Arizona republican. [volume], November 30, 1920, Page PAGE FIVE, Image 5

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dv. k?, on Nov- 3. only 10
S"fcf;t hIs dath- Thomas J.
m toldJhcr at he -waa in fear of
r.is life and asked her to come to his
KsslflUnca. Mrs. Lillian Warner, a
neighbor of Victor and Belle Check,
testified yesterday on the third day of
in preliminary hearing of the Checks
en the charge of murder.
''You are the only one I can ask to
he P me." the aged man told her. she
said. "They want me to sign the pa-j-ers
ftjid give them all my property
and money, but I'd- rather the county
it. im afraid of my life. Won't
ou go to the officials and ask them
to take care of me?- he added, the wit
Less testified.
.Mrs. warner said she lived on the
-ond floor of the apartment house at
MS North Fifth avenue and that on
ine morning; of Nov. 3 she went out on
i tie balcony of the house and saw Mr
neck tittlnc on the lawn
to that, ahe said, she heard a great deal
loua talking and cursing in the
-neck apartment. Mr. Check, she said
"itttnff on the lawn with his cap
tuneci down over his eyes and ap
I -eared In a sort of stupor.
Asked for Help, She Said
. Mrs. Warner said she greeted him
fwth VHello. Daddy Check, how are you
his morning?" The old gentleman
-ne said, looked up at her and beck
oned with his finger for her to come
Sown. She said he then glanced
toward the window of the Check apart
ment and she told hlra she could not
rome down. Mr. Check theft begged
tier to come down, she said, sayin;:
Please, come down, please." Mrs
Warner said she did not Ko down then,
1-iit a. bit later the telephone in the
lower hall ranj and she went down to
answer it.
After answering the telephone, fhe
Kiiid, she went out to where Mr. Check
w sitting and he made the request
of her for help, lie seemed very agi
tated and very weak and feeble. She
f.-.id ho caught hold of her hand when
he mado the request. Mrs. Warner
:iid she bad never seen the old Mr.
t heck so agitated. His hands were
trembling, she said.
Prior to the introduction of this tea
timony. the defense moved that as the
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Gila 3311
Graham 4 1062
Greenlee , 1131
Maricopa '. 11336
Mohave 936
Navajo .. 1078
Pima 1 3392
Pinal 1493
Santa Cruz 850
Yavapai 3625
Yuma 1606
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driving down Central avenue. Victor
Check and his wife, she said, were rid
ing in the front seat and she and T. J.
Check were sitting in the rear seat.
The father, ehe said, did not have on
an overcoat and she noticed him, 'she
Just Prior and't ogether. Mrs. Warner aald she
rr t at dnal
was wearing a full coat and that sne
placed one side of the bottom or tne
coat over Mr. Check's knees.
Tells of Death
Victor Check, she said, saw this act
and said, she testified, "That's not
necessary, he doesn't need anything
like that." Mrs. Warner said she re
moved the coat at once. The night.
she said, waa chilly. On the Sunday
following the death of Mr. Cheat, wve
said, ahe was on the balcony of her
apartment and Mrs. Belle Check and
Mrs. Wolf came up the auc irom me
car. It was about 2 o'clock in the
afternoon, she said, and as they came
up to the house Mrs. ueue uneca, ene
said, called up to her that the old Mr.
Check had died the night Deiore. iurs.
Warner said she told Mrs. Check, MOh,
surely not," and Mrs. Check, assured
her it was so.
About a half an hour later, she aaid.
Fhe went down to the Check apartment
to pay her respects to "Daddy Check"
and Mrs. Check told her, she said, that
the father had died in the car m me
presence of herself and Mrs. Wolf.
Mrs. Check said, airs, warner wbw-
fied. that the old Mr. Check had diet!
at 8 o'clock and had passed away very
nenpifiiiiv. The body. Mrs. Check told
her, she aaid. waa at an undertaking
saia sne uu
and pushed him roughly into the car.
In the afternoon, he said, Mrs. Check
returned to the shoo with the car. The
elder Check, he said, was in the car
and he rioticed that plasters had been
placed on the back of his hand.
Eugene Hawes, auto electrician at
the Western Machinery company, said
he was present working on another
car on the Friday morning that Vic
tor Check and his father were in the
shop. ' He said he saw them when
they drove in and later saw Victor
assist his father out of the car. The
elder Check, he said, appeared to be
very weak. After a bit. he said. Vic
tor Check attempted to get his father
into the driver's seat of the car. He
said Victor Check kept asking his
father to step up and not be so stupid.
