The Mexican, Casimiro, who was made the…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

er. In Justice Mahones’ in- vestigation at Santa Rita, Spellman and Mora, the two witnesses to the killing, were bound over in the sum of $500 each, which failing to give, they were made prisoners, whilst Johnson the shooter, having secured bail, is allowed to run at large. The Mexican, Casimiro, who was made the victim of Johnson’s gun, cannot testify, and if he could, he could explain nothing, as he was a disinterested spectator. The shot which kill- ed Casimiro was evidently intended for the colored man, Spellman, as the wind from the first shot fanned his cheek. The unfortunate Mexican stood in range of Spellman when the first shot was fired, but Spellman having chang- ed his position, Casimiro received the full bene- fit of Johnson’s second shot. The ball entered the left cheek about the median line between the jaws, and passed through the head, frac- turing the skull through which the brains oozed. It occurs to us that there is something radi- cally wrong with the law, or its administration, where an apparent killer is allowed to go free, and two innocent witnesses are confined in a felon’s cell.