Arizona republican., 1901-10-15
A CASE IN TWO COURTS
Both Parties to the FKitsche- Will
 jams Case Arrested.

Both the justices courts Of Phoenix precinct have taken cOgnizance of the disturbance last Sunday between !. w Williams and otto Fritsche, i1 which the former had leg broken and an eye blaekened. to say nothing O. a long array Of minor injuries. Yes terday afternoon Constable Kyle of Justice Gray's court served a warrant on Williams charging him with dis playing q deadly weapon in threat ening manner and net in self defensa. Later in the day Mrs. Williams appear ed in Justice Burnett's court and swore out warrant for the arrest Of Fritsche or d charge of assault and battery.
 Mrs. Williams was present at the dis tuI bance She said that she and her husband had gone to the ranch to give Fritscne another notification to get off the place. A good deal of III feel ing had been engendered by reason of Fritsche having gone ahead as if he had rented the place. when in reality- no agreement had been reched but on the contrary Williams had abandoned whatever notion he had of leasing tho place to F'ritsche and had told him s.'. Fritsche had rented water and irrigat ed the land and had even turned Wn!- jams stock off the place and turneJ I
 Accordingly when Williams went .u the place on Sunday morning there was trouble from the outset. .F'ritsche threw down his hat. stamped on it and made a rush for Williams. It was at this iuncture that Williams leg was broken: neither he nor his wife knows precisely how it was done. but thesy think Fritsche broke the rules by kick ing Anyway. Williams went down
 l...- ard began pummeling him. Williams at last got upon one foot and the knee of the broken leg and drew a knits. Thereuron Fritsche ran into the house and Williams called to his wife. wiio was sitting some distance away in 2 buggy. She drove up and helped her husband into the vehic-e. There was a gun in it. and Williams. whose bicod had been aroused by thIs time. drore to the house and invited FTritscile to come out with his weapon. Fritsche re- mained in the house. and Williams aud his wife drove away.
 Mrs. Williams left for the ranch last night to turn Fritsche'z stock and re- sume possession of the property. She says she will stay there until order has been restored in that locality. There is TO doubt that she will succeed IT "pacifying'' F'ritsche and re-establis:i- ing the rights of her husband She is lady with a square set jaw and with hair of that peculiar tint that Titan so much admired.
 When Fritsche made the complaint to Justice Gray on which the warrant for Williams arrest was issued he toll a different story. He said he had mad a verbal contract with Williams som time ago for thelease of the land. had bought the water for its irrigation. planted a crop and irrigated it once- He had been in undisputed possession of the ranch for some time, and the ar- rival of Williams there on Sunday and his crder to him to vacate were in the nature of a surprise. He said Williams made the first warlike. demonstration. and he simply turned loose and whip ped him. He said that Williams then drew d knife on him and he got out cf the way. Williams then said: "I'Vp got d gun for you in the wagon. ant I'll get it. F'ritsche then went into the house. and Williams came up aii invited him outside to settle the m Ii .