Tombstone epitaph., 1921-09-04
STRONG CASE AGAINST FISHER slAvERs

or the states witnesses, as well as ., strong link of evidence through the finger print method featured the states case today in the trial of Man. uel Garcia and Jose Perez, charged with the murder of Jess Fisher on the Slaughter ranch on the night of May 1.
 This morning when the case was resumed the testimony of George tStevens. started last night, for the purposes of identifying the premises and locations of the ranch and build ings. was completed and Mrs. John Slaughter, wife of John Slaughter. was put on the stand for the better part of an hour, gave graphic testi. mony of the killing of Fisher and pos itively identified the two Mexicans as the two who did the shooting on the night of May 4th
 She went into detail regarding the events leading up to the killing and was emphatic in her Identification of the two defendants. whom she says she saw plainly by the light of a pow erful flashlight she carried the night of the killing.
 Having gone out into the yard with Miss Edith Stowe and Fisher to at tend to some chickens which one of the defendants had failed to do, the two were returning 10 the ranch house from opposite directions. the witness stated when she heard the two shots and saw Miss Stowe rur- ming toward her. She saw plainly Garcia and Perez, whom had been en- ployed on the ranch for years, and ez- claimed to Miss Stowe that they had killed Fisher, when she saw the flash of the guns.
 Much of her testimony dealt with details of the events leading up to the shooting and she was substantiated by Miss Stowe who occupied the stand for three quarters of an hour. Her testimony corroborated that of Mrs. Slaughter. Just before the shooting she heard a noise in Garcia s room and saw gun protruding from the door pc:.nted at MT. Fisher, she said See ing this she turned and fled toward Mrs. Slaughter and when about half way the shots rang out and Fisher fell, dying shortly afterward
 She described the condition of the commissary and the money in the cash drawer which was taken by the siayers following the shooting An interesting point oi both witnesses testimony is that the ranch watchdo5s had been very quiet until the commo- tion caused by the shooting when they began barking and became generally excited. This is taken to be a good piece of evidence since the defendants claim the killing was done by bandits who raided the place while the state contends, in support of its circum- stantial evidence, that it would have - been impossible for strangers to in wade the premises without the dogs raising commotion which could have been heard by the occupants of the house.
 Wm. Appel, who went out from Douglas, described conditions as he found them at the ranch when he ar rived, other officers having arrived ahead of him. His testimony dealt mostly with bloody footprints leading to the commissary and to a finger print found on piece of broken glass in the door of the commissary, which later was entered into the case under the expert testimony of A. B. Murchisop.
 Fred Moore, cattle inspector and deputy sheriff, was the last witness on the stand before noon and his tes- timony was mostly in substantiation of that Of Appel.
 This afternoon Billy Fourr, con stable of Douglas, who was called to the scene of the shooting. occupied the witness stand and he, too, idenss fled the glass containing the finger print of the defendant. Garcia, blood spots about the premises and tracks leading from Fisher's prone body to the store building.
 A. B. Murchison, police sergeant of Douglas, was the states principal wit ness in identifying the finger prints of Garcia, and as to expert testimony
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