Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-12-21

Mnuds, who requested me to give Mo Nulty the cash.
 He explained the Walter Cook tran saction by saying that he did net want to loan him the money, but had BIO
 bill in his pocket and went over to the tray and took two lives and gave
 him one. He made a memorandum of
 it and placed it on file in the office.
 ''I told J. W. Stewart that i had
 taken some money and used it, but
 had prt ny check in there and had afterwards paid the money ana taken
 out the checks. I told Mir Stewart that
 if had not been able Go rut the
 money back myself, would have been able to get the money from ms sister
 in law in California
 "Saw EG Wright in my bed room on tue night of November 9th.
 ''He told me that he had Durned those cheeks. 1 said what in the name of God did you do that for? It may get me in trouble. Saw Wrighs again iu his bedroom with P. ". C'SulIi- van. Was there from about 9 o'clock to nearly F. MT. Wright told us that he had taken those checks and de- stroyed them"
 ''Was present also at the office of Ross < O'Sullivan when these checks were again discussed and Mir. Wright said that all of these hold over checks were taken by him on the morning of November 9th and destroy ed or burned"
 An objection to witness testifying as to whether or not be turred his property over to his bondsmen was made by the proseeu' ion and She ob- jection was sustained.
 Tn answer to a question frcm Mir. Johns as to how hard the bondsmen were hit told him Shat the loss would be about 5000 Witness said, " I do not remember having any ronyer- sation with Prince; did not say took my coat off. I put check for g, GOO in the treasury in place of money 1 took.
 "I put the money back afterwards and too the check out.
 ''i told Wright on the 26th that was going to put the money back. On the 29th told him the same thing and asked him to call at the office. l got s, coo out of my wifes trunk ttat day took 1t 10 tho office, counted it and sat there waiting for Mir. Wright. He did not come so took the money and placed it in with the cash, took the check out and tore it up Never had a check there for S2, 0O1. On She 8th of November did not owe Yavapai county any money. Did not taxe any money on the morning of November Sth, had nothing to do with tEe men WI ho robbed me on the Sth of Novem- Der. Had never seen those two men before or since that know of. No ClOSS GAdmiudIlOu.
 Defendants wife was placed on the stand and testified as follows: "Saw Ed Wright on the night of November 9th at our home between 10 and II 0 clock. He went to our bed room and woke Mir. Storm up. He said he had taken some of the papers away from the office and had burned tbose checks. Saw him again November | 18th. when in the presence of my daughter he said he did not know | about those checks what becsme of 1 them whether he took them or rot.
 ''On the night of November Ssh vas nome all night, went to bed about F l , clock. My husband was not home | III night. got up once CT twice dur ng the night"
 ''Was at Jerome Junction October i 18th. My husband was there ald on he morning of October 29th gave lila the key of my trunk to get 9, GOO hat was in my trunk, l had between '22OO and 323OO in my trunk a the ime. l remained away about a @eek. When l returned there was abous S2S0 n the trunk. '
 "We sold our cattle in Chino valley or I think 8, 800, got of that amount ?, 800.
 On cross examination witness stated: My husband gave me this S25G0; do lot remember when it was pa:d, he bought the house in east Prescott and ave it to me, he did not give nse the honey in cash, he gave me S1l00 in ash besides the east Prescott Lome; To not remember the year he gave it O me, it was over a year ago before l 7ent to California.
 Redirect: ''l saved money up by ,eeping boarders and roomers; rsnted i've rooms and had four boardars at 80 paid the rent of the house; receiv- d S2O per month rent from the east