Bisbee daily review., 1922-03-03

Another case was le1L OuLSlue, He odiu
 Did you see the whiskey?" asked Ross Did I see it? Yes, I saw it."
 Are you sure it was whiskey?'
 Well, part of it was"
 How do you know?"
 "I drank some"
 Who else drank any of it?' "Oh, there was So many l can't re- member them all"
 i Pressed for the names of those he could remember, Jones included in the list the names of Joe Hood and a deputy.
 Did Sheriff Hood drink any of it?"i Ross asked.
 ''I don't know if he drank any," re- piled Jones. "But he put the bottle to his lips"
 Here another gale of laughter swept the courtroom, and the sheriff, occupying front seat, joined in 1t.
 How many drinks did you have?" asked Ross.
 Well, I didn't keep count"
 Several days after the shooting. Jones testified, Bennett asked him what had become of the whiskey. Ben ness said, according to Jones, that the case that had been left outside the bedroom had disappeared.
 Charles Osborne, who testified he was a brother of the slain man, was the last witness called by the state. Osborne said he went to Benson the day following the shooting and iden- tified his brothers body. He was not cross examined
 At 2:50 o'clock County Attorney Ross announced that the state rested
 After a brief recess, the defense launched it's case.
 Coroner First Witness
 The first witness for the defense was c. l.. Rucker, coroner and Jus tice of the peace at Benson. Fucker testified to having gone to Bennetts room, viewing the body and search ing Osborne's clothing, assisted by Sheriff Hood, Deputy Sheriff Harry Rafferty and John Stidham. Rucker described Osborne as man weigh ing about 165 or ITO pounds. In the right hip pocket of Osborne's trous CTS, said Fucker, he found a large knife, which he later turned over to Osborne's brother, Charles A knife
 introduced in evidence on Wednes day, was identified by Fucker as the one he had taken from Red" Os
 bornes pocket: Fucker also describ ed the position in, which he found the body.
 The coroner said he had seen two whiskey cases when he went to the room. One was broken open, he tes ! tified. He and John Stidham remov ed the whiskey from a car to Ben
 nett's room, he said.
 John Stidham also testified of help ; ing search Osborne's clothing. Stid ham said two knives, one a large ont and small pocket knife, were found on the body He also removed iron Osborne's coat pocket, he said, the fragments of a whiskey bottle. The largest of the two knives. said Stid
 ham, was found in iOsborne's hip DOC ket.
 Cross examining the witness, Coun - ty Attorney Ross asked him if he hat 3 not stated to the attorney general O 3 Arizona recently that nothing wa
 found in either hip pocket of Os l borne's trousers, and that knife wa }. found in one of the front trouser l pockets. Stidham replied that he dit i not recall making any such statemen Ross insisted On a more definite an
 swer. but Stidharp again said he dit - not recall the answer Ross claime l 1 d
 torney general.
 Q A heated exchange of words follow
 ed.
 s- What say now is true" shoute J. Stidham. I've never made any stat 2 ment under oath except at the 1T > quest and here at this trial" l. Sheriff Got Taste
 Hood took the stand after Stidhar fl was excused The sheriff told f ii having helped Coroner Fucker scare
 Osborne's clothing. and said he Sd, q Fucker remove a big knife from O: r. borne's right hip pocket. He said Il s saw some empty bottles in Bennett ,- room and an empty whiskey case. Q There was just little left in on n bottle when l arrived" testified tn = sheriff. "Mr. Jones took most C :, that; only got little taste.'
 Just enough to leave a memory?
 asked Gilmore, smiling.
 That's about all," said Hood Y. T went to the Mansion Hotel [ ,r see Mrs. Hoover" he continued ,l Mrs. Sawyer went back to her roor V and told her I wanted to see her. " heard Mrs. Hoover say: Tell ths 'o - - don't want to talk 10 him ~ l went into her room. She was si 1T ting on the bed She looked as " she had been drinking. I asked he n if she had any statement to mak i' and she refused to talk to me. So S. left"
 d Hood said he later returned 1
 Tombstone. He made no furthe u search for the liquor, he said, nc e. did he again attempt to get any stat