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:order usual r busy it at. andHat-Bat Harm, MurtUrer of QaiboMerchant, Jr., Sentenced. Not over ten year* and not under alx years was the sentence last Monday evening in Roswell, of .lodge Pope on the negro murderer of Clnihe Merchant. Jr. He was convicted of murder in the second degree, sen-gton. tence having beeh delayed on Mort account of uncertainty as to the age of the defendant. At the irillo. trial it was abundantly proven K. of | that Merchant was killer) by a blow from behind crushing his man, skull and the negro Harris con-rtesia feased to having killer! Merchant •y VV. alleging that Merchant intimidated him ami bulldozed him until he was compelled to kill him in self defense. Many believe how-Vater ev,,r. that the negro was only a • *dii ,1 ihe hand* of hi- employ pay. er. W. Iv Washington, who raised lurch 'hr* negro. The murdered man's into- fneruls claim there was no enmity uuest between him ami the negro but that there was bad blood between Jan Washington and the murdered •ctors man' *',u’ 'urder has seemingly lH_ resulted in Washington leavingI II,,,, 'his county and the II slash ranchBoydhas been turned over to John Lucas to run for Washington. Hegler. and the Lucas Bi other-(Haiid and Reynolds. Hegler I, night sent ti„. ranch ami cattle paving a s tirrn portion of the purchase price and t the afterward no d a portion of the uertn purchase to Washington. When! d his this trouble arose an agreement which was made to allow John Lucas to re ot take charge ami run things as he erl hy pleases until the Lucas Bros. a ills- Reynolds claiui is satisfied after loubt- which there is no telling what disposition will lie made of the property. The negro will go to j led to the pen hut many predict that night he will be protected by Washing-here ton and linuliy gotten out hy ie ap- pardon or through the courts.l,‘ A. K. Seigner was in town •rition fr„m ('Invis yestei’dav having been employed by im defer,n.mt in the vicious horse case where-il ' ii- in T. A. Kz-'dl h suing for ,lam-lay to ages iu Judge Pope's conn, at I and B iswell. on aceou ,i of tin- pur-iiu-ct- chase of a stallion w hich K/.e||| .igna- Isiut lil ami which proved lo be 1 ~t. vicious having noarly killed a •d by, ho.v Seigner claims to h • able to luiiidle the horse ami crime augh- duWdemonstrate it,ucky, ■ ■* Married.An-- Linna May Pocklington i«»r » •* •»» %cCHRISHowCarlBAtchurch tera’ S 10 A.and bein sellRevertwill prMasschurchcordialtend.orally !entcrtiAt there v sermotVolu Joy A|hi: Pray Solo, ed Mm ItesiGloi Leas Am1 Oil, K. Kr\ Hyiu Sera lly in Ben*V lu IL n Pray Anti OtToi 8 v | Vera I S-rtt Anil II ■MorniiSonyI ‘ray Sony Sumcert.AntiFatherAd.liII vn Trio.
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Carlsbad Current
Carlsbad, New Mexico, US
Fri, Dec 23, 1910
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