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The True story of the Casa ft.-gai* Tcrre«cc/ilLii!f::j.A m-'ilvv i„ ii10 Kiu^sij/ui, auua, Mineral AVfidlh, ai-m'liiuiKolf -a M. h.-is rIlia So ,about Terrencu l\Ji•!!(lentil occurred recently at Club!north oE this city, and uoniir— 1. - } 'l*i /•«•••lt; • •/ * * • 'c.'l i i lt;1 .-ft- » •. •**■* ‘-uhuhi m | ijy/jlojl ■JtlHVi il? irni*lusii-ifaIUKS-*.imuori, it3 aC;11)wedo.muherlys01?toElayoradorj'-iolii-sosoiy10i*ein --iuto Mullen niul hie atloinpi. In et thn body o£ Abraham Lincoln: Jfciv Mexico pnpers ui red(Into tell of the death oE Term Mtilien, a resident, of that lor lory. This brings to the roc lecliou of (Im writer au incidf that occurred in 1S5 in v,-i,i Mullen figured. He wiib be.i tm-cl in the iinitoil States court Las Cruces for cous|jiriiBy io (i fra nil tho government of liuul one numerous cases brought 1 Cleveland’s officials during. Ii first term, and dm ease was befo a jnry. Col. A. 3, Eoi.ntaiti, w! Was recently murdered logo tin with his U-year-old son by call rustlers, against whom he hu procured un iurliotuieut, was tl prosecuting attorney.iountaiu, who had no peer as criminal lawyer in the west, w; putting the defendant to n sovei cmsB-exainiuuiion before tho jur retired. Stopping suddenly i front of Mullen nr.il raising hi finger in the air and gt-iiltum-tragic posn which claimed theM tent ion of tiia jury and cicala perfect silence in the court room ho thuiiilend: ’’Terrence Mullen aiiEwcr mo yes or no; wero yoi ooi arrested, tried mul convictei for stealing tho- dead body olAbnthani Lincoln from its loinh?,:Mullen bowed Ida l,o«d. I’otin-tain lmd saved this for a gvmid coupe. A com mot ion followed among (be lawyers and if did not lake tho judge long to ruin that tho questiun wits irrelevant., us it undoubtedly wits, so Ear as lids caso wag concerned, but the ailor-uey 3 ]xiut wise carried, the exposure was made and the jury had tho fuels.A venJiet of guij fy was renderedarid Mullen sen fenced to fouryears in tho territorial peniteii-tiury, In ibis connection it is worthy of mention limb in all tb« cases, and they numbered into tlhundreds, brought for the sun oflense, this was tho only touch tion and Mullen’s attorneys wei probably correct; in Ibuir assort io that ho was uol convicted flt; robbing tho government, but fc stealing Lincoln’s body.Mullen was one oftho partyc grovo robbers who took Lincoln’ corpse from ils resting place, bu were disturbed before r.miiyi»{it-far, thinking (o secure a lur.r,reward for its return. Col. i’onn tain had obtained llio int'ormalioi and made it auuwcr his purposeiimIm T.*..
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Rio Grande Republican
Las Cruces, New Mexico, US
Fri, Apr 16, 1897
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