The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-02-18


met Hopt on the 18th and 18th, an
remembered telling HOpt that b
had bought his son a wagon; l d.
not recollect Hopt telling me tina
he thought it was doubtful that m,
son could get work at Park City
nor that he told me he would see
he could get work, and to tel
Johnny not to come until he (HOpt
wrote to him; believe l asked hin
how work was there, and that III
said he had obtained employment
for one man he might have told mt
he would inquire, and not to let my
son go there until he wrote, but
do not recOllect it; he has never
written to me to my knowledge.
THOMAS FOWLER
Was next called: had known John
Z. Turner seven or eight years
quite intimately; L knew the prop
erty taken by John T. Turner when
he left home; l last saw the deceased
alive in the month of May; ! saw
him dead in Echo Canyon, on the
21st day of July; the place was
pointed out to me at the mouth of
Echo; l found the body above the
main wagon road, above a large
rock there, four or five feet high
and about five feet in length
the rock was above the road,
and the body lay close to the rock,
on the side most distant from the
road; it was rolled up in an old tent
and some loose rocks on it; the tent
was Mr.. Turner's; I've slept under
it; it was a small pole A tent;
examined the body; there was a
little lucerne scattered in the tent
on the side near his head, the tent
had been burned a little; 1 found
the body very early in the morning,
having camped just below it at
night; when [ saw 1t, l went on to
Piedmont to Mr.. Turner; was not
present at the post norton eXamina-
ton; l never saw the body after
that; l further recognized the body
by the clothing and the finger ring
on the left hand. (The witness was
here shown the ring introduced be-
fore) This is the ring that was on
the finger of the corpse; l raised
the hand, and the flesh came away
and the ring fell off, and picked it
mp and examined it; en- one foot
there was sock; the other was
bare; 1 saw the sock found at the
camp ground near Park City by Mr..
Turner, and it was about the same
as that on the foot, which was par
TALLY drawn off; the side of the
head (the left side) was partly
broken in; the lower jaw hung
down loosely on the neck; / saw a
team and wagon belonging to Mr..
Turner in Green River, a roam and
a dark brown horse, and a new Fish
wagon; l brought it back with me
and left it at Sheriff Turner's barn;
Mr.. Silas Alfred was with me, and
he claimed to recognize an axe there
as the property of either John w.
or john L. Turner; near the centre
of the wagon bed, on the bottom. l
found blood. smeared among the
lucerne; | found two old sacks,
with Mr.. Turner's brand ON them at
4 corral in Green River: | never
saw the old wagon; the axe handle
had some spots OF blood on it, and
the axe had some on it; some on the
fiat side and some OH the pole of
the axe.
The crOSs-examination related to
the ring and to the stocking, the
witness stating that he knew the
ring, and that the socks were mates
so far as the eye could Judge; the
body was in a pretty bad state of
decomposition; it was some six or
seven miles from the mouth of the
canyon, and three or four rods above
the main wagon road; the body was
entirely covered; | recognized the
body from the features, which were
still possible of recognition; the
features were changed some.
Redirect: When the ring fell off
the fingers, left it there.
Cross-eXaminatiOn: 1t was given
to me after, by one of the men who
put the body in the coffin, and l gave
it to Mr.. Turner.
sILAS ALFRED
Was then sworn: The testimony of
this witness was, in the main, cor
robOrative of parts of that given by
Sheriff Turner and Deputy Fowler:
| should think the place where we
found the body was about thirty-five
miles from Park City; one large
rock was near the road, and there
was another large rock, behind
which the road was hidden, the lat
ter rock being three or four rods
from the road; the body had on two
shirts and pair of pants and a pair
of drawers; a sock was partially off
one foot, and the other foot was
bare; l recognized the body by the
features, and the hair, which was
short, and which he had cut very
close just before he left home. The
witness also identified the ring as
being the deceaSed's, and found on
the body. l went at his fathers re-
quest and accompanied him from
Provo to Echo. The witness then
described the finding of the wagons
and horses found in the possession
of Mr.. Moss. at Piedmont, and of
Mr.. Hall, at Green River. Mr.. Moss
was here brought into the room and
identified by the witness as the per-
son he had seen at Piedmont. We
found an axe at Green River. at Mr..
Halls, with the wagon; on the axe
there was blood; some on the head
and some on the handle; we found
blood pretty much all over the
wagon box and on the bottom.
The cross-eXaminatiOn did not
elicit anything interestingly new.
The court then adjourned until 8
o'clock this morning.
An attempt is being made to get
the case disposed of by Saturday
night for several reasons. The jury
is not allowed to separate until a
verdict has been given; Judge
EmersOn's court opens at Provo on
Monday, and he has to be in atten-
dance, and the nature of this case
prevents a continuance; and the
expenses are heavy For these
reasons, Judge Emerson has ordered
night sessions tonight and tO-mor-
row night, if necessary.
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