Weekly journal-miner., 1915-05-19
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

cepting three were bound over to the Superior court yesterday by Justice McLane after he had heard the evi- dence of the State in two cases and hearings for the others had been waived by Attorneys Anderson and Lamson and Attorney F. L. Haworth who are defending the majority of the former liquor dealers. Those still to be given preliminary hearing are Fred Scopel, James Hartigan and Mike Chiantarctti The forme- two who are being defended by Attorney Robert E. Morrison will be given a hearing this morning at 10 o'clock and a date for the hearing of the latter, who is being defended by Attorney ]. E. Russell, will probably be set some time later.
 The most sensational of the two hearings yesterday was the one held for Peter Gautriaud and Maria Ire viso. the complaint against the latter on the motion of the county attorney being dismissed. Maria then turned States evidence and the testimony she gave and will probably give at the trial will be of great value to the prosecution.
 The second case to be tried was that of Susana Cota, Of Jerome, and this also proved sensational, one Of the States witnesses when being cross-examined saying that he may have received $1,O0O for his work and another declaring he had lived on SlU since the middle of last month and on the same $lO had purchased a pair of shoes and made a trip from Flag staff to Jerome and then to this city He even went to far as to say that he did not eat. He later admitted that he did eat once in while.
 The hearings owing to there being SO many defendants (there are 25) were held in the Superior court room before Justice McLane. The court room was crowded with both defend- ants and spectators and by late alter noon the people were lined around the walls.
 In the first case heard, that of Peter Gautriaud, John Van Order. one of the complaining witnesses, was the first witness sworn. He testified that on May l. he and Jose Martinez, an other of the spotters, as Van Order terms himself, went to Maria Ire viso's crib in the redlight district and there bought a pint bottle of whlskey and paid for it with $5 bill, which was marked. After they had pur- chased the booze, Van Order said. that Deputy Bozarth or Under Sher- if Marks went into Gautriaud's place and bought a couple of cigars and got the marked $ bill in the change The whiskey he said he had turned over to the shcriff's office. On May 4. he said another performance ot this nature was gone through by he and Martinez and this time he saw Gautriaud give Maria the liquor. Inc money he had purchased the liquor with had been marked by Marks and given to him. The whiskey was then offered as evidence and identified by Van Order.
 Van Orders former history was then laid bare in cross-eXamlnation by Attorney Haworth. Van Order originally came from Clifton, Ariz.' and has been all over the state having lived in Gleason, Courtland, Bi5bee, Globe and Miami. His business be fore he took up the spotting work was that of a miner and prospcctor. When asked what his business was at present he said that he was spot ter o. bootleggcr dctector. His hrst work as a spottcr was done in Co chise county where he spotted petty thieves. He said that his first boot logging spotting was done in Gila county during last January, working until he had cleaned the county. He then worked at the same job for the county attorney in Flagstaff and came down here and was hired by Sheriff Young for the sum of S5 per day and expenses. According to his testimony he was paid by sheriff ottlce checks. At present he is a special deputy but was nevc- sworn as one. He said that his assistants in the work here were Jose Martinez, Lugio Soto and Bcnito Alto. Van Order termed them all as his tools.
 In cross examination by Attorney | Anderson. Van Order said that he had ! tried to get booze in the front part of Gautriaud's saloon three or four times. so he finally decided to go around the back and there he was sue cessful When questioned as to the identity of, the bottles of whiskey ] which had been entered as exhibits. Van Order became d bit rattled under !