Weekly journal-miner., 1918-07-24

W nat happened al me StepnenS ranch5"
 Mrs. Stephens got oht and went into the house. Neither Joe nor Bud were there Mir. Shepard and anoth- CT man who worked on the place were at the house. Mrs. Stephens looked around a bit and then said she thought she had better go back to Prescott. She told Shepard thai ii the men folks came out, he was to tell them that she had gone back 10 town"
 Witness said that there had been another drink at the ranch. This time Shepard joined in. They had then gone to the Vim berly place where Marlowe had got his mail. After that they went on to Hildreths SO that Marks could get his time. It was dark when they reached the Hildreth ranch. They saw Bob Miller there. Marlowe testified that he had gone into the house to get drink for Mrs Stephens. The lady had stayed in the car. Miller had quit and they per i suaded him to go into town with them. Marlowe had not heard the conversation between Miller and the rest
 They then started for town. They had gone about six miles when they heard a horn honking behind them. They pulled out of the road and had almost stopped, when Bud Stephens drove up to them in his car. Joe had yelled:
 Stop that car or I'll shoot you" The Scrap On the Road. "I got out of the car" witness continued. Then Bud Stephens hit me On the back of the head I don't recall what he said l don't know what he hit me with. He knocked me down and made my nose bleed The blow raised a big lump. I did not see that Bud had anything in his hand"
 Marlowe's knowledge of the details after that was extremely vague. He had stayed away from there.
 "When I came back to the car Stephens was gone," was the way he expressed it.
 The party reassembled and had gone to point about mile over the summit when a car carrying three lights was observed approaching. Now. the Bud Stephens car had two headlights and search light. Some one recalled that just before he left | them. Joe Stephens had forcefully promised them that he and Bud would arm themselves and come back and shoot mp the whole bunch. So the witness once more hastened to get away from there He had got out
 of the car. Marks had taken the wheel and had backed track.
 Marlowe had rejoined the party at the summit. Mrs. Stephens had urg- ed that to meet the other car at that time meant more trouble and at her solicitation they had gone back to Prescott by way of Jerome Junction. cutting across by the Tom Morris road which was very rough, necessi- tating very slow progress.
 As a consequence, they reached Prescott about 3:30 in the morning. Mrs. Stephens had told them she knew where she intended to go but did not want any of them to know where she stopped At her request they drove across the Granite street bridge on Gurley street before they turned and stopped. Miller had then got out and returned in about Is minutes He got into the car again and they had driven back over the bridge to the first street and once more turned around Miller had then got out and SO did Mrs Stephens. Miller had taken Mrs. Stephens suit case. Witness drove on.
 Before Miller left" Marlowe said, "He asked me where was rooming. I told him the Ref hotel He said he would. be up there shortly"
 Marlowe and Marke had got to bed at the Ref hotel about o'clock. It was about o'clock that Sid Marks had walked him Bud was asking Sid Marks where his mama was. Sid said he did not know. Then Bud had said to AIarlowe:
 Where Is my mother"
 q said: I don't know..'
 You're a d- liar" he shouted and hit me over the eye.
 Did Bud say anything else?'
 "I don't remember"
 Was Friendly With Stephens
 On Sunday and the Saturday before that. had you been on friendly terms with Bud and Joe Stephens;'
 Yes"
 Previous to that time had you ever had any trouble with either of them"
 No"
 When had they hired you to go out and work on their ranch?"
 "On the preceding Saturday,
 Did you hear Mrs. Stephens give any reason as to why she did not want to go with Bud and her hus- band?"
 She said she was afraid of them
 The defense then questioned wit ness as to his condition when in Pres colt He said he had been in Pres colt for five or six days. He had been looking for a job and had final ly been employed to do general ranch work by Joe Stephens. He de- nied that he had been drunk most of the time. He had met Sid Marks on Saturday It was not true that