Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-11-29
NIGHT SESSIONS
+. ARE LIKELY IN
| CHECK HEARING
Witnesses Continue to Tell
of Conversation Heard,
and Alleged Sounds, AS.
of Blows Being Struck.
fBy The Associated Press)

Phoenix, AriZ., Nov. 2S.-Fur-
Il er testimony by witnesses for the
state as to the alleged brutal and
T6nhuman' treatment accorded
4 Thomas J. Check, by his son, Victor
Check, and the latter's wife. Belle
Check, was given in today's pre-
liminary examination of Mr.. and
Mrs. Victor Check on a charge OF
murder in connection with the
death of Thomas ]. Check on the
night of November 19. last.
Justice of the Peace Charles De-
Sales Wheeler, before whom the
examination was being held. an
nouneed that the examination
would conclude by next Thursday
hight. even if it was necessary TO
hold night sessions of the court in
order to do so. He said pressure
of court business and necessity for
County Attorney l. NJ. Laney to
appear next week in the superior
court in connection with large
suit for damages made it impera-
tive that the Check case be dis
posed of as rapidly as possible.
Galster Cross Examined.
Eli Galster. dweller in the apart
ment, house where the Checks
lived. was on the stand again to-
day under cross examination rela-
tive TO his testimony of yesterday,
He had told of hearing the sound
A. of blows in the Check apartment
or various occasions and said that
once he had heard the voice OF Mrs.
Cheek saying: s.
"If he won't sign the papers
we'll put him in bed and keep him
there's"
When Galster was under cross
examination by Attorney A. Hen
derson Stockton of counsel for the
defense, as to blows which Galster
had testified he had heard in the
Check apartment. Stockton asked
Galster to demonstrate by striking
him how the blows sounded as 10
force and number. Galster OBJECT
ed, saving he was some distance
from the Check apartment that
night. Attorneys Stockton and
Edward Rooney, also of detense
counsel, then retired to the offlce
of the Justice of peace and dealt
experimental blows. AS Rooney
began striking Stockton on the
chest Galster On the witness stand
exclaimed; That's very similar.
Another Experiment. d,
Tho ATTORNEYS then conducted
another experiment to demonstrate
how certain slaps had sounded,
Some of the blows struck III tlle
Cheek apartment sounded apou'
like the experiment, Galster testi-
fled, but he characterized the at
torney's efforts as minor allsil
compared to the disturbance IN tie
Check household. He also testi-
fled that while there were hours
when quietude reigned among the
Cheeks, there was not an entire Gay
or night without CLASH IN the
apartment
plumbers Testify.
10. ludlow and Charles D.
Rrannoek, plumbers, who had been
employed on work in the apart
ment house during October, told OF
hearing sounds as of quarreling IN
1he Check apartment, but had pald
l;ttIe attention to it. Hudlow testi-
fled he heard a womans voice ask
ing the elder Check what he IN
tended to do with certain real
estate but did not catch the import
of Checks answer.
Check, was n years old, heaith
seeker and reputed wealthy, had
accompanied his son and daughter
inmlaw here from Topeka, Kansas
Testimony at the coroner's inquest
bv ueighboring apartment dWeilerN,
MS TO beatings and neglect inflicted
on the elderly man by his son ana
'rthc ,latter's wife, resulted in the
filing of the murder charges which'
in the preliminary examination
are being neaId as one case