Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-06-20
BOXED.
The First Witness Turns States Evidence and Gives Away the Whole Conspiracy.

The First Witness Turns States Eyfdenca
 and Gives Away the Whole Conspiracy.
 The preliminary examination in the case of the Territory versus Wiley and Hannah Box, which was commenced thls morning before Judge O. Ii. Meyer, brought out testimony that was a com. plete surprise to everybody. Much in. terest was manifested in the case and the cIty hall was gui5e crowded with people, the colOTed portion of the com munity. to which race the defendants belong, being conspicuously numerous. So soon Gs the preiipiuGries of arraign- ment we're over the prosecution placed James Cline on the stand as its first wit. ness, and his testimony occupied the en- tire tine Of the cour. until noon, when an adjournment Was taken till two o'clock.
 Before giving the purpOrt Of Mir. C!iEe's testimony it may De well to state that the defendants were chirged by John BrysOn with having embczzled a secA of money containing in the neIgh borhoCd of Sl,O0O. Bryson and Box hold sort of partnership It latIon in | some business matters, ana us Bryson was given some what to reckless disslpa- ton, hr exhibited his Implicit confidence m the integrity of Box by making him the custodian oi hIs money. On Mon day Bgson demanded hIs money of Box, out was met by the statement that hls tBoX'sD house had been robbed the nIsnt before and the money was stolen. Byaoa took advice aud placed matters m the hands of the proper officers 10 work up tue case aud bx the Tesponsi- b!lIty Tor the loss.
 James Cline appeared to be ve.y ner- vOus aud quite solemn in his demeanor as Ee began hIs testimony, out he re- gained nIs equanimity as he progressed. hIs evlGeuce, substantially, was that he Was employed to go cut to the ranch tabOut four miles west of town near MgrkhGm's, beyond Silver lake) with BTXsou anI ii @ care of him until be got oyer the fleets of hls spree. A gallo. ,i wDIskey Was sent out assist ID hIs zee syeTy. Next day Hannah Box wc-t out, and while at the ranch offered Cline SD tO get the old man out of ths way. Cline consented and she said she would send hIm out some medicine to putin his whiskey that would do the business. The next day sLe sent out Henry CODly. whO took two bottles of whiskey, a smAll lhIal Of white powder wrapped m brown straw paper, and a baHi io to amuse the old man with. Cline thought over the whole matter and de- bated In hi- own mind the serious mat ter .n which te WAS engaged, and hesi- tated n clyIDg the medicine" to the old man. lu the meantime Box and his " fe went out and got the old man pret- " full ot drink, ana the next day Bry- sOu and Cline went 10 the river 10 fish. BrysOa took bath and wandered off towards town. but laId down under a tree nd went fast asleep, where he was found by Cline, who could mt get him to move, alth' ugh be talked some. Then Clire fully resolved not to con- init the crime and tO dispose of the medicine" he threw It away
 mong the bushes. When Mrs. Box cane out again he told Ler he nad changed his mind and would back out of the job. She finally said it was all right; tha, sns hal ta iugI. O; better plan. She then told him to come to her house in Tucson on Suncay night; the door would not be locked. and that he should enter and take from Wllsy BOx's panta- looms which could be found on chair, J.n empty purse, bis knife and some other things, and throw them, together with the 2 p.u;al1Dns, ID a wash back of the house. a- though the garments had been rited of valuable contents- She then gave him Slj, and had previously given him S3. Cline came to town on sunday anu changed ms hat from the Palace Hotel hat rack. leaving his bug sombrero ID place of a better one. ana at tEe desigratei hour he went to BOx's house and found thing just as he had ueen told they would be. He carried ont the details of the scheme success fully and Wiley Box afterwards slipped thr,e so pieces in his hand for hIh ser vices.
 When arrested. Cline was taken to jail and hs became so frightened at the possibility of severe consequences that Le made a partial confession. This morning be was taken by Marshal Buttusr in buggy to the place where be had thrown the medicine, and after a hitle search it was found, just ss had been represented. The bottle IS in the hands nf the court. but 1t has not yet been offered in eviiauce and its contents are therefore only matter of conjecture.
 The testimony of other witnesses IS being taken Es the CITIZEN goes to press.