Weekly journal-miner., 1918-04-10


 not important light on the case.
 Stephens. the youth held for the killing. was yesterday afternoon re- leased from the county jail on bond of SlO.OOO signed by K. N Fredericks. Harry Minuse, Barney Smith and ]. A. Rozarth. Attorneys O'Sullivan and Morgan have been retained to de icnd the young man. The prelimin ary hearing will take place on Tues day morning al ten o'clock at the office of Justice McLane.
 Mrs. Nell Loveless
 Mrs. Nell Loveless was the first witness examined by the jury yester- day afternoon. Mrs. Loveless had just come out of Timerhoff's drug store at the time the shooting started. She said that she had heard five shots fired, and then saw Steph- CHS reload his revolver, and thought tllat he fired one more shot after that. She told of seeing Joe Steph ems. the lads father, come running up, and remark, Well, he (Aliller) got what was coming to him." the sen tcnce being coupled with an oath, the witness said The father and son had climbed into an auto which was standing near the drug store and driven away shortly after the shoot ing took place.
 Mrs. Emma McKean
 Mrs. Emma McKean, who had also ! been in the immediate vicinity of the i Bruchman store at the time the kill | ing took place. was placed on the stand and told a story of the events as she had seen them. After the shooting took place, she said, Bud put his gat into his pocket, and he and his father got into their car, which had been parked in front of Timer hoff's. The car was turned toward the Santa Fe depot, and it made the turn just in front of the drug store when the trip to the sheriff's office was begun.
 I Bozarth's Important Testimony i Orvillc Bozarth, young man en- ' ployed as foreman on the Hildrcth ranch where Miller was working at the time of his death, took the stand and told of having spent several hours with Miller on Monday, the day of the shooting. Bozarth had come to town for the purpose of get ting some money which was to have come from Mir Hildreth at Phoenix to pay off the men on the ranch. The witness said that he had met Miller on the Owl corner at about II o'clock in the morning. Among the first re- marks which Miller had made to the witness was 10 ask him if he had heard the gossip which was going the rounds of the town. BoZarth replied that he had heard some talk in which Millcr's name had been mentioned Miller then stated to Bozarth, accord ing to the lattcr'S statement. that !, there was no truth in the statement: which had been made linking hin with Mrs. Stephens. They have nothing on me-" said Miller wher \ commenting on the situation. Hi I Joe Stephens and his son do not stor talking about me and making threats . to take my life, I will have both oi them put under a peace bond, said I Miller. Bozarth then told Miller that he had heard his brother, Guy Bo- | 1, rsnf f threatened to take AIiller's life, and Orville warned Miller to be on the lookout for Stephens. ''I heard that had been caught with Mrs. Steph- cns," said Miller, But there is noth- ing to such story. I like the lady very much, but would as soon think of staying with my mother as I would of doing such a thing with Mrs Stephens"
 Bozarth also told the jury of how Miller had explained his presence ir Prescott with the lady on Sunday Mrs. Stephens and two ranch hands had comc past the Hildreth ranch in q car on Sunday afternoon, and had apparently twitted Miller because ot the fact that he seemed afraid to ride 10 town with the party. Miller, not wanting to take dare, Bozarth said had agreed to come to Prescott in the car, and although he had no req son for coming to the city, he came along with Mrs. Stephens and the <. other men. That explained his ride to town with the lady. Bozarth said.
 The witness had just driven up in front of Richards Bros store, nearly opposite the scene of the shooting | when Bud unlimbered his gun on Miller. Bozarth was unable to say how many shots had been fired. He rushed in to where Miller lay, hoping that the man might be found alive. Seeing that the man was in bad fix he ran up to the office of Dr. Looney, half a block away, and got the phy- scian to hurry back with him. Mil Ter was dead, however, when Bozarth and the doctor reached him. Just