Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
Incriminatinu Evidence

Jten lueHllIleu as personal DelOnS- ngs of the dead man. Among these . were the registration card of John son, a bill of sale for the 1917 Ford | automobile. whose speedometer regis cred 1000 miles. a pawn ticket made | put to William Jackson for a diamond | pin, postoffice money order for | S6.02, .3S caliber revolver on a .45 | frame, together with steel jacketed | identical with that which | dealt the death blow to Johnson. On | the Ford was the state license num- Der 1S,409, and in the machine was a | bundle of bedding. two miners car Dide lamps and several ore specimens |
 Upon learning that the stolen Ford had been driven to Phoenix by We'll | ington a search was immediately in- stituted by the police. Patrolman J. McGrath learned that Wellington had arranged a deal to sell the car to MT. Harris. a contractor living at 1207 West Adams, at S:S0 o'clock yesterday morning. Armed with this knowledge the four policemen waited all night at the corral for Yelling ton to appear
 The car was found at S:30 o'clock Monday evening by Patrolman Feur-
  nation also came to the police that Wellington had endeavored to sell the car to a man living at Seveh. teenth avenue and Van Buren. We'll ington was offered S300 in cash and a check for $50! Because he was not sure he could cash the check We'll ington is said to have refused the offer. '''-.''- -''.t'
 Wall;rut1ps fs JooIora1 thorities to have gone to the house of Johnson several days. ago with a proposition to pay him 8 a. day for his services and the use of his car while search for slackers was made. It is said that Wellington waited un- til he found a favorable spot near an old lime kiln close to Bisbee on Saturday last when he seized John son. dragged him out of the car and held him by the nape of the neck while he fired a bullet through the back of his head The steel iacketed leaden missile passed through John sons head and came out of his
 In the armpits of the coat worn bv Wellington were found blotches of blood, supposedly wiped off We'll ingtom's bloody hands when he put his coat on after the struggle. The registration card and other personal effects of Johnson were also blood besmeared.
 It was Patrolmen Gergory. Bob An derson, Feuerriegel and McGrath who sat in the little office room at the Dublin corral all Monday night from < o'clock until Tuesday morning al 10 minutes to S, waiting for the ap pearance of Wellington.
 When Wellington entered the cor ral the policemen tiptoed behind him snd suddenly ordered him to throw up his hands. Wellington did 30 While Patrolman Gregory slipped the manacles over his wrists. Before the police could remove the gun from Wellington's person the desperate man made one last effort to seize the weapon, but was thwarted in the attempt by the police who took the gun from him.
 Practically the only missinr lnl, in the almost perfect chain of eyi- dence which the authorities have worked up against Wellington despite his reritence, is information as to where he spent the night of Monday. December IS. Wellington insists that he went to Chandler, returning Tues- day morning. The police say this could not possibly be true. and have evidence to show the discrepancy m the statement.
 When the police took Wellington into custody he made only one re- mark:
 "I believe you have made q mis- take gentlemen"
 All day yesterday repeated efforts were made to extract some bit of in formation from Wellington but he would not speak. Frequently he asked the police why he had been arrested. Once he said.
 "l guess 1 am in wrong here and l am not going to say a word unt,I see lawyer"
 close watch has been kent m. Wellington and the cells have bae, doubly locked against a possible es- cape. Before the prisoner was nlaced in a cell and while he was beirg searched in the office of the chieS of police he is said to have pazed furtively about the room as thoueh looking for some avenue of escana in case the opportunity presented itself. Four officers who arrested him were there. besides the man n1 the desk yesterday mornine s1 t5ar, was no chance afforded him to .et away. SS'
 When placed in the cell Wenio-tn, is said to have minuieIv eyan,inad tne concrete walls which sh;l. him off from his freedom. and tn ba,n made a close study of every ,uir,nte c1evice in the walls. apparent,s w;,n r,e" to freeing himself if possible ne calm demeanor which is said | to nave characterized his stoical be. naVlor earlier in the affair, waned to- msIus evening yesterday, and d loo. ,, ,n .ne man eyes indicated to he au. thorltles that his spirit was broi-er anu lhst he might be expected L | Vouchsafe informa tion about Inc zoe, peiore morning The crime or wliicl Ale IS suspected is believed h, th, Lolice 10 DC weighing hcaly on tn, nlan' ana the c9n;tant sril!iug O NdIious members of tie force $ ex.
 peGted 10 produce ;i:e desired effect
 ronce investigation last nigh. dis cioseu the whereabouts of Weiiingto.
 on Monday night, when it was foun,
 thdt ne occupied a room at the Yer
 mont rooming house at 22 East Madi
 son. In the room were fourd T .n
 overcoat, gladstone bag aiL I snaI
 suitcase. In t4e suitcase was foun,
 another revolIer. "'
 wellington has a deep gash in Ii
 mead beiieVed to have oeen inflictc,
 py Jonnson in tne strusgie which i,
 thought to have resulted in John
 sons death.