Tales from the Morgue: The last legal hanging in Tucson series

LEONHARDT WAS SLAIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING

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Carpenter Found Lying In Pool of His Own Blood on Alameda Street. Their (sic) is no Clue Whatever to the Identity Of His Assailants

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Early Sunday morning Albert C. Leonhardt was waylaid on Alameda street a few yards from the Yates home and fatally shot by an unknown person or persons.

Leonhardt had been down town Saturday night and just a few minutes before midnight left the Cactus saloon, where he had been playing cards and shaking dice for some time. At the time he left the saloon, the barkeeper says he was perfectly sober.

After he had been shot a bloody trail shows where the young man dragged himself along for several yards in an effort to reach his room in the Yates house, as he reached the gate leading to the yard his strength was evidently overcome, for it was there that he was found by Passenger Brakeman Plummer, who was on his way to the depot to go on his train.

Plummer heard a man groaning and on investigation found Leonhardt in a pool of his own blood. The discovery was at once phoned to the police station and in a carriage brought by Policeman Sullivan, the dying man was taken to headquarters.

Physicians were hurriedly summoned, but before any of them had arrived the man had died.

He had been shot twice, one bullet having entered the abdomen and the other the brain. Either was fatal.

The entire affair is shuoed (sic) in mystery and thus far the most diligent efforts on the part of Sheriff Pacheco and Marshal Hopley have failed to throw any light on the crime.

Leonhardt had only recently come to Tucson and so as is known had not a single enemy in the city. His home was at Columbus, O., where his family is said to be wealthy. B. W. Wagner, who came here with him, says that the murdered man was of a quiet and orderly disposition, regular in his habits and was never known to drink too much. His occupation was that of a carpenter and he was to have gone to work yesterday morning on the Heidel building.

Not a single word was spoken by Leonhardt about the difficulty after he was found. The entire neighborhood is entirely barren of any clue which would afford any aid whatever toward unraveling the unfortunate affair. The officers are working diligently in the hope that they may have some tangible evidence to present to the coroner's jury, but they have not much hope of it.

                    MILLINERY
                         STORE ROBBED
                              EARLY MONDAY

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Mrs. Flemming's Place On Scott Avenue Visited By a Burglar Who Took $150.00 Worth of Laces and Silks

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The millinery store of Mrs. Flemming on Scott avenue was burglarized yesterday morning and a quantity of goods valued at about $150 was stolen. It consisted of dress waists, laces, silks and other articles used in the business.

Every drawer had been pried open and the thief had evidently desired primarily to secure money. Luckily it had all been removed by the proprietor before the advent of the burglar. There is no clue to the identity of the marauder except the foot-print of a No. 7 shoe. The robbery was first discovered in the morning when the lady went down to open up. It was the second time that she had been similarly burglarized, the other occurring about a year ago.

                    FLEMING STORE
                         ROBBERS TAKEN
                              LAST EVENING

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Arrest of Two Persons Implicated In the Affair In Jail; another Said To Be Sought For By Officers

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Sheriff Pacheco and Officer Tom Mills made an important arrest shortly after 6 o'clock last evening when they captured William Harkins and wife, both of whom are said to be well known in Tucson, especially so the woman.

During yesterday afternoon the man and woman stepped into the Bonanza store and offered several pairs of gloves for sale, the goods being accepted at the store at nominal figures. The proprietors of the store suspected something wrong and immediately advised Sheriff Pacheco, who summoned Officer Tom Mills to join him in a search for the suspected couple. Shortly after 6 o'clock they found Harkins and wife at a restaurant.

The couple were taken to jail, and following this course of procedure the officers repaired to the house where Harkins and wife have been living. There, after a diligent search, they discovered a considerable quantity of the goods described as having been taken from Mrs. Kate Flemming's Scott street store early Monday morning, as reported in Tuesday's Star. The loss, as later reported yesterday by Mrs. Flemming, is stated at $200.

A third person is suspected of engaging in the burglary and the officers are looking for this party. It is thought by the officers that Harkins and wife and this person yet to be apprehended have been engaged in other burglaries.

THE POLICE BELIEVE THAT HAWKINS AND WIFE ARE THE LEONHARDT MURDERERS

CRIMINAL RECORD INVESTIGATED AND SHOWN ONE OF LENGTH; HIS PHOTO FOUND IN MANY ROGUES' GALLERIES OVER THE COUNTRY; GIST OF EVIDENCE AS FOLLOWS

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Officers of City and County Busy Weaving a Chain of Evidence Which It Is Believed from Facts In Hand Now Will Surely Fasten the Crime On the Two Accused — Witnesses of Alameda Street Crime State Positively One of the Assassins Seen Running Away Wore Skirts — The Mystery Which Was a Twenty Days Wonder Thought Now To Have Been Cleared Up — Calibre of Ammunition and Make of Revolver Used Was of Same Character As Purchased the Afternoon Preceeding by Hawkins — History of a Local Wave of Holdups — Incident of the Typewriter Stolen From Congregational Minister's Study

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The sheriff's force and the police of this city are working on a clue with the theory that the man, W. A. Hawkins, who, with his wife, formerly Bessie Chase, is now in the county jail on a charge of stealing goods at night from the Flemming millinery store on Scott avenue, is the most daring and business-like criminal who has ever operated in Tucson. Ever since his arrest Sheriff Pacheco has felt certain that he had more than an ordinary petty pilferer or burglar, and the sleuths have been working diligently upon his career while in this city.

The astounding result of the investigations so far made is that they now think that he and his wife are the people who held up Albert Leonhardt on Alameda street some time ago, and that he is the man who has done the greater part of the highway robbery that has been pulled off here this winter.

They have learned that he has a record as a San Quentin convict and that his picture is in more than half of the rogues' galleries of the country. He is already proven, whatever may be definitely fastened upon him here, to be a desperate and well known criminal.

The chain of evidence which the officers believe that they will forge about Hawkins in connection with the Leonhardt assassination, already has some links in it.

It is known that on the very afternoon preceeding the assassination, Hawkins went to the Villaescusa hardware store on Congress street and there purchased a new Smith & Wesson revolver. The bullet which killed the young carpenter, it is alleged, would fit the chamber of the gun that Hawkins purchased, but no trace has yet been found of that gun in the man's effects.

Hawkins has a room at the Park View hotel. Another inmate of the place says that he will swear positively that neither Hawkins nor his wife were at the hotel that night or during the evening until midnight, but that they came in at an hour that must have been very shortly after the shooting.

Another piece of evidence, taken in connection with those other things, is the testimony of Mr. Ladlow and Miss Leake, given at the inquest held by the coroner, that they saw a man and a woman run up Alameda street immediately after the shooting. Their testimony on the stand was direct and unequivocal, both insisting that one of the "highwaymen" wore skirts.

In this connection it will be recalled that both Ladlow and Miss Leake, who have subsequently married, said that the person who wore the skirts lifted them very high when she ran and gave vent to a laugh which rang to their ears with a masculine tone. This coincides with the fact that the Hawkins woman is not supposed to be more than half-witted and is exactly what a person of her mental weakness might be expected to do, while she also has a rather heavy voice, which might be mistaken under stress for that of a man.

The officers are naturally not divulging anything, and it was impossible to obtain very much of the evidence on which they are working in the matter as they declined to give out anything whatever for publication. However, they believe that Hawkins is the man who is to blame for a great many of the holdups of the past winter. He has always been well supplied with money though he was never known to do any work of any kind. He always met his bills promptly and seemed well equipped with finances. He stayed very close to the hotel in the day time, according to the story of the patrons, but at night he was always out until late. An effort will be made in a day or two to see whether or not he can be identified by an of the victims.

His San Quentin record was not good and he is marked on the log books as a dangerous and resourceful criminal. He has the standing in the under world as the man who will stop at nothing.

His bail, in connection with the Flemming robbery, has been fixed so high that there is little chance of his being able to secure it and the officers hope, by the time that he is ready for trial on that minor charge, they will have the goods and be in a position to hold him for murder.

Later last night it was learned that Hawkins had been put through a severe sweating process by the officers and that they had gained much valuable information from him as a result of it. He confessed that he is the man who broke into the pastor's study at the Congregational church some time ago and stole the typewriter of Dr. Roberts. He located the whereabouts of the machine and Officer Plummer yesterday recovered it. It will be returned to the owner today.

HAWKINS IS FORMALLY CHARGED WITH MURDER OF LEONHARDT, FOLLOWING HIS CONFESSION
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In Anxiety To Shield Enciente Wife, He Clears Up the Mysterious Assassination and Tells of a Life of Crime From Youth Up—Admits That He Is Holding Back Many Other Crimes—Robbed Stores, Churches and Houses, Committed Forgeries, Burglaries and Holdups, and Is Willing To Stretch To Get Sympathy For His Family
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THE MARRIAGE HERE LAST JULY TO BESSIE CHASE OF TUCSON
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Advances Claim that Leonhardt Insulted His Wife and Says "I Fought With Him and Shot Him As He Steooed Away From Me."—Story of His Trail of Crime Down the West Coast to Mazatlan and Through Sonora to Tucson
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D. W. Hawkins was yesterday formally charged with the murder of Albert Leonhardt, a young carpenter, on the night of Dec. 22, 1907.

As was announced exclusively in the Star yesterday morning, the police have had information for some [illegible word] which lead to a belief on their part of his guilt. He yesterday made a confession of the murder to the officers.

