Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-23
PRELIMINARY HEARING,
n,ssa titl Committing Psleli.
oas Homieido.
FOR WHICH RAYNOND Is HELD
10 ANSWER,
And Sent Back to jail TO Await the
Action Of the Grand JURY

The preliminary examination 8
Frank F. Raymond, charged will
killing r. J. O'Brien, on Friday
evening last, at the 'syvestern'' sa
loon, near the Rio Grande Westerr
depot, was commenced before Judg,
Laney yesterday Afternoon at thres
O'Clock. The People were repre-.
scented BY County Attorney Muir.
phy and Assistant Attorney Eich.
nor. The prisoner was defended
by Judge Powers.
The prisoner sat near his attor.
ney, with the utmost composure.
not betrsying the slightest concern
over the deed that he had commit
ted or the probable outcome OF the
ease now in the hands of the Law.
He chatted freely with Judge Pow
ers and made frequent suggestions.
VIM. Halstead testined-l am an
employee ofthe Union Pacific Rail-
way Comrany.knew r. J. O'Briep,
the d~csAsed; he was commonly
called "Mickey;;" was at Raymond
4 Johnson's saloon on Friday night
last; l heard Raymond speak to
o'Brien; 1 saw Raymond draw a
revolver from under his clothes and
fire at O'Briea while at the Tar.
Being a cripple I rushed from the
bar room rs quickly Is possible; a. 1
went through the door / heard tAe
crash Of glass; on retprc.rg saw
NO fragments. Mickey was lying
upon the Moor groaning. He was
calling for some oneSto relieve him
f.om his sufierings by cutting HIM
open; upon examination I found a
gunshot wound in C'Brien's right
breast, there ~as another wound in
the aedcunen. DHe had only been in
the Saloon about fifteen minutes
when the killing occurred; was MT
intoxicated; remember distinctly
everything that took place,
Mr.. Brendon testi6ed=Wae In the
saloon at the tine Of the shooting,
but did ne. realizs that there was
tro. eso until 1 saw Raymond fire at
0lBrieD,
DR., Pinkerton testified Il was
called, with Other rhseician., to
attend 0'Rrier, sffer the shooting.
We found ain suffering from a gum
shot Wound in the chest and an
other In the abdomen, either Of
which was fatal. He died at st.
Mary's hospital on Saturday after
noon, from hemorrhage.
James Regency teetified-I keepa
hotel near the Rio Grsnde Western
depot. l went Into Raymond's
saloon soon after the shooting, ana
saw 0'Briep leaning against the
pool table. He was in such pain
that he wanted some one 70 kill
him. He said that Raymond had
shot him, but he didn't know why
he had been led to do 90.
To Judge Powers-I did not try to
excite the crowd to lynch Ray
mond, but did say that he was q
cold blooded murderer and that he
ought to be strung up for it. l was
only one Of more than O hundred
who said the same thing. Raymond
drew a gun on me once and I have
not been passionately fond Of him
since.
Doninick MCGOWAN testified
was in the act of going into Ray
saloon Friday night, when
the shooting took place. Quite a
crowd rushed out, and in a few min |
utes I entered and saw O'BrieR
by the pool table. He was |
about TO fall ami assisted him to !
he f,eor.
r. &. Burch testified-I went into |
[ssymond's saloon shortly after &
o'clock Friday night took drink |
with Raymond and O'Brien and |
vent away. 1 returned ut about
and found that o 'Brien had |
been shot.
All. Bennett testified-I was in |
Raymond's saloon on the night of
he shooting. l saw O'Brien there,
and took a cigar with him. 1 then
went out for friend, and when |
reached Hegeney's 1 heard the
ihots. ] then returned, and met
Raymond at the door. | entered
and saw O'Brien. He said Ray
nond had shot him without provo
,ation.
Gus NELSON testIfied-I was in
he saloon on the night of the shoot
ng. Ibeard Raymond tell 0'Brien
o leave the pool players alone. /
was standing by the stove when
heard a shot fired. looked around
md saw Frank Raymond, who was