Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-02-12
TO SEEK RELEASE
Of THE CL|NES
ATTORNEY BAKER SAYS HE WILL
GET THEM OUT ON WRIT OF
HABEAs CORPUS

As soon as the stenographer can ex-
tend his notes, Attorney A. G. Baker
will go before Associate Justice r. s.
Nave of Globe and ask for a writ of
habeas corpus for the release of John,
Joe and Jim Cline, who were bound
over to the grand jury without bail
for the murder of Charles Edwards near
Roosevelt, January 10, says the Phoe-
nix Democrat.
Baker protests that the Clines are in
noeent of the crime, and advances the
theory, somewhat new, that Edwards
was slain by a band of rowing Indians,
one of whose number he struck over the
head at Roosevelt about year ago
AS suspicious circumstance that
tends to support his theory, Attorney
Baker this morning called attention to
all the Indians who had been around
Roosevelt for several months suddenly
disappearing the day following the muir.
der Of Edwards.
II is Bakers opinion that these In
dams, several of whom had been as
saulted or abused by Edwards killed
him to get even. He had several times
accused them of stealing his cattle.
The Indian he struck over the head was
educated at one of the eastern schools.
He disappeared with the rest.
Baker S argument at the finish of the
hearing of the Clines at Globe was a
warm one. When Justice Rawlings an
nouneed that he would render his de.
cision on the following day, Baker re.
torted that he might as well render it at
once, as it was cut and dried affair
to railroad the Clines.
Several witnesses were put on the
stand for the defense, including the
defendants. to account for the where
abouts of all the Clines between and
6 clock on the afternoon of Janu.
airy 10, between which hours it is estab
lished Edwards met his death.
Edwards, Felix Lam and Jim Cline
all left Roosevelt about the same time,
Lam arriving at the Cline ranch be-
fore Jim Cline and continuing further.
the latter changed horses.
BY Edith Thompson it was estab-
lished that Joe Cine, one of the boys
accused, went with her at o clock to
the Thompson place, remaining there
until dark. George Cline is the only
member of the family who ever made
any sort of a threat against Edwards,
but strangely he has not been arrested
Guy Solomon testified to seeing
George and Jim Cline, two of the boys
accused, at the Cline ranch when they
heard the three shots that caused Ed
wards death.
John Cline, the father of the boys,
testified on the stand that he was be-
hind a haystack between him and Solo
mon when the shots were fired, being
there to feed the horses. Solomon says
he did not see him, but also stated that
he had no business with him and did
not look around the haystaek.
Attorney Baker contends that an
alibi was made out for the three de
PENDANTS. He believes that Associate
Justice Nave Will grant a writ OF ma
beas corpus and release them on rea-
sonable amount of bail
During the progress of the hearing,
Mrs. Charles Edwards, wife of the man
killed, assaulted John Cline with rock
as he was coming out of the court room.
She struck him, but did no injury. The
affair caused much excitement, and it
looked as if there might be further trou-
BILE, but she subsidized and made no fur
ther demonstration.