The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-11-07
STILL DRAGGING ALONG.
Evidence on Rebuttal in the
Pearson Case.

show acts o; the defendants prior to
January lO:h. 1885.
ALvIS RosE was on the stand.-Wha
vas the defendants condition at the
time you met min as 70 sobriety or
Ale was under the influence of
liquor.
Q.-State his conduct.
Ave started talking of a horse
trade. / vas - give my snaps and
quirt TO boot; he said they would trade;
Charlie Green started on and said they
would not; Pearson said with an oath,
You will come back and twirled his
Green and Pearson then quarreied;
Pearson told Green TO lie down; he re-
fused to, but finally did: they got up;
they took drink of whISkey out OF a
basket bottle and l drank with them.
Cross -examined-It was the horse
that Green was on that Pearson talked
of trading; Green rode up and got of
the horse; Pearson said, Il am getting
the horse. snaps. quirt psnish whip
and $40 TO boot" | said, NO YOU
ain't," and put the snaps back on. You
won't get the $40. too" got on my
horse and went on. There was moth
ing particularly said further. The first
time he twirled his pistol around and
snapped IL, it did not 90 of; he twirled
nc around again and snapped it and Il
went OFF: that was q usual practice; l
have done tee same myself with pistols;
Pearson handed his pistol 20 Can't
Ian and said he would fight him.
Green said: There Is no use OF rs
fighting" Pearso1 then said: III light,
anyway" Green said: There Is no
cause for it; but I'll do anything you
tel me to-" Pearson then said: Lie
doSn them. Green said he would not
do II, but finally did lie down. NJ.
Cantlan took the cartridges out OF the
pistol and threw them into sassbrush.
IL was Charlie Green that was with
PsarsOn-uot the deceased.
OILS ELLrNGsON called-EXamined by
Mr.. Evans on the part of the prosecu-
tion-Am mayor OF Lehi City; am not
personally acquaIuted with the de-
fendant; have met him few times; he
was there. az Lehi. once about a year
ago, 70. about three weeks, oil and on.
Odd you know the defendants
reputation for peace and quietness
p-ior TO January 10th, 1886?
Obiec ed to as not in rebuttal OF any
thing the Defendant mas proved. aud
the proper foundation IS not laid Tor II.
Witness was Withdrawn until the
authorities could be looked up on the
subject.
JoHs JACOBS was called-My Occupa-
ton is riding aud driving horses; saw
the defendant at. his ranch about a year
ago: stopped there three or iOur days.
Q.-You NAV state what the defend
ants condition wa a the time you met
him at the Sewer RiYer2
Ale was not unusual, may not
have been exactly sober; We drank
little while 1 was there; the second
night w. were playing cards n his
cabin drank some whisky; don't re-
member whether the defendant drank
or not.
Q.-Don't you know whether he was
intoxicated that night!
Al don't recoliect seeing him drin
az any time. only the last night while l
was there. ! supposed il 10 be alcohol.
Q.-Nou may state whether EOu saw
any alcohol there rhaJ night.
A.-Mr Pearson brought out a bottle,
which understood was alcohol; II was
along IN the afternoon; / took a drlns
/ of II: TINS was in October last.
Q.-What. II anything. Ola the de
/ PENDANT say?
Ale said he could tx Us up 9
| drink: called Il sling-wgrm water and
sugar; l mixed NINE and saw the de-
! PENDANT pour mis- drink out into cup
1 did NOS see any other Kind o. hquOI
there.
! O.-You may state whether at any
! tlme at the rauch you saw deisndau
under the influence OF liquor at all.
Al don't know. / never saw hin
anything out of the way
| Q.-What, If anything. did ne DO VIII
his pisto!g
through the cabin; was lying on III
bed, and he motiOued tor me TO shoe
the pistol; | shook my head, and n
then fired il up through the roof; b
again during the evening shot II Of
under the bed the Custom boys, Charli
Green, George Hammer. the ceten
dant's brother and Ed. Green wer
there; all were IN good hu
NOR, and enjoyed themselves together
had two gallon keg OF whisky Wit
me: we had heen two days on the roa
and the keg was not full when we &C
there; the LIQUOR that We drank OF Nj
Pearson's looked like alcohol. but
NAV have been Scotch whisky ! al
: not sure.
TrrUs Billings was called-Liyed !
: Eureka; am a miner; saw the defend
E ant first about the middle OF last Sci
E TENDER.
o What was his condition Ihe
you saw him as 70 sObrietY?
Ale was drunk.
e Q.-Under what circumstances di
+; you first see him2
i Ale came into 4 salOC
- with a pistol in his hand. an
asked, where's Greeu?" He sa
I when ne saw bin: Green. come out
!, there; there's no use OF your hIdIr
E now, i've got you come out OF tner
= YOU s-n OF a b-h." One OF the psru
# iDe Wit got out of the house. Ee We
in a position where We did not think
safe to move, as ne was swinging 4
pistol in tae door. Some one said the
:. was nc danger: don't hurt him, 4
pistol : not loaded" tthis was Charl'
Green who made the remark / too
O the pistol as Pearson handed Z o II
o and said 40, il IS not loaded.
= saw some liquor in defendant posse
n sion; tooS a drink Of u; There vi
I very little in the Jug.
"a Cross-eIsmined-i found there V