Arizona republican., 1913-01-23

" one and that he had therefore better help preserve the bloody secret.
 Te body of Peterson was then car ried across a little bridge between the Faltin house and that of PomerO and was laid in some weeds in the river bed whence it was later removed to the hole in the ground at the foot of the bluff where it was found two days la ter. The subsequent untruthful state ments which Faltin had made, his at tOrney said were made in his fear of POmero, Mrs. Romero and the Italian who had sworn him to secrecy.
 The statement then dealt with the relations between Peterson and Faltin and the financial affairs of the latter. There was a relation of the sweating process to which Faltin was subjected after his arrest in the course of which, it was stated he told the officers that if they would take him to Pomero the latter would show them where Peter son was buried
 The first witness of the day was PierpOnt Minor who had made a plat showing the house of Faltin and other objects in the vicinity of the tragedy, including the grave of Peterson. Then several character witnesses were put on who testified that Faltin was not a quarrelsOme man. One young man. Sutton, on cross examination had heard of a recent fight between Faltin and D. A. Steele and in reply to question by the county attorney whose sarcasm he had missed be said he thought that fight was an indication of Faiths peaceable disposition. c. H. Dixon had been subpoenaed for the defense and he was asked regard ing an attempt by Pomero the evening before to intimidate him. Objection was raised by the defense and the jury was excused. After an argument the objection was sustained.
 One interesting point was raised when an attempt was made by the de- fense to show by MT. Pinkerton, a rcighbOr, that Peterson was of quar- relsome disposition. The county at tOrney objected on the ground that the defense was barred by it's avowal that the crime was not committed by Fall tin, from introducing evidence, calcu- lated to prove self defense or justifica- tion. The court was inclined to sus- tain that view but MT. Struckmeyer stated that the supreme court had rec | ently reversed the lower court of Gila county in the Stokes murder case on | that very point. This matter was then taken under advisement
 The proceedings were generally un- interesting until the defense called ! William FaItin." Then there was a | were thrust forward and recks were | elongated
 l The prisoner took the stand He was neatly dressed. His face was mild and his voice was soft. There was strange incOngruity between his man. ner and tone and the most hideous | murder in the history of the county | Faltin said that he was thirty nine years old; was born in Goldup, Prus- sia where he resided until he was four 1 teen years of age after which he worked in shipbuilding yards. He came to this country in 1895 and to Arizona | in 1902. He first worked at Mayer and | then went to San Francisco and thence to Alaska. Altogether. he made four trips to Alaska generally returning to l occupations. devoting much of his time to prospecting in Yavapai county
 He first met Carl Peterson at the l Gillespie mine in 1909 and next he saw him last March at an auction in this city after he had bought the property | on South Seventh street where Peter | son was living with him at the time of | the murder.
 | Peterson took up his residence with Faltin last June. The witness then described the financial relations be- 1 tween himself and Peterson Checks | were introduced showing that they had
 been cashed by Faltin for Peterson He had bought a team and wagon from Peterson for s20O.
 Step by step the prisoner was
 brought up toward the fatal Septem- Der 9. He was asked about his em- ployment on Saturday September '.
 Did you dig a grave that day?''
 asked his counsel
 No" said Faltin.
 Regarding the digging of the hole
 where the body of Peterson was found
 Faltin corroborated entirely, the state
 ment of Lima Pinkerton, the little girl l
 said though. that hole was one of many
 he had dug to hold garbage which was
 being dumped over the bluff
 He was questioned regarding his
 employment the next day, Sunday and
 thus, he was brought up to the de-
 scriptiOn of the weather on Sunday
 night. Kenneth Meaker assistant ob-
 server for the government had pro-
 duced the records for that period early
 in the afternoon session. Tn what way
 this testimony is to be made to serve
 the purposes of the defense has not | been disclosed.
 It is probable that the examination
 and cross examination of Faltin will
 occupy all of today There are several
 other witnesses for the defense There
 will probably be several in rebuttal for
 the state so that the week and the trial | will be nearly coterminous