Arizona republican., 1913-11-26
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Agreement of Counsel in Alexander Case Greeted With Applause - Indian Witnesses Testify in the Federal Court


 That particular combination of let ters was placed in the court record at the close of yesterdays trial of the Alexander case, when, with both sides agreeing, Judge Sawtelle gave his permission to the jury to attend-to- gether-a theatrical production.
 Now, here is a place where taste in shows is likely to become a live issue. A glance at the jury in the Alexander case leaves one the impress sion that it is made up just like the old world, of all sorts and conditions of men-and men with tastes as wide ly different as can be imagined. Still, by using that old rule of the majority, the jury can quickly settle it's indi- Vidual differences and decide on a course of action. Two bailiffs, who have charge of the jury all the time it is out of the courtroom, will be required to attend the show also-and when the seats are bought, they will have to be purchased in a block.
 That the jury will have to be kept together over Thanksgiving day is q dreadful menace to the peace of mInd of some dozen worthy citizens, but Judge Sawtelle, in his instructions at the close of yesterdays session, be- Heved that it would not be necessary to sequester the twelve after today.
 Indian Witnesses
 Half a dozen Indians, connected for merly with the government reserva- tion at or around Sacaton, formed the witness list yesterday. What they brought out in the course of the in terrogation which covered three of the counts in the indictment against James B. Alexander was mainly dry detail about the transactions which the government aIelges was the basis for the accusations.
 Numerous checks, vouchers, re- ceipts, and pages of accounts, were introduced and examined, and the In dians were questioned about the money transactions involved. The effort of the government was to show that Alexander, while superintendent of the Indian training school, had made claim against the government when there was no claim coming. The testimony seeks to show how cattle and wood were bought from the Indians, and how the accounts were juggled, which related thereto Johnson Azul, a young Pima, testified that he had not been employed ten days on the roads or as zanjero at the rate of S1.I5 a day, and that he had not received a check for s17.50. introduced by the government. He said he knew that Winfield Scott had endorsed the check with his (JOhnson's) name but this was stricken out by objection on the part of the defense Inspec- tor I.innen, of the department of jus tice, was present with a mass or documentary evidence relating to the case.
 Recess was taken at , instead of $ o'clock last evening because the at torneys had been working since 9 o'clock in the morning, and were manifestly Tagged. Judge Sawtelle called the case for 9 o'clock this morning.
 Insurance Mix-up
 Applications for orders permitting the distribution of stock and assets outside the amount necessary to sat isfy creditors and the court were de- nied the defendants in the cases of the Mutual Insurance Reporting com pany vs the Phoenix Fire Under writers and the Bankers Fire Insur ance company
 The court inserted the qualifying phrase, without prejudice in it's de- nial which came immediately.
 Like Old Trial.
 Those who attended the first trial of Alexander notice that the evidence k similar to that introduced at the trial of the case on other counts year ago, when Alexander was acquitted and when several of the counts were dismissed. The preliminary rulings made yesterday by Judge Sawtelle were similar to those made by Judge Sloan in the former trial.
 Objection was made by the defense tc, the introduction of the payroll, but as in the former cases, the objection was overruled and the payroll was admitted. One witness identified a personal check given him by the de- fendant. He testified that he had indorsed the government check. On cross examination, the witness ad- nlitted that the personal check of the defendant was given him because at that time there was no money in the fund from which his wages should be paid.