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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1907
Page
4
A collage of wry aphorisms on fortune and faults, noting how wealth shapes perception. A whimsical Italian scientist conceives a fish telegraph with imagined Finnish chatter. Taft warned to speak in 1908 tones as politics heats. A playful line about beer, travels, and wedding gossip concludes with a Montana woman wed for the third time, celebrated by the Washington Post.
A department of agriculture circular warns of arriving 13 year locusts in June across the Southwestern U S. Arizona is listed as low risk but Tommytonites should remain alert for swarms and related crop impact warnings.
In spite of heavy rain crowds attended both performances at The Dime. There will be an entire change of program this evening at the popular venue promising better entertainment than ever since its opening.
Judge Harper of the 34th district court in El Paso ruled that a common table fork used in the Amador Ronquillo murder case is not a deadly weapon. The Reyes trial ended with a guilty verdict reversed after the judge concluded the state failed to prove the fork was a deadly weapon or a clear case.
The district court resumed with jurors drawn from a venire of fifty as the trial of notable cases proceeded. Names of prospective jurors were listed, several excused for good reasons, and two special venues ordered. John Turnbull withdrew a plea and received a three year term. the Spier Venire panel produced jurors, with extensive courtroom discussion about potential bias tempering the trial strategy. The day closed with a crowded courtroom and anticipation of a sensational verdict.
The court spent most of the afternoon arguing the motion on faulty wording of the indictment. Prosecutors and defense quarreled over admission of testimony as witnesses Buster Coleman and others testified to conversations and arrangements involving Williams. The judge overruled objections, but cross examinations continued, with testimonies describing immunity deals and fitness arrangements as the proceedings progressed toward resolution.
Court opened at 8 30 am with Tex Campbell as first witness. He discussed conversations about securing Buster to testify for Williams and immunity from prosecution. Buster testified of $75 payment while Jones was barred from testifying. Prosecution rested as defense moved for a not guilty verdict citing lack of perjury and lack of direct involvement.
The Phoenix Democrat reports B A Packard urged the board of trade to back Arizona Cattle Growers Association on rail discrimination cases before the interstate commerce commission. A $10,000 fund is needed, with $1,000 promised by the association and others contributing, plus a donor reportedly pledging up to $1,000. Immigration commissioner Crenshaw and Elliott Evans were tasked to organize support. Packard cited freight inequalities including $127 per car from Phoenix to Los Angeles versus $123.40 for Texas cattle shipments, with cattle origins many miles from the coast.
Washington dispatch reports the U S Supreme Court affirmed with costs the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Co v Territorial Board of Equalization of Arizona on appeal from the Arizona Supreme Court. The decision upholds the board’s power to raise mining assessments, though the exercise of that power in this case was irregular.
The Apache Kid, famed outlaw with a $9000 reward, is reported dead after a September confrontation in the Sierra Madre. His skull, found in a Chicago doctor’s office, will be sent by the hunters to Yale University’s Skull and Bones society.
In Tombstone the city schools weigh adding manual training for boys, a subject already in many public schools. Benefits cited include mind body development, skill formation, independent effort, social empathy, attendance, and discipline, fostering good citizenship through hands on work and cooperative shop life.
Dr Levi Johnson with government veterinary Mounted Inspector Miller and Berry supervise the crossing of 1000 head of Greene company cattle at Naco. The cattle are headed to northern range for fattening under government interest.
Mower Esnemea roars to victory as Cancun Gutwartie saves Soustipeure for a key event. Taik Sruwainte tetra noted in regional notes.
Memorial Day services in Tombstone gathered several hundred veterans and citizens to honor Civil War and Spanish American War dead at the cemetery. A procession from Allen and Fourth Streets led to the G A R shaft as Col Allshow spoke, prayers were offered, and Lincoln's Gettysburg address was read.
Mrs. Fred Sutter of Bisbee visiting her husband, Attorney Sutter, tied to the Williams case. Attorney J W Ross of Bisbee came as witness. Miss Katherine Barr returned to Bisbee after a visit. Clarence Brown back from Cananea. June floods near, Colorado River Dow over twenty six feet. U S Marshal Ben Daniels in town on official business. First watermelons of season hauled from Mexico to California via Fairbank. Attorney Allen English bitten by a poisonous insect while asleep. unsure which species caused it. Also listings for waste washing and domestic chores, lost watch charm, and rewards.
President Roosevelt issues a proclamation declaring a sixty foot wide reservation along the northern border including California and the territories of Arizona and New Mexico to curb smuggling. Private interests and road needs are protected with portions carved from enforcement. Tombstone 3, Pearce 4 notes a tight game with Spurs in the Jumors, while Manning umpired and escaped unhurt. The visiting team returned home yesterday.
The El Paso and Southwest lines face complaints from Bisbee merchants about freight tariffs. Rates from El Paso to Bisbee closely follow the territorial cap of 15 cents per ton per mile, but some routes exceed this, such as Douglas to Naco at 18.5 cents per ton per mile. Merchants seek explanations for seeming discrimination across goods like furniture, canned goods, and brick.
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