Bisbee daily review., 1922-03-03

ed visit to the ranch made by Osborne and Mrs. Hoover, was sworn in by the defense but gave no testimony, As soon as Broom took the stand, County Attorney Ross asked permis' sion to ask one question. Attorney Gilmore consented. Ross asked Broom if he had been in the courtroom while Mrs. Hoover was testifying. Broom replied in the affirmative. l
 Gilmore declared that he had not known Broom was in court, but of i fered no objection when the court re- fused to allow Broom to testify under the rule that all witnesses but deputy sheriffs remain out of the courtroom until called to the stand.
 Elderly Man Testifies
 J. T. Clark, of Tucson, an elderly man, was the last witness called dur ing the day. Clark said he had known Mrs. Hoover several years, in Wilcox and Tucson. He came to Benson on the day following the !, shooting, he said. Clark was Ques- toned as to conversations with Mrs. Hoover following the shooting of Os- borne. Mrs. Hoover told him, said Clark, that she might have prevented ] Osbornes Colt and persuaded him to | start out of the room while he and Bennett were quarreling. Clark said { Mrs. Hoover told him, when Osborne i whirled around and started back to-
 ward Bennett and the shooting start [ ed.
 Questions put to Clark by Attorney Gilmore concerning alleged illicit re-
 lations between Osborne and Mrs. 1 Hoover were met with vigorous ob- | jections on the part of the state. After discussion regarding the
 admissability of such testimony, the | court allowed certain questions of l this nature to be answered by Clark. 1 To one of them, Clark replied that he knew that Osborne and Mrs. Hoov | CT had lived together in Osborne's s
 house on Sycamore street, in Tucson. Clark also testified that, at Mrs. 1 Hoover's request, he had gone to this | house to get some articles of cloth
 ing belonging to her.
 Before answering questions con-
 cerning Mrs. Hoover and Osborne, Clark told Judge Lockwood he pre- ! ferred not to give this testimony in ! the presence of women. At the sug. I gestion of the court a score Of women spectators left the room.
 \ The state did not cross examine ' Clark. Court adjourned until this
 morning as soon as Clark finished testifying.
 May Go To Judy Soon
 While the state, in presenting it's
 case, put its strongest witnesses or
 the stand first, it was indicated yes
 terday that the defense might re
 verse this plan and save several of
 its strongest witnesses until the last The summoning of Broom and Clarl
 was taken as an indication that the
 defense may today launch it's main attack on the testimony of Mrs. Hoov CT for the purpose of showing bias
 and preju1ice on her part because o
 her relations with Hoover, and in ar effort to prove that the events thai i, led to the killing of Osborne were en . tirely different from those testifie, to by the woman.
 In spite of the fact that much o the testimony against him yestGrda, seemed damaging, Bennett appeared cheerful and confident, as did his at torney. The defense is expected |, call almost a score of witnesses be , fore completing it's case, including it is rumored, a large number of char acter witnesses.
 : When court adjourned yesterda
 afternoon prospects Of the case bein
 given to the jury some time tomor :, row were bright.