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»• nu nc»vu »!» no iniiTrprpiPr,made to held up bis right band and swirar that lie would tell the (tilth and never re«en1 to tbs world what bo bud testified bnfutr IbU august bod?. Tbs oath was takeu and the ntdcri of the Librbal will bare Uj re main In Ignorance of this tcMiinouy, although It mar bo said that it did not amount to much Colonel Andrew Jackson Fountain would ask the witness n question, Colonel Van Patten would Immediately translate the question Into Spanish, the witne** would answer and Colon*! V»o Patten would translate the answer. After ther testimony was all ulven Colonel Fountain turned to the jury aud In an Impressive voice said, uud Colonel Van Paiteu tiauslated: lieferring to the aiatter of which this witness has testified* under the Juw* of the Unit' d Stiiles,” every Juror took bis cigarette out of bis mouth, “of which Benjamin Harrison Is president,* every Juror took off his hat, “and of which I am the deputy district attorney,1’ every Juror rose and made a deep bow, “i will say it was a crime. The Jurors resumed their hau. their seat* Mini their cigarette*. The foreman made out a cert 111 «:ati* saying that the wit-ntfStt bad traveled from Lordeburg to Las Cruces and appeared before the Jury two days. These certificates were taken lo the clerk of the court who further certified Urnt the witness was entitled to fees for tmvtlloff ISOfi mile* going and coming to court, ai five cents per mile and two days attendance, at *1.50 per day, amounting to 117.90, all of which was Just t**n rents less than the railroad fare from Lordsburg to I.us Croces and return by way of El Paso, which is the quickest way to go when the Santa Fe trains are !atc; and they are laic on the slightest provocation. The marshal had no money to pay these certificate! and other Las Cruces colonels offered from Ilf teen to seventeen dollars for them and got them.
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Western Liberal
Lordsburg, New Mexico, US
Fri, Feb 24, 1893
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