Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-27

she "lookeI SO much Thea sister OF that
Nance
a juror-Who 81 your lavef2
Wltuess (hesitaun sl-Nlll Pierce of
company a Sixteenth regiment Hut
he docau', know anything about the
case.
Witness here couiAliCtCd her tcs,i.
mony o. yesterday uy declaring that
Hucstw the dead woman with the pis-
tul In her hand. Another strange
siuicmvnt she madu was thatsitur she
heard the shot she got out ui bed, loft
her own room, kicked two locked do0rs
down iu three seconds aud opened the
latter Just iu time 90 have Misc Ora.
ham .hii almof. into hor arms.
ADMITTED HAVING THE PURSE
Luna, the miner, who occupied tho
w0mun's room with her when she was
shot, being recalled, testified that hr
remembered that Miss Graham gave
| MIN hUl PURGE, but hu had no Idea
/ where ~ was now OF the amount OF
l money u contained. lie remembered
] selling o five dollar grccnback till,
number VI foreign coins aud her gold
I waiCn aud chain.
His memory was also a remarkable
blank tsgariing the whereabouts of
] THESE valuabluB.
TIE testimony here clashed with that
/ uf the Williams woman, who stated
I that she hai positively Knocked the
/ ao1r Boz lu1liug 90 the room la which
The shooting occurred, aud that Luuzl
ut that time wns just In the act Of grl.
! iug uutut bed. Luuzi stated that he
| opened the door uud admitted her
| Atkvd ~ explain this discrepancy he
! frpliud that he was Scared 10 death, +"
anu diiu'I know what he iid.
piLLoN WAS FRsr
There was considerable doubt for q
time na 10 which Of tho ufiicrfa arrived
on the sccuo frsL. IL was finally OK.
! planned, however, by Patt0imuu Brown
6auug that Onicuf Dillon preceded
him and asked tue deceased u she wa.
dead.
OFFICER HOWELL KNEW MR.
Onicof Howell testified that he knew
the deceased; had been acquainted
with her Tor about two weeks; when ht
8rs, mot her she informed min thai
anu was living Rt hotel on Wee
Temple street She had called hin
Into her lodgings on state street Oh
llursIay last " settle dispute be
tween herself and an ltrllan saloon
Irrrcr named DAvi, The difficulty
#rcW yut nf payment Of rent. WitIos
Nt tuut limo heard her make desperate
threats; saw he settle with Davi ant
lake her departure. Alter that he hat
NOT seen her till no suw her body Ia
tnu moIgue.
DEsroNDESCY ASD DISSIPATION.
7 This ended the testimony aud ih
jury, consisting of Dauiul Camomi'r
g. NJ. Hammond and John o.. Walker
returned the following verdict
We nnd that tho said Mattlc b. era
ham came 70 h0F death from "a pis,o
shot wound iu tho head luss above 90
! tHmple, Inflicted by hor own hand will
suicidal Intent during ht ~ dHspund
euoy suporuducod by dissipation.
Alter the verdict had been brough
In the coroner ordered that the pfIsunt
uc discharged. This VIA auc0rdingl
done and lac went on hia way rulOiclnl
i u n not Improbable that the cas-
"a will lC heard OF again and thnt arrest
!, will follow, Tue discharge ". Auuzi
u does not give universal satisfaction, bu
q the Jurors Ia Justification Of their COZ
II illusions state they do not believe "a
Il property WIS stolen by him.
The woman was about 30 years
, age. Her relatives have not yet bee
heard from tut tho body Will be bel
q Tor several days II necessary. Shout
. mo- Information be received cOnCtruin
p, the disposition ~ tho remains the
y VIII be given a psuper'a burial In th
e city cemetery.