Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-22

serious trouble and that the detectives
were also after Hart. Holther, he said,
told him that it would be a good thing
for him to get out of the country and
if he would put himself into his hands
he would take him so far that it would
require "a ST postage stamp to carry a
letter to him" This was {. phrase which
John D. Mills, Jr., official "hop-hea
chaser" had so unctuouSly pronounced
the day before. 1t seems to have be-
come stock phrase at Douglas.
Hart telegraphed to Leroy Ladd in
curing about Hoither and received a
reply that he was not what he seemed
But that night he had an appointment
with Holther and kept it at the Gads-
den. After he had been there some time
still stalling with Holther, as he said,
to find out more about the plans of
the detectives, Carr came to the room
and three or four other men who had
been hidden rushed in ard a general
attempt was made to intimidate him
They demanded among other things to
know where Pearson was. He refused
to tell them Then they still wanted to
hire him to throw precinct No. l and
they wanted to take him to New York,
anywhere. Nothing came of these ne
sotiations except the discontinue of
the detectives, Hart was too many for
thera. He was not born yesterday.
After making a formal denial of
drinking on election day or at any 9TH
er time and of bett- g then or at any
other time, he denied the conversation
which Assistant County Attorney
Bruce Stephenson had testified he had
with him in which he said Hart made
a confession.
The Tearinc Anart
The cross xamination of Hart by
Judge Campbell was begun a little
after o'clock and continued until 3
O'Clock, when it was not nearly fin
ished. In fact, it was arrested at a
time when ii was getting hotter for
Hart The witness was led back to
the scene IN Holtner's room. where
he had so fearlessly refused to di-
vulge the whereabouts Of Art Pear
son. Judge Campoell having induced
him TO repeat his declaration, handed
him u document and asked him il
| he recognized it. Hart colored and
stammered. He said in a low tone
Gthat ne did 1t was a letter of intro
| dGction OF Holther to Pearson and
! was signed by himself
| Judge Campbell then led him along
| easy paths and got out of him a
statement that Attorney Harry Pick
EFT had assisted in the inspection OF
! the ballots in precinct No. /, concern
| ing which there had been no testi-
mony Then he asked him if he die
not know that Mr. Pickett, being 4
/ candidate on the ballot, could moi
have served in that capacity Hart
was led again to deny that Pearson
dsank at the election or that he him
self drank Hart said he never
drank. Judge Campbell asked hin
what his business before coming Il
Douglas had been. Hart said he hat
been a railroad man in the employ
Of the Santa Fe.
why did you leave the service p
FOR violating Rule c."
I;ule 6 prohibits getting drunl
while on duty.
AS to the acquaintance of Har
and Car. Judge Campbell asked hin
if he had not been told by Mrs. Far
of meeting Carr on a stage between
Tombstone and Bisbee and that sh,
had told Carr of the relations be
tween her husband and Art Pearson
ard CT their doings in Precinct No
| l. Hart would not admit that he hat
heard OF such a conversation, though
he believed he had heard his wifi
say something of having met Gar
who lived in the town where sh
formerly lived.
Judge Campbell presented severa
marked ballots on which something
had been written on the face. Har
was asked if he had written it. H
took 4 long look though he ha,
denied that there had been sue
ballots. One of them he thought h
might have marked, though he wa
not quite sure about teh others.
Py this time Hart had been re
duced to a state of mind described b.
as positive, pretty positive" an
absolutely positive" He was alb
so!utely positive when asked regard
ing criminal acts alleged to hav
been committed by the election boart
Revertirg to the scene in Holther'
. room where Hart said he had locke
under the bed and tried all the door
after which there had been som
: demonstration. for Hothers edifica
ton, with a sample ballot. Judg
Campbell asked him if he knew tina
at that time former United State
Marshal Overlook and David Denshi
mol Il Douglas attorney were in an
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