Arizona republican., 1903-07-01
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ADVERTISEMENTS .s .s
HELD TO THE GRAND JURY
The Bail Of William L. E-.iel was
 Doubled.

The preliminary examination of Will jam L. Eckel, charged with enticing away the fifteen-y -year-old daughter of hls brother. came to an end in the court of Justice Burnett yesterday morning. He was held to the grand jury in the sum of S2O00. twice the amount or the original bond. District Attorney Bak- er on accourt of the nJgrancy of the case disclo-- l by the examination in- sisted on a stin heavier bond and sug- gestel that one lower thGa S250O should not Y fixed.
 -t:torney Morris of san Bernardino for the defendant urged that it be fixed at not more than $l,5C0. He believed that the raising of that sum would be the limit of his clients ability. On the other hand, il was the belief of the Of- fee of the district attorney that Eckel should be kept in jail; that any cash ball he might be able to put up would be forfeited and the opportunity to teach a great moral lesson would be lost.
 No effort was made yesterday after noon to put up the bond. Ecl,el at the time O.; his arrest had a little more
 
 has been spent. and though he is said tC be worth in the neighborhood of SS,0O0. all his wealth is not immediately available.
 More testimony was taken at the continued sess sion of the hearing yes terday than had been intended. The principal witnesses were II. C. Allen, the conductor Of the Pullman on which tf.. nh. Lincoln Walton. the colored Pullman porter who went with thom as far as Cotton. Walton said that Eckel applied to him for a berth before the train left Phoenix. The porter said that he had not yet seen the diagram and referred him t0 the conductor. The conductor said that when Eckel approached him he asked for q berth for two. The DOT ter. who was present. said that Eckel said it was for himself and wife The conductor was not sure oi that. The porter said that the berth was jointly occupied by the two from some point between Maricopa and Gila Bend to Colton.
 The other witnesses testified only as t0 the presence of Eckel in town at the lime of the departure of the girl The
 
 house said that he had come there a week before June 16 and then went away. returning a Gay or two later. The conductor of the Brill addition car testified that on June 16 Eckel was a passenger on his car and went to a point within sight of tne house of his brother. A lady living at the pl1,; where ha got off the car said that h- raa45 sr. a he saw his neice leave the house on a bicycle. when he took the next car for the city.
 Al the conclusion of the testimony the district attorney waived the open ins address. saying that he was willing to let the matter go before the court as it then stood. Attorney Morris. how ever. said he had some remarks to make. He moved for the dismissal Of the defendant on the ground that the testimony had failed to show that a public Offense had been committed. It had mt been shown. he said. that there had been any malice" force" or fraud" He sinsisted. he said. on a literal construction of the statute
 When he had finished Judge Baker entered upon a careful analysis of the statute and dwelt at length on the enormity of the offense of the defend- ant. his ingratitude and his disregard of the ties of blood The whole testi- mOny. he said. had shown the guile and fraud and the purpose to conceal and the enticing of the girl away from the care of her parents. It could not be urged that she was willing to go. for she had not arrived at an age when she could exercise her will in that way. If she had gone to him and he had not sought to detain or conceal her the case would be a different one But all the testimony went to show that he had sneaked into town and had skulk- ed about until he could arrange for their departure.