Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-06

I WIN u spring IfOm ou0lner Ul9tO
and put 1t in.
This closed the evidence fer tn,
prosecution.
Judge Powers then proceeded t.
make his opening address for thu
defense. He said he would max,
no contention against the fact thai
Amanda Olson killed Frank Hall
But they would show that at the
time the tine the pisto
was discharged, Miss Olson wa.
not responsible, morally or legal
ly. for the act. The defend
ant was % years Of age. In the
fall Of 1889, she was Introduced by
Mrs. Hart to Frank Hall. She was
not familiar with the ways Of the
world. She was modest shy, viz
tuous girl. She had never had a
lover, and aided her father in her
support by her work iaily. After
the introduction, Hall commenced
paying her attention. He was an
experienced man of the world and
knew the arts by which to win n
woman's love, and he undertook to
win the heart OF this girl. He was
married, hut he told this girl that
he could AT any time secure q de
vorce, and later on be would do SO,
and would marry her. She
was light-hearted aud happy,
and was the light of her home.
She had given to him her whole
heart and soul, and the man knew it.
He also won the confidence of the
parents, so that when he was
sick they cared for him.. IL ran
on until one night while sitting
with her in her own home,
he made an assault upon her.
and afterwards tolG her that he had
done II so that he might be sure Of
her. He besought her to keep the
secret. and he would marry her just
as soon as he could. That nan never
visited her again, and afterwards
left the city and WAS gone ten
months. Miss Olson changed from a
gay, light-hearted girl, 10 a melaD-
choly aud sad-hearted person. Then
her health failed her aud she was
unable to go TO her work regularly.
Her whole physical and mental
nature changed, and she became
victim OF melaucholia, a type of in
sanity. On Thursday or Friday
preceding the killing she heard that
Hall had returned TO the city, and
the news Frustrated her. On the
Saturday morning she looked out Of
the window and saw Frank Hall
and at once tainted. Her mother
thought that il she could see the
man and talk with him il might re-
lieve her. SO the girl, accompanied
by her mother, came down town
and sent n message for Hall. He
met them and Hall asked the girl
to accompany him to the Cafe Lou
vre, on Commercial street, where
there were private rooms which
would enable them to have aprivate
talk. She consented and they went
to one of the rooms. He wanted
10 know what she wished to see him
for, and she replied that she wanted
to know If he intended 10 marry
her. He simply laughed at her.
She begged, pleaded and reasoned
with him. Again he laughed at her,
After she had laid her heart ut his
feet. he caught her by the foot aud
waist and attempted TO outrage her.
She broke from his grasp, saying,
''You brought me to this place: you
ought ID be man enough to take me
nut Of it." When she reached her
mother she was suffering the great
est mental distress, but not another
tear moistened her ere until after
the tragedy. On the next day.
which was Sunday, she tainted sew
eral times. and neither ate nor slept.
Then the father compelled her
to tell him the story, and after this
she was POSSESSED OF a suicidal i'm
pulse. The family held a cOnsulta-
ton, and it was decided to send the
girl to California on a visit to rela-
lives, in the hope of saving her life.
The girl and her mother come down
town TO buy q trunk, and 1t was
then that the girl became possessed
of an Idea. From that moment she
was Irresponsible, although she be-
came cool, calm and collected. She
then went to Evans gun store aud
bought that pistol, which wss the
first one she had ever had in her
hand in her life. She returned
home and wrote that letter. Then
she sat there swapping the pistol. In
doing SO she broke the spring, and
went back b the store to get an
other, - she expected TO leave the
city the next day. She had no idea
that she would meet Hall on the
way home. When she was going up
e Street she slw Mrs. Hart and
Hall coming toward her. She
stopped ii the corner Of First
Street; why sine stood there she did
not kaow. The pistol was in her
dreSs pocket. and undoubtedly. up
TO this moment she had no idea cf
him. But when he came
up TO her. she made her last appeal,
siyiag: sob, Frank, now can you
torture me 50 cruelly.- He paid no
attention TO her and passed on. The
next thing Amanda Olson knew,
Frank Hall WIS lying on the ground
dead, while she had the King
pistol in her hand. From the me-
ment she made the appeal until
after the shot was fired, her
mind was a blank. As she went
down tine street with this gun in
her hand, several people tried to
talk with her, but she could only
jabber incoherently. Finally, two
youg men, who could not be found,
walked with her to the police sta
ton. what transpired there had
been already detailed. In conclu-
sion Judge Powers stated that he
expected to prove TO the satisfaction
OF the jury that the accused was in
sane at the time o, committing the
deed. All OF this he proposed to
prove by witnesses who would tes-
tify to the facts ~ stated by him.
The court then adjourned uatil
this morning.
1t soon became evident upon the
Of the doors OF the Third
District court room this morning
that public interest in the Olson case
had not diminished in the slightest
degree, and when the days business
began. Few minutes aftcn 10
O'Clock, scarcely 4 vacant seat was
TO be found. The prosecution, as
during Thursday and yesterday, was
by District Attorney Va
rian and Assistant District Attorney
Critchlow; Judge Powers defeni-
ing.
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