Show TO I SHIELD I f District Attorney More Earnest Ear st stas as Defender of Deputy J Than Prosecutor as v t TESTIMONY OF DEFENSE AT TRIAL OF MAROVICH M EO WITNESSES SWEAR o DREW GUN BEFORE HE 1 WAS SHOT DOWN I I District Attorney Fred C Loofbourow wielded welded ed an energetic ener eUc whitewash w J brush br sh yesterday at the th Marovich murder I trial trial but would be b admitted to I the painters painter union on time the tle showing made ma e upon the character of Deputy Sheriff Sherif Jack Jak Forbes He wa wail L loss Ie a 1 fl prosecutor for fot time the the state against Steve Marovich charged el with murder In the first degree d le than a defender of Deputy Sheriff Forbes ForbeR a co eone fe ed lawbreaker He evidently regarded re his part as aR Forbes defender er stellar role and ard mOt most m t of the time given glEn to cross cro s examining the first s for or the th de defense dE defense fene to the attempt to clear elfar Forbes Forb s of or ising his position as an officer o 0 the taw law to aid aidin in collecting the bills bi due ell the lol and mid gambling house loUe by Forbes Forb in common with wih Joe Joo nir Mr fr Loofbourow becam bt m most nt n t indig indignant indi nant over oer ih tilE answers answers of o tw witness h n leil to expose expos ep Forbes and anti in inan inan an aim excited and browbeating br way asked askEd the witness What object ob jC C t have you Qu In I blackening the character of oC Forbes FrD 5 An objection was waH immediately inter interposed interposed posed by b the time defense defence and md was sut s sustained by Judge Armstrong The Tile witness Blockovich first stated that the money m nty due ue for the tho saloon bl bill b was said aH to tr Forbes but la later that flint ta the thc fP il money mone was as paid to Forbes partner r I Joe Ioe Jo Forbes Forb but In the presence Jp 9 f fRevert 2 Revert to Religious Feud rt The Th prosecution Uok its f it turn tn at itin In Introducing the time feud between n the t Greek ek and Roman Catholic Austrian and in tn introduced n Questions tending to tosh show that the witness for the defense wa wass o of an m opposite religious faction facton from the mum mur murdered mui dered man and an of o the same belief as a the th prisoner The religious feud hae been strenuously belittled belte by the attorneys ator attorneys for both sides during the trial Jut uit it is i evident Id nt to any who have hae followed the evidence that it i is s a n large in inthe inthe the trouble which for a time made Bingham Bingha Ji a ed of or ur r and anil an as am asTell ase e Tell Tel Different Story The Time for the told a radically different story from that told tol tolf by the witnesses wines for the prosecution f Mike Hike Ike Blockovich was as the I ness nes called caled He testified t that he h w its I at th corner corer of or MarosI h he heI I house when came ame up yon on and that was also als stand standing standing standing ing in front of o the house honse He stated tt that Marovich soke to Po and anI told him not net to come com near him nor hs hIs wife Ire nor his boys bos meaning his hi board boarders boar ers and that he lie wanted nothing to do elo with wih him answered simply by b saying Tali yah yh yah h yah An A Ahe i he started up time the th canyon said that pulled pUle a revolver from the tle band of oC his I Is trousers and held beld It in Inis his hand a as he walked slowly up the canyon an on that th t Marovich ran rn into the hou houle house e and got his own gun came back bak outside outRide and shot The ss testified d that t t as as he and anI four others othel in including eluding Marovich were being taken down the time canyon cn on by b Deputy Deut Sheriff Forbes F they tte were met by six or nr seven eon 1 I men one of whom drew a gun to shoot j Marovich and that hint the five prisoners v I then broke awa and lied fed fed He ile f also al o oI I stated that fifty or men were ere fol tol following following L lowing them down the th P canyon ca and crowded about the S Feared Greek s sI S SOn j I On J v vj I stated that when he first saw sw I he was carrying his dinner bucket in his right r ht hand that he transferred Jt to his left lef hand and drew a gun ih i his right He told in detail deti in answer to the questions of or Mr r Loofbourow LC uro how hov Marovich ran Into the thE house louse fro what room rom he h secured the gun and I showed by walking wal ln away from Com the wit witness witness ness n ss stand how fast he Went went He also aho al o oI I showed how held the pun in which he had drawn and stated that he did not point it I at Marovich h After Afe lo ho locating D I eating cating eting on the map tb I II stood he lie stated in reply to a question I J j that he saw aw Marovich and Jack Forbes Forb In Ih conversation in the time house Blockovich Bl kb vich stated that the prisoners had ha reached a point below the th Highland r I Boy Bo before they ran away When asked aske why he WAS nas frightened I of or the crowd which gathered gather about th tho prisoners prisoner he stated stat that they thE were wee all al Greek Catholics Mr Ir Loofbourow t tasked asked whether wilether It I was wa not possible