Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-05-06
FOUND 65 INDICTMENTS
Only 5 "No" Bills In Seventy Gases
Considered by Grand jury
Last Week
Docket Remarkably Free OF Bootiegging
for First Time-Plain Steal
ing Predominating

Sixty-iive indictments and five mo
bills out Of seventy cases considered
was the net result OF three days delhi.
Grafton by the grand jury, which re.
ported TO Judge Ryan last Thursday
Two Of the indictments were for mur.
der the other ranging down TO petit
larceny. familiar item Of days of
yore- -bootlegging--is conspicuous In
this list Of indictments only 10y It's
absence Stealing" Is the charge IN a
considerable majority Of eases.
The first case 1o he tried here under
the new gambling law came up last
Monday. II win he remembered that
the last Legislature virtually repealed
all existing laws on gambling. making
II an onense only to operate a game
for money. there being no penalty pro
vided for ordinary gambling. Jack
Collins and Jerry Senotos. both Of Co
lumbus, were charged with operating II
game Of chance for money. the specific
game mentioned being stud poker Col
Inns was found guilty; Senotos was
freed.
The two murder indictments are
against Pedro Gonzales. accused of the
killing Of Damanl Gonzales, and Mary
y. Ian0 and Arthur Buzan. charged
with the death Of A. s. Lano.
The charge of murder Is becoming
encouragingly scarce In the Grant-Luna
district Of late. probably due to Dis.
trict Attorney Vaught's determined
campaign 10 convince offenders Of thar
kind that this Is most unhealthy eli.
mate for them. Last spring out Of
twelve murder cases In the Grant
county court he obtained eleven con-
victionS. This year there was only one
murder case In that cOunty-and one
conviction. There is only one way to
stamp out any evil. according to Mr..
Naught's way of thinking. and that Is
to keep stepping on them" as he puts
II. He has been stepping for the past
few years with such abandon that law.
breakers now recognize his large. ef-
iicient official foot at distance. and
there Is a marked decrease In the more
serious classes of crime in this district
as result. The system seems 10
work.
The committee appointed by the
grand jury 10 report on the condition
Of the school buildings In Deming re-
ported n very bad situation at the Cen.
trnl building, where. apparently. they
found nothing In shape to meet their
approval. They recommended a gen.
eral overhaullng OF the entire building.
floors, walls, fire escapes, stairs. "in
fact" says the report. the entire build
ing Is In very bad condition. both as to
the safety Of the pupils therein and
the sanitary conditions" The report
mentions lack Of adequate
fire escape facilities and also mentions
two old uncovered wells on the
grounds that are constant danger TO
The children.
In the ease OF State VS.. JAS Carrl- |
glen for assault on II. T. Miller. de-
fendant plead guilty
The petit jury for the April term Of
The district court Is made up Of the fol-
owing:
A. II. Carter. T. g. Upton. C. II.
Paulk, G. II. Hon. louise DOrnbush. T.
T. Parish, Jas f, Drendonne. Wayne
Darling, Geo. W. weidman. W. NJ.
iregory A. l.. Washer. p. ]. Case.
Geo. ID. Bumpus. ]. @. Cooper, L. F.
Fucker, W. H. Jennings, Hilario Lu-
zero, Jno. c. Gage. II. s. Carter. V. r.
Hon, o. II. Almy. Geo. W. Graham,
ius wehmhoner.