Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-03
THE OLsoN-eAsE.
The Defendant Held And BSil De.
MED.

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n roSes the witness testified tia.
; sue mad lived here eighteen yeah
, ana was n widow, her husband hav
! ing died fOar years ago. For tvs
year PRIOR to his death, Mr.. Hal
snu his two children boarded with
/. heF. Recently the Olsous had
moved around the corner -, SIKH
olf.ei' hut previous 10 that they had
lVed across the street from her.
Tue defendant AMI Air. Han be.
cane acquainted aboa. two Sesr-
ago. through the wstrs-ss. Han
~eht east 10 Ns~oaber Last. ana
i've o,en;hs ago she ,v.ut
esrs Sith the children. Ti,e,
all returned to this city and
Went to the witness h1us. 10 i've
The witness continued: On the
evening Of the killing. Mr.. Hall and
myself left the house At about
a quarter past six; We walked along
the sidewalk, chatting as we
waiked; We were walking loisare,y;
short distance before We reached
the corner u First anl { streets NC
met : lady nsHrei Miss Bennett, /,
81" no other lady.tiil Z ssr Mis-
Olson.
Judge Pese.s questioned the MIR.
ness infinitely as 20 where Nj.
Olson stood and the relativ. r.,.i-
tons Of the tres near which she
Stood, the EitHvss AMI Hall The
Z witness e-iu that Miss Olson sioo6
tas'ng east, about two feet MORT, N
\ tHCs which was near the southeast
corner Of the block Bounded by Fir.i
anu Z streets; witness aud Hail ger,.
walking south, witness next
thc fence, and As wjtnasS
and Hall passed Ms. Cison
witness was between her and Hal
Efss ois1a ssii something which
%itne-7 did not hear, but witness
noticed a strange, deyelish look in
the face Of the defendant. Witness
uld not call Halls attention 20 the
i9Ok, anu continued her cunver,a-
ton with him about n lauJn,aiter.
witness and Hall walked eight or I
ten feet past Miss Olson, when the |
shot was fired; did not see Hall turn 1
ms head nor look at defendant: de- 1
iendant stood Etiii about a second I
alter firing the shetland then walkel 1
awayS defendant pointed the plst0l 4
AZ mg; l never stated 10 any one
That she fined at me; ] taikcl b n
poiiceinan the evening OF the shoot I
ing; don't know his name; made no 4
particular statement Of the shooting:
/ did not furnish Hall with SlOG1 /,
when he went east.
A question Is b whether she fur
nished him any money was objected
70 and the objection was sustliu.d.
Judge POweTs-Did YOU have a
conversation with Mis- Olson about
Mr.. Hall scraetime before the ssoot-
iuE?
Objected to by the prosecution.
The court asked the purpose
Of the question, and Judge
Powers replied that he waHted 10
show that wi;-ss5s was fearful that
Hail vas becoming too Intimate
with Miss Olson.
Judge POwers-When Amanda
Olson was coming 10 your house, did
you no not request her 10 cease doing
50, and infinite that you were jeai-
Gus Of her?
Witness-SU, sir.
Judge Pewers-Have ynu mol,
since this occurrence, furu shed
Mr.. halis son with a pistol, AID
told him 10 use it on the woman who
Killed his father?
Objected to. OBJECTION argued.
Judge Powers claimed he merely
desired 10 SHOW the state Of feeling
Of the witness. The question was
ruled out. 4 few more uuimport-
ant questions were asked a5Ju; the
relative positions Of witness, defend
ant and Hall when the shot was
fired. and the witness was excused.
DR.. Melcham tesiified-i firsl |
saw the body Monday evening in
the patrol wagon, and next morn
ing made an examination The
witness here described Ia detail the
wound which caused death. The
uall entered the let side Of the
mead about three inches above aua
IN vertical line with the auditory I
opening, and PASSED in a straight
line through the lett half OF the
brain. grazing the top OF the right
halt; death WIS due To hem5rrhage
caused by the wound. /,
To JuiEe POwenS-The wound
was directly EiOve the ear, three
inches above the opening; the face
vas slightly powder burned.
To 111ichnor-Hail was about
; feet 10 inches tall
To the Court-Had seen Hsii IN
his life time. but did not know him;
think IL was his body, hut do not
know positively.
w. \. Stanton next testified: On
Monday evening | was on business
IN til. Twentieth Ward. saw some
Ihing 81 this tragedy; saw people
running b the spot where the man
was laying; ! went there; four CT
five young.nlen wee there; felt q
his pulst: Il was still heating; |
started for DR.. Hamilton and came
back with him ia about eight
minutes. lie said the man
was dead; before starting / asked
some one 10 telephone for he ;satr0l
wagon. Mr.. Har; seemed 20 have
most 70 ssy,and | told Captain Lang
to take her name and address; de
PENDANTS father came up and asked
what vas the matter
Witness started to repeat what Mrs.
Hart said ia reply, but his answer
in- was objected 20. The cgur. iuied
the evidence improper.
Witness testified further-l did
not hear the shot fired; should judge I
[ was on the ground about two ,
minutes after the shooting; Mrs.
Hart saii 10 Mr.. Olson: "YOur
laughter sho. him; she stood right
behind that tree there" Mrs. Hart
stood holding Halls hat.
Officer McCuaiy testified: / had
charge OF the police Office last Mon
Law evening; at about 6:i5 defend
ant came Into the ofiite, accom-
1anie,l hy a young niau, AMI SAID
She wanted u give herself up; she
handed me a pistol aud a letter,
which I handed 70 Marshal Young;
am not positive ~ 10 the worls she
Isfsi. hut she said she had shot some
one: in the private Office she nlaie
4 statement part Of which hesrd-
To Judge Powers-Do not Know
the name nor the business OF Tue
v5uug man who came with defend
ami. Know him by sight. Witness
I,.sSrib,.d him. He said that de-
feudaut hasT come up o. hiGi and
as',el him % accompany her to the
civ Hall: did not take his name
nor address: do not know where he
vent; supposed lac went away WIN
the Vatrol wagon.
Mr.. EichnOr mere remarked ina.
tine pr9secution had tried very hard
10 find that young man, but hau
Marshal Young testiied-l have
- !. ,,,,,,.ga ftIsou since she was