Hawkins, murderer of Leonhardt, convict from Folsom, professional burglar, strong-arm man, pickpocket, sneak thief, petty larceny crook, forger and degenerate, as he nonchalantly twirled cigarettes between his fingers at the sheriff’s office in the county jail yesterday afternoon, dictated to a stenographer at the request of the Star a complete and detailed account of the life of crime which he has led since his departure from his Chicago home seven years ago. Young, slight of build with light brown hair, weak blue eyes, a receding chin, and a pale, anemic countenance, he is anything in appearance but the hardened criminal that he confesses himself.

Appears Canny

In telling of all his crimes, even of the tragic death of the man whom he shot to death on Alameda street, he is cold-blooded and canny to a point that is almost unnerving, even to those who frequently hear such tales. But whenever he talks of his wife, who is now in jail with him, his voice quivers and his face takes on an expression of tenderness that is not hypocritical and that convinces one in spite of himself that it is his love for her, half-witted though he admits she is, and his love for the unborn child, that moves him to make a clean breast of his wild career and to place his neck in the noose, as is done by his confession.

The confession, which the Star prints this morning, is word for word as he gave it, but, at that, it is not a complete recital of his misdeeds. He admits that he is holding back because he wants to tell the rest first to his wife and get her forgiveness, and that then he will give it to the public as freely as he has done the crimes already told.

When the reporter for the Star went to the cell yesterday afternoon Hawkins did not hesitate for a minute in his consent to tell the whole story, with the one proviso that it should be stated that he sacrificed his own life to save his wife. That is the one idea he has in his mind amounting almost to an obsession.

Work of Officers.

The officers had been working for several days on the theory that Leonhardt was slain by the Hawkinses, as was exclusively announced in yesterday morning’s issue of this paper, and it was when he saw the noose tightening around his own neck and in the fear that the evidence might also tend to incriminate his wife, that he voluntarily admitted the murder.

A voluntary confession is evidence under Arizona law against a man charged with first degree murder and he will in all probability pay with his life for the story he has told. Whatever manliness there is in him is contained in the plaint that he reiterates “I am doing it for my wife and baby and because I want them to have the sympathy of the public. She is innocent of these things and as I am guilty and have suffered until it has become unbearable, I want it all over with.”

The credit for the detective work on the case, which resulted ultimately in the confession, must go to Sheriff Pacheco and Undersheriff Meyers. After the public had come to the conclusion that Leonhardt’s death would always remain a mystery, they still kept at work.

In his statement to a Star reporter yesterday, Edward W. Hawkins. Aged 22, said:

"I left home in 1901, and some time in February I joined the navy as an apprentice boy, enlisting in Chicago. I went to Newport, R. I., and was in the training station there. I was there 13 months and was then transferred to the (unreadable portion). I was transferred to the Wilmington gunboat and was out there two and a half years cruising around. On account of the climate being so bad, I was discharged when I was still 18 years old.

"Then I came home on a (unreadable word). I went around 'Frisco. I did all kinds of robberies, forgeries, and one thing and another. That was the latter part of 1904. I was drinking then and would do any old thing; didn't do any work then. Started burglarizing there; that was where I was caught. After that I was arrested. They had about ten charges against me but put up only two and let me off. That was in the fall of 1904. I went up to Folsom prison on Feb. 11h, 1905. They gave me two years and I served 20 months, got out on good behavior. Then came back to Vallejo. The chief of ppolice told me I was a nuisance, so I thought I had better leave.

On Treasure Ship.

"I went over to 'Frisco. Then I shipped on a lumber schooner, up and down the coast for a couple of months. After that I did a little crooked work, then I went down on a treasure expedition on the schooner Arago, with Capt. Johnson. I shipped as quartermaster. Wanted to get the $2000 bonus for an abandoned ship that was washed away. I had my foot smashed by an 8 x 4 timber. After it was well I got my money and started out with two or three other stranded sailors from the 'Tropic Bird.' Then I came to Mazatlan and then, on New Year's, went to Guaymas and worked on the railroad a while, and went crooked down around Guaymas. From Guaymas I went to Nogales, then walked to Patagonia. When I got to Patagonia got work loading ore cars right away. Made quite a bit of money, $3 a day. A fellow there, who owns the saloon, Billy Powers, let me tend bar for three or four months. From there, about the last of April, I came to Tucson.

First Stay in Tucson.

"I laid around a while and then managed to pick up a few things on the quiet. Then Henry Till, who knew me down in Patagonia, recommended me as barkeeper at the 'Ramona.' They had fired a fellow by mistake and I attended bar just one night. He told me if he ever needed me he would take me back. I then went to work for Henry Till again. I already had put in an application to be put on the street car and got that job, knocking down all the time. I had a system of my own on the street car. It was arranged by myself, and of course the fellows that were in on it with me are gone. We had a system of transfers and would meet down on the corner of Congress and Stone and exchange transfers. Of course we did not have any transfer passengers at all, but we would put them on and no one would know the difference. If it was a good haul, 75¢ or $1, we managed (to) ring up half fare, so the passengers would not know the difference and would make out the thing was on the bum. I made an average of $3 and $4 a day. One time, I think it was December, I was extra man most of the time. I pocketed most everything I took in. Half the time I was conductor and half the time motorman. I was boarding and rooming with the superintendent and he did not want to fire me, although he had an idea I was knocking down.

His Marriage.

"I was married the 16th of July to Bessie Chase. I had known her a few weeks. We liked each other the first time we saw each other. Met her on the car, but did not speak much. Never spoke until one time she had a little girl with her and, when I would not take her car fare, she insisted, so we got acquainted. The superintendent was sore because I was going to leave his house, and he was watching me then and had every one else watching me.

"After I quit the car company I did not do anything. My wife had a sewing machine and piano and we sold them. I had a little over $300 and we realized $100 from the sale of the sewing machine and piano. Then I went to Los Angeles."

Q. "Do any crooked work?"

A. "Yes, I did some when I got broke."

Q. "Then, after leaving Los Angeles, you came back to Tucson again. How long after was that?"

A. "About two months later I cam back here."

Q. "When was it that your wife first learned that you were crooked?"

A. "Just here, when I told her about it. I told her when in jail."

Q. "Where did you live?"

A. "We lived at 110 East Tenth street. We left there on the 27th of Dec., then went to the Park View hotel."

Q. "Did you do any crooked work then?"

A. "I do not remember. I guess I did a little."

The Leonhardt Murder.

A. "One time my wife and I were out for a walk, Dec. 22d. I had been drinking wine and we had been sitting on the bed, playing cards, until 10 o'clock. My wife wished to take a walk, so we walked around until about 12 o'clock, then we came down to Stone avenue and turned off into Alameda. It was just as light as it is now. Then I saw Leonhardt coming down the street. We had passed Mariscal's store about 75 feet and he was walking right along, not noticing anything. I stepped behind my wife and pulled her off to the edge to let him by, and I overheard him say something about 'Hello, Kid' or 'Hello, Sis.' He said both things — I am pretty certain he did.

"So I got mad right away, you see, and don't know positively whether I said anything to make him sore or not, but I asked him for an apology just the same, and told him she was my wife. He mentioned something about thinking she was something else, I could not say what it was. Then he made a rush like. I hit him in the jaw, then we scuffled quite a while, and I saw he was pretty fly and I was pretty mad, so I reached for my gun to hit him. My wife threw her arm around me when she saw the gun. I do not recollect, but I think I pointed it at her and she ran up the street. The last I saw of her she was running up the street with her hands up, screaming. Leonhardt did not know that I pulled the gun, I think, but I had an idea that he had a gun on him for he had his hands in his pockets all the time he was coming down the street, and, while talking to me until I asked for an apology, and then he took his hands out and showed fight. Then Leonhardt tried to get away from me. He knocked me another tap on the breast and it got me good and mad. He made a break to run and when he did I ran after him to get him to stop. When he got about 20 or 30 feet away, he did stop. I do not recollect just what I did or said, or anything, but when I raised the gun he threw up his hands and hollered. I do not think I hit him. I pulled the gun down to my side and waited just a second. I did not realize what happened. I do not believe it yet, to tell the honest God's truth.

Fired the Shot.

"I raised the gun and fired right for his body but did not taky any particular aim. I did not see him fall down at all. I placed the gun back in my pocket. My wife had disappeared, so I ran to see where she was. She had been in a little alley and was so distracted that she did not remember what happened. There were some fellows coming down Toole avenue, and I was going to get a shot at them. I left my wife right there and walked across the street and said to her: 'You walk,' but she did not know what I said. I intended to run. I saw three fellows and was following them and kept hollering for them to stop, and he stopped when he saw my gun, but I waited until my wife came up and we walked across the track. Then I told this fellow to git, but he was afraid to run. He was afraid I would shoot him."

Q. "Did this man that you shot speak at any time after he was shot?"

A. "No, not after he was shot."

Q. "Did he fall down at all?"

A. "He staggered. I do not remember. We went home on Sixth avenue."

Q. "You did not go out with the idea of sticking anybody up? You did not stick him up?"

A. "No."

Q. "Have you done any sticking up work here in town?"

A. "No."

Q. "When you got home, did your wife think you shot him?"

A. "She did not think I killed him. I said I did. My wife suffered the most, of course. I suffered in silence, and we both agreed to forget it. I told her never to mention it before me or anybody else."

Q. "Did you read the newspaper accounts of it?"

A. "Yes, I did."

Q. "Did you or your wife see this girl that claimed she saw you running up the street?"

A. "No."

Q. "Did your wife laugh hysterically on the way home?"

A. "Yes, but when we got home she got quiet and would not say a word."

Other Crimes Committed.

"I registered at the Park View hotel on the 20th of Dec. I had trouble with her father. Her father was awful harsh to her. He was inclined to insult her and my wife seemed to go crazy in her mind when she met him.

