Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1920-05-26
F()RNERCH|EF
()NCALvARY'S
CROSS, SAYS
WILSON
Says He Can See unseen
Hand" Behind Drama and
Says Case Is Merely "The
Fued of the Fat Men,"

Arguments CT counsel for both
both prosecution and defense Occu-
pied the attention of the court and
jury this morning and until about
2:30 o'clock this afternoon in the
case Of the bribery trial of former
Chief of Police c. f. Hill.
Deputy District Attorney Chas. e.
Scott opened the case for the state,
inasmuch as both Messrs. Scott and
Simon were to talk. Arguments were
limited to an hour and a half to each
side.
Mr. Scott, who talked 40 minutes,
spent most of his time in summing
up of the case rather than interpret
ing the various actions taken. His
summary was brief and concise and to
the point.
REBUKES OFFICERS OF LAW
He was followed by o. V. Wilson,
attorney for MIR. Hill, who made a
scathing arraignment Of the distric;
attorneys office. and the efforts being
made to convict Hill.
you remember those raids; you
remember the wholesale number OF
persons captured at Imperial and Cal
exico and you remember that they
went to 10 or II places in Ell Centre
and found one poor old woman" he
said. "Do YOU see any of the police
officers of those towns here on trial?
Have you heard of any indictments
against them? Who have we here,
the police chief of the only town III
the valley where they failed to catch
anyone. being crucifed. Who is on
Calvary's cross? Mr. Hill, a man we'll
past the meridian of life, who has led
an honorable life for years! n man
whom his neighbors of years say III
dispositions here, has always been NON
orabIe! A man who has occupied pub
lie positions for years. He comes cut
here to give his boys start IN life,
and because he is too active. a pack
OF wolves herded by the district at
torney's whip, seeks to tear nm 10
pieces.
SEES "UNSEEN HAND"
Continuing he said, Il can see the
unseen hand which has been moving
behind the scenes Of this drama. Iney
Whisper, we are after this man h'l!;
he is too active, we want your test
mony to convict him. and they gather
together the scum OF the underwood
to come up here and lie, lie. lie to send
an innocent man to the penitenCafy.
This rotten pup Hyde, why ne IS
so foolish | do not know whether ne
ought to be in San Quentin or Patton.
A mere youth, his face unseamed with
q line. vet stepped in sin. He comes
here and lies and lies again III an
effort to shift the blame. He testified
That he had not been promised inn
runity, but | think you believe ami
= l,o ,Al
NO INDICTMENTS
"Do YOU see any indictments against
this man Hyde. poor soul? Do you
see any indictments against the rest
of these witnesses here, who admit
their guilt? Do you see any indlct-
ments against any of them?
Then this Joe Wise. He and Hyie
a,e lust about on the same plane; birds
Of feather only of different color.
He is bothered by the chief. He gath
ers his kind about him and they con
SURE to send Hill to the penitentiary.
81 can see careful coaching of the
witnesses in this case and yet with all
this they perjured themselves time ana
tine again on this witness stand. AMI
vet the district attorney would have
YOU convict this man on the testimony
of these rioters, sunk to the very depths
in sin.
"Wnv when Hill fired Hyde anc, then
offered to start him anew in life with
a letter of recommendation, they
bring that here against him to help
convict him.
CAT OUT OF THE BAG
"A.nd the cast jumped out OF The
bag yesterday afternoon when the dis-
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