkey" last February, while he was on duty as cook in the Eastern Cafe, resulted m a complete fizzle.
 The accused man was held in the county jail for period of sixteeen days without a preliminary hearing, on a warrant from the county attor- ney's office, and was finally released on habeas corpus proceedings with out any criminal complaint ever hav- ing been preferred against him in open court.
 The warrant for the arrest of
 Varin in Cisco was placed in the hands of Justice of the Peace Dave Address, who went to Texas after the accused man. In order to avoid the trouble of extradition pro- ceedings a representation was made to Varin that he was wanted in Greenlee county on a charge of ut WOI IhlCSS ChSSh. DSAOAS leaving Cisco, however, Varin was informed by an official of the law in Cisco that he was being taken back to Clifton on charge of mur- derfng a Chinaman, and Varin states that, upon learning this, he made up his mind to come back and face his accusers.
 It appears that the prosecution based their charges on statement alleged to have been made by Erich Moder, transfer driver in Clifton, which alleged statement was printed in the Copper Era las week.
 Mir. Moder states that he never made any such statement to anyone and has sent to the Copper Era the following communication:
 Editor Copper Era:-I beg to state in regard to the article published in the Copper Era of June 9th, per taining to the arrest of Joe Varin, that I did not make the statements contained in that article. 1 did not see Varin and Shelton, or either of them engaged in making false mus taches from a woman's wig. and there was no proposition made to me to drive them to Lordsburg to hold up a Chinaman. Varin or Shelton made no threats against me and nothing was said about divulging anything to me- Erich Moder.
 So far as the Copper Era is con- cerned, the statement appearing in cur last issue was printed verbatim as it was given to us.
 The fact remains, however, that Varin was taken away from his bus mess in Cisco and brought to Ari- zona on a charge for which he was never prosecuted, not even to the ex- tent of a preliminary hearing. He was confined in jail for sixteen days and was compelled to telegraph to Cisco for funds to defray his ex- penses home.
 Varin was released from jail on Saturday afternoon after the pros ecution failed to present any case against him, although the time set for the preliminary hearing had been fixed for 1 80 p. m.
 The accused man left Clifton on Monday morning and before leaving wrote the following letter:
 Editor Copper Era
 Would you please be kind enough to print the following in the Copper Era? I am not going to comb any enc down or set them on h t co a s as it is evi- cent enough that these people have Q hard enough time to flee from tke fumes of their own enterprises. In other words it is an i'll wind that blows nobody good.
 I am not going to say much on this arrest and the sixteen days of imprisonment I have undergone. Just enough to let the public know that the statements made about me are false-a mere joke, as it were Funny, isn't it, for me to be taken hold me in jail until they are tired of me, then fail to bring me into court so I could face the charges and turn me loose without a cent offered me to go back. This is some expensive joke on a man who had no cash in his pocket and this dis. tance dividing him from his business and from his investments. But ever ai that I am satisfied, even if I an forced out of business and lose my leases.
 The way I look at it is this: Wha do I want land for, or business O any kind, in the land of Uncle San