Swore at Father, He Says
Finally, he said, Victor Check
caught hold of his father by the arm
and pushed him roughly into the car
and told him to cling to the wheel.
Victor Check, he said, swore at his
father while he was pushing him into
the car.
Miss Gertrude Ensign, stenographer
and cashier of the Western Machinery
company, said she did not see the
Check car drive into the shop on that
cray. After they were in the place, she
standing on the east side of the car
leaning against it. Victor Check, she
said, told his father to get in the car.
The elder man, she said, did not move,
and when Victor Check approached
him', he drew back, she said. Victor
Check grabbed him by the arm. she
said, and pulled him to the door and
pushed him into the car. The old man,
she said, fell over against the other
front seat in the car. and Victor
Check, she said, pushed his legs into
the car under the steerine post and
then put his father's hand on the
steering wheel to steady him.
L,. G. Cotrell, living at 850 North
said, she saw the elder Mr. Check Fifth avenue, said he saw Victor
Check and his father walking in front
of the place nearly every morning and
noticed nothing unusual except on one
occasion when he saw Victor Check
jerk his father by the arm. He said
he could not hear what was said.
It is expected that the state will
finish with its case by tomorrow. Jus
tice Wheeler said he would see how
things shaped uq by tomorrow night
and if necessary he would put on
night sessions in order that the hear
ing might be finished before Decem
ber 2. The hearing will be continued
this morning at 9:30 o'clock.
FAITH
Them thet haz gits, '.
Them that haint haint
And him that has gits from
Them thet haint.
After pleasure folly's pain, V.
Every cloud is lined with rain. -Nothin'
aint!
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UNFRUITFUL TREES
Every tree which bringelh not forth
good fruit is cut down,, and cast into
the fire, Luke ill. 9. r
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statement made by the elder Mr. Chec " 4h.lr ..Wvv vou are all packed
evidence, it should not be permitted to
up,' 'and Mrs. Check replied, she said,
"Yes, we are planning to leave here
Il'LYJL-P-Vill-"K! Vh" t! before next Wednesday:
not hearsay evidence, but a statement
made by the elder Mr. Check at a time
he was under great stress and by
analogy was the same as the state'
ments made by a man to a third per
son after he had been stabbed or
wounded. Justice Wheeler, after ar
ruments on the subject covering more
than an hour, ruled that the statement
made by the elder Check to Mrs. War
ner was permissable as evidence.
Saya She Went to Governor
Following the alleged request of the
elder Mr. Check for help, Mrs. Warner
.iid the next morning she went to see
Governor Campbell and then went to
I j. M. Laney, county attorney, where
she gave the request made, by Mr.
Check to her.
About a month before the death of
Mr. Check, Mrs. Warner said, she was
In the back yard of the apartment
house about 8 o'clock at - night and
overheard lctor talking as he was
helping his father to undress. Victor
Check, she said, kept telling his father
to hurry up. At the time, she said,
Victor Check' was swearing at his
'ather. Mrs. Warner said she heard
three distinct slaps and heard the
elder Mr. Check say, "Why are you
hurting me?" Victor Check, she said
answered, "Yes, you make me mad and
1U hurt you." Mrs. Warner said she
then went on up stairs so she would
not hear any more.
One night after dinner, Mrs. War
Tin nirht MrL Warner said, she
n nvar tn Mr. Lanev's house ana
reported the death of Mr. Check. Mrs.
Warner denied on cross eiaminauyu
tv,a oh Vind ever asked the elder air.
Check for money. She said that she
hnrf not fallen out with tne fnecw
h9iiw 'ictor Check refused to pur
chase a mining claim that her husband
wanted him to buy.
Said He Saw Bruises
Th hearin onened yesterday morn
ing with the testimony oi oeorge m.
J. Thomas, manager of the Western
Mnrhinerv comoany at 3Jb n.ast
Washington street. On the morning
of Fridav. November 12. he saia. vie
tot- rhpck and his father ana two
other men drove into the shop of the
company for battery Inspection. He
said it waa necessary to get tne eiaer
Check out of the car for the work.
The elder Mr. Check, he said, ap
peared to be very feeble and had a
black place in the left eye. The back
of hla riaht hand. Thomas said, was
hinndv and had one or two small
abrasions on It
After the elder Check had stood be
side the car for a while, Victor en
deavored to get him to get into the
front seat. Victor Check, he said
asked his father to get in the car and
swore at him because the old man was
unablo to lift his foot and get in.
Finally the younger Check, he said,
became very much provoked and
ner said, she was in the Check car caught hold of the arm of his father
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