Law In Arizona

An old resident of California who h:i-: scön some very queer things and 111 any changes, says The San Francisco Chronicle, got talking the other night of a Irip he made to Atizona some years ago, jast about the time of the Toinbstone boom. ' It was quite extraordinary," hesaid. "The country was full of desperadoes and bad gamblers, and they were very dangerons, too. They ruled Tombstone at Uiut timo. A friend of m ne was in Tombstono, and ono day he saw a man walking quietly along who was a noled desperado and murderer - a man for who.se head a b;g reward was oflered. He knew the chief of pólice and he went nul told him aboul it. Inside of the day he got a not co that they gave him one boor to quit Tombstone, and he quitted. Novv, at Tueson tliero was l;iw and order, and tliose same desperadoes who went about ehooting in Tombstono would go down to Tueson and behave llke the mostguilelessof e'tizens. This was mainly on account of an old jiulge Ihey had there, a Germán, who feared none of them and had his own einphatc wav of serving out the law. They knew f luey got into a serape at Tucson tliey were in for it, and Ihey'd get no Qiercy. He liad, perhaps, rudo ways of csm ing out the law, tli s old judge, uut tliey wero very elïeeüve. One day n notorious character was brought up for 80inething. They hal tlic whipplngpost thora Uien. The old Judge looked at him. "I lli'nk Isee you before. no?" The culprit ndin'itted tliat he had been thero on several ocnasions. "Wal, I just senti'nc you to forty lashes. You take twenty of them toluorrow and Ihen you vas ruloased on otir own recoünizances, and yon come b:ick in a week and take the other twenty." The fellow had his twenty lashes and he hasn't been seen in Tuscon since. Another little examjile of the judge' s way of doing things was the oase of a muil broagut up before him for dring off a pistol in the street, or soiuething. They had taken $340 froin hm when he was arrested. "I joost fine you $200,'" said the judirc. 'Why," said the prisoner, "in San l'Yanoisco they would only fine me $5 or $10." "You vas in Tueson, mein frienJ; $200." Tho man was Complaining bitterly ifter he paid the line. "Don't kick!" sa d another. "You were luoky. If ho'il known vou had 8340 on you he'd have fiued vou all ol it." Some fellow who waj buing tried moved for a chango of venuo. "You want a chango of venuc? Whnt for?" asked the judge. '■Hecause this eourt is piejudiced against me, and I wou't get a fair trial." "You say this oourt is prejudiced against you and you won't get a fait irialP You vaut a cliange of venue, mein fiiend? 1 joost fine you $300 for (roiiteiiipt of court to bein w th. Now, we'll prooeed with the trial."