Arizona republican., 1913-12-09
BOOKKEEPING
 IN ]. 5. COURT
Case Against Alleged Arms Shippers Resolves Itself Into Auditing Investiga- tion; Attorneys Argue Long and Often.


 one of that sort of films the manager bills big and tries to make the public like. Tells 'em it's fine and en- Tightening and develops the mind; but it never draws any sidewalk crowds It was mostly an explanation of Vari- Ous sorts of bookkeeping, and had the latter part of the Alexander trial beaten a mile for detail It also brought out some minor victories of the bIoodless kind.
 But two facts stand out with any degree of startlingness-that there has been a tremendous quantity of mili tary rifle ammunition shipped to the border, and that it has been shipped sometimes so hastily and hurriedly that proper records have been neg Iected w. de H. Washington, secre- ta1-y treasurer of the Douglas Mer cantile company and a most unrZdy witness, SWore that his firm had re- ceived at one time an entire carload of ammunitiOn-the half of one mill lion rifle shells-and that absolutely no record had been made of the order. This was a condition of affairs that drew from Prosecuting Attorney Nor rison a rapid fire of questions, when took Washington rather off his feet and finally pulled some of the facts from him. Assistant Attorney Richey had utterly failed to make headway with this witness a short time before.
 Of the seven hours session yester- day, less than three of it was passed in the taking of testimony. Toward the latter part of the afternoon the case consisted of putting witnesses on the stand. swearing them and elicit ing their names, addresses and occu- nd n they could sort over their records to present to the court. Washington was called three times for this purpose, and it may be necessary to sidetrack him until he can go to Douglas for cancelled check that has a bearing on the case.
 Prominent among yesterdays wit nesses were w. G. Hulse, chief of the shipping department of the Win chester Repeating Arms company of New Haven, Conn, and J. M. Gaines, assistant treasurer of the Remington Arms company. Both were used to identify orders for cartridges and the bills and receipts for the same. Rob- ert Krakauer of the firm of Krakauer, Fork & Move of Fl Paso, was the star witness of the day MT. Kra- kauer was what attorneys must re-
 
 the stand or as a demon at remem- bering- according to which side he happens to be favoring with his tes- timOny. With a clear. concise man her of stating his facts, and a good memory to supply them, he proved an entertaining witness. If the manner of giving his testimony was more interesting than the testimony itself the latter at least was important enough to warrant mention He told of large rush orders of 7-mm and 3O-3O cartridges to the D-H company. A significant fact was that one order was so large and so urgent that the wholesale firm in Fl Paso was unable to supply the demand and had to send to two factories to make up the shipment by express.
 Express company agents, railroad agents. shipping clerks and many others played super roles in the fiIm drama yesterday. When court ad- Journed in the evening-an hour ear Ter than usual-the witness list had reached forty and not all had been fully heard.
 Assistant United States Attorney oscar Richey took a part in yester- days trial proceedings He started in questioning Arthur Peterson, shipping clerk of the Douglas firm. He was asking the witness about the size of the shipments and the manner of handling them when interrupted bv '"e opJections of the defense Richey scored When he managed to get in the al IdCl lHdt carload of ammunition 2OOOOO rounds-had been received o+ the D-H company plant When asked why he persisted in bringing in testf-
  course of the conspiracy alleged in the indictment, Richey replied that ne wanted by this means to show tHe oFertness of the act" the pecuIi ailIy or handling the arms-transfer- iiHs them from cartons to sacks "oIhlhg on Sundays and at odd times
 Mofrlson. who had not taken mucb part in the mornings work. was aroused by q remark of counsel to deIlver an oration on Prospecting hlollVes He grew bitingIy sarcastic when he mentioned "counsers at- lehlpts to discredit the prosecution '" lie strongly resented fmputatfons of iy dealing with witnesses. = - pouy felt better when he was through, including himself. for he smiled, too.
 while Richey was questioning Kra kauer the defense internosad . s+rar,o. ooJec'ioh to some technical point in | .he testimony. Richey instantly came Ddck With the statement that he wa queStlonln gthe witness under a Sa+- ufday ruling and when asked what if | "e'S' sald: That we shall be allowed 'o SHOW the quantity of arrne 9Ilpped. His testimony was received auef testified to and produced eooruS covering about 1OO,O rounds | ol ammunition to the Douglas Hard ware company.
 The witnesses who u,era or ., stand yesterday were. KroIlo, .me 2leillhg 7, g. Washington, Gaines, HuIse | Taft w c. Ervey, w. W windar Harvey Johnson, Mike Soransen a,5 l Arthur Peterson.