Arizona republican., 1907-05-19


tie bit of favorable testimony for
man on trial for his life" The effect
OF the counsers reprimand was some
what lost through the fact that the
laughed. The court admonished the
audience to maintain its reserve. but
remarked that he did not think any
discourtesy was meant. and that such
incidents are sometimes spasmodic
and only serve to relieve the tension
of all concerned.
The first witness in the morning was
John j. Kolberg. who was recalled.
having been on the stand a few min
utes the day before. His testimony
was merely for further Identification
of the body and as to the health of
John Leicht, Kolberg being one of the
only two men in Phoenix whom Leicht
knew when he came here. The other
is Pete Kraber. The witness said that
Leicht was cheerful and apparently in
good health. In cross examination by
Judge Baker the witness was asked
if he did not want to see Eytinge
hanged. He said he did If the circum-
stances warranted it.
Exhibits y and o were entered in
evidence and the next witness called
was Mrs. NJ l.. Veatch the landlady at
the Doris lodging house, where de-
fendant and Leicht had a room togeth-
er. She told practically the same story
that has heretofore been printed, con-
corning the practices of the two men.
their companionship, the return of
Eytinge. on the afternoon of Sunday.
March Il, his departure from the city.
etc. She was followed on the stand by
Phil Ensign, who had rented the horse
and buggy to Eytinge on the 18th of
March. and the facts of his having as
sisted in the search for the body,
driving out in that direction day
or two later
]. A. Wieder who lives on a ranch
south of the Arizona canal. testified
| to having seen the horse and buggy
going north on March IL with two men
| in it and later saw the same vehicle
pass TO the southwark with but oHa
man in il.
Juan Rangel. a Mexican. testified
through Interpreter ]. A Porterie He
said he had seen the body of Leicht.
| and he identified ii and the defend
ant as being the two men he saw in d
/ buggy, passing his place about mile
south of the Arizona canal and on the
/ Black Canyon road. After pass
ing Rangel the buggy he said. turned
! on a cross road running a little north
of east to the Central avenue bridge
over the Arizona canal. Mrs. w. j.
Roarke identified EytinSe as one OF
I two men she had met in buggy going
north on the Black Canyon road on
I the forenoon in question. Eytinge. she
said. was driving. and the other man
was settled down in the seat as though
more or less stupefied
THE AFTERNOON.
The afternoon was another long and
| tedious grind with the Witnesses
There were few clashes between the
attorneys over the admissibility of
/ evidence or the answering OF ques-
tions. counsel on both sides being
careful to limit opposing counsel to the
asking of only proper questions with
out attempting to draw out stealthily,
desired but improper statements
Naturally the objections were most
! frequent on the part or the defense
and, while sometimes sustained, were
more frequently overruled and excep-
tions taken by counsel. The two most
| interesting witnesses OF the afternoon
were Sheriff Carl Hayden and DIR. Win
/ Wylie. The former was not on the
/ stand long. but the latter was sub
| jected to an examination covering
nearly two hours, the subject matter
being both the post mortem examina-
tion nc conducted on the body of
Leicht and his qualifications and tes-
timony as an expert in the matter of
poisons and fatalities resulting there
from. He was the last witness of the
afternoon. The first witness of the
afternoon was w. ]. Roarke. who lives
at an orange grove on the northeast
quarter of section 81 on the Black
Canyon road. in the southeast corner
of the grove tract He testified that
he had not seen defendant pass on
March Il on the outward trip. but he
saw him returning toward the city
sometime after II o'clock, driving /
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