Q. "Did you have any money when you went to the Park View?"

A. "Yes, I had money all the time, but did not let on."

The Burglaries.

Q. "How long was it after you went ot the Park View that you committed the burglarizing?"

A. "I could not tell you."

Q. "Some before and some after, did you?"

A. "I do not know what the first burglary was that I did. There was the Lowrie burglary. I got in there with a pass key to the door, and pushed the table over the first thing. I do not know what I went there for. It was merely for the excitement of the thing. I had left my wife home and went out to get some pop corn for her. It happened that the pop corn man was not there, so I took a little walk and saw her coming across the street. I threw everything away but the gun, a safety razor, a pair of lady's shoes, a card case and other things like that.

"That church over there, I just walked in there. The door was open. I did not intend to go in, but after I went in I took a look around and saw this typewriter. I took it to my wife and said she could have that. She used to pester me all the time for money for bromo seltzer. She would take a two-bit bottle every day or a four-bit bottle, if she could get it, so I said she could sell the typewriter and get money for bromo seltzer."

Q. "Where did you tell her you got it?"

A. "I told her: 'None of you business.' I told her that when she asked about anything. She would ask about everything I took home. She had an idea I was getting my money from home, and I let her think so, too, but I did get some money from home."

Q. "About this Fleming business. Were you in on that or not?"

A. "No; I bought some of the things, but I know who did it."

Q. "Did you ever tell your wife about it?"

A. "No."

Q. "Did you do any stick-up work or robbery of these stores?"

A. "No."

Q. "Did you do anyting else?"

Would Protect Wife.

A. "There are lots of things, but I have not told my wife all the things yet. I think she ought to be the first."

Q. "When did you first make up your mnind to confess all these things?"

A. "When I saw they were making my wife suffer so. As for me, I had a guilty conscience but did not care. But my wife was worrying all the time and it was terrible."

Q. "How are you fixed for money now?"

A. "Clean broke."

Q. "Enough to take care of her?"

A. "Nothing at all."

"I wrote to my folks but they threw me down. That is the main reason I confessed, for I wanted my folks to help my wife. I take all the responsibility on myself and the consequences, too."

Q. "Your confession is entirely voluntary, then?"

A. "Yes."

Q. "The condition that your wife is in and the fact that you are out of money and you want to shield her?"

A. "I wanted to do all I could for her. I realized that she was suffering, and when she suffers that is what makes me suffer."

Other Crimes Planned.

Q. "Did you have any more tricks planned?"

A. "You see, I could not get away from my wife to do these things, so I kept putting them off, but I had them all planned.

"One time I got good and drunk and made myself harsh to my wife and tried to forget my love for her, for I was afraid to do these things, or I would have done lots of other things, but I was afraid it would hurt her.

"I planned to rob some places later, Capo-Hohusen, Greewald & Adams, Black, Childs & Ginter and the Pagoda Tea company. This fellow I bought this Flemming stuff from, he put me wise to Child & Ginter's place. I intended to go in all of them and Goldring's. You know you can go through from Goldring's to Greenwald & Adams. I was thinking about going through Hauck's show store to Capo-Hohusen's.

Q. "Then you had a full kit of tools?"

A. "I had all I needed."

Q. "Did you bring them here to Tucson with you from Los Angeles?"

A. "No, I took them out of that tool chest of Mr. Chase's."

Q. "Then, it is your opinion that it is pretty easy to get into any of those stores on Congress street?"

A. "Easy! Sure it is easy — if a person has no responsibilities, like me."

Q. "What was your intention going into the jewelry store?"

A. "My intention was to get money to get out of town."

Q. "Did you have a fence here to dispose of this stuff if you got it?"

A. "No, not here."

Q. "When you were here making these raids, did you ever do any gambling?"

A. "No, none."

Wife Innocent, He says.

Q. "What does you wife think about you now?"

A. "She would not talk. She is crying and begging me to forget her all the time and asks to be forgiven. She has determination, but her mind is affected from the shooting and from everything else. You see, if I was not worrying so much I could talk a good deal better, but I am keeping back things now."

Q. "What is the use? You have told the worst."

A. "I want to tell my wife first. There are other reasons, too. There is no one I want to get onto this but myself."

Q. "As a matter of fact, then, your wife had nothing to do with any of this crooked work?"

A. "No; nothing until I told her the other day. Of course, she knew about the Leonhardt tragedy."

Q. "Was Leonhardt drunk?"

A. "He seemed to me drunk, but that is just my opinion. I think he was drunk, but I was full of wine myself."

Q. "You realize that this confession is liable to get you into a good deal of trouble?"

A. "I realize all the consquences, but I am willing to stand all these things in order that my wife shall get the benefit."

Q. "Then you are willing to take all the consequences of these things in order to help your wife and child?"

A. "Sure; that is all I am doing it for. The devil is in me, and has been ever since I was born."

Q. "Are any of the other members of your family crooks?"

A. "No. My father is in the insane asylum at Dunning."

MRS. HAWKINS IS RELEASED ON RECOGNIZANCE
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Enciente Condition Forced County Officials to Free Wife of Confessed Murderer and Crook from Jail Confinement
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Whether or not it presages her ultimate freedom as a result of the revolting confession of her criminal husband last week, the fact remains that yesterday the authorities released Mrs. Bessie Chase Hawkins from the county jail on her own recognizance. She had been kept there a prisoner for several weeks on the charge of having burglarized the Flemming millinery store on Scott avenue.

The physical condition of the woman is very grave and a consultation between the attorney and the jail officials made it quite clear that as a measure for humanity’s sake, her release from jail was imperative.

Her husband, after having confessed to a limitless number of crimes, including murder, forgery, burglary, highway robbery and others, has closed up like a clam, refusing to make any further statement. He did, however, yesterday express his pleasure at the release of his wife from imprisonment and volunteered the remark that she should never have been arrested.

METZLER THO’T AN ACCOMPLICE OF HAWKINSES

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Officers Believe That the Two Tried to Rob Leonhardt and Were Forced By Resistance to Kill Him.

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Earl Metzler, who is under arrest in Los Angeles as the famous “second man” in the Leonhardt killing, and who is declared by Mrs. Bessie Chase Hawkins, to have been with herself and husband, at the time the murder was committed, will be brought to this city within the next day or two. He will be placed in the county jail and formally charged with being an accessory to the murder. The officers believe that he and Hawkins were in the stickup game, not only that night, but many others, and that they will be able to make a good case against him, especially as Mrs. Chase says that Metzler had something to do with it. The theory is that Hawkins and Metzler attempted to hold up Leonhardt and that the assassination followed.

Metzler was a quiet, inoffensive young man, who was quite well known about town, and his many friends here were surprised when they first read in the Star the dispatch from Los Angeles to the effect that he had been apprehended and charged with murder.

METZLER IS SAFE IN THE COUNTY JAIL

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Consented to Return Without Requisition Papers But Asserts That He is Entirely Innocent of Murder.

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Sheriff Pacheco and Earl Metzler arrived in the city yesterday morning, completing their journey from Los Angeles, where Metzler was captured. Metzler seemed to be in good spirits and not at all inclined to think that he is facing a very serious proposition in the accusation of first degree murder which is placed against him.

Contrary to the fear of the local officers, Metzler did not offer any resistance to the wish of Sheriff Pacheco to return him here for trial without requisition papers and consented to come with all the apparent grace in the world.

Entirely in contrast to Hawkins, who is thought to have been his pal in other crimes, as well as his associate in the Leonhardt murder, Metzler is not talkative and he has nothing whatever to say about his trouble, other than that he is innocent.

In personal appearance he is slight, like Hawkins, but his facial expression, general demeanor and carriage are vastly more impressive than those of Hawkins. He has none of the physical characteristics of the degenerate and he talks like a well bred young man of good intelligence.

The main testimony on which his arrest is based lies in the statements of the two Hawkinses, although at that, the officers think that Metzler was not the one of the three at the murder party who actually fired the death-dealing shot.

The general record of Metzler in the community was good and there has not developed any evidence that he was a young man of bad habits. In fact, all the testimony seems to point to his having been more circumspect in his tastes and frequentings than most young men.

A formal charge will likely be placed against him next week and his preliminary will follow shortly after.

HAWKINS HAS NO FEAR OF THE GALLOWS
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Man Charged With Murder of Leonhardt Freely Says He Committed the Crime and Laughs at Insanity Plea.
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Yesterday afternoon E. W. Hawkins, the self-confessed murderer of Albert C. Leonhardt, was arraigned before Judge Campbell in the district court to plead to the indictment of murder returned against him by the grand jury. On his first appearance in court the prisoner did not plead, his attorney, George E. Tralles, questioning the sanity of his client. Later in the afternoon Hawkins pleaded not guilty to the charge.

When Hawkins was first arraigned on the charge of murder he stated that he did not care to have counsel, but because of the gravity of the offense the court appointed George F. Tralles to look after the interests of the defendant and advise him in regard to his rights. Yesterday afternoon Hawkins was brought into court, and continued smoking a cigarette until reprimanded by the court, when he became sullen.

Attorney Tralles announced to the court that he questioned the sanity of his client, and would make an affidavit to that effect. The prisoner was taken out of court and returned again at 4:30 o’clock, when he pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder.

Hawkins is undoubtedly one of the most peculiar individuals in the criminal annals of Arizona, and there is not the slightest doubt that he is a born criminal, according to his own statement. When seen in the county jail yesterday evening by a Star representative he discussed his case freely, and replied top questions without the slightest hesitation.

