Arizona republican., 1913-11-29
Alexander Case in Federal Court After Week Spent With Witnesses.
 RAaches Stane of Jury ArQun1ent

Reaches Stage ot Jury Argument
 James E. Alexander was on the stand in United States court all yesterday afternoon. being quizzed by his brother and attorney, Captain J. L. B. AleXan- der. in his own defense against the charge of making false claims upon the government while superintendent of the Salt River Indian reservation.
 With the books he kept on his lap, Barney" Alexander passed a hard four hours on the witness stand, explain ing to the jury the discrepancies upon which the government has based it's charge of wrong doing. In the trend of Captain AleXander's questions could be seen the fabric of the defense. And it is going to be this: that the defendant was not a dishonest accountant, but an inexperienced one.
 The trial brought out some weakness ses in the governments system of bookkeeping on Indian reservations. The system of allowing checks to abor- iginal brothers, whose childlike faith in the word of a white man, delegated by the White Father at Washington, is proverbial-has proven the tripping block on which many an agent has caught his official toe. Payment in cash, may be awkward under some cir cumstances, and even perilous, but it is more clean cut Inspector Linnen, who worked up this case against Alex ander, was strong against the system, IS was United States Attorney Nor risOn, who is prosecuting.
 Solon Jones, one of the wealthiest Indians in Arizona, and a contributor of much wood and many head of cat tie to the Sacaton agency, was on the
 
 timony concerned the payment of money to Indians for certain lots of wood and cattle. delivered to the agency during the term in office of the present defendant.
 The defense seems to have finished it's case. Although he has not an nOunced it rested, Captain Alexander has built up his case and it is now practically complete. Morrison will cross examine this morning at nine thirty, in case the AIexander's are through, and then the arguments will begin
 Interest in Case
 The courtroom will be thronged to- day when the arguments begin Peo- pie have not been so anxious to sit through the dry process of eliciting figures from stOlid Indians or question: ing bookkeeping experts, but when the case begins to involve the heart interest thing, then eloquence will flow, voices will be raised, gestures grow numerous and fiery, and the listeners get their fill of thrills. For the case that has been a week in the thrOes of account ancy will come to it's climax today The prosecution with the combined oratory of three excellent attorneys will try it's powers on the intelligent jury and Cap tain Alexander will start his final fight to save his brother from conviction.
 Arms Cases Put Over.
 Because they didn't want to interrupt the Alexander case just as it began to be interesting the court and the attor- neys put over the hearing of the decis- ions on the demurrers in the neutrality cases until Monday. On Monday will start the trial of the Conspiracy cas- es, the charges of which were not de- murrer to by the defendants as in the cases of the direct accusation. The corporations and their representatives now under Indictment for conspiracy to transport arms into Mexico, will be on hand Monday in the persons of the best lawyers in the state, and things will wax warm. It will be perhaps the most brillian legal fight that has ever taken place in this district, involving as it does the most powerful corpora tions and their representatives and agents.
 The result of Judge Sawtelle's delib eratiOns on the demurrers filed in the direct charge cases will be an import ant part of the session.
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