Arizona republican., 1918-07-02
TRIAL OF MARVIN
 D|[[SFORMURDER
 STARTED IN COURT

Marvin Dills, son of J. B. bills, a valley rancher, is on trial in Judge Stanford's court for the murder of w. B. McArthur, whom he is alleged to have struck in the jaw when oI - dered from the floor at a dance in Tolleson over which McArthur had supervision.
 Scores of young men who attended the dance given by the Holmes Wooten company to advance sociabil- ity among their employees, testified to the disturbance on the flooi created by Dills, who had been drink ing. McArthur, as floor manager, is alleged to have told bills, who is known as Buck" that he could not have any of that here,' and finally Buck was persuaded by his friends to leave. He returned as McArthur was closing the hall and asked him to step out. When McArthur again made his appearance in the dance hall | he was holding his left jaw. He turned to those who stood about the place and said, "He got me-"
 Substantially every witness called | by the state told the same story of a blow inflicted by the youth who was quoted as saying, T am going | to put McArthur's chin up there, | indicating his forehead.
 bills is 20 years old. He will reach | his majority the day after the Fourth He is a tall strapping boy strong as a lion. He does not appear al all alarmed over the outcome of the
 case or to have as yet appreciated the seriousness of the crime of which | he is charged. Occasionally he lean: | forward in his chair at his counsers | table as a word of a witness seems
 to impress him. He has little to say to his lawyers. Judge A. c. Bake
 is his chief counsel and associated
 with Baker in the case is L. J. Cox
 L. M. Laney, county attorney and hi
 assistant, Harry Johnson, are con ducting the prosecution.
 Among the men called into the jur, box yesterday was Ernest Pemberton
 brother of William and Oscar Penn ] berton, who were shot and killed b. | J. T. Holmes a few weeks ago. H. was asked if the fact that his broth
 CTS had been killed would make
 impossible for him to serve as a fai and impartial juror and sligh
 hesitancy was noticed in his manne
 as he replied "No" His name wa
 struck from the list of jurors. Thos
 who are serving are w. R. Blackmel c. E. Rice, C. c. Dixon, G. W. Cope , land, John W. Martin, F. J. Halter
 man, H. Opie, Edwin L. Macdonald Frank R. Hollenbeck, Roy Edward
 H. D. Wilson and Dan Hilbert The first witness called to testif
 to the tragedy of March 15 wa Grant Robbins, manager of tn Holmes -Wooten store, who was . attendance at the dance. The witnes f stated that he noticed a disturbanc
 on the floor with bills as the cente of the crowd. His friends manage to induce bills to leave and to pre-
 vent him from returning. While out side he remarked 'I don't care,
 have been in jail before" Robbin , testified that he returned after tn
 last dance when McArthur was clos
 ing and asked him to step outsid where he is alleged to have struc
 the blow which is said to have bee responsible for McArthurs death tw : weeks later.
 l Joe Nygren, local pharmacis
 testified that he heard bills swearin
 and saying don't start anything D and don't get hardboiled with Buck at the same llfne puSHlHB tHe CION : back with his hands when McArthl f tried to quiet the disturbance in u f dance hall
 Testimony of the same charactt
 was given by states witnesses F. Q Porter, T. M. Self, J. A. Butler an f Sidney Bruce.
 l.. C. Holmes who was with Mo t Arthur daily from the time the bio
 was struck until he passed away ; , St. Joseph's hospital, told of Il ' agony endured by McArthur WI .. stayed, at his home after the dane ss He stated that he bled profuse U from the mouth and it was on 7, with great pain that he could ta U at all and then his words we :, scarcely intelligible. The witness sa u that he was in and out of his roo 2 all night and as McArthur's conditiC 2 had not improved by morning he W; ,s brought to Phoenix.
 ' Dr. Alexander Brown, the denti who examined McArthur, testifi
 that he had a fracture of the low
 tleft jaw He said that after he ma