When asked if he thought he was insane, Hawkins stated that he was not any more insane than his interviewer, and laughed at the idea of his attorney putting forth such a defense for him. He stated freely that he fired two shots at Leonhardt and described how they struck his victim. When asked if he had any remorse, or if the occurrence worried him, Hawkins freely stated that it did not, as he very seldom thought of the dead man.

He went on to say that his only desire was to delay his hanging until he could make some provision for his wife, to whom he seems to be deeply attached. He said that he did not care to cause the county any unnecessary expense, as he had committed the crime and was willing to swing as soon as he knew his wife would be taken care of.

When asked concerning his relatives, Hawkins replied in a bitter tone that they had not come to his assistance, but that he thought when he was dead his parents would probably make some provision for his widow.

He went on to say that had it not been for his attorney he would have gone into court and pleaded guilty to the charge, as he was sick of the whole thing and wanted it over, but hoped he would be given time to look after his wife.

He freely told of having committed several crimes in Oakland, and boasted of the fact that he had the “town turned upside down” before they caught him and sent him to Folsom, where he served two years.

The newspaper man remarked to Hawkins that he seemed very young and ought to want to live, but in reply the prisoner simply said if he did not go for this he would go for something else, and he did not want to be shut up in the penitentiary for a term of years.

The entire demeanor of the self-confessed murderer was that of a keen-witted young man. He thinks quickly and expresses himself in grammatical English without the slightest hesitation. He seems to realize that he is a born criminal, and gives but little thought to things which have gone before. There is not the slightest tinge of remorse in his entire make-up.

To all who have seen and talked with Hawkins he has proved the most exceptional criminal ever brought to public view. He has no fear of death, apparently, and seems to invite it, on condition that provision will be made for the welfare of his wife.

MURDER CASES ARE CONTINUED UNTIL MONDAY
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Each Side Asks for Continuance and it is Granted—Metzler Will Face the Jury First.
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On request of the attorneys for the prosecution and defense yesterday the Hawkins and Metzler murder cases were continued by the district court until Monday morning at 9 o’clock. It is now definitely settled that the Metzler case will be taken up and disposed of first, and that the Hawkins case will follow immediately.

Yesterday morning it was expected that the Hawkins case would come up for trial, but District Attorney Benton Dick stated to the court that the prosecution was seriously handicapped by the absence of a witness and asked for a continuance for that reason. It was granted.

The next case on the calendar was the murder charge against Hawkins but when it was called Attorney Tralles for the defense stated to the court that his side was not ready for trial, having been under the impression that the Metzler case would be disposed of first.

Judge Campbell continued both of the cases until Monday, at which time Metzler will be placed on trial first.

It is believed that at least three days will be consumed in the trials of the two cases, as in each it is anticipated that difficulty in obtaining a jury will be experienced, and the prosecution has a large number of witnesses.

District Attorney Dick and his assistant L. S. Arnold, will try both cases for the territory.

MURDER CASE AGAIN CONTINUED BY COURT
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Mrs. Hawkins Unable to Appear as Witness
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Because of the delicate condition of Mrs. E. W. Hawkins, wife of the alleged slayer of Albert C. Leonhardt, both the Hawkins and Metzler murder cases were continued in the district court by Judge Campbell yesterday until June 15. It is believed that by that time Mrs. Hawkins will be able to be present at the trials.

On Friday of last week when the cases were called for trial there was a misunderstanding of the order in which they would be taken up, and the attorneys for the defense and prosecution presented this fact to the court. A continuance until yesterday morning was granted.

When the Hawkins case was called for trial yesterday morning Attorney Tralles for the defense and District Attorney Benton Dick stated that the wife of the defendant was in a very delicate physical condition, and that it would be impossible for her to appear in court for at least three weeks. She is a witness for the defense in the Hawkins case, and will testify for the territory in the case against Metzler. On this representation Judge Campbell continued both cases until June 15.

HAWKINS WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO HOMICIDE
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Curious Prisoner Being Held In County Jail on a Murder Charge Says He Intends to Change Plea to Indictment.
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In the county jail yesterday E. W. Hawkins, who is being held on a charge of having murdered Albert C. Leonhardt in this city about eight months ago, stated to a Star representative that when he is brought into court on June 6 to face a jury and be tried for his life he will withdraw his plea of not guilty and enter one of guilty of murder in the first degree. If the prisoner persists in his determination there seems to be no doubt that he will be sentenced to be hanged, as he himself has admitted that there are no mitigating circumstances.

Since his arrest on the charge of murder Hawkins has at different times confessed to various people that he fired the two shots that killed Leonhardt, and that he did so while attempting highway robbery. About one month ago Hawkins also stated to a Star representative that he had intended pleading guilty but that he did not do so simply for the reason that he wanted to have some provision made for his wife before he is forced to pay the death penalty.

When seen yesterday Hawkins was asked what would be the probably outline of his defense, and that when he is brought into court he will withdraw his plea of not guilty and enter one of guilty. He stated that he intended taking this action for the reason that he believed if he did not put the county to the expense of a long drawn out trial the authorities would make some provision for his wife, who is very near destitute and for the past four weeks has received nothing from his relatives.

Judging from his conversation, Hawkins is a fatalist, believing that he is predestined to die at some certain time in some certain manner and that nothing he can do will change this predestination. He stated yesterday that he had not the slightest fear of death, and was willing to pay the penalty for his crime at any time.

Ever since the court appointed Attorney Tralles to look after Hawkins’ interests, and instruct him in regard to his rights, the prisoner has proved to be a troublesome client. He has repeatedly refused to act on the advice given him and yesterday stated that his attorney did not know what he intended to do when he goes into court.

The prospect of being hanged seems to have no terrors for Hawkins, and he discussed the matter in a joking way. He seems to be free from care, and not the slightest bit worried in regard to the matter of trying to patch up some kind of defense. He passes his time in his cell alone, reading whatever new papers he can get hold of, and seems to be glad to discuss his case at any time.

Since he was arrested, Hawkins has proved an enigma to everyone who has come in contact with him. He has a happy disposition, and, although seemingly very intelligent yet appears not to have the slightest conception of morality. He appears to look upon murder as simply an incident in his life, and that the latter is nothing more nor less than a game of chance.

HAWKINS PLEADS GUILTY TO MURDER
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CONFESSES IN COURT THAT HE KILLED LEONHARDT
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During the Entire Proceeding He Appears Undisturbed.
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SENTENCE WILL BE PASSED ON THURSDAY
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Officials Claim That Murder Followed An Attempted Hold-Up.
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“Guilty.”

This was the plea which was entered this morning in the District court by D. W. Hawkins who is charged with the murder of Albert C. Leonhardt.

Hawkins, disregarding the advice of his counsel and declaring that he wished to enter a plea of guilty and have the matter over, made his plea this morning without a tremor.

In the custody of Undersheriff Meyers, Hawkins was brought into the courtroom at 8:45 o’clock. He appeared to be very calm and was not in the least excited.

Attorney Challes who represented Hawkins addressed the court. He stated that Hawkins desired to enter a plea of guilty to the charge against him. He added that he had fully advised Hawkins, but that the latter was unchangeable in his desire to enter a plea of guilty.

Hawkins was then ordered to stand up and was asked by Judge Campbell to plead to the indictment against him.

He replied quietly and without displaying the least emotion that he was guilty.

Judge Campbell then announced that sentence would be passed on Hawkins on Thursday morning at 9 o’clock.

SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY AT METZLER TRIAL
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S. Earl Metzler is on trial today for murder. He is alleged to have been an accomplice of D. W. Hawkins, who, this morning confessed in court to the killing of Albert C. Leonhardt.

Metzler is being defended by Attorneys Jones and Worsley. He entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of murder. On Friday Judge Campbell issued an order for a special venire and 25 extra jurymen were secured.

Little trouble was experienced this morning in securing a jury which consists of the following: H. P. Greenfield, Harlan M. Richey, J. W. Alevin, W. T. Ellsworth, H. C. Rolfe, G. L. Edwards, J. K. Devlin, Sol Johnson, J. Arnold, H. T. Appel, L. V. Russell, W. L. Whitney.

John Ladlow was the first witness for the territory today. He stated that he had heard several shots fired and had noticed three persons running away apparently from the scene of the shooting. He said that he though one of the persons had on masculine garments under a big skirt.

Louis Hagerman followed. He described the wounds which caused the death of Leonhardt.

D. W. Hawkins, self-confessed murderer of Leonhardt, was the star witness for the Territory this afternoon. Hawkins, insolent and defiant, answered such questions as pleased him while to others he would make no reply at all.

He stated that Metzler was with him on the night that Leonhardt was killed. He said also that an attempt had been made to rob Leonhardt and that the latter had resisted.

Hawkins was angered several times by questions which were asked him by Attorneys Jones and Worsley.

He was asked if he did not know Williams, a negro who was sentenced to three years in the Yuma penitentiary for burglary.

“Yes, I knew him while he was doing a jolt in Folsom,” Hawkins replied.

“What do you mean by a jolt?” Attorney Jones asked.

“Well, I mean that he was doing time there,” Hawkins replied surlily.

Hawkins on the cross-examination was asked if he did not tell newspaper reporters that he killed Leonhardt because of alleged insults made to his wife. He replied that he did but stated that he was fooling with the reporters.

The trial is attracting much interest and the courtroom was crowded all during the day.

