The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-10
CRITCHLOW PITILESS.
Powers Makes a Brilliant and
Pathetic Argument.
yARIAN STARTS ON INSANITY,
Els Voice, However, Gives Out, and the Case
is Thrown Over for Another Day-Some
Very Stirring scenes-Popular
Sentiment Displayed.

The announcement that the arguments
In the Olson murder case would be made
yesterday attracted an unusually large
crowd of spectators to the Third district
court room yesterday morning. and as usual
the seats within the space reserved for
members of the bar were nearly all occu-
pied by ladies' The jurors were brought
IN shortly after 10 o'clock. Miss Olson sat
by her counsel. heavily yelled, and watched
the proceedings with close attention.
CRITCHLow COLD AND PITILEss.
At 1918 Mr. Critchlow commenced the
opening argument for the prosecution. He
said it was the duty of the jury to decide
this case upon the law and the evidence,
and not to allow themselves to be swayed
by popular clamor. In and behind this
case was public sentiment in favor of the
defendant, while the prosecution stood
alone. The Indictment charged wilful,
deliberate murder. 1t might be said or
charged cold blooded murder, and vet he
did not care to use the term 1t
was a murder born of hot blood
and passion. One thing implied in this
the defendant was in full possession of
her faculties, but he would leave the ques.
ton of sanity to be discussed by Mr.
Narian. Miss Olson was not an educated
girl, and though she had not moved in the
higher walks Of life, her parents were hon
est and respectable people. Up to two
gears ago Miss Olson had never had
lover. Then she was introduced by Mrs.
Hart to Frank C.. Hall, barkeeper, who
was married and had two children She
soon became attached to him. With the
consent Of her parents, Hall commenced to
visit her regularly twice a week, as a
sutton for her hand. After some time. and
before any engagement of marriage had
boon entered into, the defendant testified
tEat one night Frank Hall assaulted and
outraged her. The circumstances under
which this is said to have taken place dis
posed of the whole story, and if Frank Hall
were on trial for that alleged assault, upon
the evidence given, there was not Jury in
the land that would convict him What
ever else had been established here this
part OF the defense was absolutely without
foundation. He thought that when
Hall ceased 10 visit Miss Olson
and left the city with Mrs. Hart
her jealousy was fired. This feeling grew
upon her, and when Hall returned, after
an absence OF ten months, the mother
thought it would be we'll for the daughter
u,
q room in the Cafe Louvre AT noon the
girl testified that Hall again ATTEMPTED to
assault her here, in this comparatively
public place, and in the broad light of day.
For himself, Mr.. Critchlow believed that
all Hall ATTEMPTED at that occasion was to
exchange some endeament which was their
custom in the days gone by, and she re-
jected 1t. When she went out, she was
much agitated. and she attributed this to
the fact that Hall refused to marry her.
The passions CT jealousy and revenge then
seized upon her, and she resolved that if
she could ot have Hall for a husband. at
least the Hart women should not enjoy his
embraces. The stoney, cruel nature of this
defendant cropped out when on the wit
TO have been made by Hall as TO his rela-
tons with Mrs. Hart. In spite
OF all that had been said, the character
of Frank Hall stood unscahted although.
he was not here to explain why he had
been cruelty murdered and his two little
children left worse than fatherless AS to
the story that Miss Olson intended going
to California, the day after the shooting,
he thought 1t was story and that was all.
There was absolutely nothing in all the
evidence anywhere to corroborats this
story. 1t was brought in the case simply
TO explain how Miss Olson came to get the
pistol She had before this made up her
mind to kill Frank Hall, and her father
knew 1t perfectly well. This was fully
demonstrated by the statement made by
MIR. Olson TO the reporters The whole
thing was tale of jealousy and revenge
The sunny skies of Italy and the Vendetta
We're not needed. Right here in Salt Lake
had been found young woman, who
prompted by jealousy and revenge, could
lake life which she could never give bach
again. They had heard about insanity
impplsive, emotional, melancholia and al
that, but what had there been brought ou
IN evidence to show that Armand;
Olson was not perfectly sane W
to the moment the fatal shoI
was fired and sane all her life afterwards
was insane at the instant when the deec
was committed The plea of insanity wa:
too often hook put forward by the de
Tense for the jury to hang doubt upon
he fully believed some criminals were
insane, and he believed that the most poteC
murderer IN half century was insane
wnen ne was executed, and yet it was
easily feigned. What one Of all those per-
sons VINO testified that Amanda Olsor
looked like an insane person had ever seer
woman Just after she had killed her lover
The girl saw before her the two roads she
must follow, either murder or suicide, anG
calmly and deliberately she made mn he,
mind that Frank Hall must die r. was
not possible that when she fired the shoi
she did not know it was wrong. Without
a moment for preparation and with all hi,
sins upon his head he was sent n
his long account. While the Jury was con.
sidering the effect of their verdict upor
this woman, he asked them to consider thu
two orphaned children who sat there ask
ing for justice and to remember that il
time TO come they would want to know th.
names of the men who sat in Judgment upol
their father. Mr.. Critchlow closed by urg
ing the jury to do their duty under thei
oath. They could not have a higher dut-
toward the defendant than toward the peo
pie, and he was content to leave the matte
with them.
MIR. Crirchlow's argument was listene
to with breathless attention, and when b
finished, the belief that the prosecution
would show some leniency or laxity in tn
case was entirely dispelled. MIR. Critct
lows arraignment Of the defendant wa
able and pitiless, and it certainly produce
some effect. During the recital Miss Olso
was visibly affected, and occasionally he
form was shaken by sobs, while her We
was wet with tears. She uttered no sounC
however, and her agitation was noticed b
but few.
JUDGE POWERS SYMPATHETIC, ELoQUEN
AND POWERFUL ARGUMENT.
Judge Powers, upon arising, stated ths
there was a variance between the prosecu
ton and the defense as to the charge. Il
held that If from the whole evidence III
jury had reasonable doubt as to the guii
Of the defendant, or whether she was re
sponsible for her act, the court sboul
charge them TO return verdict of nc
guilty. he then read at considerabl