Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-11-04

That Weaver had caught Mrs. Emma Hessler by the throat at one time, and again by the head, and that he was ad- vancing upon her a third time after having fallen through door and breaking the latch, was the statement made by Engineer Robert T. Bradford before the coroner's jury yesterday af ternoon. After hearing the testimony of Bradford, Town Marshal Anderson, F. O. Kelly and Emmett Gaynor, the brother of the woman who killed the stage driver, Coroner Tinson Thomas continued the inquest until ? o'clock this afternoon.
 Despite the fact that spirited cleo tion was being conducted at the Ri,ou theater, but few steps from the court. house, the courtroom was filled with eager spectators when the jurors began to file into their seats. One Of ,be jury was absent and s. M. smith was sworn in his stead, this, however neces. sitating the coroncr's taking the entire jury again to the Jones undertaking parlors to view the body of J. ". Weaver.
 Town Marshal Anderson was the first witness called to the stand. His testimony was much the samc as the account of the shooting given by the Silver Belt yesterday morning. He said that he had left his office with E. o. Kelly just before the shooting, walked down to the corner of Broad and Ce- dar streets and started west across the street when he heard a shot, which he could not locate at first. Some one ran up and told him that man hao been killed, and he made the arrests, as already published.
 Emmett Gaypor, the young brother of Mrs. Hessler, was next called. Ho said that he had been drinking that day with Weaver and other men, and that Weaver accompanied him to the house. They went into the kitchen and 1 witness said he sat down in chair aud went to sleep. He did no. know what ! transpired after that until he was | lowed the shooting by his sister and went into the hall of the main building, where he saw Weaver lying on the aoor. Replying to questions by At torney Weinberger, representing the territory, and Attorney Wiley E. Jones for the defense, Gaynor sail that he had gone 10 the house twice that day | and had been with Weaver much of the time, the stage driver having tap 1 ped him on the shoulder and asked for conversation. which led them into Q saloon where they sat down and drank beer and talked for a while. in company with Harry Smith and man ! named Vernon. On the seconi visit to the Scott house, Gaynor said that he saw his mother and sister talking to Weaver, but he paid no attention, us he had been drinking anl wanted to sleep. Witness said be hai never seen the pistol with which Weaver was k,ll- | ed.
 Robert T. Bradford, the next witness, testified that just before the shooting he was standing on the west side of Broad street with George Mitchell and George Campbell, where all of them could see straight into the hall of the Scott rooming house. He testified that he saw a man catch woman by the throat and pull her to the front room. She broke away from him, and he caught her again, this time by the head. Witness said that the woman once more broke away and ran out of the front door towards tho courthouse, and that he was under the impression that she was running to the marshal's office, but she was again seen in the hail, hay. ing apparently returned by the rear door. There was more tusseling, the man falling twice, once against the door of the front room, breaking the latch with his weight. Witness said that the woman had called twice for help and that he and his friends went to her assistance, the woman runling into the door of one of the rear rooms and locking herself in, but that when they pulled the man out of the front room, she again came into the hall. Weaver advanced upon her and she shot him. Bradford said that he had his back turned when the shot was fired and did not see the weapon, but he did see Weaver walk backward about six or eight feet and fall back ward, with his head to the street.
 "You had your back turned when Smith.
 "Yes, my back was turned and did not see when the shot was fired. '"
 "Had the woman called for help7p
 "Yes, she called for help twice" Marshal Anderson was recalled to the oko 1l 1x,n Ao Lx,