Weekly journal-miner., 1921-05-18

Twenty-nine minutes sufficed to put in the states case against Mrs. Anna Irene Hopkins, wife of Clar- ence V. Hopkins, former chief en- gineer of the United Verde Copper company, and placed on trial yester- day before Judge J. S. Jenckes of Phoenix on a charge of assault. One state witness, absent at yesterdays session, remained to be interrogated, and this morning, it is felt sure, the prosecution will be through.
 Although there was a great gal lery" of court room fans, nothing mony given at the opening session. Selection of the jury required the morning and good deal of the af ternoon sessions. At 3:20, Robert A. McMurchie, special assistant to County Attorney John L. Sullivan, made a brief statement of the case and immediately called Lois East burn, the first witness
 At 3:59, the defense indicated it did not desire to cross-eXamine Lu- c;lle Gallagher. the complaining wit ness, in whose face a glass of car belle acid was dashed by Mrs. Hop kins, according to the testimony, and after a short colloquy between court and counsel, the night adjournment was taken.
 Miss Gallagher did not go into d.tail when she took the stand. Speaking in the rather high pitched voice that is common to persons who have been i'll, or are in a weak ened state, she related briefly how on March 3l last, she was sitting in the Connor cafe at Jerome at break fast with Elsie Humphries, another school teacher. Suddenly Mrs. Hop kins appeared and dashed the glass of liquid in her face. She would not attempt to state what the liquid was, but toll of its effects. "I did mt know what it was. It burnt me. It burnt my eyes"
 Asked how long she had been in the hospital, Miss Gallagher said: "It occurred on a Thursday. Three weeks later, on Saturday, l left, " and her white teeth showed in a smile.
 Describe how you felt as a re- suit of this burn," MT. McMurchie asked.
 q never suffered more" the wit ness dismissed the question shortly.
 Miss Gallagher said her eyes had been strong; she never wore glasses.
 T can identify a person whom know by the silhoutte or walk" she said. "i can't tell faces" Could she
 lo GgC:.oa 4l,;e boOOaDed have mt read line"
 The big purplish spectacles were kept directed at MT. McMurchie and did not turn anywhere while the wit ness was on the stand.
 Miss Gallagher said she had lived in Jerome four years. She taught in the junior high school there. There had been no words between her and Mrs. Hopkins prior to the incident of March 3l, she declared, although Mrs. Hopkins had taken breakfast at the cafe at the same hour as the school teachers nearly every day for quite time.
 Lois Eastburn, the waitress who served Miss Gallagher's breakfast told of the throwing Of the liquid. n. A~. United Verde hospital, described the burns, said they were all second degree" burns and that the skin and surface of the eyeballs were replaced. Miss Gallagher's sight ten days ago tested 1920, or about half normal vision, the doctor said. He told ot the location of the burns on the face, shoulder, forearms, breast and above the left clavicle, and identified car bolic acid as a "caustic acid' in the pharmacopeia.
 In response to a single cross question, the doctor said the tissues If the eyeballs would all grow back. Dr. Carlson had known Mrs. Hop kins nine years. |,
 lack Shea, Richard Nardini and George Moore each told of the part they played in pulling the women apart as they struggled following the throwing of the acrd. Miss Humph- ries briefly described the incident, saving she was reading aloud from a letter as she sat at the table with