Arizona republican., 1921-11-19

guarded by two Mexicans under the direction of Smith.
 Edison was expected to testify that Smith had been guilty of embezzle- | ment in Texas and had served a term there.
 F. G. Masquelette, q certified pub | lie accountant of Fl Paso and Hous- ton, who had gone over the accounts of Smith, was in Phoenix yesterday | and said last night just before leaV- ing that he had had a telegram from Nogales saying that Eidson had been on the stand the greater part of the day and told the story of bis kid- naping. The telegram stated that Jacks. in fear of assassination, had refused to take the stand. Another | witness of the day was Chief of Po- lice Lowe of Nogales.
 On the afternoon of the day be- fore, just before the departure of MT. Earhart, the defense had objected to the relation by Eidson of his expe- | riences, and the jury had been sent out of the room while the matter was being argued by counsel.
 On his return from captivity Eid- | son said that on Tuesday morning as he was leaving hisn hotel he was met on the street by Smith who told him that he would like him to meet l his brother, Lewis. Eidson, who was | suspicious, replied that he was on | his way to breakfast. But he went along to the house of a woman by l the name of Valdez where Eidson again hesitated. Smith told him his | brother was there and then he pulled | him into the house. He told Eidson that some of his friends lived there. l Eidson again raised the subject of | his breakfast and partly rose from a | char in which he had been seated. | Smith pushed him back into it and remarked that he didn't want to have any trouble with him. Smith tried
 to start conversation about the
 people back home. Then a Mexican l entered the room and Smith said to
 Edison: You stay here with this | man, and if you make a break I will 1 not be responsible for what hap
 pens" Smith then gave the Mexican
 a gun. A little later Smith returned
 with an automobile and told Eidson
 to get in the rear seat with the Mex ican who had been instructed to kill | him if he made an outcry. The mo- | tor car was driven across the line
 to an adobe hut in Nogales where 1 Edison was kept until he was res cued on Thursday evening, two Mex icns guarding him, one armed with
 knife and the other with a gun Not long after that, Jacks was
 brought in and kept until Wednes-
 day when Smith, fearing he would
 die, brought him back to the house
 of Mrs. Valdez where he was found
 Thursday.
 The only statement made sy Jacks
 was late on Thursday afternoon al
 the hospital where he had been taken
 Between two periods of unconscious
 ness or deiirium he said that he had
 been captured by Mexican on the
 American side of the line on Thurs
 day morning and taken to the Hote
 B'rontorizo where he was held cap
 tive by Mexicans. He was giveI | nothing to drink but coffee which he
 saw doped with some sort of white | powder In his delirium he begged | maginary persons not to shoot hin
 and not to poison him with coffee.
 Both prisoners said they had beer | visited by Smith several times whil'
 they were in custody. Eldson, wht is quite an old man, seemed Httl' | nervous after his experience anC
 asked that a guard be placed at th' | door of his room at the hotel; or l better still, that he be allowed t
 carry a gun. It was stated tha
 somewhere there is a gun belongint
 to Eidson with notch on it, made il
 Texas about year ago.