METZLER SMUGGLED NOTES TO HAWKINS
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TESTIMONY IN MURDER CASE WAS DECIDEDLY INTERESTING
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Defendant Implored His Alleged Accomplice to Stand Firm.
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MRS. HAWKINS WAS WITNESS FOR DEFENSE
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She Proved to Be a Match For the Defendant’s Attorneys.
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That notes passed between S. Early Metzler and D. W. Hawkins in the county jail was brought out this forenoon in the Metzler trual. Metzler is charged with being an accomplice of Hawkins.

Metzler, with the aid of a man named Llewellyn and Rev. Humphreys, succeeded in passing his note through a ventilator to Hawkins. He implored Hawkins to stand firm, stating that under no circumstances would he say anything to the officials.

Rev. Humphreys is a negro minister who is serving a jail sentence for alleged embezzlement of a small sum.

Attorney Jones, who is a Southerner, asked Humphreys why he is in jail.

“I am behind the bars because I am trying to pay my honest debts,” Rev. Humphreys replied.

Holding her month-old baby in her arms, Mrs. D. W. Hawkins appeared on the witness stand this morning in the case of the territory against S. Earl Metzler. Mrs. Hawkins was a witness for the territory and was on the stand most of the forenoon.

Her testimony was quite startling. She stated that Albert C. Leonhardt, who, the territory claims, was murdered by D. W. Hawkins and Metzler, did not speak insultingly to her. She stated that she had told parties that Leonhardt had insulted her “because it was none of their business.”

Mrs. Hawkins had previously stated that Leonhardt was murdered because he used insulting language toward her. Hawkins had also given out the same story. He stated yesterday afternoon on the stand, however, that he was merely fooling the newspaper men.

Mrs. Hawkins today stated that she was about a block in advance of her husband and Metzler as they walked down Alameda street. She said, however, that she knew of no plot to hold up any person. She saw a small man coming down Alameda street, she said, and to avoid him she ran into an alley near Mariscal’s grocery store. While there she heard a shot, she said, and then she ran.

Her husband and Metzler, she testified, caught up with her and told her not to run as it would attract attention. She said further that her husband, Metzler and herself when to the Hawkins home on Tenth street.

METZLER CASE IN JURY’S HANDS
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Taking of Testimony Was Completed This Forenoon.
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CLAIMED AN ALIBI
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Defendant Stated He Was Not With Hawkins on Night of Murder.

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That he was not present at the time of the killing of A. C. Leonhardt is the claim which was made by S. Earl Metzler in the stand yesterday morning.

Metzler was decidedly cool. He was subjected to a severe cross examination by District Attorney Dick and L. S. Arnold, his assistant, but he was not once contradicted in his testimony.

Metzler stated that he was at home in bed at the time of the murder of Leonhardt. He denied that he was with Hawkins and his wife at that time.

Following the completion of the testimony of Metzler yesterday, an adjournment was taken until this forenoon, when the arguments to the jury were begun.

Assistant District Attorney Arnold commenced for the territory. Attorney Jones for the defense followed. Attorney Worsley, also for the defense, followed and District Attorney Dick concluded.

Following the address of the attorneys to the jury, an adjournment was taken until 3 o’clock this afternoon, when Judge Campbell gave the jurors their instructions. The jury retired immediately after hearing the instructions and was still out at 4 o’clock.

METZLER ACQUITTED ON MURDER CHARGE
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VERDICT REACHED AFTER JURY HAD BEEN OUT ALL NIGHT
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Defendant Was Overjoyed on Receipt of the News of the Verdict.
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THE FIRST BALLOT FAVORED THE DEFENDANT
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Original Vote Was 7 to 5—Three Jurors Held Out For Conviction.
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After having been out all night, the jury which heard the evidence in the case of the Territory against S. Earl Metzler returned a verdict at 10 o’clock this morning of “Not guilty.”

Metzler was overjoyed on receipt of the news. He shook hands with all of the jurymen and thanked them for their decision. Judge Campbell had announced before the verdict was read that no demonstration would be allowed and the few spectators who were present in the courtroom were very quiet.

Metzler was alleged to have been an accomplice of Hawkins in the killing of Albert C. Leonhardt. It had always been the theory of the officials that Metzler and Hawkins had attempted to hold up Leonhardt.

Metzler enter a plea of not guilty, and he was defended by Attorney’s Worsley and Jones. He claimed an alibi and declared that he was not present at the time of the killing of Leonhardt. The most damaging evidence against Metzler were several notes which it was alleged he had smuggled through an air pipe to Hawkins, telling the latter to stand firm.

The jury, after hearing all of the evidence in the case, retired yesterday afternoon. On the first ballot the vote stood seven for conviction and five for acquittal. On the second ballot the vote was nine to three. Numerous other ballots were taken, but an agreement vould not be reached, and the jurors were locked up for the night.

It was not until 10 o’clock this afternoon that an agreement was reached. The three jurors who had thought Metzler guilty were won over at that time and a verdict of acquittal was returned.

Hawkins this afternoon in the county jail expressed surprise at the verdict returned by the jury in the Metzler case. “However, a man can never tell what a jury will do,” he remarked. “The evidence appeared to be conclusive against Metzler. He was with me at the time of the killing. Of course, I did the shooting, and I suppose for that reason they could not convict Metzler. Perhaps if they had made a milder charge, he might have been convicted.”

HAWKINS UGLY, CURSES VISITORS, BREAKS DISHES
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Condemned Murderer Keeps Up His Bravo Spirit—Wife Walks Streets Begging for Money—Women Sympathizers Make Representations To Governor
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“What ‘cher lookin’ at, your ——, d’ye think I’m a fish?”

That was the salutation received by a visiting peace officer of the territory who stepped into the county jail in Tucson one day last week to have a look at D. W. Hawkins, the condemned murderer of Albert Leonhardt.

Hawkins has been in a bad humor during the past week. His frame of mind was not improved by reason of having been thrust into a dark cell for misbehavior. When his meal was brought in from Rossi’s restaurant, Hawkins seized the waiter and smashed the dishes into a hundred pieces.

A close watch is being kept on him. It is the belief of the jailors that he would not fail to do bodily harm if the opportunity afforded. Sheriff Pacheco is of the opinion that the brave spirit which the prisoner has assumed since his sentence will be missing when the time comes to mount the gallows. Other attaches of the sheriff’s office are confident that Hawkins will play his part to the finish.

A familiar figure on the streets these days is the wife of the condemned murderer. She may be seen at all hours of the day with her infant on her arms soliciting money from passers-by. She is confident the governor will commute the sentence of death to one of life imprisonment. In conversation she maintains that Leonhardt insulted her and for that reason her husband shot and killed him.

A few ladies of Tucson have interested themselves in behalf of Hawkins. Their opinion is that he was insane at the time he killed Leonhardt and is at the present time insane. They have made representations to the governor to his effect.

The general opinion here is that the governor will not interfere with the sentence of the court and that Hawkins will pay the penalty of his crime on August 14.

HAWKINS MAKES AN AFFIDAVIT AGAINST DICK
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LATER—Mr. Benton Dick was seen at a very late hour last night and before he had had any opportunity to see the contents of the affidavit. However, he stated to the Star and authorized the statement that if the affidavit contained anything whatsoever of a nature claiming that he had made any offers of immunity of any kind or that either he or Mr. Arnold had held out any inducements whatever to Hawkins to make any confession of any of his numerous crimes, that the affidavit and its contents were utterly false.

The death watch was placed on E. W. Hawkins, who is to hang a week from Friday, yesterday morning at 5 o’clock. The days have been divided into three shifts, with Him Hicks taking the first, George R. Knight the second and Maurice Castro the third. Hawkins had very little to say but seemed as cheerful as possible.

Some time ago Hawkins made the statement to Mrs. Alice Hoff and other women who interested themselves in his case that he had been paid by Sheriff Pacheco in order to get him to confess to his murder of Albert Leonhardt. He never went so far as to put this in the form of an affidavit but later, evidently prompted by some one conversant with legal possibilities, switched his story and said that District Attorney Benton Dick and his assistant, Mr. Arnold, did the buying, promising his immunity. Yesterday he swore to a statement before Attorney Borton, which was forwarded to Phoenix to Gov. Kibbey last night. Every effort was made last night to get Mr. Dick over the phone or in person, but it was unsuccessful. No statement from him therefore appears in connection with the affidavit, but the fact that it contains the same sort of charge which Hawkins first made against the sheriff is sufficient to the ordinary mind.

The affidavit is as follows:

Territory of Arizona,

County of Pima,

E. W. Hawkins, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is the same E. W. Hawkins, who is now confined in the Pima county jail under sentence of death and awaiting execution here on the 14th day of the present month; and that prior to his confession of the murder of one Leonhardt, one Benton Dick, district attorney of Pima county, and his assistant, L. S. Arnold, made certain promises. Amongst others they promised your affiant that if affiant would confess to the murder of Leonhardt and tell all about it, that they, the said Dick and the said Arnold, would release affiant’s wife from jail and would see that she was not prosecuted upon any charge; that the said Dick and the said Arnold further promised if affiant would confess to the murder of Leonhardt that they, the said Dick and the said Arnold, would see that affiant’s wife was cared for, clothed and fed at the expense of the county; that they further promised affiant money and did at various times cause payment of the specific sums of money to affiant as an inducement for confessing to the murder of Leonhardt; that prior to the making of this confession the said Dick and the said Arnold, district attorney and assistant district attorney of the county of Pima, did promise your affiant that if he would confess to said murder and give evidence that would convict one Earl Metzler, that they, the said Dick and the said Arnold would see that affiant did not hang for the confession admitting the said murder; that all of these promises were kept and complied with by said Dick and said Arnold up and until the time of the trial of said Earl Metzler, who was implicated in the murder of Leonhardt by affiant’s confession, and that since the trial of said Earl Metzler the said Dick and the said Arnold have refused and do now refuse to further comply with the said promises and inducements made to your affiant prior to the confession and evidence given on the trial of the said Metzler.

