Tombstone epitaph., 1922-07-02
QUICK wOSk IN ROBE FRY CASE.

ley. charged with robbery and al tempted murder Of Walter Anderson. Bisbee negro jitney driver, followed the return of the prisoners from F. Paso in custody of Sheriff ! l. Hood las; night. Gotl prisoners. sho plead guilty to the charge o: robbery. in the Superior Court this afternoon. re- ceived a sentence Of 10; less than a0 years nor more than lie.
 The TWO prisoners. who were ar rested by policemen in E. Paso Sa;- urday morning. waived eX;radi,ion. Sheriff Hood leit here Saturday morning. reaching the Texas city in the night and lei, with his pTisoner. early Sunday morning.
 At frs, the two men Genied any connection with the narderous at tack on Anderson and the attempted robbery Of the car. but when con fronted with the details by the sher- if, the two made clean breast of the affair and confessed 10 the crime.
 They told the sheriff in their con fession that they had planned the al tack on Anderson before they board, ed his car at Fairbank. one O. ;he two 10 occupy the front seat with Anderson and the other 10 get in the rear seat At a given signal the man in the rear was 10 strike Anderson and the other was to grab the steer ing wheel Failure 10 heed the sig. nal almost resulted in the wreck of the car. they told Sheriff Hood. as they were travelling al 8 good rate of speed when the attack vas made
 After throwing Anderson ont oi the car, they continued CD up The highway for about six miles. but be coming frightened they abandoned the car and walked around the mule noun. tains 10 Naco, where they crossed the line that night, walking the same night 10 Agua Prieta on the Mexican side of the border and crossing there went to the army camp where they intended to give up as deserters.
 Learning there. however. that ;hey boarded freight train that night and landed in Fl Paso Saturday morning where they were arrested a short time after their arrival, from the de scription furnished the officers in that city by the sheriffs office here by wire.
 This morning. less than six hours after they were returned, the pair waived examination before Justice of tEt -ft. l.4. s.lIA ~tI v bound over :o the Superior Court un- der s5.G00 bond. Two complaints, one charging attempted murder and the other robbery. were filed by County Attorney Ross. and the pris- oners advised Sheriff Hood that they wanted to plead guilty and have it over with" since they had 10 de- fense
 Advised by Judge Lockwood that they need expect no mercy iron, the court, they persisted in entering their plea and shortly after o'clock they were marched into court and represented by Attorney J. T. Kings bury, appointed by the court for pur- pose of sentence, the pleas of guilty were entered, Judge Lockwood i'm posing the heavy sentence of not less than 20 years tc .ife.
 They took their sentence and ad- monition of the court without a mince
 In pronouncing sentence the court advised the prisoners that he had given them the heaviest sentence he had ever given for a like offense, but in passing judgment he had taken into consideration their past records and attempted murder, and did not consider it their fault that their vic tim was now alive
 They were lucky in that they were m, being tried for murder instead the court advised them.
 Insofar as they had deliberately manned the crime and were lucky ir facing the present charge instead o
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