Arizona republican., 1895-05-24
Examination of Davis.
 the Colored Lothario.
Much Admired by Two
 UncoIOred Women
Brother John Bound Hands and Feet fort Grand Jury.
The Investigation RevoItfng Enough Is Robbed of<its Worst and UR-
 necessary Features

Brer John Davis was bound over to the federal grand jury yesterday to be investigated on charge of violating the Edmunds act. Brer Johns eK- animation was conducted by Commis- sioner Crenshaw, who wisely obtained the use of Justice KlEcaid's office. He would rather have had 8 post mertem examination conducted h his own. 4
 was an extremely nasty and ilI-smelling affair. IL was robbed of as many of its most revolting features as possible. For instance. the young white girl with. whom the colored libertine is charged
 with having sustained immoral rela-
 tions was spared the additional shamo of testifying. Brother John was con
 victed out of hls own mouth which is
 big one and mlsshapen. But there
 were nine other witnesses whose testt-
 mony agsinst him was convincing.
 It was feared that the evidsnce would
 be go bad that the crowd was excluded.
 The two principal witnesses were Dr.
 J. E. Wharton who occupies 8 room on
 one side of Davis room, and Louis
 Faure who lodges on the other. They
 swore that they had seen the girl go to
 Davis' room. They had also seen two
 other women. One WAS a white woman,
 tall and slender. said to be 8 married
 woman. The other was mulatto girl.
 Back of the adobe which is situated ca
 an alley in the rear of the Steinegger
 lodging house, is sort of blind alley
 or corral, through which the wamen
 were accustomed to pass. They feand
 entrance to the room of their colored
 friend through rough aperture halt
 door and half window.
 This had been going on fos como
 time. Brother Johns morals, Or rather lack of morals, didn't give his adjacent
 neighbors any special concern bus
 they had another grievance. There
 was worse nuisance in his roon than himself and his feminine admirers. &s was an antique and wheezy melodeon which had been given to him or had been stolen byShim. He never played ca it himself, but hls lady visitors did, Geta- ply the mulstto girl, at intervals from
 the time she stole in st eve uotll shs 3 skipped out in the gray of the early , dawn. On this account the witnesses , dreaded the intrigue with the aauaatto , girl than they did the nights wheg the l two white women were due. Bat Eor that detestabIe melodeon Brother Q Johns neigh bors would have over |, looked his shortcomings.
 f He also had an arsenal n his roo1r- , It contained shotgun, a rifle and q
 revolver. He used to parade in front of his adobe castle and defy interfer- f ence with his affairs.
 A lawyer. a gentleman from the
 sunny south. who heard a part Of the testimony, said: ''It's horrible; Fm ' on principle opposed to all sorts of ir- regularities and am always in favor of law and order, but I believe the way these things used to be handled in our !. country is the best after all. don't U think this is a case that should come u into court"
 : The federal grand jury which had j just been impaneled was waiting for
 Brother John with outstretched arms. a It looked as If he were going to be the d first victim. The witnesses who had F just testified were subpoenaed but the ,, investigation was postponed.
 [ Davis' record is an ali round evil one. : The most favorable accusation ever ut- l. tered against him is charge of grand V larceny on which he WAS tried and of \ which he was acquitted on a technicahty e two years ago. He had been em ployed |, to assist sn congressman move some o household goods. He found $S0 in gold 9 hidden in bed, he stole it, concealed o it, the theft was discovered, the gold :. found and Davis arrested, all within
 half an hour. It happened that tho
 gold was the joint property of a H1aR
 and his wife and while Davis had etoiea n enough money st one fell swoop to coH- :. stitute the crime of grand larceny. he ,f had not stolen enough from thecoaa- l. plainant in the case. He was after d ward tried for petit larceny and sent to n the county jail.
 r. He has been associating with reli $ gious folks great deal since that time. }. That he has not been benifIted much l. is certain and if he has not contamina- l, ted his associations the religious world t ought to be content to call the result Of s the contact dog fall. Brother John e cannot be saved by the ordinary means