Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-04-03
ALLEGED ASSASSIN WRITES LET
 TER TO PAPER.
frrom Thursdays DailyO

rciycd in this city, by the Ph0chiN h'' ,,j,,,,on n letter from Louis V. Fly | tingc. the suspected murderer or John Lcicht. dated March 2i, and mal''" from Los Angeles.
 In the letter Eytingc denies haNng Lcich,. and says, in part;
 "In thc beginning, let me say 'ha' I came ,o Phoenix with entirely hon est opinions and intentions, but through at the pavilion attached to your lake park, lost the major portion Following close upon this came th' withdrawal of ihc employment oilers upon thc discovery that wns "mngcr'' "a poor, paltry dcvil doomed ,o vour climate ar death. When my | moucy rnu too low | determined To | fall back upon my old method of oh' | ,aining q Livelihood forgery and swindling- a simple cSpcdicnt of liv' ing by my wits.
 "u started my plans, and my sight drafts through the Arizona laundry and personal checks through James were hut n means of establishing a credit on which to work The loss of my bill book hastcucd my operations before my plans had fully maturcd. Az it was, ! passed some few papers with but small results. When Lcicht and drove ont on Sunday morning wc went north 'o Arizona canal tthen dry), hitchcd and walked some distance into inc dcs. eli. Here wc began io match pcrn'cS, then quarters. until my con'inu" s"c cess had cmpiicd his pockctbooE oi all the currency he had, some slO.GO or about. lie then bet his draft for S25.0n against a similar amount, and | won Iu three losses. He grew dcs' prratc. matching his watch, his gold band ring. and hi- diamond ring, only to lose. offered him some few bills of total of about slj.0o-thi hc took. | Then told him my story of wha, l had been convict, forgor, swindlcr ! confidence man and how had dupcd | the Phoenix people his friends, cic., | and how intended tO leave town thai evening llc became cnragcd. threw ! inc money 1 had given him at me. and | cursing me. demanded that leave him, drive back io town and make a sgt away. This did, but not wishing to tell the real situation to those who asked (for obviops reasons 1 could not tell the truth, put up various lies.
 "I know - from my intimate rcla. tons with him that he was quite dc. spondcui, and noticed on packing my grip that bottle of chloral hydratc solution, which he had prcparcl the night before. for insomnia. was net on the dresser If this bottle is produce tha, win do away with the ,.rory of murder, which l advanc" flr you. con sidcration. The loss of the mcnev may have affected him, as also may have tIe shame and humiliation which would or eur as inc result of my operations. Ii his body bc found, demand and in. sisi not only on n rigorous search of his person and neighborhood for this bottle, but also a chemical examina iion of his organs. 10 see II he may have committed suicide by this means demand this not ony for my sake but to save m expensive trial when shall return to Phoenix.
 ''I do not claim to bc more than ana swindler and forgcr cr-but as was already doomed to die from tuber eulosis, is it likely that I would hasten my end by the hanRmanf
 "Again, is it likely that I, with . university education, and m extra ordinary degree of mentality and in tclligencr, would stoop 10 murder when it is so easy Co swindlci
 "Iiad l been guilty would hay, dared to Haunt myself about in, l SssV''N' OHitts Ot LON All geles, as ! did last weckf Gues, again.
 "i am now on my way To Mexico via Cananea, and in the hills there propose to remain until l rccovor m, health. If Maricopa county official, will guarantee immunity on the charge, of forgery, false pretenses, or swind ling, l will return to clear myself oi the gravcr affair. If so, publish in Cananca, Mexico, papers.
 "Sincercly,
 LOUIS V. EYTINGE."
 Every effort is being made to trac, Eytinge and run him to earth, but SC far, beyond the letter, tho local polio, | have been unablc tn nhtain . o;o.,l.