Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-09-09

] exactly whether ~ raS for 5000 or
or $3.50. Gr-en said THAT Is very
good iRS-rsnce.H Witness remarked
thai there were things In the house
mat he would not have burned 81
Tour times the amount. oHsen re-
Joined that that coslc be managed
all right, and added. well. I'm
tell you, I'll set your place afire
Tor 80 and you can save part Of
Your things" Witness answered.
I'll think about it and see Won
again" On a subsequent day Ne
! paid Green = on account and
later other Sums. ThsS afterwards
went into tire hata ana ARRANGED
where Witness SHOULD place the
tainE-, which ne wanted 10 save.
covering them with hay. The burn
ing TOOK place early in the morning
Of the 3lst Of August. Witness, by
arrangement. let Green into the
house through a window.
On cr0sSexamination the witness
denied positively that 1t was he him
self who fined TattleAs place and also
his own. His Conscience hurt him
terribly al the time the enquiries
were going on ab0ut tie fires in
Bountiful. Witness did not know
how it was that he was arrested, as
ne made 10 confession until after
he E@s lodged in Jail. When he had
Put what household goOls he desired
% save Ia sack he "reportei-s 10
Green. Witness lay down and
slept in the barn over tine
night Of the burning. a.
though knowing what wa. going
% happen. His bother, agei -,
slept with him, bat knew nothing OF
the slowing away OF the goods there.
The fire insurance policy was taken
ont on the 2lst- He had no spite
against the prisoner Green, though
be had threatened 10 80 hin up'
If h sou sht 10 throw all the blame
Of the affair upon him.
Replying to Mr.. Young, HolbrOok
said Inat 3 OF the money which he
first gave Green, was in part pay
ment OF piece of carns. which he
had purchased from Green's mother.
Green had admitted to him that he
set fire 70 the Wayte place, in order
'tO remove suspicion over The Tut
tie fire" He likewise said that il
was he who fired David S.Oker's
place, but that he kneg nothing OF
the tithing-hOuse blaze. He gave
as bis reason FOR setting fire 10 the
futile place that the land on
which the premises stood belonged
10 him, aud be expressed his inten
ton OF fencing Il, just a. soon as he
could get s1me barbef wire; he
wanted the land cleared. Green
told witness that before he go-
through he wanted TO fire "Jim
Bueklen's place"
Heber HOlbr0ok, brother Of the
last witness. stated that he slept in
tlie barn with his brother because Of
the number OF fires which had
taken place in BOuntiful. On the
night the house was fired he was
awakened by a cracking noise, aud
a few moments later he saw the
blaze. He knew nothing OF the re-
mOval OF any household goods or OF
their storage in the barn. At the
time OF the burning Of the house
his mother was away from home.
In answer to Mr.. Young witness
said on the 2lst OF June he me:
Green and remarked 10 him,
Brother futile i erecting a nice
hay shed, but may be he'll never
complete, IL, referring 10 his slow
methods in such matters). Green 10
this answered "And may he il will
never do him any good II he does
finish it."
At this stage the court took n
recess until two O'Clock.
Upon the court re-assembling,
the witness HoIbrook, who is also q
prisoner, was recalled 10y the prose
cution. Mr.. Young was about b
interroyate the witness az % a fire
which occurred on Mr.. Tutle's
premises four or FIVE years ago,
whea the defense objected.
Mr.. Young said his intention was I
to SHOW that that was part Of the
present system o. fires In BOuntiful.
The Commissioned ruled that the
question was admissible.
Hoihr00k then stated that on the
night Of the 18th OF july, while
they were standing talking together
in B0untiful, Green admitted to
him that he set Tut.le's place on
fire "'onee AMI again." meaning
several years ago.
This was the case for the p-osecu-
ton, and Mr.. LOchrie claimed that,
in the absence Of any c0rrobOrative
evidence, the accused should be dis
charged. He minated that he had
several witnesses whom he could
call il il were deemed necessary.
The Commissioner said that they
might be examined.
George As,ett, Of Bountilul, said
he had known Green for twenty
years. He remembered the night
Of the fire at Mr.. HolbrOok's; did
not see Green at all on that day but
he was present during the time the
FIRE was burning at ruttie's prem
ises.
Francis futile testified to having
seen the accused near the HolbrOok
residence while the fire was in pro-
gress. He could not say whether or
not Green was in his mothers house
when the fire broke out
Jane Ann Green. mother OF the
prisoner, said that her son resided
with her. On the night OF the 3lst
Of August the prisoner came home
very early went 70 bed, and did not
she was positive, leave the house
again until after the alarm Of the
fire at Holbrook's had been given.
He could not have gone out with
out her knowledge. The witness
testified 10 the sale OF the carpet
to Holbrook for Si2-50, as men
TONED ia that prisoners evidence.
To Mr.. IOung-My son might
possibly have gone out while was
sleeping, without my hearing him,
tut / don't believe it. He isn't
such hypOcrite as that.
Joseph Il Green, the accused,
said he was not in Bountiful or
July 2Srd, but In Salt Lake. 1t was
: not therefare k0e that he had any