The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-23
AQUEER PROCEEDING
Justice Bradley Thinks Turner
and not BulliSS
SHOULD BE PLACED IN JAIL.
He Tells of What he Personally Saw-A
Decision on The Case Reserved-Some
Strange Evidence.

WASHINGTON, Aug. O. Special telegram
TO The HERALD. The Utah case, as the
Turner-Bulliss habeas corpus clearing now
being fought out in the courts, is called,
came up again this morning. A number of
arguments were made on garious statua
tory acts in regard to the habeas corpus,
and MIR. Smith, the attorney for Turner,
suggested that more time be taken for the
consideration Of the case To this Mr..
Barker, who is counsel for Bulliss, con-
scented, but asked that the petitioner be
allowed his freedom in the meantime. Mr..
Smith objected, and insisted that Mr.. Bull
lisss. hould be committed. Judge Bradley,
in'reply, said:
''lf any one ought to be in jail in con-
.lection with this case, it should be Turner.
No doubt he was improperly advised and
acted upon il. | do not think he is the
proper man to have the custody of this
prisoner. There was a very effectual dem
onstration of this in my own presence on
Tuesday morning, when Mr.. Turner I'M
dertook to take the petitioner from the
door of the court room. Mr.. Bulliss has
shown no disposition to leave the city. He
has voluntarily come before me twice. and
] believe he viii come here again If there
is a continuance. The manner in which he
was carted around and through Alexan-
dria Rockville and other places will stand
investigation
When Mr.. Smith saw that this DISPOSE
ton was to be made of the case he sug-
gested that they go ahead with it, and Mr..
Barker consented 70 it. Judge Bradley
Of hot no, dow ho no
disposed Of to-day. He would not. how
ever, enter into the question of the guilt OF
Innocence of the prisoner. Bulliss was
then placed on the stand and told his story
as to the manner in which Hugh Turner,
the agent of Utah, had taken him off on a
trip about the country, the facts
of which have been already given
in these dispatches. He narrated with
dramatic effect the story of his enforced
wanderings and declared that Turner
after finding out that he had informed the
Washington people that he was in Jail in
Alexandria, threatened to shoot him if he
souealed any more. After several wit
,nesses had corroborated Bulliss' story Mr.
Smith took up Turner's side Of the case
He placed Detective Carter on the stand
WHO beSllH6u 0aQ, IN Ile
presence of himself, Carter and Inspector
Swindles, at police headquarters, asked
that he be allowed to remain here day
or two so that he could obtain
some money. MIR. Turner accepted the
proposition at the time, and said that hi
too had some business that wanted to b,
liked up before going to Utah. Inspector
Swindles verified the statements made b,
Garter,
Mir. Hugh Turner then took the stanC
!. and testified that he had taken MIR. Bulls
out of the county as had been stated, ant
had done so under the advice of counsel
He had not supposed that in doing so tina
he was in contempt of court
MIR. Turner admitted that his motiv
in keeping Bulliss here was TO
the purpose of obtaining money wit
which to carry himself and prisoner t
Utah. He denied that he and Rulliss ha
ever unfriendly words or that he ha
threatened him at any time. He also dc
MED that be made request to be the agen
of the territory of Utah to take Bullss bac
there. Justice Bradley will render his dc
Cision in the case tomorrow.