Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-12-01

erty she said. located in Sanford.
Fla.
on the same day and at the same
time, she said, another assignment OF
a mortgage was executed by Thomas
J. Check to Victor and Belle Check
which she acknowledged. This in
strument shesaid, was dated Sept Il,
1920, but the acknowledgment date
was Oct. %. This mortgage, she said,
was on 40 acres of land in Orange
county, Florida.
Then. she said, on the same date
another assignment of a mortgage was
made by Thomas J. Check to Victor
and Belle Check. The instrument, she
said, was dated Oct 16, but she &C
knowledged it on Oct. %. This mort
gage, she said, was on property To-
Gated in Sanford. Fla. In the last two
mortgage assignments, she said. no
consideration was given.
Land in Florida and New York
On Oct %. Miss Mccoy said, she
acknowledged an instrument eXecut-
ed by Victor and Belle Check to one
NJ +. Robinson for q power of attor-
ney covering real estate sold to Con-
nelly and Decottes, in Sanford, Sem
mole county, Fla. This instrument
said. was dated on Oct. %, 1920.
Miss Mccoy said that on Nov. she
acknowledged a deed. executed by
Thomas ]. Check by Victor Check as
attorney in fact TO Susie 3. Hulse for
some city property in Brooklyn, New
York. The consideration. she said In
this instrument was 500.
Tho afternoon session of the hear
ing opeded with the testimony of e.
w. Clayton. vice. president and cash
Ter OF the National Bank of Arizona
who had been subpeonaed to bring the
records of the Check account in that
bank. He said the account was opened
| on Sept. II and was still in force.
Mr.. Clayton said that Liberty bonds
by the Checks. They had lock box
| he said, in the bank which they had
rented shortly after the account was
opened.
DIR. H. P. Mills, one Of tie physi-
/ clans who performed the autopsy on
| the body of I. j. Check, occupied the
witness stand during the entire morn
| ing yesterday. Mr.. Mills read tho re-
| port of the findings of the autopsy.
| The probable cause of death. DR.. Mills
read from the report, was first: a
/ embolism (blood clot) of the external
corotid and pulmonary tuberculosis,
and secondary. an antemortem clot
/ in the right ventricle of the heart
| generalized arterio- sclerosis Charden-
ing of the arteries), especially of the
heart and brain.
Tell of Autopsy
DR.. Mills said that in his opinion,
hitting. slapping. jerking. pushing and
/ abusive language used toward a man
with arteries in the condition shown
/ by the autopsy of Mr.. Check might
| cause death, but he did not think il
/ did in this case. A heavy blow over
! the heart would have caused death in
this case, he said. but he found no
/ evidence of such a blow on the body
| of T. J. Check.
DR.. Mills said they found no other
bruises on the body of T. j. Check
| than those bruises on the hands and
the head. They found no poison in the
| stomach, he said. There was no evil
dence of bruises on the brain of Mr.
Check, he said. but a small water
tumor was found in the brain. but this
was so small as to be of no signifi-
canoe, he said.
The report of the autopsy finding in
/ part was as follows:
! DiScoloration from a confusion owe,
| the left frontal region of the head, @
confusion on the left ear and contus-
ions and abrasions on the back of botf
| hands. All these LESSONS were proba-
bly, a few days old. The lungs showed
advanced pulmonary tuberculosis.
! Commissions were found on the left
| side of the head and the back of the
head. These were about the size of q