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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1920
Page
2
Crowded Cochise County Superior Court as 70 jurors initially called for the State vs H E Wooten case face exemptions and challenging questions. Judge Pattee delayed starting full examination while a smaller panel is prepared, with about 200 jurors still in the pool for this high profile deportation trial.
County Attorney Robert N. French announced he must travel to Los Angeles for radium treatment after a cancer moved on his temple. He will leave soon but intends to prosecute the deportation cases personally upon return. Assistant Roark and Hansen will remain in charge. Jury selection in the Wootten deportation case continued with many jurors excused for bias. a plan to empanel more jurors was set for Monday.
Breckenridge Texas February reports Senator Campbell controls a large stake in an oil well and Copper interests in Stephens County. He visits Breckenridge to monitor drilling, while Arizona associates pursue developments in Texas. Officials deny gubernatorial plans, noting his focus on oil production and mining ventures in Arizona and Texas.
Henry Baswita of 624 North Third Street was named defendant in a suit for 15000 after Mrs. Anna Stuart a widow alleged a bull dog owned by Baswita attacked her on three occasions. The attacks allegedly left her bedridden for two weeks with nervous shock and actual injuries.
The court opened this afternoon to try the State against H. E. Wooten with juror examination resuming from a panel of 500 drawn last Thursday. By 3 30 only four jurors had qualified from the 100 qualified on selection day.
Tucson lodging alert issued as the Arizona Cattlemen convenes in Tucson on February 17 18 14 and a Pantandic Cattlemen’s Convention March 2 3 4 1930. Hotels report no accommodations on these dates as commercial travelers are advised to avoid the city during the events.
Victor Rosewater of Omaha testifying before the House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads said excessive second class mail charges caused 2500 newspapers to suspend since July 1 1818. He urged rate reductions and a congressional inquiry into mail service costs. He challenged government loss estimates of 470 million annually as a bookkeeping figure including 58 million tied to rural free delivery.
A family row on Live Oak Street sparked a knife attack as John R. Estes, son of a powder man at the Miami mine, supposedly struck Gordon A. McCutcheon with a knife. McCutcheon, a miner, lies wounded in a Miami hospital with multiple cuts and stab wounds as witnesses describe the clash.
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