Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-22
DEPUTY COLLIN ON TRIAL.
Where's the Hot McMurriu Wore 1
Several Witnesses Give Their
Evidence.

Several witnesses Give Their
. Evidence.
The case OF Deputy H. F. Collin, he
for the shooting of Joseph W. MENU
4 rim, came up before Commissioner M,
,, Kay this morning in the chambers of tn
! District Court. Mr.. Collin was repr,
/ sented by Judge Hoge and j. L. Rawlin,
while w. H. Dickson prosecuted the cas-
for the people.
Mr.. Alfales Young was the first vii
ness called, owing to the urgency of hi
business elsewhere He testified that h.
:: was in the house Immediately north O
the Social Hall on the night of Novembe
the 2Sth. HE was here shown a dia
gram of the premises, and pointed GU
Mrs. Clara d. Young's residence as tn,
house referred to- He had heard severa
pistol shots that night, little after
o'clock. Yes, there were others in the
house at the time. He heard five shots
altogether, the last two little apart and
the first three in close succession tc
each other. He asked for Lantern, in.
tending to 60 out and investigate, al.
though he was inclined to regard the
shooting as the work of some hoodlums
not obtaining lantern he did not give
the matter further attention till some
minutes later, when in accompanying
two of his nieces down the street he was
led out of curiosity to go into the alley
way. In doing SO he stumbled against a
hat-a black hat-which was living in
the alley near the fence where the latter
is protected by a curbstone. He took
the hat to the street-lamp and examined
it; it was black or blue black. Went
to the City Hall, where he saw about
a dozen persons near the front door
of the City Hall, and went in and
asked if anyone had been shot,
his suspicious being aroused by finding
the hat. He was told that it was Joe
McMurrin who had been shot.
He handed the hat to Mar
shall Phillips, who was present. Knew
nothing further. The first three shots
had sounded as though they were fired
into wall close to the muzzle of the
pistol.
The witness was excused.
MIR. Rawlins here requested that
stenographer be employed to take the
evidence, and Marshal Ireland tele-
phoned for A. S. Patterson, for whose
arrival the proceedings were kept waiting
more than half an hour.
Mrs. Joseph w. McMurrin, the wife of
the missing man, was called and took the
witness chair with evident courage. She
is decidedly nice-looking and answered
markable fortitude and composure,
occasionally, however, breaking loose
from her studied and cautious non-com-
initial attitude with show OF embarrass-
ment. Whenever the matter of the
shooting came up, whether applicable or
not, she would volunteer the gratuitous
information in very emphatic way that
her husband did not do any shooting.
She had evidently been well trained on
his point, as well as in the matter of her
ignorance of her husbands whereabouts.
She had seen her husband about 6 o'clock
IN the evening of November 2Sth; also
'aw him later in the evening, when he
vas brought home wounded. She saw
lis two wounds, and described their loca-
ion.. She had last seen him on the
vening of December the 2Sth. He
cit without any company; had learned
rom him that he was going. Have not
cen or heard from him since; he was
till suffering when he left; asked him
where he was going, but he answered he
i'd not know; had not been anxious or
1orried; thought he was getting along
IL right. Did not know anything about
is whereabouts now. He was night
'atchman at the tithing office; had been
ome all day; had come home about 3
clock that morning; said nothing to J
er about his intention to visit the alley.
lie had on gray suit and overcoat; al {
avs wore the same suit; he wore a diff l
rent hat IA soft one) at his work from t
ne one worn on the street; he left home q
18th his stiff hat on could not de- c
cribe the hat he wore at his work: G
e had had it about two weeks: the
ut hat was left at the Tithing Office: e
'uld not say exactly how long he had 5
I'D it. He had been at work at the G
thing office about two years. Had |;
ever carried the soft hat home; she S
I'd seen it once at home; the hat had
It been worn much; could identify it. t
larshal Phillips was asked to produce t
e hat. He did not know where it was a
was not In his possession Her hus- h
nd had told her that he had bought h
hat for use at the Tithing office. Had h
en- present while her husband was on h
ty; he was guard of the premises; had tc
other duty; it was his duty to inspect
cellars and see that they were locked; W
also guarded the gates. She was W
re as to the knowledge that led al
the purchase of the hat; knew it had
t been used when she saw it; did not
ow that he had duties in the cellars, or q
1t the low ceiling would injure his stiff M
t; he had worn brown stiff hat prior al
purchasing the soft one The stiff hat hs
d not been injured perceptibly; the di
t hat looked black; had not examined br
closely; did not know what it cost; had
idea what it had cost. He obtained re
hat after the shooting, and had worn tn
n going away on the night of Deem
18th; had taken his soft hat on the re
mt before. He left as usual, about su
lock, to 60 on duty she supposed; had d.
idea he was going elsewhere; it might DIR
7e been little later; he went alone. M
had not habitually told witness wi
ere ne was going; he usually told her
en- he was going to a meeting.
left homo on the 2Sth of December.
weak, very weak; had been sitting 10,
two weeks, most of the day; the doc ba
had called rapflo rlx, nm 70 +b,t d,ta =.