Arizona republican., 1921-09-02
GIRL TEST|F|ES GEORGE LOADED
 RIFLE TO KILL
 PEACE OFF |CER
lRepubIican A. p. Leased wIrel

PRESCOTT. Ariz., Sept. 1-The state had almost finished it's case against Frank George, charged with the murder of Undersheriff Ed Bow CTS here on July l, when the superior court adjourned late this afternoon The prosecution indicated that only a few minutes would be required to- morrow to complete the presentation of It's evidence against George.
 Maeoelle Hazard, a girl who Was at the George home just before Bow CTS was shot there, and Police h. spector E. G. Grove of Phoenix, were the two principal witnesses for the state today.
 Miss Hazard said that an hour previous to the shooting of Bowers, George had fired his rifle through the roof She said she later went out of the house and was told by a neighbor that the sheriff had been summoned. She said she then re- turned to the George home and told MT. and Mrs. George that the off, cers were coming. Upon being
 warned, she said, George said he would kill the first officer who stepped into the house, the neighbor who had called the officers and him. SGils I1c lIGH lOdQcu three CarI- ridges into his rifle, she testified. The girl said she then returned to | the neighbours house and was looking out of the window when she saw Bowers standing with one foot in the | front door as a shot was fired. She | said Bowers started to fall, then turned and ran into the street where he fell.
 Mrs. George. the girl said, soor came running to the neighbours house | saying that George was shot and 1 bleeding to death. Then, the girl said l she began telephoning for a doctor. l John L. Sullivan county attorney l also took the witness stand today tC 1 tell of a confession which he saic l George had made to him regarding | the shooting. He said he had warned l George regarding the possible use O such confession and then Georg, had confessed that he had sho Bowers but declared Bowers firet the first shot. Other witnesses fol the state. said that Bowers gun wa I fully loaded when it was found oi I his body after death. They also sait | that there was dust on and in tn barrel indicating that it had not beer
 recently discharged. A number 0
 exhibits also were introduced by tn
 state
 E. G. Grove, police inspector o
 Phoenix, who accompanied Under sheriff Ed Bowers of this city, to tn
 home of Frank George here on July last, when Bowers was killed, testi
 fled for the prosecution today. Grove. who was visiting in Pres
 colt at the time of the shooting an
 who had been given a temporar
 commission as deputy sheriff durin the Frontier Days celebration here told how Bowers stood at the iron
 door of the house when the shot tha : killed him was fired. Grove said h
 had gone around the house towar
 the rear and said he looked throug
 window and saw man raise riff and fire in the direction of the iron | door.
 On cross examination the defens ! questioned Crowes understanding ( I the rights of officers to make arrest : in misdemeanor cases without war s rants when no offense was committe t | in their sight or they had no per s sonal knowledge of the offense. Tn e prosecution held that no arrest ha | been testified to and that there wa : no indication in the court record ths o an attempt had been made to arre: s George or that the officers enter
 tained any intention to arrest him.