Arizona republican., 1912-12-20
LADLEY TRIAL
 AT GLENDALE
The Countrywide Case of Jennie Brice Heard Be fore the Woman's Club of That Place on Thurs day Night

The trial of Phillip Ladley, charg- ed with the murder of his wife, Jen- nie Brice, was held at Glendale last night. before the court and jury, the Hon. F. J. Flock sitting as judge Long before the time for court to convene, the large opera house was filled with anxious spectators all cur ious to get a glimpse of the wife murderer, of whom they had read so much in "Everybody's Magazine"
 The large stage was fitted up to have the appearance of a real court house, with the judges stand, jury box, clerks and stenographers desks tables for the lawyers. covered with law books As the curtain rose at S:15 the glimmer of the foot lights, portrayed what looked a real court house, with the judge in his seat surrounded with the various court of ficers. The great crowd cheered Af- ter the cheers had died away, the court bailiff, arose and said: Hear Ye! Hear Ye the honorable district court of Allegheny county of Penn sylVania is now in session.
 The peering eyes of the audience were upon the prisoner as he came in through a rear door in charge of the sheriff. The prisoner was neatly attired in a new black suit took q seat beside the officer looked a little pale. but sat unmOved, until required by the court to stand up while the clerk read the long indictment, charg- ing the prisoner with the murder of lis wife Jennie Brice" in two counts: the first count charged the homicide. by cutting the throat with q knife the second count charged the killing by administering a poisonous drug.
 To this plea the defendant entered his plea of not guilty" Both sides announced ready, and the trial was on. Not much time. was occupied in impaneling jury, as no person in the panel seemed to have heard of the case. but one juror was excused on account of conscientious scruples in applying the death penalty in cap- ital cases.
 The jury was sworn to try the case and Mrs. Jack as Mrs. Putnam, took
 the stand as the principal witness
 for the state; she had her story well
 ir hand, that she was a widow lady. keeping q boarding house in Aleg-
 heny city, in the flooded district, told O. the big flood on March the 4th. 1907, how the water was up to the seventh round of the stairs in the hall way what room in her house the Ladleys occupied, how they quar- reled. how Ladley had cut her boat loose at ? o'clock in the morning with bloody knife; identified this bloody rope, the bloody towel, the slipper of Jennie Brice. and her bread l knife with the blade broken off, how Peter the dog had found these l floating in the water in the Hall way" and how she had seen Jennie Brces fur coat out to dry in Mollie McGuires clothes line and how she | believed the body of the woman at l Brice. how she identified it by the l hand. pointed finger nails. and brok- | en finger nails It was apparent she i had made a profound impression up ! on the jury. She withstood a cross l examination, without having her tes- l timony shaken.
 MT. Hotchkiss in the role of MT. | RroWnson the theater manager with | his vandyke whiskers made a great 1 hit. as also did Harry Moore, as Tim the shanty boat man; Mrs. | Bird, as Mollie McGuire with her