Arizona republican., 1921-06-26

had been a soldier in the Canadian army. The two men traye;ed toxeth CT uneventfuiiy until they reachc< Denver where DeSteunder being short
 of funds and having had little or nQ
 money when he left Chicago tried
 unsuccessfuliy to borrow fB from a garage Qen. largely on the strength
 of his being . soldier. Next we hear of Martin and pcSteunder al Cooley.
 Arizona. where Martin complained of
 the excessive charges for repairs be-
 ing made to his automobile 1ud upon
 refusing 10 pay the charges he was
 hailed before a justice of the peace
 He then agreed to pay the charges
 and offered a $500 bank draft to bF cashed- Martin was detained until a teirKr1phIc message could bc received
 saying that the draft was good. This message arrived. the draft was cashed and then Arthur DeStcunder having claimed that Martin owed him <z a panion. and the justice of the peace having told Destcunder that he couldn't collect from Martin. Martin voluntarily loaned or gave DeSteun- der &1oo. At Cooley. Martin and De- Steundcr met one. Jack Dalton. it be-
 ing afterwards discovered that he was an escape from Fort Lcaven-
 worth federal penisentiary. and who is also known as Nobel l.. Britt This man was with Martin and DeSteun- der in Cooley and travelled with them brook he was dismissed from the party by Martin. Hoibrook was reached upon the night of Oct 2. 1918. and on oct 2. isis. the trip was made from Holbrook to Ash Fork. where DeSteunder was observed alive by states witnesses after that time
 On Oct (. 1sls. in the afternoon. Martin appeared at the Hotel Bruns- wick at kingman alone Late in the afternoon of Oct 5. lsfs. a Mexican discovered the body which was after wards identified as that of Arthur DeSteunder. about 150 feet from the highway. at a place where automobile parties camp. but a few miles from Seligman. Ark and about S5 miles from Ash Fork. Ariz.. and about the same distance from kingman, Artz. This Mexican did not. for some req son or other. inform the authorities or anyone of his find until the next day when he reported the find 10 another party. who informed the authorities.
 The state has weaved. by means of a man named Furst. county detective of Yavapai county. who worked on this case for the county attorney at Prescott. a web of circumstantiai cvf- dence against Martin somewhat con vincing at first sight but which on a more critical and analytical examina- tlon seems in many respects flimsy- contradictory and tending to prove that the defendant. Martin. did not. and could not have been the mur- derer of DeSteunder.
 In a critical analysis of the case certain things are found-in the states evidence which are very hard 10 ex- plain to say the last under the states theory of Martins guilt.
 First-The state assumes that Mar tin killed DeSteunder on the fourth day of October. 1919. at about noon. The state assumes that Martin at tempted to destroy DcSteunder's body by burning in order to destroy the evidence of his crime The state as- sumcs that this fire. made Of cedar. and apparently from transcript. made of cedar brush. could have and did burn from noon on Oct (. until late on the afternoon of Oct. 8. in spite I of the fact that many reliable persons with the environs Of Sclig- | man say that this would be utterly l impossible
 The state also assumes that Martin. ] although it claims that he attempted l To burn the dead body of Arthur Do Steundcr to destroy the evidence l kent and carried with him a dress