Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-11-30
THE MANTI MURDER.
Fall Report OF tile Evidence at the
Examination.

ana MIR. Jacob johnson acted for tn
defense.
HOlger w. Ramlose was the fins
witness. He said: ! reside in MAJ
Ii; am a labOring man; am acquaint
ed with defendant; know Coolidge
saloon in Manti; was there on tn
23d Of this month; saw McFarlan
before going in; he was on the side
walk about fifty feet below the sa
loon; as he came up said, "Hello
Cap, where are you bound for?'
lie made no answer; the bar room
of CoOlidge's saloon is frame build
ing; the pool hall is an adobe build
ing; they are connected by a door
the saloon is west from the poo
hall; there is a separate entrance L
each building: l went in the poo
hall; it was about : O'Clock in tn,
evening; il was 4 tolerably dark
night; saw McFarlane about fifteen
minutes later; | went out of the
saloon and talked TO Brantzey the
shoemaker; McFarlane came VI
and spoke 10 US; he stayed there two
or three minutes; | went in the
pool hall; saw McFarlane there af-
forwards; there We're quite a num-
Der there besides US; there were two
strangers there; their business was
in connection with n ID. * Il. G.
surveying party; one Of them was
/ playing Coolidge n game Of pool;
McFarlane came in: he spoke to G..
Henncsey, and said: eve had bet
ter drop that little matter; l am go
ing south in the morning.o One of
the surveying party said: $50
then" The remark was seem
ingly addressed to Mr.. Nc
Farlane; McFarlane replied: 81
viii 20 for all Of you, my brave
hero" GOlding said, Hes no hero.
but he's gentleman McFarlane
said: Il don't know about that. -
GOlding replied: 'He is. and don't
you doubt it." and slapped Nc
[ farlane in the face; McFarlane
went out; presently he came back to
the door with n gun and said: 'NOw
/ come out, G. d yOu;'' | went
outside and stood there n few sec
4 Onds; McFarlane was standing
there with the gun; he backed
across the sidewalk, and stood by
the hitching post; GOlding came out
on the sidewalk and went to 20
across; Hansen was a little to the
west; heard no words spoken; Me
! Farlane fired two shots and said,
,'l'l show you if l daren't shoOt.''
Then he went down the street:
| went for an officer; met Sheriff
Larsen; went back and helped
to carry in the men: GOlding was n
big heavy fellow, of dark COM
pleXion; Hansen was a small man,
Of light complexion, and lived about
an hour after the shooting.
To Mr.. JOhnsOn-Saw n wound on
Hansen; it was about an inch and
half in diameter; it was on the
right breast; there were scattering
shots around it; DIR. Olsten took one
shot out; saw Mr.. Hansen step out
OF the pool room; l was standing in
the doorway of the bar room and
was looking east; McFarlane was
standing on the south side Of the tie
post with the gun in his hand; the
post was almost twenty-five or thirty
feet from me; there is 4 ditch about
two feet wide in front Of the saloon:
1t Is about two or three feet from
this ditch TO the post; Mr.. McFar-
lane was about eighteen feet from
where ! stood: the night was neither
cloudy nor clear; could not see the
moon, but could see the stars; it
showed about two hours after: the
night was darker at times than on
others; it was not long after dark
this occurred; il was after O'Clock
when Hansen stepped out; after
Hansen stepped out he went in n
south-westerly direction; he adj
vanced five or six feet. and came
close 10 the ditch; McFarIane raised
his gun as Hansen advanced:
Hansen did not say anything that /
heard; Golding was with him: he
stepped out first, and went about
two steps down the sidewalk; did
not hear Golding say anything: Just
those two men came out: Golding
had gone down the sidewalk a step
or two when McFarlane fired the
two shots; Golding did not stop until
he was shot; Hansen went right
across the sidewalk nearly TO the
ditch; then he was shot; il was about
as quick rs you could count three
between the shots.
l staid in the pool hall fifteen or
twenty minutes when l was IN;
Brantsen called me out; / talked
with McFarlane; he said someone
was trying to trample on him; I
asked him who; he said, 81
Will tell you some other time" /
could not remember anything else
he said; we talked some time; can't
remember what IL was: some Of il
was about his feeling angry towards
some one; l thought he was angry
by the way he acted; he seemed to
feel terribly bad; he didn't speak as
he generally did; | don't know that
| ever saw him act that way before:
| have been in AIanu four or five
years; | don't recollect when | be-
came acquainted with McFarlane:
this conversation | have Just al
luded 10 occurred about ten or fif-
teen minutes before the shooting:
when ] first spoke 10 defendant, he
did not answer me; | looked over
my shoulder as ] passed him; he
seemed to be putting his gun under
his overcoat; / thought it was
strange he didn't answer me: don't
know whether he is in the habit of
carrying arms, but understood he
was.
70. Bantsen was present at the
time OF my second conversation
with him: after the conversation /
went in the pool hall, but never
made any alIusion to what he had
said to me in conversation: | first
spoke about II at the coroner's in
quest; after entering the saloon /
sat watching Coolidge and Goldine
play pool; it was probably five or
ten minutes before / noticed Me
Earlane come in; he was near the
west side Of the room. about half
way between the partition door and
the window; he was speaking to |
Hcnnesey; Hansen was having on |
the bench in the northwest cornerof |
VIZ l-AAptAA- aAtfAlA NlEnl OF zen IGtL L
from McFarlane; GOlding struck |
defendant with his hand: il was be-
fore the game was ended: he did |
not have anything in his hand |
when he struck defendant; it was
just merely with the flat of hishand:
| lid not THINK it was a very hard |
blow; when MCFarlane was slaDped |
he went out doors; Golding struck |
him because he disputed Mr.. Han
sens being gentleman, by doubt
ing GoldiDg's remarks; | think |
Golding was in his shirt sleeves;
Hansen had on 4 coat: il was a
coat.
1t was about three minutes after
the blow was struck when the shot
was fired; | told Golding he had bet
ter so out of the back door: the front |
door was thrown open: / don't know
who threyy IL omen. I xK-anf out into