Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02


hit another with a rifle and wheI
Mrs. Brown protested the same mar
hit her with his first, knocking he'
down. She tried 10 have the man ar
rested she said but he disappeared
in the crowd. She collected some
money and bought food taking it I,
the men at Columbus, she said after
Governor Campbell wired her that hs
had no funds for such purpose.
The state rested AT O'Clock. an
nouncing that they had only on'
more witness who would arrive or
the evening train and would be pu
on the stand tomorrow.
Brown was then recalled by the de
tense and asked If he had not re
ceived a money order from ". W
Porter. secretary OF the ]. w. W. a
Bisbee for $50. He said he did. bu
was under the impression It wai
from X. n French county attorney
Two letters received from Porter
were then read into the record.
II. W. Dixon and his wife. test
fled tina. they had never lef; any dy
Mantle at a house they sold TO Mr.
Lalone. which was occupied by ID
c. Nations. who had previously ties
titled that Dixon had left the dyna
mite in the shed when he moved
Mrs. Dixon corrobera,ed her hus
bands testimony.
c. T. Cross. deputy sheriff under
Wheeler during 1917 was called by
the defense and he testified that il
conversation with Frank Holman
also a deputy sheriff, in Douglas,
Holman had told him he feared the
mines at Bisbee would be blown III
and that although some innocen:
people you'd be killed. the ccmpan
les would be responsible. Cross said
he told Sheriff Wheeler shortly aft
erward. Holman had denied making
Such a statement while on the stand
last Friday.
Late this afternoon the defense an
nounced they intend to complete sur
rebuttal by tomorrow noon.
MORNING SESSION
This morning Ed Massey. deputy
State mine inspector was the first
witness on the stand. He testified
as to conditions in the mines at Bis
bee a, the time of the strike. He
was brought TO Tombstone on Z
bench warrant. issued last Friday
however, he explained ne was absen
in Ajo, where he was called on hi:
official duties due 10 an accident il
one Of the mines there, and the war
rant was dismissed on motion Of Mr.
French.
Marco s. Benderaeh, Servian
who said he raj. Store at Lowell
told of his being deported. He sal,
two men named Billy Woods and
yasco Hitch came 10 his store earl!
the morning of the 18th and tool
him out and put him into line, march
ing him TO Warren. The store va
left open he said and when he cam
back from Columbus on August 2
ne found the doors closed and whel
an inventory was taken out Of abou
$4,000 stock he found but littl
over $500 left He said he was tai
en- before Harry Wheeler at the dis
pensary building and Wheeler CAV
him a note which would pass hin
through the guards and he was a
lowed his liberty. He was arres;e
and charged with being a Germa
spy, he said, but exhibited a diplom
from his country, which he said wa
given him for service as a recrui
ing agent for Servia during the wor,
war. He returned to Bisbee agai
September 18th TO collect some bill
and was put in Jail a: night and a.
companied by a guard In the da.
and then told to leave town or b
would be jailed sor 80 days. He e,
hibited a pass given him by the m.
jor at Columbus. n. ~. for his sal
return to Bisbee and said that WOOD
told him never to come back TO Bi
bee or he would be put in jail.
Crossexamined by the defense, b
said he was born in Montenegro, IN
had his first papers bu: no secon
Asked IL he had not been refuse
his second papers because he was q
/. w. w. he denied this and said b