Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-05-07

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Goodwin / never told anyone We
had to Kill EN-. l did not say at
any time that a quarrel arose between
I<ibbe and Hillpot and Goodwin and
| over q dog | have been tried and
convicted and have served time.
always told Goodwin, when he sug-
gested to me killing people camping
near futile Station that l would
have nothing to do with such
| thing
Those are bits from the testimony
of William r. Stewart on trial for his
| life in the federal court of Arizona.
In two hour sitting with Attorney
Morrison for the pr secution firing
question at him, Stewart utterly de-
MED many Of the allegations made
! against him. He told Morrison in 4
little tilt with the prosecutor that
I they We're putting up a Job on him.
that sheriff Thompson. Charles Dean.
/ COnboy and others had lied and al
though he wouldn't say SO, he i'm
piled that Morrison himself was
twisted as tn his facts. Said AIorri-
son In your 9th trial at Globe
, did YOU not say in answer to a ques-
tion of mine that as YOU stood be
yond the light of Cowboys camp
fire. You would not help Goodwin
kill the party because there was a
! lady in it" Stewart answered that
he had not said any such thing the
reporter had got linn wrong, that
Goodwin wanted TO murder the party
/ that he asked Goodwin about the
woman and Goodwin answered. oh
} toI RI IN, Il.
repartee that followed Morrison came
off only Well-not best
/ Pleads Coercion
Stewart laid the entire killing all
J its planning. the actual firing of the
shots. welding Of the dubbed rifle.
the stabbing. all-eVen the suggestion
and finally the coercion into flight
on his partner Goodwin. 1t was dark
in the middle room Of the futile sta
tion at about O'Clock the night Of
September u 1910. The four had
eaten and We're smoking after sup
per There were no lights but OBJ
jects We're nguishable Kibbe
sat at the table. Goodwin lay on the
bed. Stewart was seated on a crack
. er box near the door Hillpot lay
with his head on q saddle in cor
ner Without d single quarrelsome
! -
! ton Of fight, someone, whom Stew
art thought was Kibbe fired a re-
/ VOlver Fifteen second later three
rifle shots We're fired rapidly. Stew
art said lie sat still until the second
shot was fired then stood by his box
! too scared and surprised TO take any
part in things dumb with fright and
I half paraIyzed. Goodwin Ieaped over
( the body Of his second victim and
stood before his companion with the
broken rifle in his hand. He forced
J Stewart to assist in robbing the
! bodies and then to go get the horses
! for the long flight.
! Stewart told about his buying ra-
( tions in the Pinetop store at the or
der of Goodwin. He told about the
, arrest. denied he had confessed TO self
defense killing, denied the dog
coerced into flying after Goodwin
had murdered the two young men.
Stewart Passed the Lie
Under cross examination he con-
! fessed he had lived with Goodwin
/ whom he knew to be a deserter from
! the United States army Goodwin at
! different times suggested the killing
of first Bill futile then Willie Tut
tie. then William Fisk. A Globe bank
! er and finally the CJnboy party. The
! first infection that has yet been put
I upon a voice in the inquiry made the
/ next question Of Mo- son thunder
forth accusingly why if YOU knew
! Goodwin was wanting to kill these
| seven people did you not warn the
! objects Of his murderOus plan? Did
/, YOU go to bed with the knowledge
that in the night Goodwin might
! arise and kill any of these people"
! Stewart replied that he had always
! laughed at Goodwin, thought he was
just talking and would never go
so far as to put into action the hor-
| rible plans he had suggested. Fol
! lowing that, Stewart woke up and
| did some laundering himself, in his
] mild hammered way. Then it was he
] said that the increase in witnesses
! against him from ten to twenty six
since his last trial looked like there
was a frame up against him.
The defense did not attempt to
: bring in a plea of self defense. on
! the stand Stewart repeatedly said he
had not concocted the dog story, had
! never said he confessed gilling in
! self defense. Relying entirely on the
/ plea of coercion, Attorney Dick led
! Stewart through an hours descrip-
! ton on the witness stand of his life
with Goodwin, his relations with that
| man and the story of the killing, as
| he knew it-recollected from the
/ meager details he could observe in
| the darkness and from what Good
win had told him the time of the