Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-08
RAYM0ND'S BAIL.
II Is Fixed By the Court at Twenty
Thousand Dollars.

uOuu, WIZ Il thiisihb tuc tCtlou u
8 the grand jury on a charge OF muir
derir Mickey O'Brien. The prose
cutIon was represented by Assistant
United States District Attorney
= Critchlow and County Attorney
Murphy.
1t will bs remembered that, a
week ago, the defendants counsel
presented certsin aflidavits to Judge
Zane on which he based his applica-
ton for Riymond's release; but az
ter hearing Mr.. Varian and Mr..
{ Murphy, his Honor held that before
; giving his decision in the matter
: the eyewitness To the tragedy
named in such aflidavits must at
, tend before him and he examined on
oath.
Judge Powers called Frank KEEL
lev, who was in Raymond Il John
sons saloon at the time of the
tragedy. He detailed the circun-
stances leading up 10 the trouble, as
already stated In the evidence before
the police magistrate. During n
wrangle arising out Of a game OF
pool O'Brien, the deceased, used
Objectionable language towards a
man named Morrisey and another
Raymond said TO him s.fhose are
friends and customers Of mine; lei
them alone to take care Of them.
selves; l will not have them
abused" O'Brien became angry
and snapped his fingers in Riy.
mond's face. Hard wofds followed.
Raymond .aid ;0D'Brien, stsfickey
you should not talk like that 10 me:
! | ha-SS v-vu more like a brother to
You than friend" O'Brien made
use Of an irritating expression,
struck O'Brien. knocked him
down, and then threw a glass at
him. Witness next heard shots
fired, but did not actually see the
weapon discharged. He was In
Raymond's employ at the time Of
the shooting.
To Mr.. Critchlow witness said
that Raymond did not strike back
| when O,Brien hit him. He did not |
see q revolver In Rlymond's hand
until .he shots were fired. When
the revolver was discharged Ray
mond Was on the ground. Witness
denied that either Of the three shots
was fired befote the scuffle and the
throwing Of the glass.
Charles Il. Rimmell, bar tender to
Messrs. johnson & Raymond at the
saloon In question at the time Of the
tragedy, corroborated in the main
the testimony of the last witness in
regard to the disturbance there.
O'Brien interfered Unnecessarily
with two Of the customers and
Raymond demonstrated with him,
0'Brien then called Raymond "a
pup and "a coward,o and said
that II he was worth slapping he
would strike him. Raymond told
him not to talk like that TO one who
had been more like brother to
him than friend. O'Brien slapped
him several times, then raised his
hand and threw something at him.
The broken pieces Of glass were
afterwards picked up on the floor.
O'Brien, who was intoxicated, had
hold Of the other man by the neck,
and knocked him down. O'Brien
KEEP: following Raymond, up as he
slapped him in the face, while the
latter was receding. O'Brien fell
after the third shot.
To Mr.. Critchlow-The revolver
was usually kept in drawer be-
hind the bar. Raymond was not
near the drawer when tine glass was
thrown at him and he fell. The
revolver was in his possession at
that time. He could not have
reached it out OF the drawer from
where he lay.
Morgan Rowlands, an employe Of
Raymond and Johnson, said lie
was serving behind the saloon
bar on the night of the tragedy,
when O'Brien began to interfere
between Morrissey and his COM
panion. Raymond said TO him,
mickey, those gentlemen a
wrangiing between themselves u u
you must leave them alouI"
O'Brien "got hoto and began to use
some rather hand words towards
Raymond, siying among other
things that he was s.not werth :
slappipg." He snapped his fingers
IN Riymond's face several times.
Raymond was then stant ing behind
the bar and O'Brien in front OF IL.
OBrien told Raymond that he
could whip him or any man in his
employ. Witness jumped over the
counter and went outside the premis-
Is when the disturbance had gone
on for some time. As he left the bar
he heard three shots fired; between
the first and the other Two r.ports
there was sbort n,,rse O,Rrien
was intoxicated: witness had served
him with call of twelve drinks, tina,
day.
Gross examjne,i-He ran out of
the saloon because he had olten
heard that O,Brien was ssverv ucIy,,
when drunk. He did moi .,e a
pistoI in R,ymond,. hand.
G-orpe Kinder gave evidence rs
To O'Brieu. stamping Raymond In
the face and using Irritating lanru-
age towards him: INT he did not
ace the shots firei. having iu.t he.
fore la, lin. ,oon
ano,ber witness named Ne;,sor
who WIS in the s,loon ON ths NOR,
of the occnrrene.. also testified ne m
O,Rr;..n.s in,arS,,.nc, ,si,h NJ
r,sev and b;s counanion Jnr;,g Nm.
disnute He O,Rrien % iysids
the bsr and strike RavmonS tw;ce
He also had hoI,i OF him Inv IN.
throa,. RavTond 6.u 10 IN. a.
Tn 20. sbnts NE. soon ,f,srw,ri.
Aired: Raymond threw the rev.,irer
over ,be counter AMI witness Md
itun
II cr,ss-sxam;,.,iop the witness
said he h.ar "A Rarn,ond Eli O,prian
that he Was thc nronrie,or ~ the
s,Ioa, anJ We r,,;,a nar.bi. -
r,Inniny IL himself soma men In
the salnon whom he a; not Know