Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-20
CHANGE
HENDRIX
CHARGE
Murder Complaint Lodged
Against Accused By
Brother Of Slain Man.
WITNESSES FREED
Investigation By District
Attorneys Office Re-
veals New Angles.


A. l.. Hendrix was charged with
the murder of W. II. Mccoy In q
complaint filed by Audley w. Nc
Coy, brother of the slain man, be-
fore Judge S. NJ Smyser in the
Holtville justice court today, short
ly after a coroner's jury in FL
Centro had returned q verdict Nc
Coy came to his death at the hands
OF Hendrix, but had failed to spe.
city the cause of death.
Judge Smyser indicated. after
the compliant was filed at noon,
that Hendrix will be held without
bail.
The coroner's verdict was seen as
important in the light OF Hendrix
story that he caused McCoy's death
by striking him with his fist during
| a fight on highway four and
half miles north and a half mile
/ east of Holtville yesterday morning.
That the district attorneys office
may attempt to prove Mccoy was
killed with some weapon other than
Hendrix fist is believed the indi-
cation given when the coroner'S
jury failed to specify the cause Of
death.
Salient facts Of the case were
somewhat changed today, after Tom
Sharp, investigator for the district
attorney, spent all yesterday after
noon and part of last night inter-
viewing witnesses who may be
called when the case comes to
| trial. S.
Testimony of the witnesses was
taken down in shorthand by Hazel
Livingston, reporter for the dis
trict attorney.
/ Complete stories pieced together
| forced retraction of the theory adj
Yanced by officers yesterday that
Hendrix and Mccoy were fighting
| over Mary Treiner. who was re-
leased today from the county jail,
where she had been held as q ma
terial witness. Instead the two
men were arguing over cattle, Sharp
! learned
A search of records in the coun-
ty clerks office today failed to re-
veal an alienation of affections suit
said yesterday to have been filed by
j. L. Shelton, who also was re-
leased today after being held as
material witness. against Nc
Coy. The records, however, did
show that Mccoy was named as
correspondent in divorce suit
filed by Shelton against his wife.
Mrs. Adra Shelton.
Named In Suit
The court records also showed
Mccoy had pending against Shelton
and a man named as Andrew
Hendricks, thought to be A. l..
Hendrix. suit for $500 damages
and return of cattle sssertedly held
by Shelton and Hendricks, or $500
! as the value of the cattle.
No record could be found here,
however. that Mrs. Shelton ever di-
vorced her husband in Reno, or
that she later married Mccoy. Ac-
quaintances of the principals de-
MED that Mrs. Shelton did marry
Mccoy.
Clarence 3. Smith has been re.
tanned as attorney for Hendrix, ac-
cording to Sharp.
Piecing together statements tax
Ell from witnesses yesterday after
noon, the district attorneys invest
igator today said Hendrix, Mccoy,
Allen Lowe and William Lowe were
the only witnesses to the fatal fist
fight.
Hendrix and Mccoy were argu-
ing over a cow which Hendrix was
holding until Mccoy paid pastur-
age, the former told Sharp. Hen
dirk said Mccoy struck at him
first, then he struck Mccoy and
knocked him down. Mccoy got up.
and was knocked down again. but
Hendrix said he then held Mccoy
up to keep him from falling into
the water in a ditch.
Other witnesses told the investi.
gator Mccoy ran and tried 70 get
into his car during the fight