Arizona republican., 1909-10-01

Schwartz is not the only man they in-
 tended to make away with, either.
 There evidence which can easily be produced that would show that they in
 tended to include Jim Johnson, bit
 ter enemy of Neill, in their plot.
 The Night Schwartz Died
 Schwartz was killed on the night of
 September IS of last year. I was not in
 Williams that night and they knew, it.
 and that is very likely why they picked
 that night for their murderous work
 Schwartz and his partner. Stevens,
 were living together. About g o'clock
 Woods came to the house of Schwartz
 and Stevens and called Stevens out,
 saying: I want you to go with me
 and help arrest Neill.'
 This was a cunning bait. for a few
 days before. Neill had given Stevens a
 severe skipping, and Stevens, the un- | sophisticated fellow that he was, walk | ed right into the trap thinking he had
 a chance to get even with Neill. AS
 soon as Woods got Stevens away rom
 the house. he was joined by Nelll ana the two forcibly took Stevens out to
 the dam and tied his feet together l and attached rocks to his body, intend- l ing to drown him. Finally they chang
 ed their plan and let Stevens go, real izing that he was so badly scared that
 he would leave town if he had hall a
 chance. and that it would be safer to let him go than to drown him and take | chances of his body being found. Neilrs Motive.
 ..This part of the story is common information, and Neill and Woods do rot deny having had Stevens out at 'he dam. Neill asked Stevens why ne was
 sbadoving him, and he said he was do- inc so for his boss, Detective Schwarts and that it was in connection with the Poison store robbery. There
 are reasons which I could give tia' would show that Neill supposed 'ilat ! Schwartz and Stevens were shauoWi"s hin, in an effort to work up eNlueh0e | against him and Williams woman l"i violating tn Edmunds act, ana 'iid' II case was developed against theIh' tbev both would probably go 10 the penitentiary. .,,. "Stevens was the last man who saw ] Schwartz alive. Neill and Woods' al fer letting Stevens go, went back anu pot Schwartz and killed him and bur jed his body where it was found more than six months later. As an eNldehce l that Schwartz was taken rom ms house bv force is the fact that ms dos was left locked up I turned IL out myself after my return to Williams Schwartz was very much attached to his dog. and as every body who Knew him knows. he never went anywhere without having the dog along with him. AS a further proof that Neill and Woods were guilty is the fact that they both fled from Williams when 1 Schwartzs body was found"
 Why Suspects Surrendered But why did they come back and voluntarily surrender" asked the re- | porter.
 That is very plain." said Mir. Olds ! "You will remember that the week be-
 fore they came in and surrendered. the | Coconino sun published an article in | which it was stated that if Neill and Woods had reached Mexico. they were safe. because if arrested in that coun- try they could not be extradited un- less an indictment had been found [ against them in this country, and as | Olds would not return to this country to testify before the grand jury, no indictment would likely ever be re- turned against them. That Is Just
 where they caught themselves Pull liam had a Subpoena for me when he
 came to Mexico. but he had no way of compelling me to come out of Mex ico and I told him that I would not return to Arizona to give evidence in the case until Neill and Woods had been arrested; that that would be time | enough. and that I would be willing to come then. If the editor of the Sun had not failed to publish this last part of my statement l feel certain that Neill and Woods would never have come in and voluntarily surrendered to Sheriff Francis.
 This case is certainly remarkable in it's dastardliness. There are so many things about it that seem unreasOn- able and impossible that I can readily understand why there are people who are saving that it is a very mysterious case, and that they do not believe that will ever be unraveled. I believe that I am at the bottom of the whole thing. 1 and I am not afraid to tell the truth | I am here now because my duty as | man demands that I be in the interest of justice, and whenever the case comes to trial I am willing to go on | the stand
 q do not care in how many differ | ent ways lawyers may ask me the same | question. or how severe the cross ex- animation The cold facts of the case | are these and any effort to break down | my testimony would only make the | facts themselves seem more stubborn If did not firmly believe. this I would | not have said some things to you that | I have, for if Ling and Jones hear of them they will probably go to work on them with a view to having them | discredited when I make them from the witness stand. but work as hard as they may. I do not believe they can succeed.
 OIds Feels Sure of Justice
 'I would rot be surprised if the law yers for the defense should ask for change of venue. If they do and it is granted. it is my opinion that they will be even more apt to get their necks broken than if tried here. Their crime is so cold -blOOded. cowardly and das- tardly that do not think there is any chance of them not getting the full l1eslG of in tfa.. fa1 tIs,, ]