Show I GOT MORE THAN HE BARGAINED How the Law i Vindicated in the I Courts of Arizona Territory I I I ExCouncilman Sneed from the I steenth ward believes that anarchy j prevails and that life liberty and the I pursuit of happiness are no longer I guaranteed and that the constitution of the United States is no longer in force or effect in Phoenix Last Saturday exCouncilman Sneed swore out a warrant war-rant for the arrest of a desperado named Frank Lambert who was endangering en-dangering existence and stocking n private graveyard in the complainants part of town Mr Sneed admitted after af-ter awhile that the bandit was only 13 years old but was possessed of cussedness cussed-ness far beypnd his years He had tried to murder the complainant by throwing a rock at him and stoned him I both when riding and on foot and kept i up a neverceasing fusilade night and day upon his barn wherefore his horse was kept constantly on the move his ears everlastingly upraised and he had snorted so much he was getting so he could play a tune I Officer Galpin was sent out after the I offender armed with a warrant a revolver re-volver and three rounds of ammunition He spent half the day hunting for him but couldnt find him with the naked eye and he had left his microscope at i the office He discovered where he j lived and left the warrant with the I I desperados father begging him as a personal favor to bring him into court I when he returned from his next raid He appeared yesterday rooming with I the bandit chief whose 8yearold head barely came to the top of the table He stqod tearful and repentant and II Mr Sneed sat at a safe distance trembling but triumphant Between I his sobs th desperado said Mr Sneed had lied five years about his age He had he said thrown a stone at Mr I Sneed but it was done in selfdefense Mr Sneed had declared war uon all ec I the cats dogs little boys bicyclists and everybody else who seem to be enjoying I en-joying themselves Mr Sneed was chasing him and he was making for n I tenementhouse Intending to crawl under I un-der it He threw arock at Mr Sneed i not with the intention of hurting him I but only to delay him until he could get under the house Mr Sneed kept I him treed till be got tired of watching the hole and then went down the street to get an officer to do It for him II The recorder turned the desperado loose upon the community and Mr Sneed got into a quarrel with an officer who told him that he was accused of poisoning dogs and cats and of sprinkling r sprink-ling glass on the sidewalk to facilitate the puncturing of bicycle tires regardless regard-less of the probability that little barefoot bare-foot children would cut their feet |