Arizona Round-Up — page 109: what you’re looking at

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-ARIZONA ROUNDUP 107 ago over a crooked deal Charley didn’t get by with. Then there's Big Thumb Barton and Frenchy LeBleau. Frenchy limps be- cause he too was a little slow on a crooked deal. There was an- other named Wild Cat Cresty, the ‘cowpuncher’ who was shot earlier today in the Pheasant and fell on the boardwalk. He was shot in the back by the Deacon and Three-Finger Charley, his one-time boon companions in crooked deals. I might add that these men, who formerly worked for my daughter, Lily Owens, are now employed by Harlan Pearson for the same reason as just stated: to Heece you miners in the Pound... .” The rumble had begun, an electric shock of excitement going through it. Gardner, shooting a lightning glance at Pearson, be- gan pounding the table with the bung starter used in lieu of a avel. é “Order!” he called out. “Order in this court!” He turned to the prisoner. “It’s quite obvious that in the face of the evidence against you you are using this court and the opportunity to de- fend yourself as a means of settling personal grudges against real or supposed enemies. You're excused from the witness stand.” Chapter Twenty-three HE LITTLE itinerant preacher acting for the defense leaped to his feet. “I objek!” he yelled, thereby using the only legal expression in his vocabulary. “I objekl!” “Objection overruled,” Gardner stated curtly “The witness will leave the stand.” But the little “lawyer” wasn’t through. He wheeled and faced the crowd. “What about it, men? This witness an’ dee-fendant was invited up here to tell his story, which is testifyin’. He’s got the right to say anything he wants if he thinks it'll help his case. comicbooks.com