The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-02-19

| know turner, DuI Qlu kuOWH w
leone: on the night of the Sd / sa'
Welcome in a hurdy house, abOu
III o'clock at night; his shirt frOI
was spattered with blood; he cam
Into the saloon, and l say
blood OH his bosom and pulle
the vest aside and aske
him what it meant; he trie
! a little to pull it away; but he the
lopened his vest and pulled up hi
sleeve, the left one, and showed tn
blood; at the same time said he ha,
hit a son of a b-h and hit hin
hard, and then choked him; at tn
same time l saw scratch on on
finger, but could not tell which; n
left the saloon and thought 1t wa
a common fight and paid no NOR
attention; have never heard OF
fight occurring that night.
The croSS-eXaminatlon did no
bring out anything new, excepting
that he saw Welcome on SUNDAY
might, when Welcome repeated The
statement about the fight.
ALMA CLYDE
lSworn: Have lived in Park City
Ii then knew Fred. Welcome
worked with him hauling wood;
knew him some time in January
and February, 1880; l heard him
say that he would have revenge on
the Turner family; we were work
ing together then; l do not recollect
any other part of the statement.
Cross examination: We were
working in Empire Canyon; l do
not recollect any one being with us
at the time; | am sure l have given
the exact language; | have no I'M
kind feeling towards the defendant ;
l do not exactly remember having
had any quarrel with Welcome,
though l may have had.
Redirect: l have had some words
with Welcome, about January or
February; l did not know the Tur-
ners then, but knew of them.
VIM. ALLISON.
l live at Coalville; am sheriff of
Summit County; l know the defend
ant; was in the Park about July
4th; went there on the Sd, and left
on the morning of the 9th; | saw
Welcome come into Creek & DOdge'S
saloon about 10 o'clock on Saturday
night; did not have any cOnYerSa-
ton with him; saw him on Sunday
and Monday; did not observe any
thing peculiar about him, except
that he was drinking; l saw Wei
come and Emerson on Tuesday
morning on the stage; passed them
about Z or s in the morning, about
three miles from Park City, on the
direct road to Wanship; they were
teams; a black and a brown
horse in one; the wagon cover was
thrown over loosely, and the box
to be full; this was the
first team; the wagon waSunew; the
other team were flea-bitten greys; ;
the wagon about half worn out; l
think both men were in the front
but l am not positive; l
knew them both then.
Dissemination: The first time
saw Welcome was in the evening,
about or 9 o'clock; | think it was
IN Lanes saloon; next saw him in
-he hurdy house; Emerson was in
lhe same saloon; but do not know
hat they were together; this was
about 10 or IL o'clock; he was pretty
full when 1 saw him in Creeks
saloon; he was drinking hard.
Redirect: | did not see any other
person with Welcome and Emerson
when they were driving the team as
[ passed them on the stage.
WILLIAM REYNOLDS
Testified: l live at Wanship; am
l have seen the defend
ant; saw him July 9th. at Wanship;
ne was with d man | never saw be-
fore or since; they had two teams;
there was no other person with
them; l did not notice the teams;
one wagon was full they asked me
if l wanted to buy chopped barley;
said | could not afford TO, and they
offered to give me it at the price l
could buy chopped corn for; l told
them l had not the money; they
then agreed to take it in trade, and
finally l bought four sacks; chopped
barley is the most expensive; / went
TO help him with them, and started
to take them out of the front part,
and he would not let me, but only
me to take certain sacks at
the back end; this was in the rear
he was particular to get the
same sacks back; / had the CONVEX
SatiOn with the defendant; the
other man sat on the front wagon,
drunk, and he raised his
head when | got into the rear
and that was the last l ever
saw of him.
CrOs-eXaminatiOn: 1t was in the
forenoon; he appeared to act about
the same as others do when trad
ing; had never seen the defendant
before.
To jury: 1t was possible for a
body to be under the sacks and me
rot see it when l got in; the wagon
had sideboardS and was filed about
half way up.
LEONARD PHILLIPS
Sworn: Live at Echo City; have
seen defendant before; When MI.
Turner brought him to Echo City;
not before, to my recollection; /
found dead body about seven
miles from the mouth Of Echo
Canyon; l found it about the 10th
of July; l had not seen any teams
there; l saw the team that
was brought back; l Saw it before
passing my house, ON the 9th day of
July, about or o'clock {:
saw the team going in
the direction of the place
where l found the body; the
body was behind a big rock, an
a tent partially wrapped around it,
with Loose rocks on it; the feet and
the head were eXpOsedl the body
was lying partially on the side; the
BODY was examined and rolled up.
and buried with the calculation of
putting it in a coffin; the body was
delivered to Mr.. Turner; there was
no dirt upon it; / directed Mr.. Tur-
ner to Mr.. Fowler, as to where the
body was; I found a little piece of
the scalp, a short distance from the
road. at a place where it looked as
the body had been thrown
out of the wagon.
Cross-eXamined-The body was
partly decomposed; think the body
was about three rods from the road.
DAVID MOORE
Sworn: Live at Castle Rock; have
seen the defendant before; l know
the place where the dead body was
found; l saw the defendant camped
there; it looked as though there was
some one in a bed there; it was on