Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-01
B|SBEE MAN IS
GIVEN FREEDOM;
JURYMEN AGREE
IN QUICK TIME
First Case of Those Charged
With Deporting Striking
Miners From Arizona Ends
in ACquittal Verdict.
VERDICT REACHED IN
2 HOURS rs MINUTES
Trial Which Has Attracted
Attention of Entire Coun-
try For Several Weeks Is
Finally Ended.

| 10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL tTbsEo WiRE1
Tombstone, Ari2.. April 30 thy
the Associated Press. III. Il.
Wootton, charged with kidnapping
in connection with the Risbee de-
portations of July ~, 1917, to-
night was found not guilty. Tha
Jury brought in its verdict at 7;25
o clock
The verdict was handed by J, O.
Calhoun, of Douglas, to Judgs
Samuel l.. Pattee, who turned It
over to j, Il. James, clerk of court,
to be read.
The jury retired for it's delibcra-
tons at 5:l2 s'clock this afternoon.
Shortly after its return from sup
per, IT was announced that ver-
| diet had been reached, Only one
ballot was taken,
Crowd In Court Room.
A crowd quickly gathered in the
court room as the news spread over
I the town. Judge Pattee had the
aisles cleared so that the jurors
might file out before the rest OF
the court was cleared following the
reading of the verdict.
The spectators were warned
against demonstrations of any
Kind, and were ordered TO remain
in their places until the jurors haI
| left the court room.
! The verdict was then read Judge
Patteo asked counsel for the state
! if there We're auv other charges
against Wootton, and a negative
reply was given. Thereup9n the
court ordered that the defendant
be eNoneratcd ana discharged, ana
| an adjournment was taken.
; 'Wo think that the verdict was
right both in the law and In the
evidence and we are perfectly sat
| istied, was the comment made by
| William H. Burgess, of El Paso,
chief Of counsel for the defense.
No Effects On other Cases
| "Thc verdict in this case VIII
have no effect on the prosecutsa.l
Of the l50 defendants in tie
blanket case trial Of which will
| begin June T." County Attorney
PENDANTS VIII be tried jointly"
Mr., French repeated his previous
announcement that the charges
against forty other defendants,
| likewise accused of kidnapping In
| connection with the deportatiotis
would probably be dismissed aftcr
! the blanket case" had been tried.
The county attorney added, how
ever, that he would take no action
/ III the matter AT inns tlT0e,
| Pleads for Guilty Verdict.
| The jury retired immediately
upon the conclusion of the closing
| argument. made hy Mr.. French,
! In his neroration the county at
| tornev CHARGED the Jury. by return
| ing a verdict OF guilty. to uphold
the law Of the state. of Arizonp and
states. as means of preserving
American traditions and ideals
Nothing rankles in the human
bosom so much as injustice" tho
chief prosecutor said. Nothing
can breed /, w, W ism in this
strengthen the popular impression
that there is one law for the poor
and one for the rich.
| ut is uDon YOU, gentlemen of the
Jury to decide whether the law ls
to be espected-whether an Amer
his. community without being given
a fair trial. guaranteed to him by
the constitution of the United
| states. It Is of no avail for the
sheriff of this county to mako ar
rests. for the county attorney to
to rule on questions of law unless
YOU return verdicts according to
the law and the evidences
History shows that the Neople's
liberties have never been @t2ken
awav in one fell swoop. Little, 6s'
little the tvrant has encroachel
upon the rights of the masses, lust
as. the sea little bv little wears
aWav the shore.
at is incumbent unon YOU gem
| tcmen. to see that the first step
In this dangerous attack upon hui
man liberties shall not go unpun-
ished in Cochise county"
Mr. French devoted a large part
of his arguments to an analvsis of
the evidence in an effort to show
| that there were no contradictions
| the defense.