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tied like wildcat yesterday. was in
good control today and made no
demonstration.
The first witness called was Nick
RinEo. son Of the murdered man.
The witness told OF tho previous
business relations between hIa father
and Felix Arena. of tha two law siits
that resulted. lIe was quest toned
closely by tho district attorney con.
eerninK an alleged threatening lot
ter which the dead man received the
latter part OF september. RingO
identified the letter. Witness also
told Of the two watchdoga that had
died about six weeks before the trsR-
edy from poison administsred.
In cross examination counsel for
the defense reviewed tho history Of
the lawsuits and tried to fix the
anilnus which tho witness enter
laIned for the defendants. lie sonxh,
TO force m ndnissi0n from the wit.
mesa that he had told him. Attorney
McCh@Sney. n day or two ago that he.
the witness. would do anything TO
have the defendants hung. RInEo
denied making the statement. De-
fense interposed objection TO the al
legged threatening letter In the pos
session or tho states attorney.
The next witness was Fidei Garcia,
one OF the two men who first discOv-
cred the dead body OF Pietro Rinxo
on the road. Fidel had come to town
with Elins Dc Luna and wns return.
Ing homo In q spring wagon. About
1870 he testified that Ringo pissed
them In his wagon. \ few minutes
later he found the body Of RinRo in
the road. The wounded man still
hreathcd but died In his arms. Elias
Dc Luna. called next. corroboraicd In
every particular tho testimony OF
Garcia.
Coroner n. n. Sine. who made tn.
Investigation AMI conducted the in
quest. told OF taking charge of tho
body after he had benc notified by
Garcia. lie found four wounds on
the body. two In the breast and two
on tho left side OF the abdomen. Two
were made. he said. by u 3c cniibcr
gun and two by 3S calib~r gun
lie exhibited tho clothing and every
thing turned over TO him bclon Sink
to the dead man and the defendants.
lie testified to xoinK TO the scene OF
the killing next morning with Sheriff
Grisham. Hugo rfnlmcr and Monte
Musengale and finding empty shells
which corrcspon6ed with those bull
let's extracted from the body Of Rim.
xo.
Felix and DoG.ouick Arena were
positively identified by Mouie Mas
engalc. marshal nj Sopris. Masen.
gale said he had been In Trinidad
and WIS on board the Starkvillc car
that left the city AT four O'Clock. He
said that the two Arenas boa rded
the car on West Main street tho
tresaic. The peculiar conduc. Of
Felix attracted the attention Of Ma.
senGale. Felix. he said. sat opposite
hin and continually peered ont to
the wagon road rs II watching for
some one. MasenKalc positively said
that the two dcfcnd,n,s were the
men he saw. Felix wore q red mus
tarhc. he said. and was dressed In
white corduroy suit. He was not
20 positive about tho clothing of
Dominick. The men 20, off at the
junction and he watched them go
down into tho gully near tho larse.
rock
Defense sought TO shaitrr the tes-
timony OF Masensale by reading
from his Testimony ut the coroner's
inquest and the preliminary hearing
which varied a little. He sought to
bring out that Maseng gale might have
been mistaken in his identity Of the
two men. but Mascngale was poxi.
tive.
Frank Cesario. motorman Of the
Cokedale car that met the starkviIle
car ut the junction that day, testi-
| fled that he had also seen he defend.
ants get off and said that Felix was
dressed In the white corduroys and q
white hat. He described Dominick
differently than Masensaie. Defense
failed to materially alter the aspect
OF the testimony OF this witness.
Mrs. Maggie Bechard. rooming
house properties Of 1885 Curtis
street. Denver. threw important
light on the case. II was at her
house that the Arenas secured rooms
in Denver after the murder here. She
testified that Felix appeared ner-
vous and worried and when given a
room hurried In taking off his belt
and gun on the way. She identified
the belt and gun. Later she said he
went out and purchased q copy Or the
Denver Post. which contained the
story OF the killing of Risgo. Felix
showed her an account. and stated
that he knew RinSo and that he was
glad he was dead. lie talked freely
OF the affair. Defense objected to
the admission of this testimony In
view OF the fact that Dominick was
not present when these alleged
statements were made and the court
asked that the counsels be heard on
the law regarding this matter.
a. +. Peterson and Thomas NJ.
Brown. two members OF the detec-
tive force of Denver who arrested the
Arenas Mt the rooming house on Cur
It's street. told Of making the arrests
and related the conversations with
the prisoners and told OF finding the
guns and the clothes which were
identified.
After sixty-eight jurymen had
been examined. twelve men were