Arizona republican., 1913-07-19
Testimony at Preliminary Hearing Brings Out the Story of Finding Wound ed Suspect at End of Trail of Blood
DEFENSE WOULD
 DISMISS CHARGE
Judge Johnstone Overrules Motion and Directs De fcndant to Be Held With out Bail for Action of the Superior Court

Superior Court
 That Garcia had told the officers that a policeman shot him, a state ment he afterward contradicted, that he owned a knife similar to the one one produced in court as the death weapon used upon Special Officer Charles Harris, and that a trail of blood led from the spot where the special officer was shot, to the place where Garcia, the chief defendant in the case was found wounded, was brought out in the examining trial of Francisco Garcia, before Justice of the Peace Johnson yesterday after noon when Garcia was arraigned for the killing of the deceased special of ficer At the conclusion of the hear ing Judge Johnston held Garcia to await the action of the superior court without bail.
 The prisoner, sallow from confine- ment and loss of blood, hobbled into court on crutches and sat through the hearing stolidily indifferent to what the witnesses had to say. The first witness was Policeman Wilkerson who told of the early morning search for the trail of the murderers He de-
 
 blood and the following of it through the mesquite bushes. over the rough ground, along the fence and down First street to where Garcia was found lying with a frightful wound through the thigh WilkerSOn also told of the conflicting stories told by Garcia in explanation of his wound. He said that Garcia said that he was walking down the street and was held up by two unknown men and when he ran one of them shot him. Another time he said that policeman shot him. but he stren- Ously denied having taken part in the murder of Harris
 Ramon Mejia, the next witness. when shown the knife that was found bloodstained near the scene of the tragedy, said that it closely resemoled the one that Garcia had been in the habit of carrying when he was in partnership with the witness. When the witness had finished his testi- mony Garcia leaned forward in his chair and hissed some words at him in Spanish.
 pr. Beauchamp testified that he performed the autopsy on Charles Harris. He said that when he eX- amined the body in Moore and Me LeIIan's undertaking parIOrs, he found two wounds on the body, one su- perficial wound on the left forearm about two inches in length and about one inch and a quarter wide. This wound was grazed wound as though the unfortunate officer had attempted to ward off blow. The other wound was a puncture wound in the upper part of the chest a little left of the breast bone. This wound was about 1A inches long, Upon resecting the chest he found that the cutting in strument used had severed the jugu- lar veins, the common carotid and had penetrated the left lung The wound was over four inches deep and caused almost instant death. The witness said that perhaps for about thirty second Harris was able to walk about and conscious of all that was happening around him.
 Jacques F. Neyvatte. a reporter for The Republican, gave evidence regard ing the early morning hunt and de- scribed the finding of the blood trail leading from the spot where the mur der was committed to where Garcia was found
 C. H Hortenstein. fireman on the Arizona Eastern. said that he found the knife, which was produced in court lying between the rails near the spot where Harris was murdered. He said that while attending to the injector on his engine he happened to look down and saw the knife He motioned the engineer to stop the engine and jumped down and picked i it up.
 | J. J. WhittemOre. who is defndlng i Garcia. made motion to have the | case against his client dismissed on | the grounds that the prosecution had ! not offered any evidence that would l tend to connect his client with the crime. Judge JOhnstOne Overruled the i motion and ordered the prisoner be . held without bail to answer to the l superior court.
 l Night Captain Brisbois told the court how he found the body of liar ris and described how the body lay
 He also told of the arrest of Con nely. the man who was held up by the trio implicated in the murder
 When asked where Comedy was
 Brisbois said that the man had been | turned loose next morning by the chief of police and that he had not been seen since Comedy, he explain ed had only been arrested for being l intoxicated and it was thought that l (COntinued on Page Five)