Arizona republican., 1918-01-01

terday afternoon.
 Immediately after the verdict had been reached, County Attorney L. NJ. Laney filed a complaint against Pearson charging him with murder. A. R. Cleaveland was charged joint ly with Pearson i1f the crime.
 It is understood that Pearson made a voluntary and complete confession to County Attorney Laney and the sheriffs deputies yesterday morning, claiming that he was drunk whel. he killed Peay and that he had been drunk every day since Christmas He did not implicate Cleaveland bun it was thought best to hold him fo1 investigation to see what the prelimi- nary examination develops. No time was set for arraignment and it is possible, in view of the fact that Justice Wheeler has a full calendar on Wednesday, that the defendar, will not be brought into court until Thursday morning.
 Pearson is alleged to have told the officers that shortly before Christ mas he made q trip to the coast al q returned with a suitcase of liquor. For a week he had been "punishing' 1 it, he said. A year ago County At ! 1 bootlegging, but while the officers were convinced of his guilt there was insufficient evidence to convict Pearson.
 The inquest yesterday bore out in every detail the story of the want on murder that appeared in The Re | publican.
 The only fact that was not quite correct was the course of the bullet which, instead of entering the ab- l domen and emerging from the back entered the back, This was testified to by Dr. E. Payne Palmer, the at- tending physician. The jurors in. quired specifically into this, and every
 man seemed impressed with tht hideossness of the crime. It tooh them just long enough to sign theil names to return the verdict There was no mement lost in placing the blame with the man who shot another iI the back.
 The dying declaration of Peay tc the fact that he had been shot with out cause, was corroborated by the witnesses. It was shown that Pear
 son and Cleaveland for days hac been freely using a rifle. On Satur- day they began shooting Peay's chickens and on Saturday continued
 the practice. Peay attempted tt argue with them and was told to 2. in the house and stay there or nC would he killed. Later Mrs Peay sought to remonstrate with them ant was roundly cursed as her husband had been. Peay, indignant, hitchet his horse to his buggy and driving out of the ya:d called to his leigh
 bors that he was going to Glendale for an officer. It was while he va. driving away that Pearson levelins the rifle, fired.
 W. R. Hiett was the first wit
 ness called. He testified that h,
 cnanced to be passing Cleaveland
 Ilace, which adjoins the Peay ranch
 ard saw Pearson, whom he described as very drunk. He stated tha Cleavelar.d was on the bed in tn, house and had no part in the shoot
 ing, but that the younger man an nounced his intention of killin, Feay. He noted Peay leaving hi
 ranch and statel that he had start ed to drive away when PearsYl fired the st Y hlch proved fatal. Tt was fGiiy half a minute be fore he tl.racl a>ound and sail |
 me, I'm shot," testified the wit ness.
 Paul LeXin, q young Russian. wh was at the Cleaveland ranc6, admit ted that he got scared and beat il but he remained long enousi. [ hear complaints of the two me about their neighbors chickens II . said that both men mada lhrsat