Edna de Ray, who for some months past…
source date: 1889
availability: public-domain

with the respectable portion of the community, and not with the framers of council bill 108. The bill is all right and must be enforced in every hamlet in New Mexico. There are plenty of other laws to prevent these riotous street scenes, and they also should be enforced. Edna de Ray, who for some months past has been making herself exceedingly obnoxious to the respectable element of this community, was last week arrested under section 918 of the compiled laws, which provides that “Any per- son who shall take up their residence in any town in the territory, and by their vices and immoral conduct tend to corrupt the morals of the community, shall be arrested and fined not more than $80, or by imprisonment not more than one year, or both.” Edna plead guilty and promised to leave town within two days, so the judge dealt leniently with her, making the fine ( 16 ) only $25 and costs, amounting in full to $51. This woman has been a mischief maker of the most depraved, worthless and dangerous char- acter and if she returns to town she will again be arrested under the same law, and will get a sentence which will prevent her from making trouble for a few months at least.