The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-08-06
LOGAN.
THE MURDER CASE
Defendant Makes Quite a Strong
Showing.
The story Of the Boy is a General Denial OF
All the alterations ard Te,t mony
of the Irosecatton.

Joanna M. Welchman was the first wit
ness called on Thursday morning. She was
acquainted with the defendant who is the
son of her husband by another wife. This
witness corroborated the testimony of pre-
vious witnesses for the defense in regard
10 the defendants presence in Newton
during the fore part Of September. She
testlfe@ very positively thai the defend
ant had not, during the year he had lived
with her, had any such clothes in his pos
session as those that were found near the
dead body. The witness testified that in
October she had sold her home in Newton
and had loaned the defendant nearly $500,
which accounted for his ability to pay his
debts at that time.
A. p. Welchman, the father Of the de-
PENDANT, was next sworn and testified that
his son had arrived in Star velley on Sept.
l5 1891, and that he left there to return to
Cache valley on the 18th. He had never
seen his son wearing the boots produced in
court and had never worn them himself.
His son had visited Star valley for the pur-
pose Of asking pecuniary assistance from
him.
Sheriff Jones Of Bear Lake and Deputy
Sheriff Crockett of Cache county, had
visited the defendants house IN star val
ley on July the 18TH and had shown him
the boots. vest, overalls, etc, and asked
him If he did not recognize any them, 10
which he replied that the vest seemed
familiar, and might have been Charley's.
Afterward the familiar appearance of the
vest was accounted for by his wife, who
remembered that the witness had once had
q suit OF clothes made Of cloth somewhat
similar TO the vest The witness stated
that he had not said that his son wore that
vest when he left Star valley in Septem-
Der, said when asked whether he had
stated TO the officers that he knew there
was nothing the matter with Charley, out
did not think it was murder; that he had
not stated that Charley had acted in q
suspicious manner, but that his
course had not pleased him; meant
/ his course in regard to church
matters, as Charley did not attend meet
ings regularly, and did not attend to his
ecclesiastical duties very promptly; had
told officers TO dc their duty, but TO be mer-
ciful; could not swear that he had not said
1 that something was the matter with Char
ley. The witness testified that there was
nothing unusual in the boys manner while
on the visit to Star valley or at any sub
sequent time.
THE DEFENDANTS STORY.
Charles Welchman next took the stand in
his own defense; said his occupation was
that of a rancher and farmer; that he WAS
D years of age; that be had been taken to
Newton to live when small, and had lived
there nearly all his life. His testimony in
regard 10 the work he had been engaged in
during the summer and fall OF 1891, was
the same IS that of other witnesses for the
defense. He had never owned the clothes
found near the body, or any resembling
them. When questioned if he had ever
asked the deputy sheriff while in jail
whether he should tell his lawyers all that
he knew about the murder, he stated that
he had asked if it would be necessary for
him to tell them all he knew of his
own actions, circumstances, etc. At the
request of the defense be put on the much
talked of boots, and il was plainly evident
that they were two or three sizes Two large
for him. as also were the overalls and vest
that be tried on at the request of the prose-
cution.
The prosecution tried hard to prove that
the boots found near the corpse had been
mended by the father of the defendant
with part of an old saddle or some other
old leather, bat were utterly unable TO-.
The defendant had moved TO Star valley In
November 1891, ana had been living there
ever since. AT the time Of the arrest the
defendant was travelling from Evanston TO
Newton; was arrested between Logan and
Newton by Crockett who refused TO tell
him what crime he was accused OF until he
had nearly reached Logan.
The evidence is all in and the arguments
will be heard in the morning.