The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-02-19
THE HOPT CASE.
The Prosecution Closes its Testi-
mOny and Rest.
The Defense Announce That They
Have no Testimony and
Also Rest.
The Confessions of BOpt.
The Arguments TO bs Mads To day,
and the Case Given
to the Jury.
The court convened at 8 o'clock.
The first witness called was
WI. CARROLL.

7 The first witness called was
VIM. CARROLL.
, I have lived at Provo City abou
three years and a half; l knew Johr
F. Turner and Fred. Welcome; Wei
come had Il conversation with me
about John F. Turner; it was abou
two months before he left Provo: he
started to tell me that he and Wisnel
had made up their minds to break
Jail, but Sheriff Turner had treated
him pretty well that day, and he
had concluded not to dOit; he said II
he ever met Turner OF johnny away,
he would kill either, as sure as he
lived; l asked him if he would kill
a man, and he said he would kill a
man for a breakfast. (Welcome
laughed at two or three of the an
swers of the Witness-about his
saying ne would kill.)
CroSs-eXaminatiOn: / was not act
ing as an officer at that time; l do
not think he (WelcOme) was a priS-
! Oner at that time; but he was at
liberty; he was out with me hunt
/ ing COW; towards the last of the
search he left ME, and we were apart
about an hour; / suppose if he
wished to escape he could have done
/ so then. "a series of questions
were then put, the tendency being
to show that if Welcome wanted to
escape he could have done so with
out attempting to gag the keeper
and break Jail, as he testified We'll
come had said he would do, the OBJ
iect being to question the credi-
bility of some of the witness an
swers.) He did not, at that time,
! tell me he was going into the har-I
ness business, and that Turner was
going to start him, but he did tell
me SO subsequently.
CnAs. JONES
Was next sworn: l live at Park
City; knew John T. Turner; knew
man by the name of Welcome; l
knew their camp, and it was about
half way between the McHenry
| Mill and L slaughter house; l re
member the time of the tragedy;
July Sd, between shutdown and dark,
| saw Emerson, Welcome and
Turner at camp; l passed; it
was on Saturday evening; We'll
come and Emerson were sitting
on the wagon tongue, and young
Turner was sitting with his back to
me at a fire cooking; l saw both
Emerson and Welcome in Park
City about 1880 that night; they
were in the street in front of |
SimOn'S Hotel; they passed about /
three feet from me; they were going
up the street, and about fifteen |
minutes later l saw Emerson going |
down the street with a bundle Of |
blankets; l passed the camp be
tween 7 and S o'clock the next mOrn-l
ing; three of the horses were tied |
up and one grazing; no one was to |
be seen there; about dusk that night |
l returned, and | saw Welcome and |
another man, but could not tell who |
the other man was, he being behind |
the wagon; knew it was not youngi
Turner, but could not tell whether |
it was Emerson or another man; |
went along on Sunday evening, and |
the camp had been broken up and |
all were gone; l never saw Johnny |
Turner alter that Saturday evening. |
Cross-eXamined: The road was
about twenty-five or thirty feet
from the camp; there was great
deaf of travel on the road; young
Turner was about ten feet from
Welcome when l saw him on the
evening of the Sd; l had known
Turner about eighteen months; l
had seen him about three or four
days before the Sd; | met him with
Welcome in the Park three or four
days before l saw them in camp;
previous to that evening | had never
seen the three together; l never saw
Emerson and Welcome drinking,
nor in a saloon; l think l saw Tur-
ger and Welcome together twice
once in front Of Smiths stable, and
the next day on the street; never
saw Emerson with them but the one
evening; the camp was short dis
lance out of the town.
GEORGE AKOFF
Was then sworn: l live at Park
City; knew Johnny Turner; recol-
lect of the alleged murder; l do not
know who was camped with him
Fred. Welcome and Emerson We're
out there with him. but l DON'T
recollect whether they camped with
him; on the morning of The 4th
after the murder | saw Welcome III |
a saloon; he had quite little blood
on his shirt bosom and on his sleeve; 4
] .,-1-n l.. (, hlI rrIT
him a clOut on the nose; he heSi-l
tated a few moments and Then said
some S-n of b-h had invited him
out across the road last night, and
he had got away with his man.
CroSS-examined: saw the place
where Turner was camped; it was
probably 80 or 100 yards from thel
road; l saw the camp about the
1St of July; l SAW it about twice Il
the camp was about one-half mile
out of town; l never saw anyone at
the wagon except Johnny Turner; l
saw four horses there; | saw Wei
come between Is and I o'clock on the
morning of the 4th in a saloon 4
there were several at the saloon;
Welcome had on a white shirt SO far
as / recollect; there was blood on
one of the cuffs; saw no change inl
his customary dress; l saw him
about noon again, going down street
still dressed as in the morning; we
had a celebration there on the 9TH !
| did not see him on the 9TH; | saw
Welcome and Emerson together; |
think it was on the evening of the
Sd; it was 7, S or o'clock in the
evening; it was at Creek Il DOdge'S
hurdy house; there was a danceI
there; do not know whether they
drank or danced: l stayed till about
10 or IL o'clock; never saw Johnny
Turner in a hurdy house in my life; i
I did not see him with them; Wei
come was in the habit of sleeping III
the stable, but he did not sleep there
that night; there is a window in
which persons get through when
the stable is locked; but there was a
bar across the window and access
could not have been gained that
night.
CYRUS Is. HAWLEY
Was called: I live at Pleasant
Grove; was at Park City about the
| Sd and 4th of July last; l knew
j. T. Turner; knew Welcome about
two weeks before the murder; did
not know where Turner's camp was
1 did not see Welcome on the Sd;
saw Welcome about 10 o'clock on
the morning of the 4th In front of
Creeks saloon; he said hit a Cd
ld-n son of a b-h last night, and