Arizona republican., 1905-04-16
HOBBS DEFENSE
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l " at the tune when ne IS CIdTBeu Nllu having been a sailor on the Leicester 1 Castle He said that he had taken part
 in the democratic county convention late in August and that he would be
 able to prove by several prominent citi-
 zens who were there that he was there
 working in the interest of a friend who was a candidate for office. These wit
 nesses are in the city and will be call ed on Monday
 Wolz in his testimony the day before said that he had met Hobbs at Silver City, N. M, in 1897 and that when Hobbs after the murder of the second
 mate was descending upon the raft on
 which he and his companions had
 escaped from the ship called to him
 to take drink on him at Juliet's. a
 drinking place in Silver City. Regard
 ing this matter Hobbs said in his testi-
 mony that he had never been in Silve"
 City but once in his lite and that was
 in the early nineties. 1e said he hal
 nrvc: feaTC Of such a place at Julift's.
 In conclusion Hobbs was asked if he
 had been a member of the crew of the
 British ship on which the murder was
 committed, He replied that he had never seen a ship. In 1889 he had been at Santa Monico for two days but saw no more formidable craft than row boats. He denied categorically that he had shipped on the Leicester Castle, that he had mutinied and killed Sec ond Mate John Nixon.
 C. s. Billingsley was the next wit ness He is a merchant at Duncan and was so engaged at the time that Hobbs was digging the well on Parks ranch. It had been intended that the witness should show that he had sold Hobbs supplies on or before the first of Sep tember of that year but he was in definite without his books. The next witness was young man by the name of C. A. Massey who was assisting in the digging of the we'll and who had gone to Duncan after the supplies. He was q little more explicit. He could fix the date by the fact that on the day he was gone word came of the capture of Chacon and by the additional fact that on the day of his return their horses had been stolen.
 Another witness was a Mrs. Real of this city who knew Hobbs when he was a small bog in Texas and had known more or less of him ever since. Her testimony however was not very con elusive.
 The next witness was Deputy Sheriff John n. Parks Of Morenci. He con ftrmed the story of Hobbs in relation to the bringing to the ranch of the tele- gram informing the sheriff of the cap ture of Chacon and otherwise he as- sisted in fixing various dates in rela- tion to that event
 The last witness of the day was Sheriff Parks himself. His testimony related mainly to the capture of Cha con and ke offered in evi- Gence a check which he had given at Benson to Captain Mossman of the rangers for $45O the standing reward which had been offered for the return of the murderer. In relation to the ab- sence of the defendant from the coun- ty for the period of a month, mention of which was made in the testimony of Hobbs, the sheriff explained a ru- nor that was set on foot immediately after the arrest of Hobbs on this extra ditiCn warrant that he was a defaulter and fugitive from justice; that it was as fugitive that he made the voyage :nto the South Seas
 The sheriff said that Hobbs had been acting as his deputy at Clifton for the collection of revenues and general at tention to business; that he got on a spree and failed to make return of his that he perhaps intended in his then frame of mind to leave the ! country and did go across the coun- try to Flagstaff thence to Ash Fork 1 and then to Prescott from which place . he telegraphed for money to bring him l home.
 A great deal of curiosity is manifest ! ed in the dispositions which had been presented the day before and it is sur hot ing evidence. It is possible that the ! nature of that testimony will never be ! made known to the general public. The ! attorneys know what it is and for the | purposes of the case that is all that is . really necessary.
 There was an interesting develop ment yesterday in connection with the | case. It was learned the day before that the British consul general had been in formed that the life of Witness Wolz was in danger; that his life had been threatened. The consul general com this information to the Brf- tish embassy at Washington and soon thereafter the local authorities were directed to take measures for the protection of the witness An inves- -igation failed to bring out that the which had been given the II consul general had any basis whatever and he was assured that no harm could Il come to any witness for the prosecu- Il ton.