Arizona republican., 1905-04-15

was so well acquainted with him that they had several drinks together.
 At length the witness left Silver City and in July of 1902 found himself at Murrays sailors boarding house in San Francesca, where he again met Hobbs, whom he had left at Silver City. Both of them desired to go to sea and they arranged with the board ing house master and he with the sail ing master of the Leicester Castle for their shipping on that vessel, which had cleared for Cork with load of grain via Cape Horn. They signed on July 25 and two days later the vessel sailed.
 Wolz said that it soon became evil dent that Hobbs was not a sailor and his awkward handling of the ropes be- fore the vessel passed out of the bay drew him into a conversation with the chief mate, who asked him what kind of a sailor he was. Previous to this Hobbs had taken a dislike to Captain Peety and Chief Mate Oisten. He had had no especial trouble, however. with Second Mate John Bennett Nixon, whom he afterward killed.
 Tn reply to the question of the chief mate as to what kind Of a sailor he was Hobbs said: You
 - -, you'll find out damned soon before we get very far" There were frequent conflicts between Hobbs and the authorities. Hobbs had a gun which Lad been turned over to the captain when he shipped and Hobbs frequently said that he wished he had the gun so he could fix the officers. One night the witness said he was ly- ing below unable ito sleep, though it was some time before he would be called to his place on the port watch. He heard a scuffling on the deck above and arose. On the way he met an other sailor and they went up to see what was going on in the direction of the captains cabin, whence the noise had seemed to come. The other sailor said he had heard shot, though the witness had heard none. Nearing the cabin they met Hobbs, who was hurrying excitedly from that direction. They asked him what was the matter and he replied nothing and passed on. Arriving in the after part of the vessel they found the captain standing, the second mate lying near shot to death. The chief mate was re- leased from a cabin in which he had taken refuge from Hobbs and two oth- CT sailor=, Turner and Sears.
 The details of the killing were not further brought out but it is said they will be the same as those related by the Republican in its story last Mon- day of the arrest of Hobbs except in this, that the victim Nixon was the second mate and not the captain of the vessel.
 Hobbs and his two companions took possession of the fo'c'sle, where they were for some time heard hammering. The rest of the crew seemed to be afraid of them. Soon after the ham, mering ceased the trio launched a raft on which they had been engaged, thus accounting for the hammering. As Hobbs got on the raft he called to the witness, uttering an insulting epithet applicable to the whole British nation. He called again to the witness as the raft was passing astern: "Take a drink on me at Juliets." By "Ju- liet's" the witness explained, Hobbs meant a saloon in Silver City where Hobbs and the witness used to drink. A moment later voices were heard astern. They seemed to be so far apart that all of the men could not have been on the raft. Hobbs was heard to ask Sears where he was. Then the raft passed out of hearing. The Lei cester Castle hove to and remained until daylight to look for the raft There was no sign of it on the horizon and it was supposed the men were lost.
 The next day the vessel came within sight of the Pitcairn Islands and tried to make them but were driven off by the wind. The vessel continued on its way around Cape Horn.
 The Leicester Castle finally arrived at Manchester by the way of the fam ous canal and the Mersey. Wolz went no farther on the journey but there received his account of wages" and returned to America. This document by the way was introduced. Return ing to this country the witness landed in Galveston. He visited various places in the southwest and coming to Fl Paso he was astOunded to find himself confronted by Turner one of the com paniOns of Hobbs on the raft. Turner described the escape of himself and his companions. He said after they had been out a day or two they were picked up and taken to San Francisco.
 The witness said that he was afraid to remain in the company of Turner any longer. He was stopped before he could say that Turner had informed him of the wherea bouts of his friends of the raft. That will probably be brought out today.
 At five o'clock Judge Baker in reply to a question by the court said that