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Show I KIM llth Wilt III HUM Ml Ml.. JLIHJI IlkSttllCT ni'OMII MMT10S US' A JIL'IIIIHIlll TIIKqltltllUT UN IIFXMIIII. Onu or the most eceentrlo nn I at the snmotlmeuiiuofthe ablistj idgestlul ever sat upon the far western bench waahlrby llenedlrl, who fur llilrkeii jeers waa ajusllco of ttie uj reme court ol New Mexico, having been first ap-isdutedlulsVlb) ap-isdutedlulsVlb) rresllentriirceaiid leai jioliiteil ly rresldtnl Ilithanaii, ami appoint! chief Juttlre "fllio court I y 1'reil lent Lincoln He was n nun ofgreatatlllt) an I kanilng, strong In his reltdlren, lolent hi hU uts.ioua and rvleullesstll his couvUlloiis Thereara many auecdotea told or Ju tgu Itenedlct llut thu cmwnlngnct of his Juli laltarrerwas the sentence of death paed I y him upon a prisoner cunvktnl uf uiurdtr, wh eh aeiitunce waaaafolloaat "Jose Maria Marlln, at in I up. Jo-o Maria Martin ) uu liavo bee u Julie li J, IrkdaiilconMitrd ly n Jury of your ejiuutrymeit il thacrlrneor murder, aud thu cuuit la now about to aas u-oil u-oil 0U the dread letlteneu of the law, Aaau.usl thing, Jia Maria Martin, Itleupelnfol any for llio Judge of n eourtof Justl u to jrououiioe upon a huiiuu being the mutetnuof death riierulsainelhlng horrible iiunut II, and tliu mln I of tliu court naturally revolts re-volts from Hie errormaiice of audi n d ity, llai i lly, li iwever, iour case Is relieved of all tuck uul uintnisa, an I tho court takes isnltlvo delight lu suiiWue lng ou to dt ath "iou are a young man Jo Maria Martin, upp.iretitly lu good physical condition and robust lirallh Ordl uarlly ou might liavo looked forwarl to "liny Join or life, nu I tho court has no doubt you have, and have exeeled lo die a gneuoldagr, but jou are aUut lo U cutoirin lousHiiieiiu of jour own act Josu Mann Martin, It Is now the ti ring lime, lu a little while the grasa will li " ringing uu green lu these beautiful valleys, mid un these broa I misas aud mo iiilulii sides, How ers will bd I looming bints singing alove Jour towlv tieod 'The sentence of tlio court Is that junto taken from thla huo to tho county Jail, that juu there be ktt taf ly nu 1 semirtly coiitlund In Hie custody or tho therlu uutll the day appointed for your exeoullou lis very careful Mr. rilii-rlll", thai lie liavo no irtuiilly lo esoois, nud that jou have him at the ni Huto I lace at thu appointed Huie, that ywi be ao ke t, Joie Maria Maitln, unlil-Mr ( leik, on what day of Hie mouth lun 1 rldny about iwu weeks from this time comer' Iarih yiur honor" 'erj well iiulll I rllsy, the .-J I day of March when you will bu taken by thu "In rill from your 1 lace of con 11 ue ment to some safuanl couveiileiit spot within the county that li In jour dlntitlou Mr. hherin, jou are only conlliied lothe limits of the counif) ant that yuii them tie hanged ly Hie neck until you are deal, an I thocoiiit was alioiit to a Id, Jose Maria Martin, may Clod have merty on your aoul,' but the court will nul assume thu rrtKnill llity tr asking nn all wise rrovllcnceWidoliialwhlcli a Jure of your txerahaa refupetl ti do Hie Irtinl cculdn'tliwemeicy un jour soul. Iloaever, If yuu have any re llglcuslnllef, or are eoniiee.led Willi any religious nrganUvtlun, It might be we II i nuugh for you tei aead for vur trk-storjur minister mil get from lilin w ell, such i-ousoli(kn as yon tan, butlhocourtalvltea you U) lace no rillaurauian anything of thai kind Mr HI erirr remove tlio 1 rlsouer Wnfu t c lAltrr. |