Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-16


certain facts In relation to IL. Yet sue
went 20 the penitcntlary convicted up.
on her own plea Of guilty Of an assault
with Intent 10 commit murder.
So much upon the threshold
Of this case. Not lisp was heard OF
this affair until they found the mar
shall being spoken OF disparagingly by
these girls after ordering them to be
locked up In their cells. Where was
the motive, asked Mr.. Stephens. This
was shown pretty clearly by the eva.
dence. Miss Prlndle had been told
she must 20 back to the Glesy house
or bc locked up like the other prisoner;
and here II began. Counsel spoke OF
Mr.. Nandercook's discharge from the
penitentlary as having q strong bear
Ing upon the efforts TO get rid OF the
marshal. He did not take the ground
that Mr.. Nandcrcook coucoclcd the
conspiracy against Marshal Par.
som; he could not and did not
believe Il; but what he did
say was that Mr.. Nandercook
had not been In sympathy
with his superior officer. The
testimony In this case showed that he
had not been true tn him n n mau aud
what II ought 10 have been towards
superior officer. The evidence showed
conclusiVely TO his mind that thesc girls
brc,thcd their foul stoves into Mr.
Nandcrcook's ear; u was willing ear;
he was ruady to listen 10 them; aud
they knew II. Otherwise, why dii
they not 20 to MI. Nandcrcuok aud
tell her what had happeued2 The
reason and the motive were here ap.
parent. Was not this the prostitutes
remedy alwnyt2 when she became
uufnged at "a man, the flrst thing she
lid was to turn upon anu charge him
with association with her. That was
notorious the world over, aud II was
resOfted ~ In this case. The marshal
had done somethi' e these women did
not Ike. and they retorted by alleging
that he had tried 10 wrong them. IL
tire marshal hal acted ruduly toward
Miss prindle, why did she wish 10 10
back to the prniteutiary, knowing that
he went there ten times where he went
to the ponitoniiary once? DID her
story wn.h? Was II In EAST cOlor.2h
Was It not rather pretensc, mn effort
20 hlacken the character OF the mar.
shal2
rurni z his attention 10 Maggie
Fofkuer, the speaker said there was
nothing IN her case ~ overcome the
presumption that ahe had lied.
| Look at her history, child
though She WIS. She was a COME .scd
hnflUt. As 10 the alleged Indecent
conduct Of the marshal tOwafd "ihe
divine Anna"--tnughlorl- in his pfl-
waite Office, counsel said, the woman's
story could not In that REGARD he pro-
nouucod true until Mr.. VI. X, Parsons
had been found guilty OF perjury, and
who could suspect him u this Tor one
instant? IL would not DO Ia say that
/ Mr.. Giesy or any other member Of
the marshal's family He'd NJ TO that,
particular day at the Gle-y house SIM
| ply because th"y were the marshaPs
relatives. Their testimony showed
| c0nclu4ively that this part OF Prindle'-
story, at least, was u concOcted QUE,
| with the sole object Of iuJuriug the
defendant. Counsel rldiculcd tue
/ story II the cell episode, where the
marshal aud doctor yi.ited Miss
/ pflndle when sick, and asked, "Will
you put the stain OF iniamy on
| this man from this kind Of testimony?
WIZ you put upon this man and his
family the stain Of infamy say, on
evidence Of such kind, by holding
him TO bail under that statute which
requires that before you can do IL you
shall find that crime has been nctu.
ally committed, and that hc II probably
guilty OF II? Those people who were
pressing this prosecution should at
least bc fair 10 ihis defendant, invite
every investigation, and everything
| that will throw light upon II, ius,cai
Of standing IN the way" The judge
came next TO the testimony OF Essle
Bankp, whom he said council Tor the
prosecution hal hippantly described as
"the Alabama wrnch."
| MIR. Variant beg your pardon;
those were not the words used.
Continuing, Judge Henderson said
he would not ask the court or any per
son 10 believe that conspiracy had
been put up by MIR. STARK, Mr.. Wander.
| c01ly, or anybody else upon that GIRLS
unsupported testimony; but what he
/ did say was that one part Of her state.
mouts went by unchallenyei. This
| was Prindlc's remark 10 her, "You had
better not say 80 and 30; the governor
/ aud the marshal ARE not friends, aud
you will have no chance OF getting a
| pardon II You do" or words TO that
/ effect.
Mr.. Varian-The Prindle woman
herself denied Il; who else could?
Judge Henderson admitted that
there was some resemblance between
Banks and the 'divlne Anna" Both
were professional nurses, both smoked,
and Il sic Banks was Ia the peuiten.
tiacy for shooting woman, while
Anna was there for shooting man.
There was something peculiar about
this ease. The usual order would be 10
bHug II before "A magistrate first aud
then take II before the grand Jury, The
| prosecution had seen ~ 10 take II he.
fore the grand jury fist, and II being
thrown out there, II had been brought
into court, with the request To have II
kicked back again, Ike foot tall. 10
the grand jury. Taking up, then, the
last assault alleged by pfindle TO have
been committed. Judge Henderson
analysed II, di-seoted the result NUT
| threw the dust out OF the case.
The whole thug came from
a corrupt heart, and the motive
was clearly apparent. He had full
confidence Ia the commissioner.
Counsel for the defense depended
upon facts for the result, ami were
quite content To let the case sneak IL.
own story from the testimony given
here, aud nothing else, "ButD, said
the Judge, In conclusion, 1--WE say
that this story Is damned; ctrrnaliy
damned, that these women, esnecjally
the Prindle woman, has falsfiei hef
testimony, and, that no mans charae.
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