Arizona republican., 1913-11-01
STATES CASE AGAINST
 GEORGE DOBsON COMP
Man Accused of Passing Bad Money Hears Friends Witness to
 His Guilt

Swiftly as is possible in the federal court, the government yesterday built up it's case around George Dobson. charged with having in his posses sion counterfeit coins. When the court adjourned till this morning at nIne-thirty, the prosecution had in troduced all it's evidence connecting DObsOn with the four spurious twen- ty dollar gold coins taken from va rious witnesses about the end of last September
 Attorney Clark for the defense ask ed recess until this morning when the case will continue in his hands.
 Government called first Jess Me DoWeu, a typical cowpuncher from Texas. He was on the stand almost all afternoon and part of the morn lng' and his testimony practically makes up the case against Dobson Other witnesses were called merely to substantiate points in McDoweTs story.
 Frank Taylor, McDoweITs partner, and DObson. formed a trio of near pals, who were to have engaged in the lucrative pastime of spending nome made gold. It was DobsOn's S proposal, according to the other two They met in a bar last September and DobsOn put his proposition to them. They acceded to his requests and got four twenty dollar lead pieces into their joint possession. They then turned one over to Claude Daniels and another to C. w. Shae- fer of the Monroe house. where Me Dowell and Taylor ate breakfast the of They consulted Officer Barnum, who advised them to keep the coins very carefully. McDowelI "planted'' the two remaining coins in a harness room al the Star corral.
 There were sharp passages between attorneys on the admissbility of evi- dence and in attempting to impeach the testimony of Taylor, Clark of "he defense offended the state so thoroughly that Morrison asked for ] reprimand from the court. The court ordered the question stricken from the records.
 After they had been arrested-as witnesses, they claim-McDowen and Taylor recovered the coins from the harness room and turned them over to City Marshal Moore.
 Mcdowell. Taylor. Taylor's father,
  fer and Johnny Moore were the wit nesses for the prosecution. Me DoWell's story was the basis of all the prOsecutiOn's facts. TaylOr's tes- timony was corrObOrative of Me DoweIrs. Schaefer and Daniels filled | in with the two coins they had re- l ceived, and Barnufn told Of his con | ference with the cOwpunching pair | Davis told of seeing the three to- l gether at his cigar stand the night | the coins were said to have been transferred to McDowell and Taylor. ! The officers testified to the coins and to the arrests.
 The proceeding was frequently in terrupted by objections on both sides. Once Attorney Morrison grew in censed at the manner of Clarks ques- tioning, which was to bring out, if possible, the fact both Mcdowell and l Taylor were Iawbreakers. He eX- plained his effort was merely to dis credit the credbility of the wit nesses, but not all his queries were allowed to stand On the other hand the defense continually objected to what it called Morrisons way of suggesting the answers of his wit nesses.
 The defense will open this morning and it is likely that the case will go to the jury by noon.