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from him saying that he had a pro- fessional call and would be detained. Captain Alexander for the defense at first stated that he would wait for him but later the trial proceeded without him.
 The prosecution introduced several controverting character witnesses, among whom was Rev. James Wash ingtoh to whom District Attorney Bull lard said: "I believe, MT. Washing ton, you are the pastor of the South Methodist church" While that was hardly the case, the suggestion was allowed to go and MT. Washington proceeded to say that from what he had heard he did not think MT. Gardi- ner was an ornament to society. The district attorney tried to bring out of him a statement that the defendant had told him that at one election he had bought a hundred votes. The question was not allowed.
 On cross examination MT Washing ton admitted that he belonged to one colored club while the defendant be- longed to another, but he would not admit that there was any rivalry be- tween them. The cross examination brought out however that there was a severely strained relation between two elements of the colored people here. There was a great variety of causes for this condition of things.
 The defense sought to draw out, with a considerable measured suc- cess, that the Rev. MT. Washington performed his christian ministrations C., he was driven to relieve his interven- ing ennui bY putting around in sec ular affairs.
 Though it did not appear in the tes- timony it was stated that the feelings of MT Washington against the de- fendant had a funny beginning. Some two years ago Mir Washington had managed to have the A. M. F. bishop of this diocese brought to Phoenix and had arranged an exhibit or him. He had invited Governor Kibbey and May or Coggins to appear at a meeting to be held for the purpose of formally receiving the bishop and to make ad dresses on that momentous occasion. Both officials sent regrets. Thereup on. whatever Mir. Washington may have thought of the governor, he thought Mayor Coggins was not a fit man to be at the head of a municipality in which the negro element was so strongly represented He was there fore opposed to his reelection and he resented the active efforts of Gardiner in his behalf
 About this time the name of J. w. Canning began cropping out in the testimony Almost every witness, white and colored who appeared against Gardiner. had been found to have been "connubiating with Can ming" Md. Washington had learned from Canning. he said something about the indictments of Gardiner. They were not talking about Gardiner in an un- friendly way oh, no. They were merely discussing things in general when the subject of Gardiner's der linquencies were quite casually touch- ed upon. Captain Alexander asked the parson why he had been hanging about the Fleming block all the time making a haunt of the place, he and Canning. MT Washington replied that he had made the block a stopping place because his friend. Henry Davis. was there. Mir. Davis is not an ad- mirer of the defendant. The -parsOn sought to show that his friends were not all enemies of Gardiner. for said he to Captain Alexander T sometimes come to your office" Yes" retorted the attorney, when you are on a beg ging expedition"
 R. N. Stevens, proprietor of Stevens barber shop and a member of the anti
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