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Show WITNESSES FOB IS. PEEIE 10 GIVE EVINCE District Attorney Says Woman Toid Him She Could Tell of Murder LPS AN(.ELT. Feb. - 11" :-shortl :-shortl before noon tnd.n completed lt case ognlnst .'Mrv. LouLte i.. Pee to on trial br the alleged murder of Jacob Ja-cob liiirk-s Denton; The defense, after n prclhnuian statement bj . r. i acting public pub-lic dcfentlcr. filled its liiM n"HncS, Mrs Beside Collins, of Ingeles. h- testified she Denton ;livc on Jiuk ::. i9i'0. tin- daj after ih..i rbced in the prosecution as the date or his death LOSjj ANGFLES. Cab. Feb. 2. The presentation of the defense of Mrs. Louise L. Peete, on trial for the alleged al-leged murder of Jacob Charles Denton, Den-ton, i. expected to begin late today. I The .-.' ting public defender, who ls Mr 1-ette's counsel, has indicated in his ouestioning of the 71 witnesses called by the state that the defense will be based on "reasonable doubt." The prosecution's case is expected to reach Its Conclusion with the completion com-pletion of the testimony of Charles Jones, police detective, assigned to duty at the district attorney's office, and the recalling to tho stand for a :j,ort time of Mrs. ( Ida Aument, niece Ol the mining promoter. Mrs. Louise L. Peeto told him Octo-j bcr 12 last, she "would like to t ill him all about tho murder, but could, not because of her husband and child " i Win C. Doran. chief deputy district attornoy, testified Tuesday. Doran testified he, pressed Mrs. Peete for additional Information but she declared she could say nothing more ' because they will take my child away from me If I tell any more." The witness said this conversation occurred In the private office of District Dis-trict Attorney Thomaa Lee Woolwlne, while the husband and the child waited wait-ed In an adjoining room. Doran, adding to his testimony, said he told Mrs. Peete he believed she could tell him all about the murder It she wanted to. Charles Jones, a detective sergeant, testified regarding con vernations hoi held with Mrs. Peete. In these conversations, con-versations, he wiid. the defendant m Lde different explanations or tne disappearance dis-appearance of Denton. 00 |