The popular impression along the Mimbres,…

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The popular impression along the Mimbres, where the facts of the case are known, is that the corpse is that of Julian Swallow, a prospec- tor and occasional book peddler, who was well known along the river and at Central, where he formerly resided. He disappeared mysteri- ously about a year ago. About that time some Mexicans were trying to dispose of some books, in the vicinity of WhitehilFs ranch, among others, Livingston’s Africa. Those parties were undoubtedly the murderers, or had cognizance of the crime. Had the victim been a man of wealth and in high standing in the community, and had a reward been offered for the body, our energetic officers might have exerted them- selves to gain the reward, laying aside all con- siderations of humanity and the obligations of the offices which they swore to faithfully per- form. Some one has proven derelict in his duty, and as it is the province of a newspaper to ex- pose wrong wherever discovered, the Enterprise makes the assertion unqualifiedly.