E. HAWKINS

DIST. ATTORNEY DICK TALKS OF HAWKINS CLAIM
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Denies Both for Himself and Mr. Arnold, His Assistant, Any Pledges of Immunity.
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ADDUCES A LETTER WRITTEN BY HAWKINS
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Goes Exhaustively Into the Case and Relates All the Circumstances.
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In an interview with a Star reporter yesterday, District Attorney Benton Dick made the following statement with reference to the Hawkins case:

“On the morning of Feb. 26, 1908, in the sheriff’s office, in the presence of Sheriff Pacheco, Assistant District Attorney Arnold and myself, Hawkins confessed to the killing of Albert Leonhardt. Prior to that time neither Mr. Arnold not I had ever had any conversation with Hawkins or his wife, in regard to the numerous crimes he had committed. He had, so I am informed, previously confessed to the sheriff that he had committed several burglaries in this city.

“On the day in question, and before he confessed to the Leonhardt murder, Hawkins repeated the story of the burglaries, and said that he had committed worse crimes than burglary. I asked him if he was willing to tell us about them and he replied that he was, but that he wanted to see his wife first. Hawkins was then taken to see his wife, and when he returned he said that he was ready. I then informed him that whatever he said must be voluntary and that we would make no promise not offer him any reward, whereupon he replied: “I know the ins and outs of these things, and know that you cannot offer me anything.’

Hawkins then asked us what was going to become of his wife. I told him that I did not know what she had to do with it but that in any event we were going to allow her to go on her own recognizance until the meeting of the April grand jury. He then said that she was without means of support, and I told him that, as a matter of course, if he and his folks were unable to provide for her the county would have to do it. I further told Hawkins that we were going to take that course, no matter whether he confessed or not, and that we had decided to do it on account of his wife’s condition.

“It is true that the county has furnished meal tickets for Mrs. Hawkins, but that was in the nature of outdoor relief, as is done in all indigent cases.

“I told him repeatedly that we would promise him nothing, and he thoroughly understood it, and so stated. He then said: ‘Well, I was the one that killed Leonhardt. That’s all.’ At the time if this confession Hawkins said nothing about Metzler being implicated in the murder of Leonhardt, but he subsequently called the sheriff in and stated to him that Metzler was with him and took part in the hold-up which resulted in Leonhardt’s death. I had absolutely no knowledge that Hawkins had implicated Metzler until I was so informed by Sheriff Pacheco.

“After Metzler was brought back from Los Angeles, Hawkins sent for me to come and see him, which I did, and he then and there went into the killing of Leonhardt in detail and told the same story about the part that Metzler played in it that he told in the district court in the Metzler trial. I asked him then what his object was in confessing to the killing of Leonhardt and the implication of Metzler. He replied: ‘Well, I did it, and Metzler is as guilty as I am. He had got a yellow streak and I am going to show him up.’

“He at that time told me he was going to plead guilty, and when I asked him what he expected would be the outcome, he told me the best he looked for was hanging. Even the day before the sentence was pronounced he told me that he expected to hang; that he wanted to hang, and that he preferred that to life imprisonment. Furthermore, on the day of the sentence he stated in open court that he had nothing to say if it was the death sentence.

“His actions and conduct both before and since the sentence go to show that he was never promised anything in consideration of his confession and testimony in the Metzler case. It will be further remembered that, in the Metzler case, he stated on cross-examination by Metzler’s attorney, that he had never been promised anything by anybody at any time or place in consideration of his testimony against Metzler. If he was telling the truth then, he must be lying now. On the other hand, if he is telling the truth now, he must have been lying then.

“So far as Mr. Arnold is concerned, he has never had any conversation at any time or place with Hawkins, or his wife, with reference to any of these cases, and he therefore could not have made any promises.

“For myself, I will say that I never promised Hawkins, or his wife, or any one else, either directly or indirectly, anything whatsoever in consideration of his confession of the killing of Leonhardt or for his testimony against Metzler, and I will state that every statement contained in Hawkins’ affidavit to the contrary is absolutely false.

“As further evidence of the fact that no promises of immunity were made Hawkins and that he at no time expected anything of the sort, the following letter is added:”

Tucson, Ariz., July 23, 1908.

Benton Dick: Dear Sir—I am in dire distress as to my wife’s welfare and I wish to ask for a favor of you. It is to get her a meal ticket. She is without funds and although she was prepared to go to Chicago on Monday, she cannot leave me like this, or without us being together to comfort each other before our parting forever; she will have to stay until the sheriff returns.

Hoping you will favor my request with the kindness you’ve shown me in the past, I beg to remain yours respectfully, E. W. HAWKINS.

HAWKINS HAS QUIETED QUIET (sic) REMARKABLY
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Since Death Watch Went On He Has Had Very Little to Say.
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All is quiet on the Potomac of the jail, or, in other words, one Hawkins has, temporarily at least, and, for a period of a few days past, put a quietus on his demonstrations such as playing a crescendo solo on the bars of his cell with a tin bucket, using restaurant dishes to create a Wagnerian chorus and otherwise composing music for the inmates of the prison and arousing all sorts of umbrage among the unfortunate people who have charge of him.

Ever since his outbreak of Sunday, and more particularly since the death watch was put on him, Hawkins has changed his course remarkably and he is not as quiet and docile as a man could ask. He has had nothing to give out for publication and spends the greater part of his time in silence.

The monotony of the long headed days is broken only by the change in guards, by the coming of the excellent meals which Sheriff Pacheco has sent into him, the periodical visits of his wife and baby and the occasional visit of Father Timmermans, who is doing for him what he did for Groce, before the latter was executed.

Hawkins, however, is by no means as responsive to the kindly efforts of the priest as was the negro and he pays very little attention to the father.

He has nothing to say about the affidavit which was prepared the other day, charging Dick and Arnold with violating an immunity agreement. In fact, the story was current over town yesterday that he had never really affixed his signature to the document, that it went to Gov. Kibbey unsigned and was the work of some over-zealous persons who had an axe to grind.

Opinions still differ among the officers as to Hawkins’ probably attitude when he actually looks at the rope. There is no feeling anywhere that he has the slightest chance for commutation or reprieve. Most of the officers are inclining now to the belief that he will never be able to ascend the scaffold unassisted but that he will weaken frightfully at the last minute, and this seems to be the general opinion about town. There are still a few who think that his braggadocio and swagger will carry him through.

INVITATIONS ARE SENT TO THE HANGING
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Will Take Place Next Friday at 1 O’Clock—Hawkins Silent. Father Timmermans Calls Daily.
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With but one week more remaining of his allotted span of life, Hawkins still maintains the same stolid indifferent attitude that has characterized his conduct for the past four or five days. He absolutely declines to have anything to say about any of the features of his case, including the sensational immunity affidavit, his oft-reiterated wish to be executed or the final disposition of his family. In that connection it may be said that Mrs. Hawkins will likely go to Chicago but it will be after the hanging next Friday afternoon. She frequents the jail and jail yard almost constantly and spends several hours each day with her husband.

That the time for the execution is drawing near was shown yesterday by the receipt on the part of the physicians, public officials, newspaper men and a few others of the announcement-invitations to the hanging. Not very many have been issued and there will at the least be no more people about the scaffold than there were at the execution of Groce last month. Three or four newspaper men, half a dozen county officials, the attending priest, the executioners and the physicians will constitute all who will be admitted to the enclosure. The printed form states that the hanging will take place at 1 o’clock in the afternoon, which is the same hour as that decided upon for the Groce affair.

Father Timmermans, who was the negro’s spiritual adviser, is also looking after the religious welfare of Hawkins and made another call on him yesterday morning. Hawkins, while he treats the priest with consideration, is understood not to display any especial interest in his welfare along that line.

The same three guards are still on the death watch and there is not likely to be any change made during the week that remains for this duty. Hawkins has every convenience and comfort that can be granted him and all his meals are served from the restaurants of the city.

MRS. HAWKINS LEAVES TODAY FOR CHICAGO
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Tests Made Yesterday With Bag of Sand of the Rope for Hawkins’ Hanging.
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Two more episodes were written into the story of Hawkins case yesterday. The first was the request of Mrs. Hawkins for transportation for herself to Chicago, where she goes to live with the parents of her husband. It had been thought, after she deferred the trip some time ago, that she would remain here until after the latter’s execution, but she asked for the ticket and expense money yesterday and it was given her by Supervisor Hohusen. She was to have left on this morning’s train.

The other episode was the gruesome test of the rope which is the end the condemned man’s life. Two tests were made with a bag weighing 200 pounds and the rope withstood the strain satisfactorily each time.

HAWKINS IS FACING DEATH VERY CALMLY
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Since His Conversion to Catholicism He Has Undergone a Radical and Marked Change.
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SENDS A STATEMENT FOR STAR READERS
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Composed Message to His Mother Which He Read Into His Phonograph.
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This afternoon at 1 o’clock, the span of the life of E. W. Hawkins will have been measured and he will have paid the penalty for the murder of Albert Leonhardt, when the trap drops and he is executed in the patio of the county jail. It is the second time this summer that the supremest manifestation of the power of the law will have been made in Pima county and it is the first time in the history, at least of recent years, in Arizona, that one season has witnessed the death of two criminals for differing offenses in the same county.

