Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-01-10
Black Eyes And Much Booze Figure In
 A Trial
Plaintiff Loses Nerve And Testimony Is
 Very Weak
From Saturday's Daily.)

In conducting his own defense yes ,etlsy afternoon in n case filed against him hy George Scammel, keeper of the Three Mile roadhouse, Frank Devine, \ man who has a reputation as a fight or of some note, did so well that after taking The case under advisemeDt, Jus. ,r, Talbot released him after he had promiscl that he would not appear in Prescott, again for some time.
 lt WAS one of the most interesting cases. If it may be called a case, ever trl~l m a local court, and small crowd of listener. became SO enthusiastic that inc court was several times com. pcllcd Io rap for order.
 whose name is Sprowel, both appeared m the courtroom with pair of badly hlackcd eyes. or rather they were sort of palish blue, with pink trimmings, but when they were asked to tell the particulars concerning the fight or rough house at the Three Mile saloon, m which they participated, the latter appeared in blissful ignorance of the whole affair. Scammcl, however, said that Dcvine drew a knife, and threat. encd ,o kill him He was unable to giye a satisfactory explanation for the condition of his eyes, and Sprowel's oply excuse was that he had fallen agains, stove, and that he supposed the stovepipe hsd dropped down upon him
 After Attorney Pattee had question cd Scammell regarding tho trouble, De vine. the defendant in the case, asked fl he might be given the privilege of questioning the witness. He was tod that he could Then came several minutes of an argument which grew in' iensely exciting before the end. "You did, didn't. l know better. No. you don nt,' were only n few of the excla' nations which filed the air. In fact, Scammcl wasn't so sure, that is appar' sntly, but what Devine was right about some of the things that happened. De vine asked Scammcl what time he went to bed on the night the affair happen cd
 ''l io not know,'' was the rep'y.
 'you say you were sober," said De vine.
 'l did," was the rejoinder.
 |" But you don't know what time you went 10 bcdf' asked Devine.
 This is only very small part of the conversation between the, witness and the defendant. Devine told Scammel that he inflicted the injuries upon him self. He said he had tended bar for Seammcl, but that when he returned to 'h" roadhousc he (ScammeD told him he might go.
 p"vine said that he then permitted n id year old hoy to sell liquor for him To prove his assertion, Devine asked th' boy, who testified, if such was not the ease. The boy replied in the af' frmative.
 Inst about this time Seammel man ag'l to brace up and rather loudly proclaimed that this was not the first i'm" that he had been the victim of p"vin"'s everlasting desire for trou' h'", Why he has whipped me s tr'nber of times," he said. SProwel's testimony did not count Tor much. He claimed that he knew absolutely nothing about the ahair' or course he was aware that he had n black eye, but he accounted for the same by the fact that the stove m 'br roadhouse had seen better days, and that when he fell agains it the pipe Tell down and that the stove itseif turned somcrsaults. gag. Dcvinc then testified, in which he entered a general denial of the charges ie admitted that he was slightly under Inc influence of liquor, but was certain that no did not draw knife on seam mol, and that he did not give him or layono else the worst of an argument
 Ia istic combat. He said in fae'
 hat no fight had taken place.
 When deputies from the shcriif's or neo went after Devine yesterday he first said he wouldn | go, and later declared 'Aat Il was not his intention to walk