Arizona republican., 1922-03-26
THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, PHOENIX SUNDAY MORNING MARCH g.

| about, some wearing domino masks
and others being clothed in sheets
and pillow cases.
! Men tied him to a cottonwood tree
| with his arms stretched about either
! side, Jones said, and then one man
| whipped him. After number of
| strokes had been applied, the spokes-
man OF the party asked him II he
was guilty of the offense with which
he had been charged and Jones said
he replied: You know and God
! knows l am not guilty"
More Strokes Ordered
Jones said that the spokesman then
| ordered 10 more strokes with the
whip, after which he was asked il he
recognized any of the party, replying
that he did. 10 more strokes were or
dered. The man with the whip was
/ exhausted before these were finished,
Jones said.
Untying him from the tree, Jones
said that they then painted a *" on
| his right and left cheeks and fore
head with a liquid that had the odor
of carbolic acid.
! Asked at the hearing II he could
identify any of the defendants as men
who participated in the assault on
him, Jones declared that he could,
and one by one he picked out 9 of the
defendants. AS they were pointed
out the defendants were required to
rise.
Jones testified that ]. n. Waller
was the man who applied the quirt
to him, declaring that he recognized
him when the wind blew the mask
from his face for a moment, and
again getting a glipse of his face as
the arms were raised to strike with
the quirt. Waller is the father Of the
16-year- school girl towards whom
Jones was alleged to have shown i'm
proper conduct. B. f. Waller was
pointed out by the witness as the
man who sat on his chest. u. 7. Neal
was said to have driven the car and
Hubbard Neal was said to have held
his arms and legs. Sam G. Waller
against whom no charge was pref
erred, was said by the witness to
have been one OF the men who held
him in the car. Others identified by
Jones included: Philip Waller, Tool
err Root, John Root. Ed Neal and
Homer Neal.
Two More Dismissed
Herman Neal and A. e. Root, two
other defendants, Jones said, he
could not identify as being members
of the party and they were dis
missed. L. c. Stillwell, another de-
fendant, was dismissed at the open
ing of the trial. Nine were held un-
der their original $500 bond.
Other witnesses called by the state
included Mrs. Sina r. Lewis, neigh
Dor of the Walters. and Dr. J. II Nell
son, who was called 10 give medical
aid to Jones after he had returned
home from the scene of the whip
ping. Mrs. Lewis testified to
threats she had heard the Walters
make against Jones.
Testimony by witnesses for the
defense was presented following the
recess for the noon hour. Elmer ~.
Neal one OF the defendants, testified
that he went to his home, just south
Of Mesa on that Monday evening.
about $3.50. and that he remained
there until the next morning, except
for a few moments in the evening
when he went about a block from
the house to milk his COW. 1t was
about 8 o'clock Tuesday morning, the
witness declared, when he first
learned OF the whipping administered
to Jones.
Mrs. Neal. wife Of the defendant,
and Mrs. Birchfiel. a sister in law,
substantiated Meals testimony that
he had remained at home Monday
night
Hubbard Neal, another defendant,
testified that he was at his home in
Stewart Addition south OF Mesa, all
Of Monday night. His wife also testi-
fled to her husbands presence at
home all of Monday night
Court adjourned at 4 O'Clock Sa-