The Snowflake herald., 1922-10-06
Southwest News
From All OUer
NeU Mexico
and Arizona

degree murder for the kllllng OF Ora
Hall, was sentenced to serve from
forty to fifty years in the state peni-
tentiary. Attorneys for the defense
have filed notice of appeal to the
State Supreme Court, bond being fixed
at e$25,OOO
Stockmen of Dona Ana county, CO.
operating with Las Cruces Chamber of
Commerce and the New Mexico Col
lege of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts, entertained officers and mem
bers of the executive committee of the
New Mexico Cattle and Horse Grow
ers' Association in Las Cruces and at
State College, Sept. 27-29.
S. S. Ward, president of the First
National Bank of Hope, N. NJ, after
investigating the affairs of the bank
at Hope, which closed following the
disappearance of Hugh NJ Gage, cash.
ier, said more than 100000, or prac-
tically all of the banks securities, are
missing. He said only $1OS has been
found in the bank.
w. E. Seyfred, president of the
State Federation of Labor, and An
drew Bruno, a taxi driver, both of AL
buquerque, were found guilty in the
District Court in Santa Fe of the IL
legal interstate transportation of ex-
plosives on a passenger train. Attor-
neys for the defendants announced
that an appeal will be filed.
Jesse Hulett, receiver of the Hol-
brook State Bank, at Holbrook, AriZ.,
has filed a suit at law in the .. S.
district clerks office in Santa Fe
against the First National Bank of
Albuquerque, asking judgment in a
total sum of $66,S71.3S, not including
hundreds of dollars in interest, on fif-
teen alleged causes of action.
A verdict of guilty, carrying the
death penalty, was returned in Pres
colt by the jury trying William e.
Acker, charged with the murder of
Iver Enge, near Prescott last June.
He received the announcement of the
jury foreman apparently unmoved.
Enge was found lying at the point of
death in a ravine on the afternoon of
Sunday, June II, last.
A. b. Van Zandt, the 22-year-old
bank clerk of the First State Bank of
Patagonia, who is charged with hav-
ing fled from Patagonia with $1,000 of
the banks funds, and who was arrest
ed in Magdalena, Sonora, was brought
to the border and lodged in cell in
nvfr ION
to the American side of the border on
a charge of embezzlement.
1t was learned in Globe, Ariz, that
the body of Rafael Carbajal, "a years
old, was found under his home, a mile
from Globe. The authorities said he
had taken poison. The bodies of Car
bajal's wife, % years old, and Domin-
go Rojo, 73 years old, a neighbOr, also
were discovered. The woman had been
stabbed and the man had been shot
A knife and shotgun were found near
the bodies. The authorities expressed
the opinion that ROjo had been slain
when he went to the assistance of
Mrs. Carbajal.
Camp Furlong, for many years one
of the attractions of Columbus, N. NJ,
viii soon be abandoned and all the
troops will be sent to Fort Benning,
Ca, according to a report issued by
the War Department. Stationed at the
camp at the present time are the
headquarters company and two bat
talions of the Twenty-fourth Infantry.
hox
camp for many years, but it is be-
lieved that with the moving of the
troops, the camp will not be used
again.
Pedro Baca, of Las Vegas, has been
arrested charged with the murder of
Refugi Mandragon. 1t is alleged that
the body of the man killed was hid
in the bushes, but it has not been re-
covered by the authorities
Bids have been asked for the new
high school which is to be erected in
Willard N. NJ, soon, the cost to be
over $4,000. frost & frost of Ell
PasO are the architects, and if the
present plans are carried out, the new
building will be one of the best in this
part of the state. Other buildings will
be started soon and the building busi-
ness for the fall season looks bright.
Alva e. Smith, when arraigned at
Parker, AriZ., was held to the action
OF the Superior Court on three charges
-embezzlement, misappropriation of
funds and failure to make an impor-
tant entry in the books of a corpora
tion, it was made known when Smith
was brought back to the Yuma county
Jail at Yuma. He was unable to fur
nish bail, which was fixed by the
court at $4,000 on each charge.
Smith is being held in connection with
the wrecking of the Valley Bank at
Parker. He is specifically charged
with the embezzlement of $4,000 of
the banks funds.
After search of three weeks, Sher-
fff Campbell of Flagstaff found the