Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1910-07-17
HART HELD To
AWAIT ACTION
Of GRAND JURY
Slayer of Arthur Bean in Jail
Following Hearing in De-
fault of Five thousand DOL
lar Bond

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fault of Five thousand DOL
lar Bond
The preliminary hearing of II NJ
Hart for the killing of Arthur Bean
at johnson addition on Monday ey
ening. July IL resulted in Hart being
held TO await the action of the grand
jury under bond of $4,000
The hearing was called before
Judge Owen Murphy at his court
room in Lowell yesterday morning
at 10 O'Clock. The prosecution was
represented by Assistant Prosecuting
Attorney E. ]. Flanagan and the de-.
tense by Attorneys ". B. Cleary and
George Neale. Tn. hearing took mn
over three hours. and at the close
Judge Murphy admitted the prisoner
to bail pending the furnishing ot
which he was remaIded to Jail.
During the hearing Harris attitude
was one OF studied pnconcern and at
ufnes his manner even approached
levity. He chatted with his attor.
neys and his wife. and at Mrs
Netherlin's rather empkatic identi6.
cation of him he laughed audibly
with apparent enjoyment.
Judge Murphy's court was crowded
to the doors long before the time so,
Tor the hearing by a throng Of tho
interested and merely curious and
the proceedings we're followed by all
with an intense interest which eyi.
deneed the deep feeling which this
case has aroused and the importance
Attached to it by the community
witnesses were sworn collectively
and by order Of the court excluded
from the court room except the wit.
ness giving testimony.
The prosecution opened its case
ny placing Mrs Opal Bean on the
stand, who testified as follows:
am the wife of Arthur Bean. ana
nave known him for four years. nj
also know the defendant Hart bv
'ight When my husband came home
'n the afternoon OF the 18th. / told
ann OF the action of Hart "A s,avinr
ne arrested for disturbing the
'eaee. After supper he said he
would go up and see Hart and try
o have him withdraw the ebargt
md then started towards Harris
louse.
Hart was sitting on the porch in |
us shirt sleeves and on the approacb
IL my husband he went into his houso
md came out in a short time with
us coat on. | saw that they were
.AIAing to each other. but could besr
zone OF the conversation. The tue
hen walked up the road toga,bor
and turn in The road hid tba,,
rom my sight. Almost immediateIy
heard a shot fred and then liz
Netherlin, crying for some one m
come up. I ran up as Quickly a.
possible and found my husband lying
on the ground The first thing he did
was TO smack his lips in a way de.
noting that he wished me tn kiss
him, and he then said, pointing IN |
Knife lying on the ground. "Hart
opened and threw that there"
Attorney Neale for the defense oh
lected TO this testimony on the
ground that it was hearsay. This
objection was not sustained. and Mrs
Bean resumed her testimony as fol-
lows:
He said: Hart shot me and
then threw the knife there. / have
mine in my pocket saw nv hus-
bands knife after We had carried
aim home. Officer Bailey took If
from his pocket while he was living
On the bed" Mrs Bean Identified
the knife which was picked I'D from
the ground near her husbands body
and also identified the knife taken
from his pocket.
On cross-examination BY Attorney
Neale. Mrs. Bean said that her hus-
band was much worried when he
heard of the warrant being served
on her and said he did not want her
to appear in court and he would try
10 have il settled. She. herself. was
more amused than angered by Hart's
action in having her arrested. BEING
further by the defense.
she admitted that when she picked
up the knife from the ground she
said. That's a hell Of a - -l
thing to Try 10 Kill a man with" In
explanation OF this remark she said
she meant that her husband would
not think Of using such a weapon.
Further cross-examinatiOn she wed
that she had not told all these partic-
llars at the coroner's inquest. because
she thought it was only necessary to
establish at that time the fact OF
Beans death, and that she had not
been instructed by anyone TO with
hold any testimony
Mrs. Bean was Their excused.
The next witness was William HUI
bert. an uncle of Bean. who testified
that he was with Gean at bis home
before the shooting. but had had no
with him about his trou-
BILE with Hart After he heard the
scGt he vent up 10 where Bean was
lying on the ground
At this point the defense objected
TO Hulber''s TESTIMONY as 10 what
Bean had said when he reached aim
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