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Show lis lie " EVIDENCE GIVEN Prosecution Would Fasten Crime on Maslich and Oblizalo. Witnesses at Preliminary Hearing Tell Movements j of Defendants. I Effort was made by the state yester-rhr yester-rhr t0 connect Sieve Maslich and Nick Oblizalo, by circumstantial evidence, with the death of Marko Laus, In the preliminary hearing before City Judgo ; Henry c. Lund. Tho two men are ; charged with the murder of Laus, whose i b.y was found in the mouth of Parley Par-ley s canyon near the state prison, on the night of August 3. Eight witnesses were examined during the day. Testimony of the state's witnesses was to tho eftect that both defendants had gambled frequently at various card clubs In the city. Nick Rudlich, proprietor of a soft-drink parlor on West Second South street, testified that Oblizalo was in his place of business at about S o'clock of the evening of Sunday, August 3, and that in answer to his question as to what made him look so ''tough," Obli-I Obli-I zalo explained that he had been losing 1 consistently at poker, that other players had invariably "drawn out on him" when he sat in games. John Seam testified that Laus had told him that he had about 51100 in gold. On cross-examination ho admitted that he did not see the money. H. M. Chamberlain, Chamber-lain, cashier of Walker Brothers, bankers, bank-ers, testified that Laus bad asked if he could get gold back from tho bank if he deposited gold. Tells of Quarrel. John Plvac testified to having seen Oblizalo and Laus together at West Temple and .Second South streets at about 11 o'clock Sunday morning', August Au-gust 3, the two separating after talking there for a few minutes. Under cross-examination, cross-examination, the witness admitted that he did not see the face of the man he thought to be Oblizalo and could not swear that it was he. He said he saw the defendants together on the street on the evening of the same day and heard Oblizalo ask Maslich for money, the two men appearing to quarrel, and Maslich saying something about sending Oblizalo to a hospital. The witness testified that he saw Maslich at the residence of Tony Mussrka, back of the Liberty hotel, at about 3 o'clock on the afternoon of the Sunday of the murder. John Marleh testified that he saw Maslich at the Grant rooming house at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of the same day and that Maslich was at the time changing his shirt and collar. George Renko, who served at first as Interpreter, was disqualified on the objection ob-jection of counsel fnr the defendants and with, consent of counsel for the state. He was later called as a witness for the state. Struggle Witnessed. George TVinne testified that he and his father drove past the place where the body of Laus was found, at about 2 : o'clock on the aftei noon of Sunday, Au- j gust 3, and that they saw three men. He j said he hod the impression that one man, walking between the other two, was struggling with the one on his right and that the other seemed to be interfering. AU three dropped out of sight, he said, as their car went by, going over a bank into the depression where the body of Laus was found. The man in the middle, according to the witness, was wearing a coat, and those on each side of him were In their shirt sleeves. He described the general appearance of the three and then said that the defendants might answer to the appearance of the two on the right and left, but said that he had been unable to input if y their movements as being similar when the defendants were taken out by officers to the scene and made to walk over the course that he had seen the three men traversing when going by I in the automobile. Asked where his father fa-ther was. the witness explained that he was ill in bed. He will probably not be i able to appear ns a witness during the : preliminary hearing. i George Reese, the last witness called j by the state, testified that he saw Oblizalo Obli-zalo in Kly, Xev., sitting in a poker game in a gambling house there and that 1 he saw him lose thirteen gold pieces of each. Tho witness said that this w;-ls on August 7 or 8. Ohliza lo was brought back from Nevada to .stand trial. The hearing will be resumed at 10 o'clock this morning |