for a I Greek Catholic C to be his friend and he be he I replied that It was possible but that h ho i did not see f any an of o his friends In the th 2 crowd When a asked ked about the man wh who j i ire drew re a a gun and threatened Marovich he said saM that be he did not know his Ill name nameH He H also said aid that the man was a Greek Gree I Continued on Page 2 I j LOOFBOUROW ENDEAVORS TO SHIELD FORBES Continued from Page 1 Catholic When asked how he knew he said salt that he ho lived with the Greek Cath Catholics olics and therefore th he thinks he lie must have lave been a Greek He stated that he hehM had hM made no effort to find out the mans mans name who drew the gun except to o ask about it several times and that he je had seen the man In it Bingham iab about ut two months ago Deputy and Saloon Bill BUI The witness admitted that he did not go near the he body of ot at it lay layon layon layon on the ground but went Into Int the Mar Marovich Marovich house hous Mr Ir Loofbourow Loo asked indignantly Why did you not go tf the th th aid id of or who when whey he Ie was lying on the ground Th an answered answered answered that there were Venty zent of men aroundhim around him He Ire also said in reply to toa toa toa a question that the men men who ho came to the he aid ald of ot the fallen man man were were from a Greek Catholic boarding house Just above the Marovich house and the questions asked by the prosecution led ld ledo to o the inference that the witness was willing illing to have the wounded mans co coreligionists coreligionIsts religionists care for tor him himIn himIn himIn In answer to a question the witness said that the money for the bill due the he Berkley club was paid to Jack Forbes and that he saw It paid He then said that both Forbes and were vere there and that the money was paId laid to both He stated that he and anden tenor ten en or eleven others were In the room and saw the money paid by Mrs Mar Marovich MarovIch Marovich He Ha stated sUited most positively that Forbes Torbes and came together to the he house and arid that he h saw them com corn comIng corning Ing ng up the canyon together He said that hat Mrs Marovich asked Forbes to tell teU to keep away from her herand herand herand and her husband He finally admitted after strenuous questioning that the money was paid into the hands of Joe In answer to the question Did you think it would help your our friend Marovich if you OU said that the money was paid to Forbes instead of or th the witness said that he did not Forbes when on the stand testified that hat he lie and did not arrive to together together together gether and that he was not in the oom roon roo where says sa s the motley money was paid Judge Charles Holm of ot Murray was then hen called and produced the com coin complaints complaints plaints charging Mike lIke Blockovich and Mike like with murder in the tile first degree Says Aimed Gun Ivan was the next wit witness I Iness ness ess called for the defense He told of standing by b the Marovich house with Mike Blockovich and Roc Roco Rocco RocCo co o of seeing come I up p the canyon of ot the conversation be between I tween Marovich and and of ot orthe the he drawing of the gun by He Je stated however that pointed the gun at Marovich and that when Marovich shot was aiming Iming the gun at him He also state that hat the dead man staggered for a mo ma moment moment ment and reeled before he fell fen He stated that Marovich did not shoot after fter fell He stated that he believed there were four shots and showed bowed by clapping his hands how ho close lose they were together He denied that Doshan Dobra was as the first man mant manat manat at t the body and also that any anyone one passed assed up the canyon before as testified to by Belich and other ther witnesses for the prosecution He stated that he was arrested with Blockovich and Rocco Still noich and was taken down to the company com pan office by b Forbes where Mar Marovich was officially arrested He lIe de detailed detailed detailed tailed the he approach of a crowd on the I Iway iway way down the canyon the drawing of ofa a gun by one ot of the crowd and said that lat some one In the said Dont shoot hoot Steve shoot one of the others He says saS that he then became frIght frIghtened frightened ened ned and ran He stated that the man who drew the gun drew it from his own wn pocket and did not take it from Forbes On he stated that he e did not hear gun click clicks ns as s the victim faced Marovich and that hat did not cock the th gun or shoot hoot He stated that as soon as Popo vich ich drew his gun Marovich ran Into the tie house for his weapon After the shooting hooting he said that Marovich took the Ute gun Into to the house with him and that after atter that he did riot not k Kat T beP M e came caine cameo of it He identified gun His was still stilt incomplete when court c adjourned until this morning The testimony introduced by b the de defense defense tense is absolutely at variance with the testimony of the witnesses for the state and it is an n assured fact that some of the witnesses on one side or orthe orthe the tIle other have hare perjured themselves |