Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-01
lHE CoRONRR'S INQUEST
On the Body Of Frank Hall Yes.
tsFday.
NOTHING SUBSTANTIALLY NEW
And What Was Published Yesier.
day is Confirmed.
Amanda ei-on,- Letter.


entirely O5llterate, t.,is letter SUP.
plies ii:
SALT LAKE CITY. SEPT. - lss5.
Senilenlen.-f, Amanda Olson. write
( III III % relieve me OF n public explaua-
l4oh, Whica 1 know l will be called
IPgh 20 90: viii not have the nerve.
II Is hereby understood fhat I l,,,-a
shot Frank Hal, nv betrave- 90, - ~ - =
re1Sos.s Two wears ann a 49, =
MAS Introduced 20 him by NJ. H.
lady neighbor whom L have t.,,I.,.,'
since 1 WAS a mere child, sr-s- ~,
inIroduc.iJ ~ L vas icy.iei on. b,..---
riding with nci, and The aid Mr. ll7ii
was tue driver / did no. know th,t
taey had plotted any harm agains. me
{ trusted ner a friend aud MIN a. :
] gentleman, and sns cannot say Thar I
nlrted wfh Or ga~e l.r; any cause 10
I increase h's thoaghts TO me, nor an
J cream, OF anything bI: f-send,hip: hut
nevertheless she became Jealous ami
I told me no. - come over auv mora
{ Tor sue was afraid thai Mr.. Hal .yauii
I fail in love with me, aud from tbat
. day TO this / have never been near her
door. But that made 10 difference
He me- me coming from INV WORK.
/ begging me % let him have convers-
I alton with me, but / refused him time
and lime again, but he gave mo no
I peace 1 asked tho advice o. my par
ents and they said there was no harm
IN speaking 20 him. And IL was the
old story. l refused him; he then
asked my parents II he could visit AZ
our house and they Thought he was an
honest man and said he could come
F n 4 q q
gentleman IN every way. But he soon
carried out evil purpose 20 me aud
b!ighted my life. with his smooth
tongue he gained my promise 10 keen
quiet and would marry me, but he waS
afraid that / would not. and he left he
city and been away for ten months.
saturday I seeked an explanation from
ham, but he was 50 hard and crrsl %
me and only laughed when spoke 10
him, and though Il was a public place
we were donversed heevcn then dared
try to assault and 50 that had TO
push HIM over the chair 10 get away
from him. and he told me then NJ
never mad any intention TO marry me.
Then l swOre vengeance. That Is all.
AMANDA OLSON.
As announced in yesterdays
NEWS, the inquest before Coroner
Harris began al p. N. The first
witness callel was DR.. r. 4. Nlea-
cham, who said he viewed the body
and found powder marks on the left ]
side OF the head and face. Found !
gunsh0t wounds Just behind and
above the left ear. Removing skull /
cap Just on top Of crown Of the 1
head a little 70 the right Of meridian
line found exit Of bullet. FraS- /
ments OF the skull We're forced out 4
ward. There was no opening in /.
the scalp. After removing the cap /
found the bullet had passed /
through the LEFT half OF the brain,
Just grazing the right half. The
wound would have proved fatal ia
time, bat, in my opinion, rs there
was great henlorrhsge that was the
cagse Of death, The shot passed
~ an angle Of about forty
Eve degrees. The weapon must
have been discharged ut short range
to make the powder marks f0:nd on
deceaseG's face.
Mrs. Ann Hart wGs then called.
Between els and $50 last Monday .
afternoon ! left home with deceased,
going south on G street. and walk
ing slowly until we reached Cliier's
corner on First Street. just Before
reaching the corner I saw Miss
Olson standing there, two feet from
2 tree. Sine male some remark
which 1 could no. understand.
Neither Of Us answered her, but
Hail booked back We walked
about two staFss after she spoke be-
fore the shot was fired. She was
not more than eight or ten feat
away when she spoke. After
shooting she pointed the pistol II nj
and said: ''Yes, and ! viii serve
you the same way" She then
started 10 run across the street to-
warts SIR. Culmer's. Others were
coming I'D the street and l called FOR
them to stop her. Somebody asked
why, and / said ''Because she has
shot this man. When he vas
slot Hall m0sned ami saii, 'tOh
dear,'' I felt his pulse, but
he was dead. We both rec0g-
nized Mis- Olson. 1 90 not
know what she said. She had some
thing in her hand, which / did not
then know 10 5e a pistol. First
knew il 10 be a weapon when she
dis harged il. She then went down
c Street toward Brigham. Did not
sec her fire the shot, but saw the
pistol in her hand Immediately az
terward, and saw the smoke. Hail
was going 10 the Mint saloon to
work. was goiag with him n
far a. Brigham Street. ! was eight
Or ten feet from Miss Olson when /
first saw her. | Eas struck by the
terrible LOOK sine gave IA. Noticed
her hands later. Something ia them
looked like a handkerchief. Neither
u us answered her. When the shot
was fired Hall was going south. lie
and / were talking. When the shot
was fred Hall was looking straight
ahead. When l saw Der after
ne shot she was standing just
DIT the sidewalk. When she
fired she was in n nOrthe1steriy
direction from Hall, aud thr-e 0.
four feet from the tTce. lie fell i'm
and then 1 turned aud
saw her with the pistol in her hand.
The tree IS on the corner Of Fist and
G Streets. We were on the wet
.ide OF c Street. / was on the west
lr richt-hand side Of Air. Hall l
Miss Olson's look was deyilish. !
,ay Miss Olson leave her home n
II a. IA. on Monday aud saw her a
home. through her window, between
} and 1. She was writing Did not
see her face then. Did not meet hei
yesterday.
Marshal John NJ. Young called.
Was in my office ut the City Hall
evening about 6:5J, when =
-oung woman came in and handca
pistol to one Of the officers, saying:
!. Here. [ have shot my beirayer."
The officer took il and handed u 10
ne. She handed ine letter. / asked
1er TO step into my Office, which she
I'D She said the shooting occurred
y, the corner Of First ana G Streets.
cent CAPTAIN LANCE and patrol
wagon there and telephoned Dr-
About twenty minutes
alter a messenger informed Els the
nan was dead. 1 telephoned The
,oroner for authority to remove the
,ody. As l could not find him !
men sent for Mr.. Evans, the under
akgr. and dispatched a messenger
o Captain LANCE TO bring the body
,are. DIR. Meachsm gave directions
ar the disposition Of the body. The
,irl mentioned said her name was
4 mauda Olson ,a
Nr. Young showed the letter ana
,i-toI The latter was - calioer,
joubIe rction affair with one empty
John F. Olson, the girls father,
.cs-ified as folIows-While going
nome from work on Monday even
ng saw a crowd Of people on tiIs ,
md G. streets he was tolu
hat a man was shot, AMI Mrs. haIt