Arizona republican., 1907-05-18

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of the trousers and said it was dirt
and some liquid from the bottle. Wit
ness further stated that he had seen
Eytinge and Leicht i'm the Gass cafe
on the morning of the 18th and both
seemed cheerful. but questions as 10
Leicht's health were objected to. This
concluded the coroner's testimony. and
while the next witness was being
called Eytinge and Counsel Franklin
examined the hydrate bottle critically
as though IL was Il great curiosity.
Charles Dunlap was the next wit
ness. His testimony WAS largely con-
corning the scene north of the canal,
and was very like those who preceded
him. He also identified the chloro-
form can, the way the body lay with
! the legs drawn up, etc. the chief
feature was his remarks about the
! buggy tracks and the effort of the de-
Tense in cross examination. to either
confuse him or straighten itself out on
the question of buggy construction,
and the difference between steel and
rubber tired wheels. The witness
went rather further than the counsel
seemed to follow in the manufacture
! of wheeled vehicles, but emphatically
| stuck to the main point that he knew
a rubber tire track when he saw 1t.
and had seen it at the point indicated.
| Asked about the rain. he said he was
not certain. but he believed the tracks
! had been rained on. The ground was
/ soft and the track was oval shaped. He
was asked if he knew of
any such thing as a rubber
tire cushion buggy. and he said he did
not He was asked If he could tell
rubber tire track as well after n rain
as before and said ii depended some
what on the severity of the rain.
Ed Il. Rives followed. He had been
i'm the drug business - years. and had
sold choral hydrate and chloroform
To the defendant; the latter pound
can. He examined the one in evidence
ami said ii appeared To be identical
with the one he sold. Asked for the
date. he said he could not give ii ex-
actly. but relatively 10 the finding
of Leicht's body he thought it was
about ten days before. He also said he
had sold Eytinge a half-ounce bottle
of choral hydrate i'm crystalliZed form.
He identified the label on the bottle
in evidence as one he had written on
that occasion. but could not swear alb
solutely that that was the same bot
tie though it looked just like it. Ask
ed If he had any conversation with
defendant about these purchases. he
said he did not remember. but the
sale of pound cans of chloroform were
quite frequent. Concerning the hy-
drate. he said he never sold such
drugs without first by questioning.
satisfying himself the customer knew
the nature of it and the size of the
dose. He had talked with defendant.
but could not recollect the trend Sf
the conversation, but was sure he had
not deviated from his rule in selling
the poison. He recalled that Eytinge
had once told him he had studied
pharmacy and medicine In cross ex-
animation by Mr.. Franklin, rs To the
date of selling the hydrate he said ii
was two or three weeks before he sold
the cholroform, but ne kept no record
Of such sales. Asked how he knew ne
sold this bottle of choral hydrate. he
replied that il was because he had
never. sold such a large quantity to
any other man in Phoenix. and sold
the drug TO anybody but seldom. He
knew Eytinge bought full can of
chloroform because he went to get il
from another part of the store than
where the broken packages Were kept,
and this was a sealed package. There
were other people in the store,
but he did not know who or
how many. He did not re-
call whether anyone accompa-
MED Eytinge. Some one may have
waited for him either inside or out
side. He was asked if he remembered
Eytinge calling in search for lost
pocketbook. but he did not recall II.
He could not tell the day of the week
on which the drugs were sold. Asked
if the hydrate were i'm solution and
cmptied from the bottle. would it
leave any effect on the bottle. He
said there might be a slight odor for
time. how long he did not know. Mr..
Billiard objected to some of the latter
questions.
Jno. ]. Kolberg was called next and
asked as to his acquaintance with
Leicht He had known him 10 or II
years in Sheboygan. To the best of
his recollection he first appeared at
his office in Phoenix on March Z. He
In cross examination the defense tried
10 bring out the facts of Leichts
health. Billiard objected saying it was
not proper question. Witness was
only called to prove identity of Leicht
and would later be put on the stand
for a fuller story when he might be
cross examined. Court sustained the
objection.
r. NJ. Dawson and s. L. Easterling
We're the other two witnesses of the
day. They testified as to the bringing
of the body to town. it's terrible
condition, the fact of DR.. Wylie having
made an examination of it and of its
shipment to Sheboygan for interment.
1t was a rather long and not a pleas
ant story, but nothing new was
brought out except that Mr.. Easter.
ling identified an envelope that was
taken from the body and it was offered
by the defense for later Identification.