Weekly journal-miner., 1916-02-02
(From Wednesdays DaiIy)

confession of the killing of ]. F. Smith at Wagoner yesterday in the Superior court while on the witness stand to Judge Smith. attorneys. the jury and spectators in tones so low in the quiet court room that the tick, ing Of the clock could be heard above his words.
 Before getting to the few words that told of the killing, the alleged murderer. who is being tried to test his sanity related the story of the meeting with Smith and R. W. Run nels and the subsequent trip to Wag- oner.
 Smith had said, T will pay tha5 bill when I get ready were the first words from McCarty that caused in tense quietness among the spectators. He continued: ''I told him that I would follow him to Kirkland and dlave him arrested for swindling me and failing to pay my board bill. He said. if you follow me 1 will stone you I went into Coles house ani got the shotgun l mad been hunting with on the day before. As I came out of the house. Smith who was out side of the fence, started for me with his eyes glaring like those of mad bull. I told him to stop. pulled the gun up to my shoulder and told him tlat Ii he came through the gate would shoot He kept coming He placed one hand on top of the gate. In the other hand I thought ne held a dirk. which I had seen him carry. I aimed at his hand on the gate and fired but the shot caught him in the neck and he crumpled in heap to the ground"
 McCarty, who is 64 years old and who came to Arizona from Michigan, stated that be arrived in Prescott about 10 years ago, coming here to take charge Of mining camp. He met Smith during the early part o; the Fall Of 1915 He told Smith of the lode. the placer and the home stead propositions and with Runnels the three started on their trip tC Wagoner, about a week before Christ mas.
 Smiths stone throwing ability was wonderful according 10 the witness. who stated that while out in the hills near Wagoner. Smith would hurl a stone at bird or a small animal and nit it in almost every instance. . McCarty also told of a parafine bomb he invented. The bomb was filled with some substance to make the soldiers sea-sick and to cause them to vomit. The bomb was to De dropped into the trenches by aviators In 1894 ne tried to invent some kind of a washing powder. He said that although he never perfected the bomb re could today if he went ahead with it. His bombs were to be used by the Germans against the English but
 
 also declared that he tried to invent an aeroplane before either Curtiss or the Wright brothers had perfected their machines. Last Summer he worked for four days as a ''spotter' in bootlegging cases without results He said that he told Judge McLant that he mad heard of where they were making and selling barrel Of wi1is- key day in Prescott. About seven years ago his mead went out of commission. from a sun stroke. Later he said he went to see County Attorney O'Sullivan telling him that he thought he was crazy. Smith. he said. was six foot, four inches. weighed FPS pounds. was all muscle and bone and was about 4S i years old. The board bill that Smith i failed to pay amounted to about Sl0 |
 Doctors Opinion.
 Probably the most important testi ] mony of the insanity trial was that of the two physicians. R. N Looney and ] TIT. Southworth. who were appoint l ed by Judge Smith to examine Me Carty. The alienists were both of the | same opinion, that McCarty was and i is sane
 pr. Looney testified that he and pr. Soutnwortn examined McCarty ! three times on threc different days | during the past week and said that he is sane from the personal examina- ton and from hearing the evidence presented at the trial The physician i stated that he believes McCarty can ] distinguish right from wrong and | that he, McCarty, thought at the time of the shooting that he was defending himself. He, as well as pr. South worth, fixed McCarty's mental age at between F and IA years.
 Dr. Southworth while on the stand said that after a thorough examina- l