The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-25
OGDEN.
BILLIONS SANITY.
RECRUITING Testimony is Introduced to
Prove il.

tediously proceeding in the First district
court. The attendance was much larger
yesterday. The defense finished its testi-
mony at 70 o'clock and rested Prosecuting
Attorney e. S. Varisn put in an appear
ance IN the afternoon to assist Mr.. Allison
in the rebuttal.
DIR. PIKE,
superintendent of the territorial insane
asylum, again took the stand, and Attorney
Allison continued his cross-examination.
The witness stated that sometimes fits of
an epileptic form are ushered in by the ex-
cessive use OF liquor. On the morning of
the tragedy when Dillon went to the Broom
hotel, he invited friend into the bar;
the friend might have been able to detect
the condition of the prisoner had he been
acquainted with such subjects. A person
in the condition of the prisoner is irritable
and easily excited.
Re direct eXamlnaticn-Over so per cent.
of the crimes committed outside of the asy-
lums are committed by the epileptic insane.
Epneptic insanity is the most furious
ana most pitiful of manias. A victim may
go through the street and shoot and stab
right and left, killing friend and foe, and
at the end Of the transaction be unaware of
what he had done. Chronic alcoholic in
sanity is usually permanent
The court asked if it was an unusual
thing TO see persons engage in different
kinds of business and apparently prosper,
and yet be subject to these fits. The wit
ness answered that it was not an unusual
occurrence.
POLICEMAN EDWARD DAVENPORT
was next called and testified: Saw Dillon
on the morning of the shooting; saw him
first about 2:30 o'clock and again about
o'clock. He was with Jack Conley and ap-
peared apparently sober.
Cross examination saw Dillon in the
Royal Exchange saloon. Saw him in Pen
der & CroyTs saloon about week before,
and he seemed apparently sober.
Dissemination by Allison-You say
you were In the saloon at 2:30 in the morn
ing and doing your duty9
Witness-Yes, sir.
Allison-Well, then, you didn't do your
duty, did you.
Witness-No, sir.
This ended the testimony for the defense
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Court convened at 2 o'clock, and the
prosecution began the rebuttal.
Officer II. c. Hansen took the stand.
Tho condition of the prisoner at the time
] arrested him was that of man under the
influence of liquor. l had 10 assist him in
walking over to the city jail. I turned him
over to MIR. Tacket who was iailor at the
time.
Cross NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. seeing
Dillon prior to his arrest and did not see
him drink any intoxicating liquors. He
could not walk without staggering in going
TO the jail. Couldn't say whether he stag
gered or not in the bar room.
l. W. TACKETT
was next sworn and testified: Have had
considerable experience with drunken
men. Am not personally acquainted with
the defendant. When Officer Hansen
brought him to the city jail 1 Immediately
began searching him. He was not in a
condition to talk very much. He mum
bled something and wanted to know what
was going TO lock him up for. From the
smell of his breath and by his staggering
around the room, and from his general ap-
pearaEce l thought ne was drunk. After
searching him l took him TO cell, laid
him down on bed and locked him up.
Cross-eX amination-Never saw Dillon
before the morning be was brought to the
jail. Did not observe anything peculiar in
his appearance at the time other than Is
noticeable in any drunken man. Never
saw an epileptic in any other condition
than on the floor in lit.
HARRY NJ. BARRows
was next called-Saw Dillon on the morn.
ing of the shooting at the Broom hotel.
Saw Phillip Mountain, Mitchell and Carl
the porter, in the bar room. When l en-
tered the bar room Dillon had quite q
bunch of green back bills in his hands. He
had bill torn in two and WIS trying to fix
1t. Mitchell told him TO hand them to him
and he would fix them. Mitchell took them
gether Mitchell told him to put
them together and put them away
from the other money and he wouldn't
lose it. l went out of the bar room and
only got short distance away when
heard the crash. At first thought it was
Mitchell taking a cork out Of bottle.
thought Dillon was fighting drunk at the
time. was present when Dillon took the
money from Mitchell. He put it in his
pocket and remarked that 1t was all right
J. c. GRoHEATTY
next took the stand. Worked at the Broom
hotel in January as night clerk, Was there
at the time Of the shooting. Saw DilloI
the night before at the hotel. Knew hin
about ten days before, when he begaI
stopping at the hotel. Never saw Dillor
drink any liquor, but have seen him wall
into the bar. Saw Dillon on South Wash
ington avenue between II and o'clock
where the church burned dowI
that evening. He was standing By
hack and he asked me If
didn't want to ride into town. l TOLD
him | would, and got into the hack snC
rode down,to the Broom hotel corner witt
him. l was not of the impression tina
Dillon had been drinking to excess. Saw
Dillon drunk two or three days before tn,
killing. He usually went to bed from
three to six o'clock in the morning. 1 onl,
remember assisting Dillon to bed once, Blu
sent the porter up with him frequently
He needed assistance because he wa
under the influence Of liquor. Have talket
with Dillon when We was sober and h,
would talk as rational as any man. H
seemed to talk as other people do
Characterization Il never held an,
long conversation with Dillon. 1 probabl,
talked TO him eight or ten times brief,
while he was at the hotel. He did not sa,
anything when l assisted in taking him Il
his room. He only offered some resistance
/ considered Dillon WAS under the infiu
ence Of liquor when he came into the hote
with his head injured.
Re-direct-Mr. McManus brought Dilio
TO his room when he had his head tied ur
l had occasion to go to his room during tn
day. Dillon was lying on top Of the be
with cloth tied around his neck and wit
MS clothes on.
G. R. BELNAP,
sheriff of Weber county Remember tn
shooting of Mitchell by Dillon and takn
the latter to the depot. He said be intende
TO give portion of his property to Mrs
Mitchell and her family.
ALBERT sADD
was the next witness to take the stand
Am acquainted with the defendant Firs
met him in Rawlins, Wyo. Met him i
Ogden in January. The second tim
met him in the Royal Ell
change on Twenty-fourth street Was
the bar room about fifteen minutes whe
he was there. Dillon saw me and invite
me up to drink with NE; took cigar an