East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-24

from WelSer with an attorney to in
vestigate the case, stating that IL there
was a show for the defendant to be
innocent he would give him every as
sistance in his power, and after
brief investigation this brother in law
returned to Weiser and a day or so
later Arnold received curt note
from the attorney stating that he was
too busy to take up the case. 1t is
understood that Arnold's wife has also
deserted him and will have nothing
further to do with him. At any rate
he sits alone in the court room with
only his counsel as buffer between
him and his fate.
And Arnold is worried, He is ner-
vous. disquiet and evidently ill at
ease. His eyes are continually toward
the table or the corner of the room.
Once in a while he lifts his shaggy.
low hanging eyebrows and gives
quick. hurried glance at the judge or
spectators. then returns to twisting his
hands and fingers and gazing at moth
ing in particular.
History of Case.
The murder of which Arnold is ac-
cused had no. eXtenuating circum-
stances connected with it. 1t was
cold blooded in the extreme and afro
cious beyond conception. For the few
hundred dollars which he is supposed
to have had in his pocket, and which
he had saved from wages for labor,
he was beaten over the head with an
Snmense club almost fence post,
his skull crushed almost to a pulp and
then left to rot in the sagebrush about
six miles above Umatilla. His pock-
cts were rifled.
The circumstances connecting Ar
mold with the murder, so far as known
about the course house, are that Ar
mold and the murdered man came
from Boise, Idaho, to Baker. from
Baker to Pendleton and from Pendle-
ton to Echo. There, it is claimed two
horses We're secured from a livery
barn and Arnold and Rabeal went out
to look at some land. That was the
last seen of Rabeal alive. Late in the
evening Arnold returned the horses
to the livery barn, saying that the
other fellow had gotten off up town
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these facts Arnold is claimed to have
said that he got the horses and took
them out to the railroad track where
he had turned them over to Rabeal
and another man and they rode of
together. He waited on the railroad
track until the other man returned
with the horses when he, Arnold, took
them to the livery barn. When ask
ed who this other man was the only
answer Arnold could give is that his
! name was Louis" and he didn't know
! his last name. although he had seen
1.-the man several times. but couldn't
remember his last name didn't know
as he had ever heard his last name
From computations made by the
sheriff and with which Arnold was
confronted, according to his own state
ments. he must have waited on the
railroad track for the return of the
horses for eleven hours without any
thing to eat or drink.
, Just what kind of a defense Arnold
! is going to make is not known. Sc
| far as the witnesses are concerned, he
! has subpoenaed but five and no one
around the court house seems tC
know them. 1t is believed they are
all from Idaho.
The Afternoon Session.
This afternoon Arnold's sister, Mrs
Purcell. who lives at Meacham, came
down and is in the court room will
the defendant 1t is also understood
that. another sister from Idaho viii
arrive tonight and remain throughou
the trial
The examining of the jurors is pro
crossing slowly and from present in
dications it will be at least anothe
day before the twelve men are select
ed. AS the jury box now lacks onl.
two men of being filled and when i
is filled, ~ having been passed 70
cause. both the state and defendan
have the right to excuse any juro
they desire, and by this peremptor,
excusing it is possible to empty tn
box again,
Juror Furnishes Amusement.
A bit of amusement was occasione'
when o. NJ Richmond of Helix wa
being examined as to his qualifica
tion. The defense passed him TO
cause and Mr.. Phelps gave him
pretty thorough examination as t
his opinions concerning capital pun
ishment and as to whether or not h
had any conscientious scruples agalns
capital punishment. Richmond QUA
flied and Mr.. Phelps passed to TN
7 next juror and began, for the mrs
time, questioning I'm as to his scrr
pies against circumstantial evidence
) He questioned the second juryma
t closely about circumstantial evidenc
: and was getting along nicely 'Whe
y Richmond interrupted, with Her
t Won didn't ask me anything abo'
that. / don't know about TINS cl
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