Arizona republican., 1921-01-29
STATE T|GHTENS WEB 1T EVIDENCE: IN PEE F TRIAL
 AT LOS ANGELES
Saleswoman Testifies De- fendant Represented Her self As Mrs. J. C. Dem ton";; Court Resumes On Monday
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LOS ANGELES, Calf. Jan. 2s.-Ths residence of Jacob c. Denton, alleged by the state to have been nlurdered by Mrs. Louise L. Peete on June 2. last, was listed for sale by Mrs. Peete in August. according to testimony giv- en at Mrs. Peete's trial today. by Max M. Alexander, real estate dealer.
 Alexander said Mrs. Peete told hinS she was looking after Denton's af- fairs because the mining promoter, had trouble with woman and dis appeared"
 Earlier today n letter written to Alexander from Denver was identified as being in Mrs. Peete's handwriting. Mrs. H. F. Woods of Los Angeles testified she knew Denton for about IA years and met Mrs. Peete at a picnic May 30, last. Mrs. Mamie Til ton and Mrs Peete's daughter, Betty, also were on the outing The witness said she called at the Denton house few days later and Mrs. Peete told her Denton had gone to the beach in re- sponse to telephoned invitation. At later date, she continued, Mrs. Peete told her she did not know where Den ton was.
 On August ', Mrs. Woods said, Mrs. Peete told her Denton had returned with one Of his arms missing and had called her to a downtown hotel to aid him in signing some checks. The wit ness also said the defendant had men, toned a Spanish woman" having been an acquaintance of Denton. In another part of her testimony Mrs. Woods said during August she noticed Mrs. Peetes hands were fin bad shape" Asked for details. she said the skin of the palms was cracked Mrs. Peete said it was due to house work" she said.
 William Arkins, an insurance broker. testified he knew Denton for five years and last saw him May 28 last. About the middle of June. he said, Mrs. Peete 1 ttelephoned to him asking where she ] could buy some cement. She said. according to the witness. she wished to seal up some mementos of Dentons dead wife which Denton was senti- mental about" Arlxins said he told her where she could make the pur- chase
 The witness also said Mrs. Peete asked him if he could indorse an in surance policy issued to Denton which would protect her from liability if she injured anyone while driving the Den ton automobile. Arl1ins said the de- fendant told him on June 19 Denton
 was alive and would be in town in a few days
 Mrs. Maude Cunningham, filter in department store, testified Mrs. Peete l brought a dress at the store and rep resented herself as Mrs. J. c. Denton. f' An order Mrs. Peete was said to have signed with the name Mrs J. c. | Denton" in connection with this, was Identified. The testimony of Mrs Cunningham was corroborated by Mrss Julie de Werth. saleswoman.
 Statements he said Mrs. Peete made to him the morning of September "A
 1920. the day after the body was found. were given in testimony of c. H. Dick inson, reporter for a Denver news paper. Dickinson said Mrs. Peete told him she had seen a pile of fertilizer
 in the cellar, near the crypt in which the body was found, while she was a tenant at the house and had made the
 remark. T thought then it would be
 Vine place to bury ones victim: prob ably the murderer had the same idea. '-
 Do you think the body was buried
 under the fertilizer? Dickinson said
 be asked her. She answered, Yes:
 the body was buried under the fertil- iZer.' Hers was the first mention made
 of fertilizer. The news dispatches
 had said the body was buried under
 earth.
 She told me she had seen Denton
 June 2, and again June or 9. She said his arm was injured when she
 saw him June 2, but she was not sure
 whether it had been amputated" The trial will be resumed Monday.