Arizona republican., 1913-12-06
SEVERAL SORTS OF KNOWLEDGE
Are Brought Out in Arms Case-Judge Holds News paper Publicity Does Not Get to Everybody Who Reads

] That any man Wi,h reasonable un- dorstanding must necessarily know that a condition of domestic violence
 existed in Mexico on and prior to the middle of May. and that the only
 source of the fuel with which the 1 flames of discord were kept alive was i the United States. were two of the points the government managed to i get across in the Phelps Dodge case ! in federal court yesterday. There 1 were no more iceless seas for the IaGventurous bark nor any unmatched I1ecIs fer the operator, for the case vas striking snags continually an
 the time"
 The worst one was that which ! grew out of an attempt to introduce the testimony of X. A. Hopkins, spe- ciaI United States deputy marshal, to 1 the effect that the defendants, as reasonable men, must have been en- tirclN familiar with the conditions in Mexico In defending his objection
 10 the introduction of this testimony, Attorney John Mason Ross for the defense practically outlined the point
 on which the defense is going to hang it's case: that the prosecution
 has erred in presenting evidence of the "oVert act before establishing q conspiracy which is directly oppo- site to the method IIescrbcd by law. HoulIin-a most excellent witness was allowed to sit idle on the stand while the attorneys thrcshcd out the law in the iurY's absence. The dis cussion began at 10:45 and lasted
 .p 1o lunch. On the resumption of the session. the district attorney siEnified
 he Was through with his argument. Reese Ling was asked by the court
 f he had anything to say. He all lowed there will little to add and
 then turned in and talked for three quarters or an hour The objection
 was sustained. Tl.n Nr. Morrison
 announced he would attempt to show
 by the introduction of files If news
 papers that it vas pretty well under
 stood down in Bisbee that all was not
 as t should be in Mexico. Tho court
 placed some limitations on what h-
 would be allowed to bring to the I notice of the jury, and that body
 was called back into the room
 Y. F. Miner. savings teller of the Eishcy Bank was the first witness in 1 tho m JrGinE. He was called on to identify q check for S1 1,522.9O signed by R P. De Negri in favor of the . PLe'ps-Dodge company and deposit ed by that company. He identified the duplicate deposit slip, also. In
 the testimony of Miner there was
 lifGc hitch when he at first flatly
 refused to state that the check had | been filled in by Frank Coles. He
 later thought it might be.
 c. I'll ask you whether or not, in your opinion. the words Phelps
 Dodge Mercantile Company" are in i the handwriting of MT. CoIcs2" ] <. Tn my opinion 1t is not" Re feTring Co the deposit slip.
 | Later comparing tne writing of MT. i Coles with the deposit slip. Miner 1 said, This bears remarkably close
 resemblance but in very vital points differ" He then told why it differed and how
 Q. \. Saelid. cashier of the P-D. company at Risbcc, said Coles gave him the C. Q. D. sales slip and the duplicate deposit slip covering the cartridges. He added that the check was filled in in Coles writing and that Dc Negri had evidently only