Williams news., 1910-04-30

l Wood, were charged with the murd- CT of E. P. Swarts in September, 1908, which was taken up before Judge Doe in the district at Flag staff on Tuesday of last week, and all of last week and Monday of this week was required for it's com pletion, when the jury, after de- liberating but short time return ed a verdict of not guilty.
 Great interest was taken in the case as both the defendants were we'll known throughout the county and at every sitting the court room was filled with specta tors, among whom were great many women.
 All of Tuesday and Wednesday morning was spent in the selection of the jury. Over 100 veniremen were summoned and over eighty of this number were examined before the panel was finally filled.
 District Attorney X. N. Sleeves, assisted by Henry F. Ashurst, of Prescott, acted for the territory and the defendants were represent ed by J. E. Jones, of Flagstaff, and
 R. M. Ling, of Prescott.
 It was not until Wednesday aft
 ernoon that the hearing of the testi-
 mony began. Following is the sub-
 stance of the testimony given by
 the different witnesses:
 | Patricio Jaramillo. 8 Mexican sheep herder, was the first witness called, and testified as to finding of
 the body of the dead man on the top of hill about two miles north- east of Williams on or about the third day of last May and that he told Andreas Marines, another sheep herder, of the fact the same afternoon. @ Andreas Martinez was next cal.
 led and corroborated the testimony of Jaramillo and further stated that after going and looking at the body that same day, carried the news to a gang of men who were , working near by.
 Willie Mellin now took the stand and testified that he was sent by the workmen, already referred to, to Williams to inform M. J. Rounse- vile of the finding of the body.
 M. J. Rounseville was the next
 witness. He stated that the news
 of the finding of the dead mans body was brought to his office on the morning of May 4. and that he
 immediately summoned coroner's
 jury and along with the jury went to the place where the body was
 found. He testified that they found there the body of man about hall buried and in very decomposed
 state. The jury was unable to find
 a verdict on that day. but on the !, following day rendered verdict in which it stated that the dead body , was that of E. P. Swartz and that he had come to his death as the re-
 suit of a gunshot wound. He said , he identified the body as that oi Swartz by means of the clothing shoes. a detective badge and two , other lodge buttons found upon the , body.
 Dr. A. G. Rounseville, who was a
 member of the coroner's jury testi
 fled as to identifying the body by
 the clothing and buttons and also = that he discovered that on the skull ? which was brought from the grave q one jaw bone was shorter than the ] other. He had noticed peculiar g twiching of Swartz's mouth when g laughing and gave this as proba- 8 ble cause. The doctor said that 8 Swartz had had hernia while liv- e ing and that truss was found on ), the dead body. and further that a hole about the size of one made by ? 32-caliber revolver was found in y the clothing and through the body 8 The testimony of J. $. Button n James Ladd, Robert Postle and c