Arizona republican., 1917-03-25

striking out of the evidence of c. V. Manett an attorney of Douglas. His evidence was the most damaging to the case of the contestant that had yet been adduced. He had proved that H. H. Hart had gone to the office of Assistant County Attorney Bruce Stephenson of Cochise county, made confession of the frauds in Douglas Precinct No. 1 and asked for immunity. MT. Stephenson had attempted to tes tify to that a week ago last Thursday but the statement of Hart as to Pear sons confession, was ruled out as hear say
 Hart himself had denied it. He said that he had gone to the office to col lect bill; that he had gone there only once. MT. Manett said that he was sitting in a back room of the office when Hart called the first time and Stephenson was out He called again in an hour and Stephenson had not re- turned. An hour later he called and Stephenson was there. Witness said that he left the room and entered an other where, without intending to do so he had overheard nearly all of the conversation between Hart and Ste phenson. The former said that he was worried by the detectives who had been following. him and he had come to MT. Stephenson as an officer of the law to ask if he would be granted immunity if he would tell what he knew about the precinct. Stephenson told him he could not promise him immunity but that it would be better for him to tell. Then Hart related that Pearson had told him that he had changed forty-seven Campbell ballots to Hunt and that he himself had changed one Hunt ballot to Campbell under instructions he re- fused then to divulge. The testimony as to Pearson's admission was the part ordered stricken out as hearsay.
 The cross examination of the wit ness by MT. Ives first took him back to Deming, whence he had come to Douglas five months ago. It covered practically every day of his residence in Deming. Then it began with his admission to the bar at Iowa City, la, thirty-one years ago, his practice at Washington, la; his removal to St. Paul, Neb., where for two years he was cashier of the Farmers and Mer- chants bank; his receivership for four years of the Holdredge National bank; his practice of the law at Fairfax, $. D., and his removal to Liberal, Kans, whence he went to Deming. MT. Manett was the best witness and the least perturbed of all who had been on the stand
 Coming to Phoenix last Wednesday he said he had not talked with any of the attorneys for the contest about the evidence he was to give. He was asked if he had seen a transcript of the evidence given by Stephenson. He replied that he had; that he had asked Stephenson at the Commercial hotel if he had a copy of it and Stephenson had given it to him. He glanced at it hurriedly and returned it. Mir Ives sprang to his feet and demanded that the whole of the testimony of the wit ness be stricken out and that a war rant be issued for Stepenson for con- tempt. The rule under which the wit nesses had been placed had been vio- lated and Stephenson had violated his mony with any other witness or any persons likely to be called as wit nesSes.
 Judge Sloan and MT. Bullard realized the seriousness of the situation but they made a vigorous fight against the motion to strike out the testimony Judge Stanford said his duty was plain and he granted the motion. After a few questions that did not involve the testimony of Stephenson, MT. Manett was excused. Soon after Judge Sloan said that it had been desired to place David Benshimol on the stand, but he had not returned from Douglas. He would therefore close the case as to