Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-08-20
RHODES ON THE STAND. Denies all Knowledge of the
 Killing. And Says He Never Harmel Tom
 Graham.
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i o'clock.
 John Rhodes. ths defendant, was put l on the sand. He appeared perfectly un- l concerned and sslf-conident The at torneys for the .pI oss cution insisted that he be instructed as to the law in the case, which was done. The attorneys ! for the defense put the defendant upon the stand, simply as witness and he was so sworn.
 Rhodes te-tified as follows: He WAS forty-cne years of age ard his home is in Pleasant Valley; he has worked for Rcb- ert Bowen for six years. taking care of his cattle. On the morning of August 2d he does not remember what he was doing. but in the evening he was Bt the Tempe hotel. He slept on the balcony. within four or five feet of Finley. He keeps his horse in the Ed. Jones livery stable.
 He got up on the morning of August 2d about o'clock. He went to breakfast with Finley.
 Shortly after breakfast Mir. Bowen asked him to help him about some cattle. They went to the stable and got their horses and rode back to the hotel. Mir. Bowen got down from his horse and spoke to some one and they rode south to Mill avenue. Mir. Bunch overlook them and rode a short distance and turned off to the right They rcde to Mir. Lewis place where they saw Mrs. Lewis and MT. Bowen spoke to her ID regard to some cattle which were out They rode short distance and met some cattle. The witness herded them for about fifteen minutes while Bowen rode east for mo,e. They then drove the cattle into Lewis pasture. Whil- they were driving them, Raphel Lopez and MT. Nichols came up and LoleZ fixed the fence. Mrs Bailey and Miss Cum mirgs passed them while standing at the pasture, driving a dun mare with mule colt following. Mr. Bowen told witness to go to town and tell -Mr Penn to come out and help separate some cat tie.
 He had no Winchester rifle but car ried 45 calibre Colts revolver in the waist band of his pants urder his vest. He passed Mrs. Bailey and Miss Cum mings on bis way to town. At God mans store he saw MT. Halbert and an- other man whom he had seen around the hotel.
 He drove up to the Tempe bank and asked MT. Dillard if he had seen the Penn boys. Mir. Dllard pointed out Mir. Penn standing near the postof1ice. Witness delivered the message Mir. Bowen had sent and rode to the livery stable and left his horse.
 He was not nervous that he knew of He did not kill Tom Graham or injure a hair ln his head. He was arrested from half an hour to an hour after he re- turned to Tempe.
 He moved from Texas when he was SIX years old and went to California.
 He came to Arizona in 1879. He first went to Tucson and went to work for Mir. Murphy. He has always been employed by cattle men.
 In 1886 he took a bunch of cattle to Pleasant valley for Mir. Bowen.
 He had heard the feud between the Grahams and Tewksburys before he weut to Pleasant valley. He wss at home at the time of tEe fight at the Stone house. He has lived at the house of John Tewksbury for four years. Ed Tewksbury has never lived at John Te Eksburys since he has lived there.
 He saw Ed Tewksbury at John Tewksbury's house not to exceed three times. The widow of John Tewksbury IS now wife. of the defendant.
 The witness now lives at the Stone House and has seen Ed Tewksbury there probably dozen times since he has lived there.
 Ed Tewksbury told witness that he was in Phoenix in May. Tewksbury came to Phoenix for horses and got. them. Here an objection by the attor- neys fer the defence on grounds that Ed Tewksbury had nothing to do with he present case. Cox, for the prosecu- tiop, showed the court the connec- tion between the two and stated that he would have Tewksbury here before the case vas closed
 Witness sand Tewksbury was gone for two or three weeks. Tewksbury told witness that he spent some time at Tempe. Witness did not know how long Tewksbury was in Tempe. He does not recollect whether Tewksbury said anything about seeing Graham at Tempe while he was there. Every one coming up from Tempe told them that Graham was coming up vixen Graham started for Pleasant valley for his cattle in May.
 Witness and Tewksbury had several conversations in regard to Graham's coming up for his cattle. Witness thought Graham would come while others thought he would not.
 Witness does not remember whether Tewksbury expressed an opinlon in re- gard to Graham's coming.
 Rhodes saw Graham at Tempe several times since July 13 when he came there He never spoke to him, had seen him OF load of grain, also on horse back.
 He does not know exactly where Graham's house IS but man told him il was west of Peterson's ranch enc day when they were out there taking care of cattle.
 The court adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.