A prisoner was sent up from Deming this…
source date: 1889
availability: public-domain

A prisoner was sent up from Deming this week, with shackles on. He was not accom- panied by a guard, and when the two trains passed at Crawford, jumped out, broke his shackles and started across the country. As no one was responsible for his escape no effort was made to capture him, which was just as well, as it will save the county a good many dollars. He was probably sent up for three months for stealing a pair of slippers, or some other trivial offense. As these petty criminals cost the county several thousand dollars a year, it strikes the average taxpayer that the constables and jus- tives of the peace are rather over zealous in the discharge of their duty. They should use some discretion in such cases.