The Coconino sun., 1920-01-02
hit him and afraid that he would kill

hit him and afraid that he would kill her.
 She tainted in the beanfeld and when she recovered consciousness, Dwyer and the two children were with her. She sent Dwyer to the house to see if her husband was hurt. l She followed the others to the house. Dwyer lifted Farrell from the trunk and put him on the cot. Appar- ently be was still alive. Mrs. Farrell threw some water on the pool of clot- ted blood on the floor and swept it out the door. This accounts for the trail of blood the officers found leading out few feet from the door and which they thought was evidence that Far rell had been shot in the front yard. l If this latter hypothesis had proven to be true, it would have discredited the defendants story of the shooting, and thus would have given color to the suspicion that things unfavorable both to the defendant and Dwyer were 1 being concealed.
 A pile of damp ashes about a dozen feet from the door, at the end of the trail of blood, was explained by Mrs. Farrell, who said that she had thrown the ashes there after dark a couple of nights before. She was afraid of rat tlesnakes, therefore had thrown the ashes near the door.
 Dwyer sent the little boy on horse back to Frank Chadek's store with a letter to Chadek telling him Farrell was fatally wounded and asking him to send a doctor and officers. He told Mrs. Farrell that the officers would be there soon, and advised her to change her clothes. She did and awaited their appearance. They arrived about five o'clock.
 The shot, according to the testi- mony of Dr. c. D. Jeffries, of Will Hams, entered Farrell's body a few inches above the right hip and about four inches left of the spine, tearing the liver to pieces, cutting away most of the right kidney, penetrating the back of the stomach, and, taking a course toward the left arm-pit, perfor- ated the right lung and penetrated into the left lung and heart.
 The bloodstained, shot-torn clothes Farrell wore when he was shot were gruesome bits of evidence. Some of the spectators shuddered, though Howard Curtis didn't, when during his testimony, MT. Crable had him pu, Farrells coat on so the jury could sec just how the shot had entered Far. rell's body.
 The testimony of the two little chil dren of the defendant, Leonard, aget II, and Bessie, aged 9, was simple, di rect and convincing, bearing out theil mothers story of the way Farrell hat abused her and her account of wha happened the day she shot him.
 Among the other witnesses, thos, for the prosecution were: T. F Brown, of Phoenix, uncle of the dea, man; Deputy Sheriff Howard Curtis of Williams; H. J. Gottlieb, of Will Hams; Sheriff Jack Harrington, M. N Maxwell, of Williams; City Marsha Bobby Burns, of Williams; Ed Ham ilton, of Williams; Under-sheriff Wm Hicklin, Harry McDougall, of Will Hams; Claude Poison, of Williams Mrs. George McMillan and Mrs. NJ. Morrow, of Clarkdale, one forme neighbor of the Farrells and the othe a nurse who had attended Mrs. Far rell. Neither of these ladies had seel or heard Farrell abuse his wife.
 The defense produced the followin, witnesses in addition to those alread, mentioned: Justice of the Peace J. Button, of Williams; w. D. Finney manager of the Western Union tele graph office at Williams. The nal witnesses named above testified abou finding the body, preparing it for bur ial, about the objects in the room where Farrell was killed, etc.
 The trial was expedited by all con cerned in a manner most refreshing The taking of testimony occupied Sat urday and Monday, and Tuesda, morning the arguments began.
 The trial would have lasted mucl longer were it not for the very fev objections offered by the attorneys County Attorney F. M. Gold and As sistant County Attorney Geo. w. liar ben knew there was no hope of obtain ing conviction, while MT. Crable, hi client having admitted the killing, hat no verbal sparring to do in an effor to conceal any of his clients histor, or actions. Mir. Gold opened and MT Harben closed the prosecutions argu ments.
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