Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-09-04
TRIAL
GOES OVER To
I j { s D A !
Defendants Claim They Were
Overpowered and Bound by
Five Mexican Bandits

TOMBSTONE, Sept. 3. - The case
of the State VS.. Manuel Garcia ana
Jose Perez, charged withathe murder
of less Fisher at the Slaughter ranch
on Nav 4, was not concluded today
and will not be completed until TueS-
day morning. 1t was expected that
night session would be held to finish
the case, but it was discovered that
there was considerable rebuttal testi'
mony besides the argument of the at
torneys on both sides and the case
went over until Tuesday morning NJ
$3.50 o'clock. In the meantime t;-c
Jury is locked up under the care OF
bailiffs.
This morning J.fF. Mcdonald. form
er sheriff and finger print expert
was put back on the stand by the
state for the purpose of proving the
value of finger print evidence. He
was on the stand for about two hours
and demonstrated his ability by max
ing comparison of finger prints made
by members of the jury during his
absence from the court room. The
J prints were developed and compared
by the witness and with the excep
ton of two or three which he said
were not clear, he successfully paired
| the prints of each juror.
Identifies Finger Prints
Following the admission of his quail
| ifications, the witness swore in ans
wer to direct question that the
print found on the glass door and tha
/ 10 Cornia while
! Jail were bothem ade by the same man
Attempt blythe state to offer add
tional expert. testimony was ruled ou
by the court on the ground that L
was not necessary.
Following the testimony of William
Appel apdsFred Moore regarding C-n
er minor details as they found then
at the ranch on the night of May 4
the state rested its case at 11:S
/ o'clock and following brief state
ment of what they expected to prove
Attorney o. Gibson for the defens'
opened his side of the case by plac
ing Manuel Garcia, one of the defend
ants, on the stand in his own behalf
Garcia, who says he is only II year
| of age, was still on the stand whel
noon recess was taken and occupies
the witness chair for over an hou
this afternoon when court resumed
/ He steadfastly denied that either b
or Perez were connected with the xii
ing of Fisher. On direct examination
he told in detail how he and Pere
had been held up by five bandits Will
out in the Slaughter corral milkin
on the night of May A. 1t was afte
dark he said, when they had gone on
to milk and the five men, three {
whom he afterward knew to be me
named Chavez, Rubio and Jose, ovel
powered them in the milking cora
took them out to nearby mesquit
brush and bound their hands benin
them, leaving two of their hri,..e
to guard them while the other thre
, went to the ranch house. They hear
/ the shooting, Garcia said, and whe
/ the two guards left them followin
J the shooting they made their escap
to the home of William Hughes, thre
quarters of mile away, where the
told their story. Hughes accompt
I MED the two back to the Slaughte
ranch, he said, where they found ths
Fisher had been killed, and wher
Mrs. Slaughter charged him with xii
ing Fisher.
Cross-examination by the state dea
mostly with details of Garcia's stor
and lasted until almost 2:45 o'cloc
when Perez, the second defendant wa
placed on the stand. His story wa
practically the same as that of Ga
cha differing only in minor detail
and he too, denied having had an,
thing to do with the death of Fishe
Cross examination sought to bring oil
discrepancies in his story as compa
ed with Garcia's with reference t
how the two had been handled by til
bandits and their actions from tia
time until they were returned to til
Slaughter ranch.
All Return to Ranch
William Hughes of Tucson, win
had been employed at the San Be
nardina ranch until July, was tn
next witness called. He related O
direct examination how Garcia an
Perez came to his house about mt
night that night awakening him an
his wife and telling them their stor
of the bandit raid. He went into d.
tail concerning happenings from til
time he returned to the Slaughte
ranch shortly after dark on the nigf
of May 4. with load of ice. He tol
of looking for Perez and Garcia at I'll
request of Mrs. Slaughter since the