Arizona silver belt., 1878-09-19

caSc vas upon AcleHuaht motion to await the result of the shot. and in the event that if 1t proved fatal to substitute the charge of murder (which IS not baiIable) for the lesser offence.
 The following is the ussimony given al che examination on the 4th ihsnnts
 A. G. PESDLEToS Heinz sworn. ls.sti- fled 1 am Constable of liils township. On the night of the 38th of August, lSs4. between the hOiIrs of n and l3 clock. Wss informed of Mrs. Jones. l went tu Ihe house where sgine had i,eeil ihin-, afd folind him wing 0n the bad lge was cosfre. with bloOd-- clothes siil bloody and slirrounded bv quite 2 number of men. theu we1k witil posse and arrested Mrs. Jones. the defendant: 1 ar restsal the defendant inh8r house. When entered The house { found the defendant stahding iil the middle Of the door, and Geo. k. sheppard sitting on a chair. .When I nfsf went in the louse Mrs Jones, the de- feRdanf, said, if any one or anybody comes here for bottle of a vine, or for -, tltsy come Go the wrong place. 1 demanded their arms, and took from the defendant tiee-shO0fing smith & Wess0n pocket pistol, with one chamber evidently recently dis charged -tlie other chambeTS were loaded. tPist0l shown t0 witness, and Identified as fhe one taken from defendant.) When I euteri.is the house I stated that a crime had been committed from that house, and de- hlanied tiln surrender of all parties in it Alter the arrest she asked me why detained .Ias sl. shooting Of Synie- She afterwards told me that T man had assaulted her at che window, and that she had fired in the direction of the voice. Since that lon day before yesterdayl she said a psTty came to the window and rapped, and she asked them what they wa0ted, and they replied a bottle of wine and ----, and thslt she fired through the window af the voice. She showed me where she stood when she fired the shof--in the southwest corner Of theroon. The window is on the south side Of the house, close t0 the corner. From the ground to the window on the out side is abont four feet. This house is situated in Globe, Pinal county, Arizona.
 Grose kgam iuafioa--It was a dark, cloudy night; all the conversations with defendant Was astenshe was in nly eustodys there was about dozsn in my posse; they were very qiliet, did nOf hear any threats of violence at the place of arrest.
 hs-tFamiaatioa-The first declaration of defendant was made when first entered the door; the subsequent declarations of defend- ant were made voluntarily, SD far as l know; she knew ] was an officer.
 C. D. 1fARsffALL--Being sworn. testfied aly name is e. 70. Marshall. l reside in the village of Globe. I keep Q saloon T met Ir Synle On the street the night of the s0th of August: ] was introduced to him that eve ning by Ar. Price. Mr. Syme and ! took drink after | met iim-at about 10 o'clock; rIfta ' up the street. towards the Pinal House while going up the street, Mr. Syme re- marked, we'll call on MrS. Jones; we went 0n down To Mrs. Jones house When we arrived Mr. Syme stepped up to the door, and rapped on the window: a voice inside asked Nho is there Nr. Syme spoke out and said it's Syme, syme then left the door and went to the window in a few seconds ] heard the shot. l was about six feet from Synle when tile shot was fired; I did not hear him say anything aiter he got to the window; if he said anything it must have been in very tow whisper. The window is not more than lS pr 20 Inches from the door: man could stand at filc dooraud tap on the window. There was no one else with us at the time sylne was shot; I only heard one shot l could not say whether it was amale or 8 female that asked who was there I be- lieye ] know the defendant; I did not know her previous to the night of the shootinr The shot Yyas fired from fhe window: I think the window was raised after we got there. When We first went there I think there was no light; during the rapping on the widow think there was dim light. The shot that was fired from the window was the shot that wounded Svme: saw him fall called to him three different times he made no reply. l then went to Mr. IacY's and reported the shooting.
 Cr0ss ElaaliaQtfeu-It was not raining at ft,. i~Fr V about IS inches from the wall don't know 1f was standing under the awning, as it was very dark at the time
 DR. c. w. MAsTON-Being sworn, testi- fed: I reside in Globe; l am a phvsicfan: was called to attend Mr. Syne on thenight Of October S0th. Mir. SynRe was shot in the temple. just above the alslar bOne the bah penetrating, go far as can tel, the temporal bone, entering l think the lower portion of the anterior lobe of the brain ! have failed Co find the ball. His face is p0wder-buImed and 1t iS supposed Co be done by p0wilerand ball, He could not have been over 12 inches rom the weapon that caused the wound ! regard thp wound as dangerous, and liable to be fatal at aiy time.
 On the l2Ih lnst Justice Swasey, in the absencesof the Coroner, sum moned the following persons to sit KS a Coroner's jury: V \. Wilson. IC. Prather J II IIise. T. B. Jones, \. T Lea F. Y Westmeyer, J. Chamberlin and Geo. A. Allen. who brought in the following verdict
 "That the deceased, John o. syine, came to has death on the l2th day of Septe1lber, 1878, by means of piSt0l-shot wound i'd the head made by a pistol fred by the hand of Mrs Elizabeth A. Jones from the window of her residence in Globe, en the night 0f the 30th day of August, 1878. as this jury believe with fel0nious ntent
 Immediately after the rendition of the Coroner's verdict warrant of arrest was issued bY Justice Swasey, comnanding che proper officer to forthwith arrest Mrs B. A. Jones on the charge of murder, and briag her before me at my office in Globe or in case of ny a6sancs or inability to act, before the ueagest and mpsi