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.