The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-25

ikg, Peter j. Hansen, of Sweden, Jacol
Sorenson, of Denmark, and Jonas Ander
sop, of Sweden, were admitted to citizen
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ton, pleaded guilty.
j. B. Martin entered the same plea and
was given till October 10, to be sentenced
John Gutenberg pleaded guilty TO two
charges, enc Of unlawful cohabitation and
one for adultery, covering different period.
Of time, however, and temporarily past
THE DoDDs CASE.
At 1890 the Dodds murder case was
taken up District Attorney Varian and
Mr.. Evans prosecuted, aud Messrs. Dick
son, Thurman and George Sutherland ap
pearad for defendant. After the clerk
read the indictment to the jury Mr.. Evans
made the opening statement.
A diagram was placed before the jury
showing the saloon and surroundings in
Verual. Mr. Evans explained from this
map how and where deceased was killed
by defen liant after wrangle over d game
of pool.
was the first witness called for the prose
cution, aud testified: Was living at Vernal
on the 18th of November last. Knew Par
don Dodds. Have seen William Crane; saw
both on that day at Schumacher & Brow n ;,
saloon at 10 O'Clock. Others were there.
Mr.. Crane and l were playing pool. Mr..
DOdds was watching. Mr.. Crane was
drinking Didn't see Mr.. DodGs drink that
day. In the morning Mr.. Crane took one
-(Hf Mr.. Dodds' balls and Mr.. Dodds said
nothing about that. There was a dispute
about the balls in the rack, and the bar
tender took some out of Mr.. Dodds' and
put them in Mr. Cranes rack, while he
\ fixed the rack. Mr. Dodds said they were
his. Mr. Crane called Mr. Dodds
such men as hun. Mr.. D0dds said
nothing but seemed to take it cOolly
l cannot remember all that was said. Mr..
Luxton paid for the game and then Mr.
Crane. Mr. LuXton and l had drink.
Wanted Mr.. McAudrews to drink. he didn't
want any. Then deceased abused Mr..
McAndrews and offered to fight him with
anything from a pen knife up to Win
chester. / don't think he had any arms
He finally quoted down. Then Crane left
and went 10 Mr.. EricksOn'S saloon, where
he stole balls from party with whom he
was playing there. We were drinking
there. Took off his coat Went back to
Brown IL Steinacher's saloon and began to
abuse MIR. DOdds by calling him $ of a
b. Mr.. DOdds had pool chip and asked
fer cigar Then Crane asked him to
treat. He went over by the stove and
called back to defendant that he would
get away with him before shutdown or
dark. Crane called all uD to drink but
Dpdds, and was asked to take Crane out
II the saloon, which l tried to do; he was
S6using Dodds still; he (Crane) was sick
and wanted to go out. ! saddled up my
horse for him to ride home. Crane went
to the hitching post and was leaning or it
and laughing at me for not putting the sad
die on right. Dodds then came out al d
I tod
Crane and Dodds walked up to him and
said, ''Straighten up, YOU s of a B. and
shot. Crane fell. DOddS shot four times
and then went up to him and licked him Il
the head and called him some names.
Two shots were fired after he
fell Didn't hear defendant say anything.
Don't think Crane was armed. When
quarreling in the saloon. deceased said he
had Winchester at Bob Reynolds, but he
had nothing with him. The shooting Oc
Cured about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. |
don't think it was half an hour between
the time of the last quarrel and the shoot |
ing. ] saw deceased after he was dead !
There We're three bullet holes in the right
breast aud one in the arm, besides one in |
the head.
To MIR. Dickson-I am twenty three |
years old. ] knew Crane three weeks be- |
fore the homicide; met him from day to day !
for three weeks. He said he came from !
in height; dark complexion; thirty /
t1r, OF thirty-four years old. |
Think Crane had been drinking
befYre we played pool. We drank whisky,
heersnd soda during the day. During the
dispute, Dodds offered to pay for the drinks
end the game and said he wanted no troub e.
j saw Luxtoa take the cue from Crane,
Don't know whether he attempted to strike
defendant or not. Crane applied vicious
epithets to defendant, his mother, his wife,
and his sisters. / wasn't drunk before
leaving Erickson's saloon. There were
some things | don't recollect. After the
shooting l asked Stemaker to give me some
back he said he would kilEDodds and that
he had the tools to do it with About the
last thing Crane said before we left to sad
die the horse was that "There is the
s of a b-I will kill before dark This
was d few minutes before we went out.
When Dodds told Crane to straighten up, 2
Just before the shooting he didn't move,
ana heard him say nothing.
Dickson took this witness carefully over
the whole range Of his direct examination, !
and for an hour and.a half subjected him to
a most searching and rigid examination
without eliciting anything more than above
indicated. il was now $50, and court
took a recess for an hour
When the case was resumed l.
JOHN sTEINAcHER,
one of the proprietors Of the saloon where l
the tragedy happened, was called-When
Crane came in | was there alone Witness ! 7
here recited the quarrel and trouble over
the game of pool.) The rack was out of I
order, and when / went to fix it Crane
charged DOdds with stealing his balls Dodds
denied it and Crane called him G. d s
liar Dodds here offered to give Crane 1
two balls. when Crane got angry and /
started after him with cue; LuXtOn then !
took it away from him. lie talked to f
DOdds in a shameful manner and then pull {
ei out pen-knife and offered to fight Z
HlthNthat or anything else. He also abused
because he wouldn't drink q
with him. Dodds said, ''If you will quit i
abusing ME. l will treat" They then =
frank and Crane again began his vile =
ibuse. ! told Dodds to be careful of the G
nan; then Dodds asked me if had any c
hing. said Brown had pistol under the z
)ar, and when | went in the other room the A
,istol was taken and l think Dodds took il. 3
then went out and ordered Crane away. \
kept the pistol in box behind the bar; it c
vas forty Colts double action; | saw the +
iandle of the pistol sticking from Dodd's c
'ocket; he had his hand on the pistol At /,
hisS time Crane was standing in "
ronk of the bar, Dodds went =
II tHecard room with Luxton, and | went e
n there TO see who was there Early in II
he afternoon Crane was ill-natured with H
with Dodds alone I am b
ure Dodds was in the front room when -
,rane went out, Just before the shooting "a
)odds, in three or four minutes after Crane G,
rent ont followed saving, 81 have to on .; | ri