, 1883-11-24

The Trial Of John Elsus for tie nsfde- q
Daniel Haegerty came Of On NcndAy. Geo
I. Thonpsoa proseca:ed the esse snf
Mesr.. Hansen and Orrnsby dcfssdsd th'
prisoeer. The Pnseaes wss evidentlJ %
the ssxicus sat, a. va seen By his tsisch
irg his fnsers continually. He Is such
stapii-iooking. erpressionlsss fellow hat CO
matter how be felt 10 kis mind. nothiDs
could be told b. his eoun.enaace. The Pros
ecutins Attorney announced - the jury In
intention o. proving 70 thsir ss.izfactaon the
guilt Of the priscaer of raost hs.rsless and
coli-blcoied murder. Mr. tof-nsby for Tbs
defense said:
I'VE do not propose 80 deny tts killing.
sinking the responsibility ct the act, 0:
Pleading the nir,sy e1cuss Of insanity CT
self-deieas. All We ask OF yec. gent!eusn
Of the jayy. is . tras vardic. according to
tie testimony OF the witnesses and the
charge Of his Honor. the Judge"
The evidence gi-sn BY witnesses rss ex-
actly similar 70 that heretofore published in
these columns but . short time since aud =
repetition IS therefore unnecessary. The
murderer himself was taen p'scsd upon the
stand. and gave the following aecorn. Ct
himself:
Ny name is John Eiis I was born in
Germany; have been in this country II
years and In Washington Territory about
year. during that time nave worked On the
Touehet and Dry eieeS have been in Pres
cott since the 9Th day OF January; worked
Prescott Hotel, worked behind the bar !;
on the 9th Of 0ctobss was tending bar for
Mr. Anderson, who kept saloon aeress the
street from Hasgerty 1 bat trouble with
Manning ! bad been drinking; Manning
and shock dica for drinks IN my ssloon, l
beas and MAruiRg refused to pay and Shen
| azked him trr tie money be began kick
ing up r3w and es!.ed TIE lad names : !
also called MIN ba.i -a:aes and be struck me
I then put him out Of the saloon and closed
up the house nc hit ms hard tiJw on tie
heai there were others In the saloon az the
tune /; l wen. to HsssertT's saloon aad saw
Manning; I suPp7,e / asked h.m for the
money /; | got mad ard aid something they
showed NE cut of the house and came back
again aad was pat ous again isrppose the7
showed me ont roughly the last time don't
remember Eaa. did hsPpeu / never n:d
anything much agains: Dan EasssTty ex-
his protecting man who owed NE 80 cents;
went ever to the house and 60: my gun
/ dom. know hos got il don. reeoilec:
much about the shooting; after was put
out Of the saloon don't know f | said any
thing or not 4; cant remember anything
much that happened after ths second time
Was put cat; when / wen. on the perch Frs!
with the gun it scented to me a. Il every
where but where stood vas empty and |
could see away down l held up the gun
and thought that it weuld not do to shoot;
it then scented IS if somebody told me l
must shoe; or be thrown into that empty
place then pulled the qua ap aai shot
and just as the gun went CT 1t seemed to me
as II something grabbed 1t asay from ne
then ran away fer wslls Wsiis; wen. TO
Tees and got team l suppose am guilty;
l would as soon De hung as to ii-e as I have
and be ran ever.
The Prosecuting Attorney then vent over
the evidence and aske! Cor verdict accor-
dinely. The attorneys 70. tie defense asked
for verdict Of murder in the second de-
gree, claiming tha. the evidence justified
such verdict. His Homer then summed
up and pointed out to the jury wha. consti-
tuted murder in the different degrees; they
then retired and in a very few minutes re-
turrea With verdic. OF murder in the 6rst
degree.