Weekly journal-miner., 1918-07-17
AMERICANS STEM GERMAN ADVANCE


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 No. l knew who he was. I have two years
 You became very friendly then did you not?"
 Yes"
 "You visited out at their place."
 "I did"
 What did you do out there?" We rode around" i Were you cowboy"
 No. We just rode around for pleasure"
 You expected to visit there later. did you not?"
 q did"
 You kept a house on Granite street until the line was closed down did you not:"
 "I did"
 Tt was a place with cribs and was ! free and easy?'
 i "Yes."
 Witness further testified that he did not know whether Bud was arm ed or not when they went to the Ref hotel. Bud had hit Marlowe only once. He had cut AIarlowe's eye and it was bleeding. When Sid Marks grabbed Bud he had rubbed his hand around over Buds face while he talk cd to him.
 They left the Ref hotel together and he went with Bud till they met Stephens, senior. Later he had seen Bud at the Palace during the fore noon. In the afternoon, witness had gone to Arthur Robinson's where he had played pangangui for several hours. It was while there that he had heard of the shooting.
 You were very much surprised. suppose:" queried Mir. Clark.
 ''I was"
 Sheriff Young Testifies.
 Sheriff Joe Young had met Joe Stephens and Bud about 8:30 on the morning of Monday, April lst, the day preceding the killing of Miller at the bridge over Granite !creek on Gurley street. They told him Mrs. Stephens had been kidnapped and that she had a lot of jewelry and 5000 in money on her person and they asked him to find her. Bud told him about seeing Marlowe and Sid Marks and that Marks had cursed him and would not tell where Mrs. Stephens was stopping. They asked him to find Mrs. Stephens and Miller.
 Stephens senior then stepped out of Buds car and into that of the sheriff. The sheriff had only passed the St Michael corner short dis tance when they saw Sid Marks.
 The sheriff took Marks to jail and sent out men to bring in Marlowe and Miller. They came in with Mar lowe in about IS minutes. About an hour later, he learned that Mil Ter was at the Palace and deputy brought him in.
 Witness had talked with Miller about Mrs. Stephens. When he ask ed where the lady had stopped, Mil Ter had told him that he thought they would find her at the Golden Eagle hotel. He had sent Under Sheriff Johnny Robinson to investigate. Rob- inson had reported that the lady was there alright at Room 4 and that she had her iewelry and money but that she would not go back to the Steph- ems ranch.
 The sheriff had gone to the Col den Eagle himself between II and l2 o'clock and had a talk with Mrs. Stephens. He had returned and told Joe Stephens and Bud what she had said. When asked as to the sub stance of his talk with Mrs. Steph- ems, he said:
 Mrs. Stephens said l had no right to hold those boys in jail. explain ed to her that she had been reported as missing with lot of jewelry and money and that l had held them till I knew that she hadn't been robbed.
 q talked with her about going home. She said she wasn't going back to her husband. Said she was going to get a divorce and would never have anything to do with him again.
 Witness had reported these facts to Bud and his father.
 After your talk with Mrs. Steph- ems did you have a talk with Mill ler?"
 "L did. I called him out in the jail and told him about what the pro prietor of the hotel had told us and that Mir. Stephens and Bud knew all about it. I said: "Mr. Stephens tells me Bud wants to get his mother back to the ranch. Now if you will keep out of sight till things blow over, everything will be all right"
 Miller Refused To Lay Low.
 Witness testified that Miller had insisted that he had done nothing to hide out for Miller stated that he had spent the night at the St. Mich aer Annex hotel Inquiry there by Johnny Robinson had brought out the fact that the landlady of the An nex had said that she had not rent ed any rooms the night before.
 Witness further swore that he had known Bud Stephens since Bud was a little boy and that he knew his repu-