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lour Jensen immediately proceeded to smuggle it across the line into old Mexico, his creditors contend for the purpose of swindling them. He was arrested and now languishes in durance charged with embezzlement and other crimes, and thus far he has been unable to obtain bail. A stabbing affray that came near result- ing badly for Willis King, a well-known cow- boy, occurred here on the glorious day we cele- brated. King and a party of friends were en- joying themselves in the Board of Trade when a man named Charles Tate undertook to ring in on the crowd. A racket started in which Tate pulled his knife and cut King in the right side. Tate was arrested. ( 16 ) Pilar Perez Pays The Penalty The Murderer of Thomas Hall Expiates His Crime on the Scaffold The condemned man passed his last night as though he had a long life still before him. He slept well, ate a hearty breakfast, and when asked by Sheriff Laird at 9 o’clock whether there was anything he wanted, replied, “No, I have had plenty.” He confessed to Father Girard on Wednesday and on Thursday re- ceived the sacrament.