Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-23
LIEUT.. BUCKS TRIAL
For ALLEGED Completely 10 The Uallg.
fol Rllling Of Joe Leonard,
WITHIN HE FORT RESERVATION.



ted with two Of his Fort Douglas com.
radcs In tho wilful murder OF Joseph
w. Leonard, within the Fort D1pglas
military reservation, on june 18Th, Of
the present year. he plead not guilty.
The court, by previous Arrangement
held a special session Tor iho trial q
this case, and the occasion brought
together a goodly number OF spectator.
The defendant f. a good looking
young follow, apparently about q
years of age, Of fair complexion, gen.
t.umauly barring ana average build.
Hu WAS accommodated with roAt
Immediately behind bic u0un5el-At.
torncys q. 3. Narlan aud Richard W.
YOung-and paid close attention u
tue proceedings.
The prosecution was conducted by
Assistant Datrict Attorney H0wat.
II wa nearly half.past ten O'Clock
when the empaneiing VI jury began,
Attorney Narian hut taking
bold OF the examination Of the
Jurors called into the hox, as to
their Fitness to serve. Among the
questions a.kod was whether any one
Of them had formed an unqualified
opinion OF the ease, whether thrir
minds were fee from bias, or whether
they entertained any prejudice
against the military service, eilho :
ofhccp OF soldiers. To the lat named
interrogAtory a universal negative was
given, but some oil the jurors confessed
to having read the local newspaper TO.
ports Of the tragedy and thereon formed
an opinion; others hRu either heard
tbs matter discussed Or Themselves
taken part In conversations relating 10
the killing OF Leonard, and while
there were ono or two who had abroad y
arrived at such conclusion that they
did not feel they could serve Impair.
TALLY, tho majority thought they could
anu were sworn. or the twelve fret
called into the jury box eight were Ie.
tninod and four more were then called
from the panel 10 illl toe vsHant soatH.
Among thusec0nd batch wasA brother
OF Judge Judd, who was excused by
the defense upon his stating thst he
had heard tue district attorney
| talk upon tue matter, and that he him.
/ self did moi thiLk ho could, under nll
/ circumstances, III impnflially on the
| trial OF the onre. Another OF the four
went down because he had been prev.
ously connected with the military
service, leaving ton IN the box; 40 two
/ others were called. ono OF the twain
was excused because he had formed an
| opinion which no evidence, he thought,
could remove; tho other was alsI lei
/ gO, and two others took their places.
Both Of these were dropped out; two
more came In, one OF these was OK
/ CusUd and another called. He, like.
wise, was allowed 60 stand down, Hi5
successor went away On another chal.
leuge by the defense, anu no did the
next man examined, At length the
twelfth juror was secured. H. WAS now
exactly ~ O'Clock aud the trial jury, ~
completed, stood rs follows; Joseph
Miller, r. j. Senior, Charles 4. Wilkes,
]. NJ. Damn, W. ~. OIinger, a. IL.
Parsons, Van H.. Brooks, W. q. A,
Smoot IT,, David l., Levy, Il. NJ.
Bishop, X. V. Decker Murray Godbe,
The defense exercisod nine peTemp.
tory challenges; the prosecution none,
Clerk MCMILLAN having read the In
dictment,
Judge HOwat briefly outlined the
case on behalf Of the United States
saying that on June l2lh last the de
ceased, Leonard, accompanied by au,
other poTtOu, was driving Ia q buggy
through tho Fort Douglas military
reservation, IL being thought that hs
was going At too rapid u pace he was
called upon TO halls uut on promising
not 10 drive fast again was allowed e
90. Leonard then proceeded ~ the
canteen anu had something 10 drink,
Soon afterwards, he believed the evi
dsnce would show, he wa,
driving again, though not at .
very fast rate, iu fact, nj
an ordinary rot through the post
Lieutenant Buck saw him anu ordered
Sergeant Llule-thu sergeant Of Ia,
guErd-to take his men and go anu
arrest him. Private sheffield accom-.
painted LiuXs. Counsel thought n
would be- shown that Liuze afterwards
fitud shot In the air with the inten
ton OF stopping Leonard, but as the
deceased did not halt, after going 4
ahort distance, ho anu Sheffield, VINO
were standing tOgttnsh fired almost
simultaneously, Ono Of these shot,
struck Leonard, with fatal eject. lie
proposed tOptoye,a Lieutenant Bucks
connectiiu with the matter, that he In
some way directed, aided, or onCouT
aged the commission oithe act, but hii
responsibility would DEFEND on the ma
tura Of tho instructions which h,
gave to the sergeant u the guard
! The testimony, he thought would
establish the fact that Lieut.. Buck
prior 20 the shooting, took Lluze Int
private room, but what took placl
between them hu could not positively
state. However within the hearing
OF other persons, the prosecution
cluimed, Buck told Limo 10 take q
gun, 70 after Leonard aud arfest him
The language OF Lieut. Buck 70 Ser
geant Lime would be given In evi
deuce, aud tbv question WAS whether
wat he said could be- Interpreted Hi
meaning that he ami his mrn were g.
get him at all hszArds. IL, how,
ever, could not be proved by any
| direct testimony that Buok Instructed
Lime 10 fhuOt the decuufed man. The
Jury would have 10 determine whether
tue Language used 10 Lime, who wa,
subject 10 Lieut.. Bucks orders, and the
manner I'm which II w0a employed,
were such ar ~ warrant the conclusion