The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-17

long and exhaustive and he left the stand
with sigh evidently of satisfaction. He
is not really vicious looking man but has
rather dismal and heavy countenance.
Riley Wrigh t.-Am son of defendant
remember the day of the killing. My
father said he was going to see Mr.. Crop
per, Mr.. Bennett and Mr.. Alfred. We left
the house about $3.50. We took shot gun
with u.s. We stopped at the corner of the
fence. We met Mr.. Chopper and father
talked with him. Just as we started we
saw Mr. Soren coming and I told father.
We were riding side by side. When we
got up near the wagon, Soren asked where
father was going with the gun. / was
between father and the wagon, but pulled
out from between them Father said, Il
am going down here" He answered, "You
are here to shoot me-" He then stood up
and told father to shoot. He then said,
In shoot you.n Father was sitting on
the mule all the time with the gun across
the mule. He didn't shoot till he told
! SOren to stop the racket. This was after
Soren had reached for his pistol. We then
went and saw Lee Chopper, and father told
him what he had done. Chopper sent me
aft r the constable.
Cross examined by Evans have used
the shotgun. That morning it was loaded
with shot; pretty heavy. My father said
we would have to be getting some more
powder. We loaded the gun before break
fast. think my father went up the canal
hunting ducks. But he came back to the
SchOOlhouS after breakfast. / saw Soren
at er he left the schoolhouse. My father
came to meet me and said Soren was going
to kill him. He was mad. He looked
vicious. When we got home my father
made smoke and then fixed the chains.
He went TO sleep after dinner. About 3
O'Clock he went over to Wise Cropper's.
He didn't seem mad then. l brought up
the horses and father came out and then
mother said for me to take the gun and see
If we couldn't get duck l told father to
bring the gun. He went back in and got It,
went with father to help bring some goats
from Alfred. Before we got to the place
of the shooting we were talking about
Soren and his threatening to shoot my
father. We also talked about other
matters. When we came up to SUren | get
from between them because [ didn't want
to be shot. It was but few moments
fl ON the time they met till the shooting
occurred. said 'sMy God, owe done it
now" l expected one o. the other would
shoot when we first came up. l didn't
hear father till SOren told him to take it
back-juSt heard him say stop the racket
what in Sam Hill you've got against me.
l was pretty badly excited. Don't know
all that happened. l think father said
You'll stop now" after he had shot He
very much excited.
The boy was put through most rigid cx-
animation, but came out unsettled. allu
during the recital of the story, Defendant
sat with tears streaming down his face aid
weeping like a child.
Andrew Peterson-I saw defendant give
a water certificate just after the shooting
to son of the secretary of the water com
pany.
Defendant recalled-When 1 got back
home at noon on Sunday l learned that
Christensen had been at his house
The defense rested.
In rebuttal, Lee Chopper said: l have a
horse and cart, but hadn't been on the road
the day of the homicide. l have seen de-
ceased on the road many time on which
he was killed. l am not sure whether my
boy used the cart or not.
Mrs. Christensen-When we started for
meeting we took the road strai9 hit up to
Deseret. We sometimes travel a good
many ways. After the row that morning
we went straight up to Blacks to get the
pistol.
This closed the evidence, and at 80 Mr..
Evans began his argument.
Provo, Oct. 49,