Arizona republican., 1920-12-02

THE ARIZONA REPUBI
to arrive and went to call DR.. L. D.
Cameron, who lived in the same block.
While Victor Check was going after
DR.. Cameron, Mrs. Wolf said she and
Mrs. Check attempted TO revive T. j.
Check by rubbing his arms and body
Victor Check returned in a few min
utes, she said, with DR.. Cameron, who
made an examination and pronounced
the elder Check dead. Victor and
Belle Check, she said, refused to be-
lieve he was dead. On the next day,
Mrs. Wolf said, Belle Check came out
TO her home and she returned to the
Check apartment with her. As they
were going UP the walk, she said, TO
the house. Mrs. Check stopped to speak
to Mrs. Warner, who was on the bal
cony of the place. Later, she said,
Mrs. Warner came down to the Check
apartment Mrs. Wolf said she heard
some of the conversation but not all
of Il.
Mrs. Wolf said the Checks had
planned to leave Phoenix with the
body of their father on Wednesday
following his death. After Mrs. Check
was released on BAIL she said, she
came out to her house to live and
later Victor Check also came out.
Since that time, she said, both have
been staying at her house.
Says He Heard No 5eatings
o. +. Kennedy, a painter, said he
worked at the Tell apartments from
October to October 8 and during that
time he never heard any beatings, slap
pings or abusive language used toward
the elder Check by his son and
daughter law. He said he heard
frequent quarrels between Victor
Check and Belle Check and heard
Belle Check urging T. J. Check to take
his medicine He said he saw T. J.
Check sitting in the sun or his son
taking him for walk nearly every
day while he was there. He said he
did not see Victor Check jerking his
father or treating him roughly at any
time. Victor Check, he said, always
spoke like IAN Arizona Eastern en-
gine"; very loud and gruff.
Stanley NJ. Childray. an actor known
as Stan Stanley, said he went riding
at least a dozen times between October
II and November 10 with Victor Check
and his father. He said he never saw
Victor Check treating his father in a
rough manner and never saw him
strike him or swear at him. Childray
said he met Victor Check in a pool
room and they reached an agreement
whereby he would teach Victor Check
billiards If the latter would take him
riding in his car occasionally.
/ On one occasion shortly after he met
| Victor Check, he said. they drove to
Mesa and coming back the car went
over a rough place in the road. He
said he bumped his head on the top of
the car and noticed that the elder Mr..
Check was also rubbing the back of his
head. The old man said he bumped his
head, Childray said. He said he con-
cluded that Mr.. Check, ST.. was deaf
because Victor always spoke to him in
loud tone. One day at Riverside park,
| he said, his nurse, Miss Walker, and
the elder Check remained in the car
while he and Victor went DOWN to see
the swimming pool.
Did Not Sec Any Bruises
On the day of Mr.. Checks death, No
vember Is, he said, Victor Check, Belle
Check and their father drove out TO
his house in the 1900 block on East
Van Buren, street about 1880 o'clock In
the afternoon. The elder Check, he
said, got out of the car, but got right
back in again and remained in it while
he and Victor looked over his place.
He said he did not notice any bruises
about the elder Checks eye. He said
he never at any time saw any rough
treatment of the old man, whom he
said was always dressed stylishly and
appeared very neat and clean.
Miss Louise Walker, a trained nurse
attending Mr.. Childray, said she went
on ride with the Checks two or three
times in their car. She said she never
noticed any rough treatment of the old
man. She said she noticed a slight
ldiscoloration under the left eye of Mr.
Check on the afternoon OF November
13 when they came out to Mr.. Chill
dray's place.
Henry Reuben said he saw the Check
car drive up in front of Doyle's cigar
stand on the night of November 1;
about 1880 o'clock. Victor Check, ht
said, got out and babe his father good.
bye. The old man nodded his head, ht
said.
w. d. Padgett, living five miles nortl
on Central avenue, said one Sunday
afternoon the three Checks came out Il
his place for a visit. He said he saw
no rough treatment of the elder Mr.
Check at that time. The old man. ht
said. had very little to say upon thai
OCCASION.
The defense opened its case yester.
day morning with the testimony o
Charles NJ. Donahue, mining engineer
who said he was on hunting trips quit
often with the Checks. He met them
he said, at the home of Mrs. Vol
about October 81 and frequently talked
with the elder Mr.. Check. At no time
he said, did he ever see any rough
treatment of the old man by eithe
Victor or Belle Check. On one occa
sion at the home of Mrs. Wolf, he said
he saw the elder Check spit some foot
he had chewed out upon the floor Vic
tor Check, he said, told his father no
to do that
Elder Check Bumped Head on Car
From the time he met them until tn
death of the old man, he said, he wa
often in their company either at Mrs
VOLTS house, his own home or in tn
Check apartment The elder Mr.. Check
he said, was always wanting to go on
hunting and enjoyed the trips yer.
much. On November z, he said, the,
went on a hunting trip to Cave creeB
On the trip, he said, the old man spi
in the car and Victor Check clappe,
/ his hands together and slapped himsel
] on the leg and told his father not to d
that again. On the trip, he said, tn
car struck wash in the road and TIL
old man bounced up and struck hi
4 head on the top of the car. Mr.. Chez