There has been a great lack of interest in the Hawkins case as compared with the Groce case, in that there was much public sympathy for the former condemned man, and organized effort was made to gain for him a commutation. In the Hawkins case, however, there has been no sentiment whatever in his favor and it is doubted if ever a man walked to the scaffold with the memory of a smaller effort on the part of the public to save his life.

On the contrary, there have been probably a thousand applications for invitations to the hanging. There will not be more spectators, officially invited, however, than at the last one. Sheriff Pacheco has been very discriminating in his list-making and has wisely done everything to keep it from having the appearance of a morbid amusement spectacle. The main body of the guests will be admitted to the court yard and the newspaper men will witness the hanging from the sheriff’s private office. On the scaffold will be the officers and Father Timmermans, the spiritual advisor of Hawkins. Quite a number of people from Cochise county and from Fort Huachuca may be present.

Hawkins is spending the last few hours of his life in comparative peace. His wonderful nerve or nonchalance has never deserted him. When a reporter for the Star called yesterday he turned to his phonograph, a favor of the sheriff, and one which passes the hours acceptably, and put on the record, “Everybody Gives Me Good Advice.” Then he laughed as he remarked: “That’s a fact all right.”

Every possible wish which he expresses is granted by the officers and his last hours will be as pleasant as they can be made. Since his profession of religion, Hawkins has been behaving himself very differently from his wont theretofore and he is earning more consideration from the officers and the prisoners in the jail than they would have deemed possible before. But he is still as cool as an iceberg and seems to regard his going to the scaffold as of no more occasion for anxiety than walking into a bath room.

Wednesday night he sent the following letter to the Star office, which will likely be his last statement in writing that will ever be known has having been issued from his hand. He had repeatedly asked for permission to make a statement after his conversion and said that he wanted to make it to the same newspaper and the same representative who first published his detailed confession, made last February, which is explanatory of the personal character of the letter. The letter is published in full in order that the mental processes of the man and the motives and ideas of things which actuate him a few hours before his death may not be disfigured by any elimination:

Tucson, Ariz., Aug. 12th, 1908.

Dear Sir:—Was very glad to see you yesterday. Will do as you requested me to do but there is no sensation to this. I am a full-fledged Catholic now, and was baptized and made my confession through Father Timmermans to God this afternoon and I’ve been walking on air, as it were, ever since. Although outwardly I may not show it, I am at peace and contented inwardly and am resigned to my fate.

I owe the kind Sisters of St. Joseph for my present happiness for interesting themselves in behalf of my soul and my gratitude will last forever, as my soul is saved. I have always been a Christian and my poor mother taught me to be one, yet I was adverse to confessing and therefore very miserable at heard to what I now am.

In regard to my hanging, it does not worry me in the least, and although the time is drawing near for it, I feel safer in my faith of God’s mercy.

The hardest of all of it was my parting from my unfortunate little wife and baby. Still, I bore it well, and so did she.

Of course, you can publish this in any form you wish, as long as the contents are published right. You see, I am writing this to you personally. Not long ago I signed an affidavit charging Dick and Arnold with breaking an immunity agreement, and I understand it was sent to Gov. Kibbey, but at any rate it seems that a story was current that I had not signed it. I not only signed it, but I was the one who drew it up, and honestly, too, “there was no joke about it.”

You were gone quite a while, weren’t you, but you look just the same, and healthy, too. I should like to give you a good article, but am very busy on some private matters and cannot tonight. Come all the way in tomorrow and have a talk. I also have a fair cigar for you, if you do.

Well, guess I’ll close for this time, with best wishes to you, I remain,

Yours truly,

E. W. HAWKINS

There is really a very remarkable change in Hawkins from the man he was when first arrested and when later on the witness stand in the Metzler trial. All the braggadocio, all the bravado, all the profanity and meanness are gone, and in its stead there is a very quiet, pleasant, rather handsome young fellow who receives his callers with an air of good breeding and self-possession that is admirable. He talks affably about subjects as they are brought up and does not seem to have the slightest lack of courage.

Whatever may be the depth of his conversion, it is certain that it has had a sobering and bettering effect without the offset of having made him morose and sullen. His actions now almost convince one that, under the right environment, he would have made a very good citizen. He does not seem anxious to talk about his new-found religion, but remarks concerning it crop out every once in a while, as for instance yesterday afternoon when he asked George Knight to stay with him all night. “I will pray for you in Heaven if you will.” Knight has been on the sea and Hawkins calls him his “Old bunk mate.” They have passed many hours of the death watch together, telling tales of their life on the ocean, Knight seems to have developed a genuine affection for Hawkins and the latter certainly is very partial to his watch. Knight granted his request and stayed last night.

Hawkins remarked yesterday that he proposed to stay up all night, as he would “have plenty of chance to rest later on.” He smiled as he said it, and in fact that is a peculiar trait that he has developed recently, a sort of placid, genial smile and humor that are new to him.

He has been spending much of the time in writing his farewell letters and they are models of feeling and expression. They go to his mother, sister and wife.

He has gotten much pleasure out of the phonograph and lately has been filling blank records. The only bizarre thing that he has done in the last few days has been to compose a song about his execution, which he put on one of the records yesterday. Yesterday, however, he had really an unusual and thoughtful inspiration. He sent for some blank records and then composed a message to his mother, which he put into one of the blanks with the remark that his “mother will always have an opportunity to hear his voice.”

His favorite pieces are “The Holy City” and “Asleep in the Deep.” And he plays them over and over again. At times he goes to the wall, where hangs a beautiful ebony crucifix and mother-of-pearl rosary and kisses them. “I told my wife that I would kiss them often in the last few hours in thought of her, and they are to go to her after the hanging,” he said in explanation.

Hawkins will not weaken as the last moment approaches. He will go through with it with the same dignity that Groce did. The thing that sustains him, however, is something stronger than the bravado that was his chief characteristic formerly. He explained it yesterday to his won satisfaction when he said: “No, I am not going to falter. I had plenty of physical courage all the time, that I do not believe would have carried me through. But the good Sisters have given me the spiritual courage, and now I know I can made it all right.”

The Hawkins who will be executed is not at all the Hawkins who robbed and stole and murdered, but a very different and really likeable boy. The metamorphosis has been accomplished by the Sisters and the priest who took his case in hand when it seemed hopeless. There have been thousands of men dropped into eternity equally as bad who have really been altered by the wonderful religious influence of the Catholic religion which goes to every death cell, and the change in Hawkins is another testimony to the good that the church does.

There will be no sensation about the execution today. It will be both quiet and dignified, and Hawkins will do his full share toward making it so.

E. W. HAWKINS EXECUTED AT 2:03 P. M. IN COUNTY JAIL
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His Neck Not Broken by the Fall and He Lived For Nearly Fourteen Minutes, Due to His Remarkable Vitality—Funeral Held Yesterday Afternoon.
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EXHIBITED A COOLNESS THAT WAS REMARKABLE
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Spent Half Hour on Gallows, Smoking, Laughing, Chatting With Friends and Talking to the Crowd—Received Message From Wife Just Before the Noose Was Adjusted—Expressed Both Gratitude and Repentance.
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At 3 minutes past 2 o’clock yesterday the trap was sprung, and 13 minutes and 40 seconds later the attending physicians pronounced life extinct in the body of Edwin W. Hawkins. Not a hitch occurred anywhere during the proceedings and the crowd behaved admirably. It will probably go down in the history of Arizona hangings as the most remarkable of them all.

In the court-yard, in the sheriff’s private office, on the scaffold and on the tops of the adjoining buildings were hundreds of men, there either because business or curiosity called them, yet none of them had the iron nerve and remarkable will power that Hawkins displayed. The developments in this case in the last hour of the man’s life make him a fit study for the criminologist. His brain should by all means have been turned over to a scientist for study.

From the day when he was taken into custody for the Flemming burglary until yesterday, the officers, newspaper men and all others who came in contact with him had spoken in wonderment of his great nerve, or the utter lack of it, whichever way seems to suit the case best. He was always cool and calm as an iceberg. But his utter sang froid on the scaffold and his real coolness deserve repetition. Perhaps the best way to appreciate it is to give the history of the day as it actually transpired.

He was up very early in the morning, and after a good breakfast fast read the morning papers. Several of these he later in the day gave to the Sisters and had them send to his people in Chicago. Then Father Timmermans came, remaining with him until the end. Never once during the entire morning did he show any sign of collapse, although at 9 o’clock he was attacked with a temporary derangement of the stomach. The greater part of the time from 11 o’clock till noon he spent in dictating into the phonograph a message to his wife and his mother. He shed a few tears and his voice broke a few times during this, but he soon got control of himself and made a new record, as he thoughtfully said later, “That they might not hear my voice break and feel badly when they listen to what I said.”

Early in the morning he received a telegram from Chicago stating that his wife and baby had reached there safely. He replied, and asked for a message to reach him before he went to the scaffold. In his telegram he asked his wife to repeat the Lord’s Prayer for him at 1 o’clock.

It was a little past noon when he sent for Sheriff Pacheco and asked for an extension of half an hour. The hanging had been originally set for 1 o’clock, but the sheriff readily granted this.

The public, however, began to come very soon after 12 o’clock and it was not loing until the interior of the jail was filled with the accredited witnesses. Major Neustatter acted as the guard and very efficiently performed his duties. The main body of the spectators were admitted to the court yard of the jail about the scaffold, while the newspaper men and a few attorneys were in the sheriff’s private office.

About 1 o’clock Hawkins sent for a representative of the Star and dictated the following statement:

I want to thank the sisters of St. Joseph and Father Timmermans for their many kindnesses to me. But for them I am sure that I never would be able to face what I am about to go through.

