, 1888-02-21
EVERETT At THE BAR.
Weaving Another Web of CirCum-
stantiaI Evidence.
Blood Stains Submitted to a Micro
sCopiCaI Test.
The Jury Finds SandersOn Guilty of
manslaughter.9

The district court room was a place of
more than usual interest yesterday. As
soon as Chief Justice Maginnis vent upon
the bench it was announced that the jury
in the Sanderson murder case, which had
been out since Saturday evening, had
agreed, and shortly thereafter came into
court with a verdict of mansIaughter.
Sanderson's attorneys, Messrs. Clark
and Fisher, gave notice of a motion for a
new trial.
The case of the Territory of Wyoming
VS.. Aderan Everett, also indicted for the
murder of Richard Rice was then taken
up, County Attorney Stoll appearing for
the prosecution, and w. p. Carroll as
sisted by I. NJ. Fisher for the defendant.
The entire forenoon was spent in get
ting a jury, the panel not being full and
the Jury completed until near the middle
of the afternoon.
As in the Sanderson case the remains of
the alleged murdered man Rice were pro-
duced in the court room-there being but
ii''iS Vi AiSIl CACCII luC uICIG ShtlelOU.
John Fulton was the first witness called
on the part of the prosecution and testified
to hnding the skeleton on a sand bar in
the North Platte river. He described
the condition of the skeleton and the
clothing found with it. On cross-exam-
ination Fulton testified that he knew a re-
ward of $3.50 had been offered for the re.
covery of the body of Rice, that he had
sent his claim in to the county commits
sioners some seven weeks ago, but hat he
had not yet received the reward. The
evidence of Fulton was followed by ex-
pert testimony and Drs. Brechcmin,
Barkwell, Corey and Marston were called
and testified in the order named.
The testimony Of these experts was
mainly to the appearance of the skeleton
and TO the probable age, height and weight
Of the man when alive. The weight was
placed at l45 to 15S pounds, height from
5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 9 inches and it
was agreed that the age must have been
from so to 50 years.
The loss of the teeth was attributed to
some injury received before death and the
experts were otsthe opinion hat the in
diyidual had been dead from four to six
months when the skeleton was found.
On cross examlntion it was testified
that the teeth might have been knocked
out by the drifting Of the skeleton in the
river bed; that the blow which caused the
teeth to fall out so soon after death might
have been a slight one, and one or two of
the witnesses testified that it was possible
that the body, if 1t had been covered with
sand might have been in the rivers bed
Tor a long number of months.
There Is more expert testimony to be
taken to-day, and among others it is OK.
pected that Prof. Haines of Chicago, who
arrived Yesterday, will be put upon the
stand to testify in relation to blood stains
found on some articles of clothing which
it is claimed were found at the Rice ranch
shortly after the disappearance of the
supposed murdered man. These articles
Of clothing were sent on to Chicago, where
1t Is said a scientific analysis has been
made with the view of determining
whether they we're human blood stains or
not. 1t is expected that to-day's pro-
ceedings in this murder trial will be unus-
ually interesting. Court will convene
again at 9 O'Clock this morning.