Arizona republican., 1907-05-18

should bear two or three topographic
al facts in mind, otherwise he will
have n wrong impression. One who
has not visited the place would natur-
ally suppose the surface Of the ground
sloped gradually from the mountains
to the Arizona canal which 1t does in
= general way. but i'm this particular
spot the ground slopes to the north
west. That is. there is Il wash run
ming westerly or sOuthwesterly be-
tween the point where the body was
found and the mountains 1t was on this
brush-covered elevation with a north
western slope, that the body was found
the head toward Phoenix, the feet to-
ward the mountains, but on slightly
lower ground. The chloroform can
was found some distance from the
body. toward the wash. on lower
ground, under n little tree or bush
There seems to be some diversity of
opinion among witnesses whether an
attempt had been made to conceal IL.
some saying it was in the brush and
others saying that while ii was in the
brush or under a tree. il was in plain
sight. IL is the belief of those who are
following the cross questioning of the
defense. that the purpose is 40 show
that the chlorOform can was not Sc
crcteI. hut was carried from the
body to the place il was found by the
intervening rains.
To clearly understand the situation.
the reader should remember that tho
buggy track approached the spot
where the body was found. from the
east. the feet of the dead man ,being
not far from the track. but south OF IL.
Continuing on a few feet. the track
circled to the left turning south
short distance. then east again. thus
circling three sides Of the place where
The dead man lay within the circle,
his feet near the northern rim of the
partial circle, but lower than his head.
Frank Hartwell as n photographer,
was sent to the place to take pictures
Of the surroundings. which pictures he
identified in caurt. He was accom-
panied by Wayne Davis and others.
who marked the places the body and
chloroform can We're found, by little
flags. before the taking of the pictures.
Joe Monihon. who found the body
and reported the fact To the sheriff
was the next witness. There were no
material points brought out in his tes-
timony that have not already been
published in detail. He was followed
by the five young men. Rex, Downing.
Hickey. Van Allen and Severance. who
were also early on the scene. and
they testified mainly as to the facts
of the finding OF the body and its gem
eral condition. none of them being Civ
en- very long questioning. This con-
sumed the morning session and the
first few minutes after the midday
recess.
Captain Hi Mcdonald was the next
witness and was on the stand longer
probably. than any other man in the
afternoon. He also told in detail of
his ride there and his coming to where
the body had just been found, of the
landscape features. the position of the
body. and of the small bottle. the
handkerchief and the hat. The hand
kerchief was on the left arm or shoul
der He identified the chloral hydrate
bottle and a piece of wrapping paper
as looking like those articles found
with the body. the paper being seven
OF eight feet away He also recog-
niZed the chloroform canas exactly like
one he saw some fifty or sixty feet
from the body. There was no cork in
the can. He did not pick up the can,
but saw it and the only ones there,
when he arrived were the young men
referred to. He saw and described the
buggy tracks and noted that there was
evidence that the buggy had been
stopped and backed to and fro as a
horse would move It in stopping and
starting. He noticed footprints eight
or ten feet from the body and on this
point he was carefully examined by
counsel for the defense. He was ask
ed if the prints of both feet were alike
and said they seemed to be. Asked If
one might not have been a slipper he
replied that both might have been.
but whatever they We're. both had
heels on. There is a belief that the
prosecution is going to try to prove
that the body was taken from the We
hicle and laid there. as evidenced by
the fact of but one set OF tracks be-
ing found. which the captain said were
made by a shoe number Z or s. He
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