Arizona republican., 1916-09-20
CASE AGAINST BO|DOS SHORT;
 |S DISMISSED

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 Hurling question after question that the states only witness Stella Lang ford refused to answer for fear of discriminating herself. showing her to be an accomplice who could be prose- cuted as an accessory before the fact, charging her with perjury and brand ing her as a self confessed witness with no obligation for an oath, these were a few features of the case of Dr. Lorenzo Boido ana his wife, Dr. Rosa Roido, charged with procuring the absence of a witness that led to the dismissal of the case in justice court of the east precinct yesterday.
 The uneorroborated testimony of the girl accomplce put to an end the
 case fraught with many sensational issues. The alleged spiriting away of
 the principal witness of the state in the case of the state versus Lorenzo Boido. Jr, charged with statutory offense, has caused no end of inter est, q fact attested by the large throng that crowded the court room with an overflow of men and women who stood for hours in the doorway and on the street where they might
 catch an occasional bit of the test- mony. Long before County Attorney ] Clyde M. Candy, for the state and ] Bullard and Jacobs. counsel for the ! defense. had arrived, the hundreds who attended the trial were present.
 The sharp tits between the opposing counsel on points of law caused an occasional murmur throughout the court room but the real surprise and 1 sensation of the day came when an 1 affidavit was introduced. signed by 1 tho Langford girl and sworn 10 by q notary public Tn which she stated
 that she had had no improper rela-
 ti0ns with young Boido. She declared
 that she had been forced to confess
 10 Miss Ora Matthews that Boido had mistreated her The third degree
 methods used by the officer of law
 had compelled her to make the ac- cusation her choice between that and
 three years of the Crittendon Home
 the alternative offered by Miss Mat
 thews. II was brought out in this par
 ticular that the probation officer had
 trouble with the girl when she work
 cd at the telephone office the year
 before and she had remarked she
 would get her. but on the stand Stella
 denied that she had been influenced
 by Miss Matthews. She also said she
 did not bring any pressure to bear
 although she had so stated in her
 affidavit.
 II came as a thunderbolt when George Purdy Bullard turned 10 the
 girl who had testified that the Drs
 Boido had sent her to Eugene, ore
 where she was led to believe their
 son was living at the time and said "AS matter of fact Mrs. Hawk smith you did not go to Portland
 to see Lorenzo Boido but to join
 Arthur Hawksmith with whom you
 lived at the Barton hotel"
 From that point the trial was car ried or at a different angle From
 being "a poor weakminded shrink ing violet influenced by the Boidos '
 the witness was treated as 2 way
 ward girl but one to whom was due
 and gfaEted the protection of the
 state
 According to her story under direct
 examination, she left the Crittendon
 Home without any outside aid She ? Jeff on n Saturday night. she said . and went directly to the Boido home
 where she remained until the follow
 ing Monday night While there she
 said Dr Rosa Boido dyed her haiT
 and plans were made for her depart are. Af,er three days in hiding Dr
 Boido and a nurse took her 10 Glen dale in an automobile and there she boarded the train for Los Angeles later going to Drs. Bodio's daughter in Oregon.
 lt was at this point that the coun- sol for Inc defense declared that she had aided and abettcd an offense against the state If the county at torney believes an offense has been committed all three are defendants this girl as well as the Drs. Boido After this ease she can be prosecuted as an accessory before the fact Let her te informed of her rights thai | she might not incriminate herself | She has admitted she was an active partieipant that she conspired and aided in tho plan"
 Under cross examination the gir 1ouudercd pitifully at times and wa. I forced to hear herself called a per l iurer. knowing the while that shc | had so confessed by her own contra | dictoTy statements That testimony | stood uncontradicted and alone. ] Stella gave her age to the court ai :, seventeen and scarcely looked hel | rears in white middy blouse witt ! broad hluc collar just the color o | her eyes. While the jury was beins | examined she east an occasiona | glance and coquettsh smile at friend! | in the rear of the court room. Sh, | set on g low chair and on either sld' l of her was Miss Matthews, Probation l Officer Osborn and Deputy Sheriff | Joe Bush
 | They remained later in the witnes! | chamber that vas well filled with man, | men and women who had been sub l Doened ] the case as witnesses. non, :! of whom were called. Among th; l number were Miss C. M Gilschric | who interested herself in the case. an, | Detective Iayne who brought tn | girl back from Oregon.
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