Arizona republican., 1920-02-04
FIND GRAVE AND
 bONES|N DITCH
 LIN HINDU RANCH
Many Surprises Appear in Hearing of Two Foreign CTS on Charge of Murder of Chandler Boy Last Spring.

surrounded by a mysterious-a appear ing collection of parcels and sealed en- Veiopes, with large pasteboard carton ae tnelr feet, County Attorney Laney ana his assistant, Herman Lewkowitz, yesterday opened the hearing before 5uose Wheeler of the Hindus, Mahr singh Pete Martini and Harnam oihgn (H- S- GrevaD, charged with the murder Of Ruben Cervantes. The IT. year-old boy, an official of Ligua Pro tectorta Latina, disappeared from chandler on the night of April 19, last year.
 Many surprises were introduced in the hearing which was opened by the testimony of Ygnacio Alvarez and Juan Mdtos, Yaquf Indian boys, who found human bones scattered on the desert south or Guadalupe two weeks ago. A tnlgn bone, shoulder blade many I'D fragments, wisps of hair, a man s garter attached to a strip of blue cloth or striped pattern, formerly the leg of q mans trousers, and scraps of a blanket were brought forth one by one from the carton by Mir I.aney and identified by the Yaquis who said they had found them. Lime was lodged in the crevices of the bone fragments.
 Display No Emotion
 Throughout the testimony the two Hindu defendants appeared no more concerned than when first confronted with the supposed remains of Ruben 6ervantes at the sheriff's office imme- diately after their arrest a fortnight ago. Mahr Singh, who had failed to svince any emotion at that time when zihe gr1sly collection of hair, rags and bones was dumped in his lap, sat dur ing the hearing yesterday with his mouth slightly opened, following close sfy every word of the testimony. liar nam Singh, his companion. a slender man of 25 or 30 years, sat slightly hud- nr s-I,- J,;e- expression at any time. Both men un- derstand and speak English well. E. Deputy Price surprised the attor- neys for the defense and the defend ants themselves when he revealed that a systematic search covering a period of several days had disclosed the pres fnce of a. limelined grave, more bones, another garter and more scraps of clothing beneath the tapoon of an irri- 5sating ditch 75 feet southeast of the aus half mile south of Chandler on the west side of the Goodyear road.
 Grave Is Found
 Credit for finding this grave is given to Herman Lewkowitz by County At torney Laney, who detailed him to s1I- perintend the investigation. Informa- fion furnished Mir. Lewkowitz by Mark Phillips, a neighbor of the Hindus. who Testified later, was invaluable in lead ing to the find,
 
 Chandler, furnished further details of extensive digging operations conducted by representatives of the sheriff'S of flee and Mir. Lewkowitz about the shanty occupied by the Hindus at the time of the disappearance of Ruben .Cervantes and up until the day of their arrest.
 - Wherever loose dirt was found on the surface they dug Rees testified. On various days they dug al various places about the yard, in the cotton patch. On January 21, after Mark Phillips had made certain sensational disclosures a t the county attorneys office, the party moved to the irrigating ditch and be- gan digging near a tapoon.
 Unearth Ring
 A chunk of lime was discovered by Henry Larson. court stenograDher. Then small rib bone appeared The frame of the tapoon was lifted, more loose dirt was removed, and they found small pieces of bones. a garter ragged trousers leg. and other ~frag- ments. According to County Attorney Laney, the pattern of the cloth, the garter and the pieces of blanket found corresponded to those found on the desert by the Yaquis.
 Further surprises were in store, how ever. Rees testified that after finding the more evident objects in the grave they took turns sitting the loose dirt at the bottom. In this manner a tar nished silver ring, bearing the Mexi- can eagle, was found encircling a bone, | Rees said.
 When we picked it up,' Rees testi- fled "the bone was almost in the cen