The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-05-25
NEARING THE END.
The BOrel Murder Trial Will Be Con.
Guided To-day.
MIR. Allison Makes Lengthy Argument
for the Prosecution-Lyons, the Ex-
Romanist, Deserts His Family.

O1DENs May "a - lOQdy enQed LIZ
tenth day of the Borel murder case, and
the hearing will probably consume an
other day, at least. When the district
court convened at $3.50 O'Clock this morn
ing, the judicial chambers were hardly
capacious enough to hold the great crowd
of interested spectators. Within the ban
were seated several ladies and many mem
bers OF the bar of this district. Before
he noon recess, however, the crowd had
hinned out considerably. During the
arguments BoreI sat in his usual position
and maintained his unbroken silence.
Occasionally he bestirred himself enough
to consult the morning newspapers which
belittered the tables.
Mr.. Allison commenced his argument
al $40 o. clock and when the hour 0 12:3C
O'Clock arrived had not concluded. his
argument was an extremely able enorl
and followed the defendant through all
his wanderings from the time he left his
native land until today. Many outbreaks
of insanity were cited by the attorney
the books going into the record under an
objection from the defense.
During the course OF his argument
which covered the testimony OIL the case
in its every detail, and which was nota-
bic for lis fairness, Mr.. Allison was ire
ouently interrupted by persistent
juror who occupied chair in the back
row of seats OF the box, and who had
evidently made up his mind Tor an
aequital. The juror seemed particularly
anxious to get all the s,rong points made
by the defense well in the front.
Mr. Allison closed at 2:40 O'Clock.
Judge Maginnis then made the opening
speech for the defense. He occupied three
hours and made very eloquent plea 1or
an acquittai. he opened for the defense
by saying that had it not been for the
nisconstruction, to put it charitably, of
the testimony by Mr.. Allison, the de-
1eLse would leave the case with the jury
without argument, but as 1t was, ne
would review the testimony briefly. He
criticised Mr.. Allison for Sneerlng at
the testimony of witnesses who could
give but one or two little instances in the
mans life to show that they thought him
insane, al declared that it was the many
like instances which, though they would
not impress a person sufficiently to mark
each individual one, clearly showed the
trend of a mans mind and should, there
fore. be given due consideration.
He gave brief treatise on the nerve
system and then took up Borel's life. His
vocation of sheep herding, his solitude
and the results upon his mind. The loss
OF the money which he had saved Tor six
years was given full weight by the judge.
And point after point was well made on
the various symptoms and vagaries of
insanity. He then made most eloquent
appeal for an acquittal and predicted that
if placed behind the bars it would not be
Ex months before the defendant would
become a raving manaic. Court then adj
journed until 1880 O. clock.
The evening session convened promptly
at the hour to which adjournment was
taken. The court room was crowded al
most to suffocation, many of the specta-
tors having evidently been drawn out by
the report which had got out that Judge
Rhodes, who occupied the entire time of
the evening session, would make some
sensational criticisms on the methods of
l.. r. Rogers. Counsel confined himself,
however, on that subject, to the state
ment that after his client severed his con-
neetion with Rogers, whom he had paid
to get his money back for him, he was of
opinion that Rogers was in league with
the bunco men, and that Lewis was the
safest man in town.
The Judge made an eloquent appeal and
criticised the Indictment which charges
murder in the second degree. II Borel
was guilty Of any crime he said, he was
guilty of murder in the first degree and
should be hung by the neck until dead.
At one point when giving graphic pic
ture of Borel'6 Wanderlngs In California
in search Of the supposed Mrs. Clarke
In hopes that she would give him back
his stolen money, the speakers eyes and
voice were filled with tears and there were
many other eyes in the court room that
were far from dry. Mr.. Rhodes finished
his argument at half past nine and the
court adjourned to $3.50 tomorrow morn
ing when Mr.. Allison will close the case.
DESERTED FAMILY.
For over a month there have been liv-
ing at the Broom Hotel the wife and little
daughter of John Lyons, the ex-romanist
who gained so much notoriety on account
Of his attacks on Catholicism, and who
had such a close call in Cheyenne
recently. The whereabouts of Lyons are
unknown and the supposition is that the
wife and child are deserted. The preacher
left Ogden with the stated intention OF
visiting several eastern cities. at none of
which he has shown up. The lady and
her daughter are wholly without means
and are dependant upon the charity-it
might be termed such-of the proprietors
OF the hotel. 1t is stated that Lyons is in
Omaha and that recently he applied to
+he editor Of an anti Catholic newspaper
for aid to return to Ogden but was re-
fused. as the editor of the paper had re-
ceived the Intelligence that Lyons had
deserted his family.
SENATOR EDMUNDs GOES EAST.
Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, accom-
panied by his wife and daughter, passed
through Ogden this morning on their way
home from the coast, where they have
been for sometime.
Seventeen cars OF tea from the cargo OF
the steamer Rio de Janeiro, were trans
ferred to the Union Pacific tonight, by
the Southern Pacific for transit east.
Up to this morning the Southern
Pacific had transferred TO the Union Paci-
&c for the eastern markets, 149 special
trains of oranges, over 1, 400 cars. Thirty
cars of the fruit went east this morning.
HOOKED BY A COW.
This afternoon, the thirteen year old
son of George Harris was hooked by a COW
in the region of the groin and will
probably lose his leg as a result. The
boy was tormenting the COWS calf and the
older animal became enraged and rushed
at the lad. Before he could get out of the
way the COW had him on her horn and
would have probably killed him outright
had not members of the family put in a
timely appearance.
The contractors at the excavations for
the Southern Pacific shops struck water
yesterday morning in the trenches at the
depth of five feet. 1t will be necessary to
put the trenches down to an average
depth Of eight feet in order to secure a
good, solid foundation. Carson & Bau-
seher will today send out a force of men
10 Balfour, on the Southern Pacific, to
get out the foundation stone.
WORSE THAN MURDER.