The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-27
Submitted to the Jury YeSter-
day Afternoon.
no VERDICT AT LATEST ADyICES.
Train Robbers Sentenced - Other
Business.

Cross eXamined-Perhaps two dozen
J were there when the remark last mentioned
was made. Named, as being as near as he
was at the time, Cover, Harrison, Stan
aker.
= The court refused to allow Mr.. Dickson
10 press the witness further on this point.
Exception taken.
Did not see Coombs in the street when he
went to the saloon.
James Harrison next called: Know Mr.
Dodds. Was at Browns saloon on the 18th
of November last. Saw deceased there
Had his head leaning on hitching post
Saw defendant come out as soon as ! got
there. l heard shooting and went out. Saw
one shot fired after got out. Saw Dodds
kick the body and he said, wake up" or
Get up, you $ of D." After that
Dodds went in the saloon. Dodds said,
"Cut slice off the body and cook it," or
''eat it, or something of that kind.
G. G.. Rich testified: live at Nernal; am
farmer and was an official last fall was
attending Hatch's store near by, when l
heard shot fired. rushed out, and went
TO the saloon. know defendant l didn't
see him at that time; saw him afterwards.
/ saw the body ulyirg on the ground. 1
helped carry it into the butchers shop. lex
amined the body but found nc arms did
find small penknife in his pocket. The
dead man had vest on butno coat. When |
first went around the body was still quiv-
efing, and when l came back from the store |
II had been removed. l saw the body when |
stripped. There was wound on the right !
side of the head, two in the centre of the |
breast, ane little below these and one in |
the arm. l asked what should be done with |
the body. Mr.. DOdds patted me on the |
shoulder and said, Let US roast the s of |
a b and eat him.
amin W I iNn,ely frpr
the store it was being moved, and stopped |
the parties from moving the body. After
wards Mr.. A. A. Hatch, myself and others |
carried the body in and searched it.
Martin Worthing, an unsOphisticated |
youth, testified / saw Mr.. Dodd standing |
on the porch with a pistol, then he put it
down. Mr.. Dodd then said, Wake up"
and put the pistol near the head of Crane |
and fired. | then got scared and ran. |
heard other shots. The deceased moved |
his head
Cross examined-I am sixteen years old |
] was somewhat excited when l heard the |
shots fired. Am not sure whether the de-
ceased raised his head or not before the
shot.
Jesse Clark next stated the story OF the
shooting, not differing materially from pre-
vious witnesses.
GsThe prosecution offered the return of
officers to show the absence of some of the |
prosecution witnesses.
Here the prosecution rested and court
adjourned till 10 o'clock tomorrow.
At 10 O'clock Wednesday morning, Lar
sou Peterson and Augustus Peterson, both
I Of Sweden, were admitted to citizenship.
THE DoDDs CASE
came up, and George Sutherland made the
opening statement for the defendant
The first witness for the defense was
Walter Moore. He said he had lived at
Moab about eleven years Have seen the
man William Crane. He was about five
feet ten in height, dark cOmplexioned. Had
finger off his hand.
Q.-What was his reputation? (Prosecu-
tion objected to defense being allowed to
show the reputation Of deceased; authori-
ties were cited on both sides and after
tilt between Dickson and Varian, the OBJ
lection was sustained.)
The defense called Mr.. Coup; know de-
PENDANT; his reputation as to being peacea-
bic and quiet is good.
Cross-eXamined - Have heard several
persons speak Of his character; could rec
ollect but one such.
Mr.. Baser testified that defendants rep-ii
utation in Uintah county was good.
Mr.. Deltman knew defendant and have [
known him since 1877; his reputation is
good.
Mr. Erickson knew defendants reputa-
ton in Vernal as being good. /
Luxton-Have lived in Ashley, near {
Vernal. Know Dodds and the old settlers. .
His reputation is good. Was in ROunt's
saloon at the time of the shooting. Saw
Crane and Cone there. They were playing q
JSOl They were drinking whisky. DOdds Z
was there and joined in the game.
This witness related the circumstances
that occurred in the saloon about as the l
witnesses for the prosecution have de- Q
scribed them, reciting the abusive language
Of deceased.
After a long and tedious examination and {
the grand jury filed in,
the foreman bearing suspicious looking I
bundle of papers. They reported having 1
ignored five charges. -.
Mr.. Moore, the witness who was called I
this morning, and his testimony ruled out, Q
now that the foundation had been laid, said T
he knew the reputation of deceased and it q
was bad. knew him at Moab about
year or so before. Saw that ne had one h
finger gone Didn't see him many times. L
MIR. Jas. Luster, a farmer from Moab v
Saw Crane about year ago, several
times His general reputation was bad.
Don't know the color of his eyes Hair a
was dark. Don't know his weight. l v
never saw anything boisterous or bad a
about him, but people said he was bad. i
Defendant recalled Didn't have my ,
pistol in my hand on the porch. WOrthing d
didn't tell the truth about that. It wasn't
because ! intended to kill him that l .
wanted him to take back what he had 8
said u
John H. Shaffer, stockman from Moab,
knew Crane about a year ago. His general
reputation then was bad.
The defense here rested and the court Ct
teok recess for five minutes and the jury II
strolled out under the protecting wing Of
a couple of bailifYs. When they returned
the court announced that by agreement of
he laIUvarS 81 recess would he taken till
D. m, at which time Mr.. Evans will likely F,
make the opening argument before the jury
FOR the prosecution.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
AT the opening of the court at o'clock fe
"a Wednesday evening, Mr.. Evans arose Fl
and addressed the gentlemen Of the jury W
IN his usual earnest manner. He claimed IL
hat the facts would warrant verdict Of I'll
murder in the first degree and after review o.
ng the testimony at length claimed thaJ i
his was one of the most cruel and cold
FLOODED murders in the annals of crime.
MIR Dickson followed for the defense,
-spidIy reciting fact after fact and uu,ti =,
Svel:Ag his theory OF the case with wfi,- IN IN
Ierful rapidly His eloquenCe at times n
,ecame touching and the most minute. cir
umstance of the case in his hands was
urued to make link in his plausible
Seory For an hour and half he was
iSiened to with rapt attention.
At lO;l5 pm. the court adjourned till
80 Thursday morning.
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Pursuant TO adjournment the court Op-
ned this morning and Richard Phipper and
Ians =. Reeves were admitted to citizen
hip
A Mrs. Gibbs, who had previously APP
lied for dissolution of the bonds of mat tn
imony, alleging as a cause that MIR. Gibbs IN