Arizona republican., 1921-02-20

claimed the citizens of Tempe who identified Roman as one of the ban dits might have been mistaken in the identity of the man.
 R. F.. L. Shepherd. county attorney made the closing argument for the state and paid a tribute to Attorneys Thalheimer and Hart for their pluck in taking the case, from which they received no fee other than the thanks of the court. Mir. Shepherd pointed out the fallacies in the alibi story of Ro- man and said that the citizens of Tenn pc could not have been mistaken in their Identification of Roman. But for the providence of God, Attorney Shep- herd said. Roman and Martinez would have escaped over the line. He asked for the conviction and the death pen atty.
 Defendant Takes Stand
 Roman yesterday morning took the stand in his own defense He said he left Tempe Sunday afternoon, Jan g, for Phoenix to seek work. He said he gave his wife s2 and had only s1 left Monday morning, Jan. 10, in Phoenix, he said. he met Ramon Bara. an old friend from whom he borrowed $5- He then took the stage about o'clock for the Gillespie dam, and failing to find work there spent Monday night at the dam, leaving for Gila Bend the next morning, where he arrived about dark. he spent Tuesday night, he said, with some men near Gila Bend and caught a freight train to Maricopa the next morning.
 In a bunk house near Maricopa, he said, he met Martinez, whom he had known in the mines at Cananea. So- nora Martinez stuck gun against his breast and told him to accompany him or he would kill him, he testified. Then Martinez. he said, forced him to get on a freight train and they went to Tucson, where they arrived early Thursday morning. On the train, Ro- man said Martinez gave him re- Volver. a cartridge belt and some shells and told him to use them or he would kill him. He said he was afraid of Martinez and during the next two nights. he said, he did not sleep, watching for a chance to get away, but Martinez did not sleep either and he was unable to escape He said he saw a gun in the pocket of Martinez, which added to his fear of the man.
 At Nogales, he said, he hoped to make his escape from Martinez, but Martinez ordered him to get off the stage at Calabasas and when the inn migration officers stopped them, he said Martinez told him to shoot, and he drew the gun and shot in the air. One of the officers, he said, shot him in the wrist and the gun fell to the ground and Martinez picked it up. Then bullet struck him in the breast, he said, and one of the officers shot Martinez
 Denies Affiliation With ViIIistas
 About two miles out of Tucson, he said, before they caught a stage, Mar tinez put some silver coins in his pock- ct and gave him a roll Of bills. This frightened him, he said, and he did not count it. On cross examination, Ro- man said he was born in Puerto, Mex ico, and was married in 1910 at Cana nea. He denied he had been engaged in any of the revolutions in Mexico He was unable to describe a single person with any degree of accuracy that he met from Tempe to Maricopa on his trip in search of work
 Roman denied he had seen E. G Clark, for whom he formerly worked on the night of Jan. 10 in Tempe in front of the city hall, and he denied he had seen Mrs. Clark shortly before 6 o'clock on Jan. II in Tempe on Mill avenue. In rebuttal the state put on E. G. Clark who said he had met Ro- man in front of the city hall in Tempe about o'clock on the night of Jan. 10