Bisbee daily review., 1921-09-03

house from opposite directions, the
witness stated when she heard the
two shots and saw Miss Stowe run
ming toward her. She saw plainly
Garcia and Perez, whom had been em-
ployed on the ranch for years, and ex-
claimed to Miss Stowe that they had
killed Fisher, when she saw the flash
of the guns
Much of her testimony dealt wren
details of the events leading up to the
shooting and 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 a gun protruding from the
door pointed at Mr.. Fisher, she said.
Seeing this she turned and fled to-
ward Mrs. Slaughter and when about
half way the shots rang out and Fish
er fell, dying shortly afterward,
She described the condition ofzthe
commissary and the money in the
cash drawer which was taken by the
slayers following the shooting. An
interesting point of both witnesses
testimony is that the ranch watchdogs
had been very quiet until the commo-
ton caused by the shooting when they
began barking and became generally
excited. This is taken to be good
piece of evidence since the defend
ants claim the killing was done by
bandits who raided the place while
the state contends, in support or rs
circumstantial evidence, that it would
have been impossible for strangers to
invade the, premises without the dogs
raising a commotion which could
have been heard by the occupants of
the house.
Murchison Is Called
VIM. Appel, who went out from
Douglas, described conditions as he
found them at the ranch when he ar
rived, other officers having arrived
anead of him. His testimony dealt
mostly with bloody footprints leading
to the commisssry and to finger
print found on a piece of broken
glass in the door of the commissary
which later was entered into the case
under the expert testimony of A. B.
Murchison.
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 FOUR, cOnsta-
BILE of Douglas, who was called to the
scene of the shooting, occupied the
witness stand and he, too, identified
the glass containing the finger print
of the defendant, Garcia, blood spots
about the premises and tracks lead
ing from Fishers 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.
Following preliminary qualifying
examination before afternoon recess
he occupied the stand until after 1
o'clock with the details Of the finger
prints. Enlarged photographs of the
accidental print on the glass door and
the actual print Of Garcia made at
the Douglas police station were intro
duced as exhibits by the state. The
witness went into detail regarding the
positive "a points OF positive identifi-
cation. Objection arised by the de-
tense as to the method used in OBJ
tanning the prints of the defendants
while in a Jail were overruled by the
court The prints were from the left
thumb of Garcia, he stated on direct
examination, and he demonstrated
each of the "a points of Identification.
Examination of clothes of the defend
ants revealed presence of blood, the
witness stated when they were
brought to the Jail at Douglas.
Mcdonald Is Witness
Following Murchison's examination
in which spectators concede the con-