Arizona republican., 1914-06-27
State Begins Rebuttal Tes- timony in Wiggins Trial and Case May Be Con- cluded Today with Argu- ments of Counsel.
DOCTORS STORY
 CORROBORATED
Evidence Brought Out of Large Subscription Made Up in Home Town to Help Defray Defendant $ Expenses of Trial.

1 Those of the public attending the trial of Dr l.. E. Wiggins for the murder of Tap Booth, who love scandal and revel in the baser things of life, and who have been awaiting tie entire case or the defense in ;he hope that the wife of the defendant would be put on the witness stand and further details of the alleged de- struction of a once happy home brought out to public gaze as the skeletons in the closet are some times exposed, suffered a great dis appointment, for not only did Reese NJ Ling, counsel for the defense keep Mrs. Wiggins off the stand. but ke closed the case for the defense yesterday afternoon with quite start ling abruptnesS. after one character witness had been on the stand, and the state thereupon began the task of presenting evidence in rebuttal of the defense. Just how long this will last k not known, because counsel for the state has not indicated how much there is of this sort of testi- mony. but it is generally conceded that the jury will have the case be- fore the sun sets this evening.
 All of this being the case there will in most probability be a great deal of oratory resounding through the courtroom today. It may begin this morning before lunch in time for one of the states attorneys to con iclude the argument. The order Tn which the speeches will be made will be as follows. Assistant attorney will open for the state, Reese NJ. Ling will present the defense, and county attorney will close for the state. The state is asking for the death penalty in this case, and in view or ths' taken with the well known Oratoricai movers for MT. Ling, it is expected that q great speech will be made at
 the courthouse today, as Ling IS go-
 ing to make the speech of his lie Tn an effort to get the defendant cleared
 of the charge.
 During the course of the testimony yesterday it was brought out by tNHee
 witnesses that their expenses had heen paid from their home towns Tn
 Shelby county. Texas, to Phoenix
 
 the uurpose of having them testlfy
 for the accused In order to raise
 this money two of the lodges SUD
 scribed to the fund, and 1t was slateu
 public subscription was taken ul
 in the little town to provide money = nav the witnesses The three men
 who were thus compensated for ther
 +ir,e and effort were Ted Barron, a , close friend of the accused heliiy ] Henson and w. A. Turpin, justice oi the peace of the precinct Who testi } fled as to the character of the "e- fendant. ;r Al inc resumption of the case III inc morning. Dr. Wiggins. who was l or the stand under cross eHaihiild- l tio, when the adjournment was taken. was again on the stand anu
 for two hours or more, coached pS : Zack Booth. fathe' of the dead man County Attorney Lyman put the de- I fendant through one of the stlites' l cross-auestionings ever heard in the l court house. The coolness and sang ' froid that had been manifested D! ! the defendant all through the tria up 10 this time, forsook him, ana
 there were times during this haro :. test. that he manifested a degree I of nervousness it was not thought he possessed, in view of his previous 7 actions.
 1 He c',ossed and recrossed his legs f shaking the swinging foot the while : he tapped with his fingers nervously S and scratched his head with his !. fCrefinger oftentimes in his nervous f ness. But with all this even thu : state conceded that he made a goot V witness. His counsel watched close s ly and interposed objection after ob' lection in the hard fight he is put
 ting up to save the neck of the de
 fendant.
 Immediately the witness was mad
 to repeat largely from his testimon,
 of the killing and his acquaintance
 with Booth. Especially those DOT ] tions of his evidence in chief tha 7 referred to the threats. Then cam
 the investigation of why the defen
 dant came out here. He was asked several times if he did not conn ', here purposely to kill Booth, t n which he answered that he cam q here to see him. He denied that h l. had separated from his wife in 191
 and said that she was visiting he e parents. He denied that he had an
 trouble with the Booths before thi
 came up. He denied that Zac f Booth while sheriff had arrested hin = but admitted he had been called { "a the courthouse to give bond in "a case that never came to trial. II .- said he bought ticket from Shreve
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