The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-04-19

Judging By the appearance OF the
clothes alleged ~ ave been those OF
Clyde Armour. time. the elements and
Wild animals played havoc with them.
The coat was torn In two. but It's
color was stili visible; the vest was
stu buttoned IN front when found.
the witness said. II was torn to shrods
IN the back. which fac explained how
u was taken on the body Of the de-
ceased. The witness identified a silk
handkerchief marked "A" and a re-
ccipt from n garage manager In
Clarke. Nebraska. for some gasoline
Armour IL alleged to have purchased
September %. 1916.
Mr.. Dreamer examined the cheap
watch found In n OF Armour's pock-
cts and said that Il had stopped at
s:23 when he saw Il, instead OF 3:i5.
as reported. THE watch was taken
out % the watch pocket in Armour's
tronsers by +. c. Moore, the witness
stated. B
Mr.. Dreamer Identified a piece OF
nccktie. a garter. n pistol cleaner,
eye glasses and case. n portion OF q
brown outing shirt aud a blood soaked
cap a. the things found rear the gun,
a few feet from the body.
G. T.. Moore of Pecos followed Mr..
creamer ON the witness stand and
c~orroborated his testimony concerning
the thru found.
Furcst Hanger TcsiIncs.
G. II Moore. forest ranger from
?ecos. Yesterday afternoon went on
tho witness stand In the Blancctt case
and said that the place where the
clothing Of Armour was found could
not be seen from the main road
owing TO "a growth OF scrub oak. Bey-
cry Bauer had previously testified
that oak branches were round ON the
running board Of the Aldsmobile s.
aohn Harrison Identified the cloth
ing supposed to be hat OF Armour as
clothing found on January IA near
the arroyo where the skeleton was
found.
Carlos Craemer. recalled. testified
the main road could no be seen from
the point whore the clothing was
found.
District Attorney Crist compared
shells found in the car when II wns
sold I'm Albuquerque with the shell in
the shotgun picked up near the cloth
ing. He gave the gun TO William
Beacham. a juror. and allowed him TO
make the comparison. Bcecham took
3he gun apart. took out the empty
shell and compared the two.
Miss Agnes Armour OF Sioux City.
sister OF the dead man, took the stand
and i%dcntihed the clothing brought
into the court room as the clothing
o by clyde Armour when she last
saw bin. She said clyde did not have
or a khaki suit on this trip so fan
as she knew. a witness the other
day said Armour had worn a khaki
suit or leggins. Much Importance
seems to be attached by the defense
attorney to the alleged inconsistency
in the stories Of Armour's appearance
as far as clothing goes.
Roy Armour was called and identl-
lee the clothing. sHe said that his
brother Clyde wore nose glasses with
u rims and Identified as his the
glasses brought into court. He vas
handed the shotgun found rear the
clothing on January ~. and said:
Eyes. Clyde hunted many times
with his little gun. or one exactly
like H." He said il was ave years
ago that Clyde first used the u on
"a hunt.
Then what IA perhaps the most
important Identification OF the re-
mains OF Armour tool place. The
witness said he had seen the skeleton
In the undertaking establishment and
Identified IL as that Of his brother
by the features OF the face and by a
mark on the right loot. He went into
considerable detail TO explain how
this mark on the right foot vas re-
ceiYed with n knife used TO cut field
corn in an accident t~wenty-fou: years
Ago..
Al this point. Mr.. Rising entered
the court room bringing the right
foot OF the deceased. which wad
placed before the witness, the latter
pointed out to the jury the marks he
testified 10. Roy Armour said he saw
the foot Ia It's present condition ON his
arrival here shortly after the body
was found.
Shcfln Mead ON stand.
Sheriff George Mead Of san Juan
county. Washington state. testified at
the Blancett trial late Tuesday after
noon that Blnncctt himself had told
hin that he did not contemplate sui
eide when ne entered the tent house.
He snid that Blancett remarked that
! fhe had wished TO commit suicide