The Coconino sun., 1923-05-11


ton; the flowers will not bloom for
you, Jose Maria Martin; the birds will
not carol for you, Jose Maria Martin;
when these things come to gladden.
1. the senses of men, you will be occu-
Il pying space about six bv two be-
meath the sod, and the green grass
and those beautiful flowers will be
growing about your lowly head.
The sentence of the court is: |
I That you be taken from this place to
the county jail; that you there be kept
safely and securely confined, in the
custody of the sheriff until the day
appointed for your execution. Be very
careful, Mr.. Sheriff, that he have no
opportunity to escape and that you
have him at the appointed place at
the appointed time. That you be so
. kept, Jose Maria Martin-Mr Clerk,
} on what day Of the month does Fri
J day, about two weeks from this time,
come
4 March 22nd, your honor
every well, until Friday, the
22nd day of March, when you will be
!, taken by the sheriff from your place
) of confinement to some safe and con-
venient spot within the county (that
) is in your discretion, Nj. Sheriff; you
! are only confined to the limits Of this
county,, and that you there be hang
J ed by the neck until you are dead, and
the court was about to add, Jose Ma
: ria Martin, "May God have mercy on
your SOUL" bat the court will not as
sumo the responsibility of asking an
All-Wise Providence to do that which
a jury Of your peers has refused 10
dc. The Lord could not have mercy
on your soul! However, if you affect
any religious belief, or are connected
with any religious organization, it
might be we'll for you to send for yoar
priest or your minister and get from
him, well, such consolation as you can,
but the court advises you to place no
reliance upon anything Of that lSindl
Mr. Sheriff, remove the prison
err"
The sentence, the report continues,
was evidently too much for the plis-
oner, who escaped and was never re-
captured.
Wick Thompson saw sparrow hop
ping around on the clothesline where
his wife had just hung out lot Of
clean clothes. The little rascal had
made lot Of muddy tracks on the
| clothes, which made Wick sort of sore
and he got out his shotgun and crack
ed down on the bird.
81 didn't tech the damned bird a
TALL" he says, "but when my wife
taken in the washin' she found she had
three pair of open-work stockin's an
a fine peek-a-boo shirtwaist."
Charlie Prochnow admits that he's
ambitious If there's any one thing
he'd rather do in this world than any
other thing, Charlie says, it's to throw
an egg into an electric fan.
Frank Brooks got all het up because
in his adv last week we said he made
orange punch instead of orange crush.
l Well, Frank, you oughter let pass a
| little thing like that. There's SO darn
much punch to them good drinks you
make feller's likely to rniscall 'em.
| Doc Miller says Jimmie Lewis seem
ed to be some excited few days ago
when he called him up on the tele-
phone and said: Say, Doc, I've got
a son! It's boy"
| Milt Powers told the Rotarians
| about a young married couple. A fell
| low rang the door bell a few days af
ter they began housekeeping. The
| husband went to the door. cts the
| garbage man." he told his wife. "Tell
| him we don't want any, she said.
Milt told another one, this time on
| Attorney C. B. Wilson. A young wo-
! man who had inherited money called
| on C. B., who was mixed up in some
way with handling the estate. c. B.,
wanting to congratulate her on her
good fortune, said: "You have a fine
legacy" But the young woman mis-
| understood him.
| Mrs. Fred Caring digs up this 73-
| year-old auction sale bill:
"Haying sold my farm and intend
| ing to move to Missouri, / will sell at
/ public sale, l mile west and 4 miles
south of Harrisburg, KY, on Saturday,
September 26, 1850, the following de-
scribed property, to-wit:
zone buck nigger, 20 years, W.T.. 2l0
pounds; 4 nigger wenches from 18 to
| % wears old; 3 nigger boys, 6 years
/ old; 10 mggef nOeSj L 1lIle oica,
| yokes of oxen, broke; 2 OK carts with
| 6-inch tires; saddle; 3 double shovel
plowes, 10 and II inches; 20 gallons
of whiskey in jugs; 100 gallons apple
cider; 2 barrels good sorghum; bar
rels soap; 2 barrels of kraut; extra
good nigger whip; 2 tons of tobacco,
two years old. Sale will start at 1O
sharp. Terms cash; need the
money"
'Cordin' to Ben Doney, the modern
| flapper need have no worry about be-
in saved, cause they are following tn
] slogan of the paint manufacturers: