Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-16
THE ARGUMENTS BEGUN.
JvpoE HENDERSON MAKES a row.
rsFuL PLEA ron rng DEFENSE.
And Levels some scatbinE Remarks
~ the Other side.-Thi- Morn
ing. Proceedings


the buzlues. transacted at the meeting
Of the City Council ON September %,
which included the report Of the com
miitce which NJ. k. Parsons tcstifled
10 have written la Marshal Parsons
office while Anna Ptindle was there
at the dated named.
This closed the whole Of the teati-
mony, aud at 3 O'Clock the Arguments
began.
The opening argument for the
prosecution was made by
ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
STEPHENS,
who said he wished 10 pre-.
sent his side OF the case rs
briefly and fairly rs possible. One
Of the most important officers In
the Territory had been charged by
persons under his control with the
crime OF depressing them, under the
statute. II was very serious charge,
aud II truo would reflect most seriously
upon tho defendant. II untrue, IL
showed state Of mind on the part Of
those who made the complaint that
was most corrupt. II had been the
duty Of the prosecution TO make this
inquiry IN behalf Of the government,
which extended IL protection over the
weakest OF its creatures within its
dominions, rs searching and thorough
~ Il was possible " make II. Counsel
dealt first with the complaints Of Mag
gle Forkner, who he said charged that
ON two specific occasions She was mis-
treated by the defendant. lie re-
viewed the circumstance ~ set forth
In Forknur's own statement, and next
took up the complaint Of Anna Prlndic
who had testified 10 FIVE different oc-
cassiOns when acts and words OF the
marshal were used towards her that
were more or lees criminal. Mr..
STEPHENS treated first with the alleged
misconduct OF the marshal towards
prlndle In his private office IN the
day Of her sentence by Judge Zane, aud
laid particular stress In this connection
upon the evidence Of Mr.. VI. X. Par
sons, the msrsbal's half brother. II
was strange, he said, that Mr.. Parsons
should have remembered 20 infinitely
what he was engaged In doing nj his
desk IN the msfshal's office on that
particular day, and pooh.poohed the
idea that he would be occupied for any
length Of time In the preparation OF
his committee report foil presentation
TO the City Council, which In this In.
stance was very brief. Tho assertions
Of Miss pTindlo Ms 10 Marshal Parsons
behavior towards her on the way TO the
penitcntiary and nj the Giery house
were reviewed, aud MIR. stephens In.
risted that there was no reason what.
ever 10 doubt the woman's veraclty.
L, was u straightforward story and In
no material way broken by the
rigid cross examination. Counsel
urged that the witnesses for
the defense were mistaken as 10
tho door between the kitchen aud at.
ting room at Mts. Giesy's being open
all the time, and that what was said
10 have taken place could have oc-
CURED without othere seeing. some.
thing had been said about Mrs. Glery
forbidding Prlndle'z sporting friends
from calling at the house; but II seemed
that that had already been sufficiently
exploded, seeing that Mira. Glesy - u
very estimable lady introduced Miss
Prindle to her own relatives aud
friends. She did not treat her as n
convict, but evidently regarded her as
Of Hulilcient respectsbility ~ Introduce
her 10 her company on that one par.
tlculAr occasion. The only ono who
did not approve OF this Introduction
was the lady from Ogden, Mrs. Ros.
waythe Giesuy, but she evidently did
not regard this domestic In any more
objectionable light than she did do.
mest.ca In general. AS TO the alleged
assault on the part OF the marshal In
his Office on the SECOND occasion, when
Miss Prindle walked into the main
hall, tina only evidence adduced to dis
pxove her statement was that
~ Mr.. wins, and counsel thanked
God that tho defense put him
upon the witness stand. IL
did not appear In evidence that there
was any trouble between Miss Prindlu
and the Giesy family, beyond what
bad been elected from the witness
Maggie Forkner IN cross-examinatiOn
as TO what Mics Prindle had said TO
her. Turning TO tho visit OF the mar
shal and doctor to Prindle's cell, the
assistant prosecuting attorney argued
tnhl inc lUuttttN hNN uNhtibhi'h W WY
marshal could easily have been com
mitted without Doctor Smith and
Guard Ward, who were engaged In
earnest conversation outside the cell,
being conscious OF II. There must he
Some motive, n was said, Ia thr breast
Of a person making an accusation OF
this kind, which was 30 diroful In its
result. All the ingenuity OF the de-
Tense had been directed towards the
development Of some base motive
which could have aotua,ed the mind Of
this girl IN telling her story. The most
the defense had beon able 10 DO was IN
Introduce evidence Of what they were
pleased to deem "A conspiracy; and that
had been scattered 10 the winds. The
testimony Of "lhe negro girl from Ala.
bamao (?) (Essie Banksl, who testified
that she heard conspiracy going on
between stark aud these two girls,
rwore TO II 20 absolutely Ms TO say that
she knew she could not he mltled,
When the defendant had that girl put
upon the witness stand he well knew
That she was telling falsehood, He
must have known that she was com
hitting perjury, though" added MI.
Stephen, ~ acquit his counsel-all
honorable men--of any such knowl'
sdge." That, aud that alone, was the