The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-02-27
CH|NAMAN MURDER CASE ON TRIAL
 THIS WEEK
Julian Medina Placed on Trial for This Offense-Court Will Continue all Next Week-Graham County
 Case Next on Docket

The spring term of the Superior court of Greenlee county was conven- ed on Tuesday morning last and the entire week has been taken up with the trial of the Chinese murder case State of Arizona vs. Juan Medina and Jesus Padilla, charged, jointly | with the murder of Chinaman known as Sharkey, in the Eastern Cafe dur ing the month of February last. Attorneys Ling, Lynch and Kearney are appearing for the prosecution and | the defense is being conducted by | Attorneys Elliott, Beckerlegge and ! Worsley.
 A jury was obtained fate Tuesday I afternoon to try the case composed of D. c. Bernard, B. A. Barrett, C.. M. Ringsmith, J. G. Tierney, John Davis, J. s. Chesser. T. F. Minor,A. l.. Lines, 1 Jesse Simmons, M. Balin, J. R. Jones, and D. J. Chapman.
 Q The trial commenced Wednesday
 morning and on motion by Attorney
 Elliott severance was granted and the defendant Juan Medina was placed
 on trial.
 The alleged murder, with which the
 defendent is charged, was committed
 in the dining room of the Eastern Cafe
 about 2 a. m. Feb. 8, 1919, when ac-
 cording to witnesses for the prose
 cution, two masked men entered the ] front door of the restaurant and de- | nanded money. The Chinaman,
 'Sharkey" came out of the kitchen
 with an iron poker in his hand and
 was shot by one of the robbers.
 The principal witness for the pros
 ecution was Quan Jim Me, proprietor
 of the restaurant, and An Tom, a
 Chinese laundryman, who had his
 place of business across the street.
 The proprietor testified that Juan
 Medkua, Jesus Padilla and, Manuel Garza came into the restaurant about
 a. m. and had a meal served to
 them, They left in about twenty
 minutes and saw them later when
 they tried to rob him. The first in
 timation he had of hold-up was when heavy set Mexican (described as a
 u,an named Rascon9 came through
 the front door and pointed an iron pipe at him and said: Give me mon ey.'' Shafkey came in from the kitchen with poker in his hand. About this time the witness heard someone try ! ElO COtuC III tAC lOotdui oiI Ihi OuSh
 the kitchen door but could not get in This man then came around to the
 front door and as he entered shot Sharkey. The two men ran out and the witness gave the alarm by firing !, pistol in the street. On cross ex 1, animation by Elliott witness told diff . ferent story than was brought out al Cororner's inquest.
 h ho throo mi run down the alley following the first shot in the restaurant and that he rec ognized one of them as Juan Medina
 who he has known since he was boy Yok Lugn, Shinese girl, identified . a hat introduced as evidence ana which was found by the officers in the
 alley, as belonging to Rascon. Mrs Julia Pitt also identified the hat a! belonging to Rascon. j. Sheriff Slaughter and Deputy Suth ? erlin testified to finding the iron pipe hat and mask in the alley betweel
 the Eastern and New Restaurant. Juan Medina, the defendent wa
 placed on the stand by the defence
 and stated that he was in the arm.
 about eight months and came bacl
 to Clifton in January 1919 and denied
 vigorously that he ever went into thu 7 Eastern Cafe with Jesus Padilla ant
 Ignacio Rascon on the night in ques
 tion for the purpose of robbery O :. murder The movements of the de ,- fendant on the night in question wa ,.1 sworn to by Jesus Padilla. Rascon fl Jose Chavez Sixto Lobato and Manue -3 Garza.
 l. Rascon on the stand denied beini ,. the owner of the hat found in tn }, alley and his old work hat was pro : duced by the defense.
 l. The evidence was concluded Frida a evening. The jury will be taken t
 view the premises saturday mornin E. and the argument to the jury will talk t place Saturday afternoon.
 r On last Saturday, in the case of tn < State of Arizona, vs. Bob Phillips e Charlie Buckelew and Lee Buckelew f the information was dismissed as t il the defendants Charles Buckelew an
 Lee Buckelew on motion of the Count f Attorney, on the ground that he ma
 | use the two Buckelews as witnesses : They were charged with the crime c T. assault with the intent to commi t murder.
 Juan Ortega was arralgned on rue:
 day morning of this week upon tn
 charge of assault with the intent t
 commit murder and entered a plea (
 not guilty. Juan recently took a sho
 at another Mexican in North Clifton e but missed his mark. He will h n given a trial during the. present jur
 session.
 II Matilda B. Hutchins was this wee ), appointed Guardian of the estate C