Weekly journal-miner., 1921-09-07
BOWERS TRAGEDY. IS DE II ALLIED TO
 CROWDED COURT;.
 MANY EXHIBITS
tFrom Fridays Dailyl

Frank Georges act in shooting Ed
 Bowers was premeditated to the ex-
 tent that the accused who went on
 trial yesterday morning was in the
 mood to slay anyone who might
 come to his house to investigate the
 alleged disturbance on July l, ac- cording to one witness, Mae Belle Hazard, who testified yesterday morning. The Hazard girls story
 was regarded last evening after the
 state had put in practically its en-
 tire case, as of the highest import
 ance, although the detailed and com
 prehensive statement of Police In
 spector E. c. Grove of Phoenix was
 not discounted by the prosecution.
 In remarkably short time yesterday
 morning and during the early after
 noon, the state wove the web by
 which it is hoped by the prosecuting
 officials, to obtain a first degree
 murder verdict. The first sign of tagging late in the afternoon, brought
 forth sharp reminder from the
 court that time was not to be wasted.
 Today's early session will witness
 the conclusion of the states case.
 Six or eight defense witnesses will be examined, and there is every proba- bility that the hearing of testimony in the Frank George matter will be finished by the time court adjourns this afternoon. There is possibility even, that the jury will get the case by night.
 Not even the Bernice Anderson case, with all its unconscionable de- tails, drew the crowd that filled the seats and aisles yesterday, when the state of Arizona began its work to show that Ed Bowers was the victim of murder, growing out of man of an abandoned and malignant heart. Beside the usual throng of curious individuals who eagerly lap up every possible thrill from a court scene, there were many friends of the Bow CTS family. q
 Mrs. Bowers and her daughter, Mildred, both clad ill white, sat in the court room, pale but impressive, even when the testimony swung around to the. details of the fatal wounds.
 The testimony was larded with ob scene language. Witnesses who sought to gloss over the words George is alleged to have uttered during that dramatic few minutes he was undergoing the dressing of his two hurts, were compelled by the de- fense to state in the exact words as the vile language charg- ed to the accused.
 Georges defense began to be dim ly outlined, it was believed, in the | manner in which parts of the states case was put on. There was an ap- parent endeavor on the part of E. s. Clark, who conducted the entire ex- animation of witnesses, to meet two points the defense will make, accord ing to an alleged statement made by George after he had been incar- cerated. These were:
 l. That Bowers shot George in the leg before the accused killed the officer.
 2. That Bowers did not stand in the front doorway as his breast re- ceived the small but high-powcred bullet that transfixed him.
 County Attorney John L. Sullivan was an important state witness. He told of the preparations of the state to prosecute the case and related an alleged statement made by George in the county jail the morning of July ?. In that statement, according to the county attorney, George main -ained that Bowers had advanced to the center of the room and without preliminary, had drawn and shot him through the leg. George then said he had turned, walked to a corner, .aken up his rifle, thrown a shell nto the chamber and returning, shot Bowers through and through.
 Arizona is the tenant of the for I ner George home, the county at orney said. Since July 1, the prem ses have been rented by the county lttorney's office and the sheriff's of r ice has taken care of the place. The !; ,urtain between the front and rear -oom and through which the accused , ;hot, the screen through which + George and Crewe exchanged their cad and the screen of the front win low, had been removed from the |, premises.
 Miss Hazards Story i
 Frank George was in d dangerous q mood that afternoon, according to c he account of Mae Belle Hazard V She had known MT and Mrs. George b