Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-10
''NOT GUILTY. /"
Amanda Olson Again a Free
Woman.
JUDGE ZANE'S CHARGE.
The Jury Aequit The Accused after
Ferty-iive Minutes De-
liberation.
JUDGE ZANE'S CHARGE.
ExTRsoSoiNAR. SCENES FOL-
Low THE VERDICT
a Too Eathu>iasfie Spectator
ftncd.-niss Olson and Judge
Powers CouErssnIased.

] 81 vic OASoh tGSc. MS con
onG'ng his address to tie jury wheI
the News report closed YESTERDAY
afternoon At three O'Clock. From
that point he went on 10 say: Thi.
unhappy girl. this child of Utah
grew uP, uGsuspecting mans Diles
From her childhood she had known
. N-onasn, Mrs. fart, about whom
e ceieDse mad said rs little as nos
sioie. As to Frank Hail, the de.
ense felt that death eried all. Mrs.
Hart introduced this little girl to
Frank Hall. Did Amanda Olson
ever seek him? Did she ever walk
the streets seeking for an designation
with him? Nc. she me. him a
guiieiess, unsephisticstei child. The
man who had reached years OF dis
crGdon, and w0cid steal from wo-
/ alan the dearest thing on earth 10
hei5 her virtue, was base, and no,
the white-souled individual pictured
ny the Prosecution. lie worked
upon this girls pity ard won
her love. re pity and to love
was to be wcrtanly and sweet. She
gs7o 90 this man, unworthy as he
was, her whole heart. Judge Powers
then sketched with 4 master hand
the Olson home when Frank Hall
entered 1t. Continuing, he asked
who it was that broke this casfet of
vistnt: 1t was Frank Hall. i man
VINO would bsiray such a trust ss
was placed in Frank Hall was uu-
worthy TO walk upright in the i'm
age Of his Maker. lie played upon
that girls heart strings until she
gave TO him her very lreaft 11d life.
laying at his feet every hope she had
IN life. He then did that which
earned FOR him the thunderlclt
which the Almighty hurled down
upon him. He deserted her in the
mlds- OF the sorrow and shame he
haI brought Upon her, ami She felt
that the Ringer Of scorn was pointed
at heT-she whose life had been as
sweet as the breath OF the p.crning:
she. whose presence was the sunlight
OF the household. When Hall 1e-
serted her she felt that she was bank
rUpt in everything. No man could
conceive how she felt, because no
man had the wOmau's heart. But
she buried her secret. even though
each night trouble famed her
sleep. Hours grew iato dsys. and
lays grew into weeks. ami wees
grew into months, ami still sorrow
was her COMPANION. Was it any
wonder taat ner womanly nature
broke dcGu? 4 mental elr,h-
quake visited her mind. Juiire
fCees= here reached the subject Of
insanity ami said that this disease
vas preceded by a change Ia the
physical nature Of woman. one
'oim Of insanity was nleiancbo.is.
ini ali the Physicians who testified |
recognized that Amanda Olson was 1
suffering from that before the |
shooting. Virtue was the founda- |
tiOa % the State and the corner
stone 81 the home. Was not the |
zeiuceT warning against the peace
u the commonwealth: After dis |
cussiBg the law for some time. |
Judge Powers turned his atsen- |
ion to Hall, anu said that the
first murder committed in this
tragedy was when Hall murdered 1
his girls virtue. went east for ten
months AMI caused = lying nlcssaye
% be sent 10 her that he had 4
gone to Montana. But still she
loved him, and when shs looked
rom her window that morning al
-eI MS return and saw him. she fell
o the floor senssless. 1t had been
II lrgs'i that she was Jealous. He
believed Il, and when all those las
-igus uf love and jealousy were
aroused in her breast, vas it any
wonder she was swept from her
feet? Then she turned TO her
uother, her first comforter, and told
her Of her trouble. The mother.
caring for her daughters lie.
brought her down town % see Hall.
lie u0ndsscended TO meet her at the
head Of Commercial Street, and
hen he took her 10 that beautiful
little place in Commercial Street.
IN the first place, any man
who would take q girl 10 such a
Jiace ought to have his head
,roken. fhe girl had evidently
cached the point of desperation,
secouse she was now pie iiing with
-i'is man to DO her justice. HeCnly /
aGgheI al her ami again insIlted
leE. The girl left, her mimi filed
@ith the most terrible emotions, for
ne realized that the end had come
It last ami her life was a c0mplete
wreck. The judge then rapidly ,
.ketciei the occurrences unlil the
atai Monday, dwelling, upon the I
80 hot she neither ate nor silent.
md that her parents decided 70 send
Ter to California. Up 20 the time the
,irl anu her mother came down
own on Monday to buy 4 trunk he /
believed she contemplated suicide, ,
nj IL was difficult TO de.iis
Size thought OF killing Hail
[ herself when she purchased that I
istol. Returning home, she wrote {
he letter which ne characterized as g
he product of the mind diseased. [
he had no idea that sine would y
meet Hall thar night, but as she \
ven. up the hill she saw the man I
nd Mrs. Fart coming towards her. q
ne girl felt that she could not meet {
lem and turned back 20 the corner. [
there she stopped. According to {
ne testimony, her eyes had a devil {
N lOok,and her face n vacant stare. [
IS they passed she made q last wild :
ppeal. but the man said nothing | G
nj passed on. From that time :
ntil after the shot was fired she 7,
new nothing. He then went on
, review the evidence given by the =
Amy persons who saw her n: the
ity hail and testified that she did I
OF look Ike a sane person. lie
al NJ doubt about the Yer iict, !
ecause there never was introduced q
more perfect defense than in this
ase. a verdict of not guilty ought :
} be rendered without the jury {
.aving the box. 1t was left for them T
} say just what value the men OF ;
tab placed upon woman's virtue.
t seemed that Amanda Olson's |
and was sustained by the Al. ,
lighty, aud the leaden bullet was /
ne of Heavens thundesbolts- Into [
heir hands he placed that little girl, c
nj besought them 10 treat her as
ley would have their daughters q
-eatei.
An outburst Of applause followed c
ne conclusion Of Judge Powers {
aud impressive address. {
his demonstration was, however, +,
uickly checked, and one man vino
ppIauded was brought before the ]
burt by Deputy Marshal Bush and 4
Rei $40. The amount of the fine I
rs promptly contributed by the Z
rowd as the Offender was leaving
ne room.
Mr.. Varian then commenced his i
rgument on the request OF the G