Arizona republican., 1895-10-29
A FOUL PLOT.
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1dIAOl ClC P4OpOl y NiOSSOiAS oSOiy Wei5 a myth in it's entirety.
 HoXey, or as he gave his name, Samuel P. Burt, was the star witness of the court. He is tall, large fellow, light complexioned and curly haired. His story was fluent, though dis jointed, and had a very apparent air of truth in it's main particulars.
 The main novelty of Hoxey's story was that Rose had bought twelve sticks of giauIt-powder from a mine beyond Yuma and had thrust them under the floor of the Williams house at least a week before he was killed, and was perfecting an apparatus to explode them when persuaded by Hoxey to abandon that mode of mur- der. The powder was directly under the bed where the women slept and would assuredly have torn them to pieces in the explosion. HoXey con- vinced Rose that an internal machine made too much noise.
 The second interesting bit was about a tall young woman, with little downy moustache and a curious dent in the forehead over the right eye. She had a fair skin, brown hair and DIOWu Sy S0. kNiC 1uCG ulllI VhCh 1O first came to Phoenix six weeks ago and recognized him, though he did not know her. She told him in the city hall park she wanted him to crack a safe for her and get some papers. He told her he was not in that kind of bus mess. Then she paid him S75 to go to Albuquerque to engage noted crook named Medley, well known to Hoxey, to do the job. Hoxey went to Albu- querque, found Medley was dead and returned to Phoenix and reported the fact to the woman. This woman. as described by Hoxey, is believed by Williams and his daughter to be none other than Mrs. Lizzie Wilson, the favorite sister of Dr. Rose, and she is believed to be implicated in the affair. She is believed to be yet in the city.
 After this occurrence he was hauled up with his friend, Cooley, to answer to a charge of burglary on the resi- -dence of W. H. Smith in Capitol addi- tion, but easily established an alibi. It was while he was in his own yer nacular, shooting his jaw off, on the plaza over the iniquity of this proceed ing, that he first met Rose. Rose after several days of occasional conversa- tion unfolded to him the plot on the Mesa family. His first play was that a man in Tucson wanted the job done and would willingly pay s10,O0O for it. Beside divide was promised of S2,400, supposed to be in a trunk in the Williams house.
 Suppose this Tucson bloke don't pay up, how about the stuff?'' queried HoXey.
 "He will make about $40,000 in the deal" replied Rose, "and can't afford to go back on me, for I saved him once from the gallows. We'd kill him if he fooled us.'
 "Yes,' sagely observed Hoxey, "that would make four parties killed only for glory. Nothing in that for me-
 'FPve had a bad rep" said the wit ness to the district attorney, ''but l never killed any one.''
 Hoxey was positive that Rose had an accomplice, who would have killed him off as soon as the Williams fam fly had been disposed of, as he had been trailed around Mesa and Phoenix. At Mesa Hoxey had first spied out the land as a vendor of blueing. The spy he would know anywhere. He was oft, Sin in height, had moustache, good white hat and old clothes. Once he told Rose he would blow his head off if he didn't call in his spy. Rose had paid him about $50 for personal ex- penses. Cooley, whom he affirmed was square man because an Odd Fellow, was his only confidant and was not mixed up in the game.
 The three had walked to Mesa Fri day night and Rose had.secreted him self on the edge of town till evening, while Hoxey took in the lay of the land.
 The story of the killing, as told by Orme to the coroner, did not differ from the digest above given.
 Cooley's testimony was simply that he had been told by Hoxey of the plot. He and Hoxey had been preparing to go into the cleaning and dyeing busi- ness in Phoenix.
 District Attorney Millay was sworn and testified that he had counseled the sheriff all through and had ad- vised him to take no chances with the desperado.
 The jury spent about five minutes in consultation and returned a verdict in due form that deceased came to his death while attempting assassination and that the gunshot wounds were in- dicted by Sheriff L. H. Orme in the commendable discharge of his official duties.
 At the Santa Fe depot was secured a box that had been shipped by Rose to Prescott and back that contained wearing apparel and a watch, inside the watch case being a picture of his wife.
 Thus the case has been judicially