Arizona republican., 1904-12-28
PRIEST DAVIS SUSTAINED
The Hearing Yesterday of the Doug
 lass Club Controversy.

The ruling of President Henry Davis of the Douglas club, from which an appeal was taken by Col Robert NJ. Hudson, a prominent member of the club, was sustained yesterday by that eminent parliamentary authority, Jus tice Burnett. It will be recalled that for some time a schismatic state has existed in the club which divided on the question of the endorsement of some of it's members for the position of janitor at the capitol building dur ing the legislative session. One night there was a meeting for the purpose it was understood of arriving at an agreement but nothing was done in that direction. There was some ban dying of words and dissent on the part of Col. Hudson from various decisions of President Davis, who emphasized the last one with poker.
 Col Hudson laid the matter Lefore the court next day and took one of his ears which had been nearly severed in the melee along with him as a bloody exhibit. All this happened a week ago and the court put in the in- tervening time in looking up authori- ties.
 The matter was brought to an issue yesterday and President Davis appear ed with his counsel. Captain Alexan- der. Judge BuIlard represented the county, which had come into the case as an intervenor.
 Col. Hudson took the stand. He de- scribed briefly the preliminary pro ceedings, in the course of which he had told President Davis that he was a wind jammer." and suggested diff ha he fer7f JO propriety. After the meeting proper there was another in front of Perry Payne's saloon. The witness said he was standing in front of the saloon when President Davis came along and told him that he was no gentleman. Col. Hudson said he turned with de- liberation to see who was addressing llim and was just beginning an argU- ment in refutation of President Davis aspersion when The latter landed on him with a poker He admitted that he did not see the weapon at the time but it was an instrument of great spe- cific gravity and then he remembered that shortly before he had seen Mir. Davis presiding with a poker
 On cross examination Captain Alex ander asked Col Hudson if he had not made an offensive movement against President Davis after he had been hit with the poker. Col. Hudson replied that he did not have time to do so, he had been suppressed" too hastily by two members of the club who car ried him away from that scene of con- tention.
 Captain Alexander was desirous of knowing just how quickly Col. Hudson had turned when he was addressed by
  or less important matter for if he hal turned quickly the story he told about not seeing MT. Davis at the time of the assault would have been disproved. Captain Alexander, who is somewhat alert in his movements, arose and whirling about asked Col. Hudson if he had turned as quickly as that No" replied the colonel, 'T ain't that rer- vous."
 The next witness for the territory ought to have been summoned by the defense. His story did not agree at all with that of Colonel Hudson and 1t was almost proved by him that Col. Hudson was putting his hand into his pocket after gun when he was suppressed" and carried off. The next witness, Nelson Green, would make more money in a minstrel show than in his chosen profession of house cleaning. He supported the story told by Colonel Hudson, but on cross ex- animation he became confused, stam- mered and admitted that he did not know much about it.
 Several witnesses for the defense testified to the reprehensfble conduct of Colonel Hudson while the club was in session and most of them said that before President Davis hit him in front of the saloon he had begun to gl after his gun" One witness thought that he saw the weapon and ever es- timated it's caliber. Another witness Ewing, who by the way is the man whom President Davis was booming for the janitoTship, said that when Col | Hudson brushed past him once in the club room during the session he fell the gun "aginst his laig." He conced- ed on cross examination that the gur might have been a bottle
 One of the witnesses for the defense testifying to the insulting manner ol Col. Hudson toward President Davi.
 during the deliberations of the cluI
 was cross questioned on that point bt Judge Bullard. Isn't it probable" he asked, that Mister Hudson was mere. ly employing the usual obstructive parliamentary tactics with the object of creating a delay?' The wftnes. hesitated deliberated and finally re- piled, ''Yo' mus come agin', boss" President Davis himself took the stand and admitted that the iastru- ment which had produced the concus- sion of which Col. Hudson complained was actually an iron poker. It be