Arizona republican., 1921-01-22
STATE OFFERS
 I TEST INONY II SHOW CAUSE IF DEATH
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 LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21.-Testimony purporting to establish the identity of the slain man and the cause of his death was given today by seven wit nesses called by the state in the trial of Mrs Louise L. Pette, charged with the murder of Jacob Charles Denton.
 The judge and jury during the af- ternoon accompanied the defendant and prosecution and defense counsel to i the house in which the body was buried This visit was to acquaint the court and the jury with the ar chitecture of the house, width Of the stairs and doors and other features which will be important elements in the trial, according to Superior Court Judge Frank R. Willis, who ordered l the inspection.
 Says Death Caused by Bullet 1 Dr. A F. Wagner, county autopsy l surgeon, testified he performed an au- topsy over the body taken from the l home formerly occupied by Denton and, aided by x-ray photographs. he found fragments of metal, which he characterized as parts of a bullet"
 T found the man had come to his
 death from a bullet wound in the
  tured the second vertebra and severed the spinal cord. I think death must have been instantaneous" The frag- ments were admitted in evidence.
 William T. Aggeler. acting public de fender. heading defense counsel, drew from the witness in cross examina tioT the admission that there was nothing
 to show the bullet could not have beer fired after death. In response to ques al len nd mitted there was no sign of a possible exit of the bullet from the body, al
 though the entrance was discovered
 The surgeon said this was due to de
 composition.
 pr. Frank Webb testified to hayini
 performed autopsies on the body, il
 which the cause of death was no
 shown. He stated the condition of tn
 body led him to the belief that deatl possibly was due to strangulation. H
 found. he testified. a fracture in tn right forearm. The probable date thii fracture was received could not b
 fixed. the witness said.
 Identifies Body by Gold Tooth
 Identification of the body as that 0
 Denton was claimed in the testimon. of Edward l.. Half. a surveyor, wh' testified he was we'll acquainted wit Denton.
 I : ! positively by the general contour, ! fracture of the right forearm whicl . Denton suffered several years ago an : by a gold tooth" Half testified. A gold tooth was admitted in evi !. dence as having been taken from tn q body. The prosecution also intro. : duced in evidence, for purposes O | identifying the body, gold ring, colla and cuff buttons and a belt buckl = having the initial ID" A series ( 2 X-ray photographs were admitted i
 evidence. on motion of the state. b . which it was planned to show the jur e the nature of the wound in the neck. t Earl Platt, an undertaken, Police De tective Sergeants Sydney Hickok an Il Louis Canto and Clarence Jones, a y X-ray operator, also gave testimony t Jones as to taking the X-ray photo r graphs and the others as to the re t moyal of the body from 8 small rool 5, in the basement of the Denton home. g When the defendant left the coul
 room crowd surged about her. whic $ was kept back by the police. An evar t gelist appearing from the nearh )f headquarters of a religious sect, aC l. dressed the crowd, urging them to ''e
 home" and calling them "hypocrite 70 shameful hypocrites.'
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