Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-22

TEMPT to reach Tor his qua. IL Me- |
Ielian wanted 10 eh0ot defendant, why,
in Gouis name, did he not 10 ii me |
frat timex Defendant knew thai he |
wa, 40 safe a. this attorney was ~ thht /.
very mOmuut. Yet he deliberately |
draws his gun, ukes good ain /
and fires the fatal nhUt. lie knew
That no more shots were nto1ed.
lie didn't pump the rest OF
tho lead into the b0dy OF the de-
erased, bus cody aud calculatingly
msves backward with tho precision VI
one Of tho higher uesa-sius Of Italy,
aud out into The dark, his gloomy
murderous Thought his only com.
panion. shortly after he ADMITS II
was a baJ job. A nurge tcsutes that
lus, before the spirit took ia fight ho
heaId Mcclellan say that had he had
nnother moment he would hnvr
lootud him. IL wa infamous Tor "a
pr0irssiDnol nursc 10 ttetiif TO THIS aud
he will undoubtedly nave 70 lo0E for
hg0a Icr heids than the city Of Ogden.
| would Nv soon take "a rnttit snake
int, NY house ~ lh.s man Pettrsu
m o.nu.so then expressed pity lUr ihe
defendant, his wife and family and the
wife and children NJ the deceased nut
Mel. ellan without any overt act On tho
mari Of the dcuunsud amt ne now stood
wlth thu marr %. Criu upon las brow.
Hp thou callet Intention 10 ne fact
hat tie pupul iheguu hn1 becn reatu
irom sac Rocky Mountains o. ,ue
Pacific aiope too often anu II was time
that the Jaw OF the land should be re-
/ garitd.
Air. Evans objected 10 such prcsen'
tatlun Vi she clsc, saying lie was u'ihg
undue Influences " pieiuuice The jury.
Judge hlscmiilan-rhAt a. a touarb
whicn no gentleman would make lu
this couft-a remark that no gentleman
would make.
NJ. Eynns-rhnt IL something you
/ will answer to mu in SOME o'hes plA.c
/ than thia.
Judge macmillan-Any lime, any
/ whvrt!
The court ovcrruled the objection ami
counsel closed tue opening
! Mr.. j.. R. Rogers ugeLol tho nrgu-
/ mpnt Tor tue defense ~ huains back
/ into the teeth OF Judge Mncmil'hn ms
utvfur uu andant uuu tUld him to tafelt
I where Il Was ueeicu, He then tcykthc
| prosecution " taab for saying mas the
/ testimony OF such men tuJuuge Hem
dersuu, Al thur PRATT, a, II. hendcrou,
/ C.C.Guodwiu OK Logan, aud oihrfl Wns
I Unreliable. Would you below. ,hcrp
men hal committed prIury' ltshpw 4
but the miserable Iakushiii ut the proc.
rruuoa. Why don't tne prosecution
/ produce ouc man who will say thgt
! WhcAtous's character Is bn.t F-om
I Idaho down into Ephr,im iu Sanps,r
! Mcclellan tad made his thrUAiE againtt
defendant, uslnp such wotd- rs I'm
| ltlli the ----- n have 10 so To hell !ti
I g." DO you call that Idle talk, or las
1 thr classical language OF Brother Mae
/ milan, ihnl Ola man "tniNpg through
his huil" It .. easy 10 say mat this
| tnut auu the Ulher could have hton
I zone AFTER We have time TO Wv,gt
| everything and carefully decide on
| some action. But, gentlemen, nut
yourselves IN bis paceAnd whst would
you have done under the hamv cifclm-
stances? Wuat would you have done
had Bowman Cannon sent Juu WORD
that Mcclellan hsd declared Of yOu,
"l,ll make the --- bite the dustln \ ou
would have felt thu IA h.h prvscncc
you wore your life on youi coat sleeve.
NIT. Rogers then traced tue opening
Of hostinties from the Morris ,riai
Which daily grew until they culmin'
atyd In tho Tragedy, taking up each in
stance aud showing up what Maemil'
Ian hnd been pleased ~ call McLeilan'a
"playiulness."
Counsel thea took up the occurrences
on the night OF the tragedy. Between q
ana S pm. ON that Jay Mcclellan en'
tered tho ralson, hung ny his coat, look
OIL his OvcfuhOes anu put hiH pistol ln
his coat pocket. lie met Hilvs. The
latter asbed him Ia drink. Mcclellan
asked them 10 sit down in the wine
room. They did 30 aud drank. Then
comes In tue sanity 81. John, who,
Z had Mcclellan killed MILESTONE thai
> night, would nave boen On trial MS an
, acc5mplice. While Mcclellan i,
oowagiiy reaching Tor the gun on the
door, while his eyes were hAed on
, Whetsi0ne, this sanity, saintly ST.
4 John picked It up and handed
o ~ TO Mcclellan, han ole lirst
and sgain II " banished. MILESTONE,
D the brave man that be IL, showed IA,
p WAS not armed. Then McLellar
! thtows down the gun and offered &,
: fght min anyway, nut Ills guu WA
! within his reach. -. John lied wheI
a 40 was on the stand seeking 10 SWesl
Z away the life Of this defendant
I lie lied like n cur, he lied lik'
D n dog, because he was contrpdiCtet
: by every witness who testified {,
q tliB occurrence. when finally quietet
A down Hiles acting the puriy Of I
a prudent men vauted de.vntsnt &
2 come IN again hoping 90 patch VI
0 the difficulty. MhOtslOne EnOwini
! Mcclellan better did not tnink 1t cal,
o and refused, He goes Out 10 the Atlaf
! three doors away, and telophO nts iol
d o Quincy. MOI being able 10 get ont
o for hnli au hgur lac goes 20 Shurt
a hl'a nuo asks for a gun 20 carry u
q with him ia case no should have {,
u walk home. a shot was fred. Whet
n stone did not IRE II because ho Aat
g no gun. lie goes bacE 70 the wln'
b roOin and gets hia OvutcOat ouu shoe
a which he had left. He saw McLellEI
q aud ~. John near the stove. Nc
a. i.ellGn and 8tst.On left. A. they di,
= ~ McLellun said lhnt n there wa
O. any trouble he did not propose to tab
y the worst Of u. A portion OF S!e.so'
testimony was then road.
i usE the prosecution "why ui
q not Mcclellan 20 home % hie VIII
aud children where ht ought 90 10
y Would there have been any tIoubl
n Il ho had gone home? Would thcr
= have been any trouble unless Ne
l. Leilan hAd sought ~" Whetstone hal
n perfect right to &c, from appearance
OF the tecenseu. You must rpcOllec
d that no had but momout IN which /
a decide, not nine days IA We have B.
fur mad. Take every fact into consid
L Grafton Quu II becUmus evident thu