Had I been a Catholic in the years gone by, I never would have come to this.

The one thing of which I am glad is that out of this hanging I have made certain that my wife and baby will be taken care of. I am glad that I confessed, for it has freed my conscience of the only really great crime I ever committed and it has enabled me to make my peace with God. I am truthfully resigned to my fate.

Of course it is hard to die this way, but it seems that it had to be.

I am sorry for the killing of Leonhardt, more sorry than I can tell. As I feel now, I cannot believe that I was in my right mind when I did it. But I am repentant, and, thanks to the Sisters, I know that my repentance is accepted.

I am grateful to the sheriff and Mr. Meyer for all they have done for me and their kindness toward me, and in fact I am thankful to everybody for the good things they have done and the sympathy they have expressed for me.

I am going to pray for you all in Heaven, and I hope that they will stop to say a word or prayer for me.

I am going to walk up to the scaffold like a man, so as not to make any trouble or annoyance for the officers. I know that it is unpleasant for them but I have no hard feelings toward them.

At 1:30 Sheriff Pacheco and Deputies Meyer and Mills, accompanied by members of the press, went to the cell, where the death warrant was read by Meyer. Hawkins at this place had nothing to say. When asked if he were ready, he nodded his head and then lit a long, black cigar before starting in his last journey. His hands were then tied and the procession began. Father Timmermans led the way, followed by Hawkins, Meyer and Pacheco in the order named.

In a few seconds after he had mounted the scaffold he stepped to the railing and addressed the spectators as follows:

“Gentlemen:—I am perfectly resigned to my fate and I want you all to pray for me. I want you to pray a little word for me after it is all over. Will you? I am sorry for what I done. And I repeat, I want you to pray for me and I will pray for you in Heaven.”

The audience thought that this was all of it, but they were to be treated to a great surprise. The announcement was then made that Hawkins had asked for half an hour’s time on the scaffold. He had previously told the sheriff that, after being cooped up in jail for several months, he wanted to enjoy the fresh air, and the sheriff consented to allow him a half hour of liberty and life on the scaffold.

Then for fully 30 minutes, the people who were there saw something of which they never read before. Hawkins was as cool as a cucumber. He smoked his cigar, occasionally drank a glass of water, paced up and down the scaffold, recognized old acquaintances and smiled genially as he would notice them and tell them good-bye, would occasionally stop to thank some one for some little favor he remembered, and all the while wore a smile that was not that of braggadocio or mock heroism, but simply cool and calm as might be.

At one time in his walk he stopped again to speak to the crowd, saying: “I am sorry for what I have done, but I want you to pray. I am repentant. I want to thank the officers for all their kindness to me. I only wish that I had some way to show my appreciation.”

Then he walked over to the rail, laid his cigar down with his teeth, took another drink, asked the Father to pin the flowers on his breast more [lines are missing or garbled from copy in this and the next paragraph]

All the while the same quiet little later he asked Henry Meyer to roll him a cigarette, which the latter did.

A few minutes later he consulted Sheriff Pacheco as to how much time he had left, and then spoke again to the crowd. Just then the telephone bell rang. “I have been waiting for a message from my wife,” he said. “If there are any of you who know her I want you to pray for her. Maybe that bell ringing is the message from her now.” Two or three newspaper men stepped to the telephone booth and took the message, which had arrived just in the nick of time. It read:

“Good-bye dear. I can’t say any more,” and was signed “Bessie.”

Then with a smile and a quiet throwing away of his cigar, he stepped into place. He turned once more to the crowd and said: “Good-bye,” and the spectators, who had been aghast at his great calmness, with more sympathy than they had ever before had for him, responded almost unanimously. He kissed the crucifix in the hands of Father Timmermans twice before Mills fixed the thongs to his feet. Sheriff Pacheco adjusted the noose and Meyer put on the black cap.

And all the while the same quiet smile was on his face.

The trap was sprung at 2:03.

He fell straight as a die, but his neck was not broken. Such was his vitality that nearly 14 minutes of strangulation elapsed before he was pronounced dead by the doctors.

Hawkins' appearance on the scaffold was very prepossessing. There has been much talk of him as a degenerate, and he certainly was an habitual criminal, but the majority of the spectators who saw him for the first time were astonished at his general presence. He had a large head with a high forehead and fine features, curling brown hair and a very pleasant expression. His figure was straight and strong and muscular and he was in every way a really handsome specimen of physical manhood.

He wore to his death a fine silk shirt, a handsome brown cravat and a pair of grey trousers and cloth shoes of the same color.

After the body had been cut down it was taken to the Reilly mortuary. Services were held at 3:30 o’clock by Father Timmermans at the cemetery.

SCAFFOLD HAS BEEN TORN DOWN AT JAIL
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Immediately after the legal execution of E. W. Hawkins Friday afternoon work was begin on the tearing away of the scaffold, which had stood in the court yard of the jail for nearly two months. The removal of the gruesome instrument of execution was a source of pleasure to every officer in the court house.

The shadow which has hung over the jail has been removed now and there was a perceptible air of relief on the face of every one, including the prisoners, yesterday. There were a good many visitors at the jail yesterday seeking for pieces of the rope and other uncanny relics, but, outside of that, all traces and evidences of the event had been removed.

VETERAN, AGE EIGHTY-THREE, WEDS MAIDEN
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Romantic Love Affair Terminates In Soldiers Home at Sawtelle, California—Bride Is Only Twenty-One
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TUCSON, March 15.—A wedding which took place at Sawtelle, California, March 9, the parties to the affair being Electa Bessie Hawkins and Varnum Westcott, an inmate of the Soldiers’ Home at the place. The bride gave her age as 21 and the groom announced his to be 83 when the marriage took place before Recorder Walter Downs of Sawtelle.

For several years the aged veteran of the civil war had courted the pretty woman. Although nearly four times the age of his bride, Westcott is exceedingly active and enjoys robust health. He was “before the mast” for 20 years, having commanded the bark Sena, in which he rounded the Horn in 1849. Like his bride, Westcott has been married before.

Mrs. Hawkins is a daughter of C. E. Chase, also an inmate of the Soldiers’ Home. Chase at one time was one of the most prominent mining men in Arizona, but lost his money several years ago.

Westcott and Chase have been ward mates at the Soldiers’ Home. Chase’s daughter and Westcott met, however, several years ago.

It was love at first sight on the part of the aged veteran and the love was returned by Mrs. Hawkins, who was barely more than 18 years old at the time. Marveling at the former soldier’s remarkable history, which she learned from various sources, Mrs. Hawkins decided he was the man who should be her husband.

Westcott’s life has been filled with stirring incidents and many stories of his bravery in battle against the Indians, in the civil war and on the seas, were told her by her friends and by Westcott.

The wedding came as a great surprise to Captain Smith, who is in charge of the barracks where Westcott was quartered.

Even his closest associates were uninformed of his intention to marry. Westcott has been in the Soldiers’ Home hardly a month. During that time he has visited the woman of his choice daily. It was the general impression around the barracks that she was his daughter and the soldiers were taken by complete surprise when they learned that the two were sweethearts and had been married.

Two days prior to the wedding Westcott bought a cozy little home at Eleventh and Ohio streets, Sawtelle. He will live there with his bride just as soon as he can make arrangements to leave the home. He secured an eight-day leave of absence following his marriage, so that he could take his bride on a honeymoon.

Besides being a soldier, Westcott is a traveler and a pioneer. He came to California at the time of the gold excitement. At one time he owned a thousand acres of the famous San Andres ranch in Santa Cruz county. He has encircled the glove twice. In 1898 he went up to Alaska, although well on in years. He prospected with considerable good fortune and is comfortably fixed.

His marriage to Mrs. Hawkins developed the fact that the bride’s father had a son-in-law old enough to be his own father.

Electa Bessia Chase will be remembered quite well as the wife of D. W. Hawkins, who, with his wife, were implicated in the murder of Albert Leonhardt on East Alameda street late one night in December, 1907. The murder was a mysterious affair and it was not until several months later that the truth became known.

Hawkins, who had been a conductor on the Tucson Rapid Transit line, and his wife were arrested on charge of burglary. During their confinement in jail Hawkins, backed by his wife, confessed to the murder of Leonhardt, implicating one Earl Metzler, who had also been a conductor on the same road, with complicity in the crime. Metzler had gone to California, where he was arrested and brought back to Tucson and held for trial.

Hawkins told a number of sensational stories of his life, before and after the trial. The plea of guilty on his part ended in his being sentenced to be hung. The wife was given her freedom in view of her condition, becoming a mother prior to the trials, which were postponed several times.

The hanging of Hawkins, who admitted his many crimes, and gave his age at 22 years while in jail, in one of the interviews accorded a reporter took place in the jail yard last August in the presence of a large number of persons, admitted by invitation and many small boys and others from points of vantage on the court house roof and other roofs overlooking the yard. Hawkins was the coolest person in the whole crowd and smoked, talked and sang while on the scaffold. The scene was photographed and boys sold these. The whole affair from date of the murder until the end of the scene in the jail yard was one of the most sensational on record in Pima county, even in Arizona.

The widow and her child were provided with transportation and they left before the hanging for Chicago to make their home with the parents of Hawkins. Later Mrs. Hawkins drifted to Sawtelle, and the outcome is given above.

The father of Bessie Chase left here over a year ago to become an inmate of the home. He had been and engineer at the city water works and the university in recent years. His wife was left here and has been seen about the city since her husband’s departure. During the incarceration of Hawkins the mother associated with Bessie, who was kept in jail but a short time.