Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-25
r0wELL'S HORRIBLE FATE,
e,,vs Suspicious That he vas Follly
Dealt With.
TESTIMONY Al THE ISouEsr'
>, ga. Commenced Yesterday anu
was In Progress This After
moon.


.onicled I'm last evenings NEWS
"a, a,st witness was o. IL. Harring'
ion, who testified;
During the evening Mr.. West, pro-
,rie,or OF the lodging house, the VIII
ne,s. his wife and Others engaged IN
nlayiug sociable game OF cards AS
Inc night wore on the party was re-
duccd to Harrington, wife, West and y
Mf, Doau. They were playing Wrist
when they heard shots OUTSIDE hhu
cries Of fire. Rushing outside HarfinR'
Ion discovered the house on hre. lie
ran back and upstairs 10 awaken the
,lcepers. lie first went TO Cowell's room
and awakening him got him out IN the
hall, where he left him togo from room
10 room 10 arouse the other sleeperT.
By this time things were getting pretty
hot and he had toget out; he was posl.
tive that he awakened Cowell ana got
him out Of the room. Harrington also
testified to having come clothes anu
watch belonging to Cowell.
After recess Harrington was again
called TO the stand and put through .
very close examination by Mr. Weber
He said that Cowell was under me M
fiuenceof liquor. They had both been
drinking together during the evening
preceding the fire. Cowell had prob'
ably eight or ten drinks; witness t0ok
only lew drinkB; remembered taking
elk cigars. During the evening Cow.ll
gavewitnoss dollar with winch TO pay
roulette; witness had no change WIN
him; during the day his vile gave MN
$40; Cowell ALEC paid witness $; nc
had $40 or Sl7 At the timehe was trati'
Tying. He had paid $40 ior the rent
II a house on Wall avenue tue uhy
before the IRE; he had about S-4 yes
terday morning after tle hfe. lie
won $3.50 ut the Atlas saloon Nednes'
day night; later he won 80 At the room
over Carr's drug store, hnd afterwards
SOS more Mt the Atlas. He didn't
Know any OF the dealers; couldn't
name any one In the place when he
won the money. Wednesday he got n
so gold niece Of the A tlas bartender
In exchange Tor silver; didn't knsw
the bartsnder's name. lie had known
Coyell for four or five years. Hsdidu't
have the $50 gold piece with him; had
changed II at the Broom bar. lie got
heaatohel out OF his twitncsa') room
~ INC lAtllt W AhN ~ 'AhNh
wore each Olher's clothes. He regarded
Cowell "a sober enough TO get out OF
the building after he was awakened. II
any one should testify that he changed
A 500 gold piece at Browning's saloon
be would unhcsitatingly say that 1t was
not true.
Elmer Wessell-K new Cowell; saw
him last on the evening Of the fire;
81 hl... 10 Ihs lnNlFtufF hRTIgas
took him up 10 his room; Cowell was not
70 drunk hut what he knew where his
room wa; rs they passed up stairs Mrs.
Harrington called TO them; she called
"Harry;" | think II was her husband;
witness told Mrs. Harrington tina, no
was a friend of her husband; rs they
got up In the hall witness noticed n
lamp ON q stand Ia tho hall; he took
Cowell into his room and deceased sat
down on the bed. Witness got the
lamp on the stand and took II
into Cowell's room; Cowell refused u
20 bed til witness left tho room; wit
ness went down stairs but returnudiln
n short time to the room 10 see II Dick
was all right; Opening the door he saw
that Dick was lying on the bed; he tool,
out the lamp and put II bnck ON the
NtNhA III A'hhAhAhk hPN
stairs, he gave the key Of the room to
Mr.. Harrington, asked her to toll her
husband, when no came, TO go IN stairs
and see il Cowell was ali right; he then
went out on the street anu met
Harrington and told him him.
self 10 20 and see n Dick was all
Hight. Witness next saw Harrington
after the fire was started and he asked
him oil FNffItN a. .H INnNFtf
ton said that he had broken In Dicks
door and got him out. While taking
Dick over 10 the lodging house wit.
ness asked him u he was "broke."
Dick said he had money and pulled
out small pocket book and showed
witntss $50 gold piece, afterward
putting the money In tho book and
back In his hip pocket.
A. u. Hayes said he never met Har.
rington I'LL the morning Of the fire.
met him at Bfownlng's, whore witness
noticed tina Harrington threw on the
counter a $50 gold piece; Chief Rhodes
was with him at the time; after they
got out Chief Rhodes said; "rhere II
somebody flush this morning;n lie was
sure II was at Browning's that he saw
witness throw the money on the cOun.
ter.
DR.. Conroy said that he had made
an examination OF the remains OF
Cowell and found them terribly
burned; the feet Were of, the
hands were charred, the face wa
burned away and the left side o
the skull at the back was crushed
In as though by force. 1t looked as
though the back part Of the head had
been caved In before the FIRE reached
him.
Chief Rhodes testified to finding tn,
bodyof Cowell Mt $50 yesterday morn
Ing. Deputy Gill was with him. Wher
he first saw II the body was lying ID
The southeast corner Of the brick huild
Ing, under cover OF pieces Of the roo
I'm hanging down on the inside. III,
found the remains after the search hAC
been made for them IN the ruins Of IN,
lodging house In the trout. He mad,
search OF what clothes were on tn,
remains. They were part of n pair o
pants and u shirt around the hips
Witness found q looket In the hiI
pocket OF The pants, but no purse MOI
money Witness was sure that M
umbet struck deceased. because OF tn,
position that he occupled,a well rs IN,
TACT that there were no tinibers In IN,
root that fell aud that could have In
Jured him.
Several other witnesses were exam
lnei aud with one exception lheN
more or lees corToborated the evidenc,
gwen previously. The exception WA
That OF Mrs. Harrington, who testified
that her husband had not rented any
mouse on Wall avenue or any otheI