Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-08

Provo, April THE testimony for
the prosecution In the Peter Nelson
parricldo cnse concluded yesterday
afternoon. Sheriff Burns was the nret
witness yesterday. In addition to OF.
ieiing corroboratlve evidence, the
sheriff testified TO comparison In
weight which he had msdU between
the ball OF cartridge OF the 4i.7O
Winchester rifle Of the bank and the
osll with which Nelson sr. had
been shot. The former ball
weighed 40 grnius and the
latter 400 grains. The sheriff believed
the difference In weight was due to the
TACT that tue latter had struck against
the adobe wall and had had several
grains rubbed of.
Rasmus Fraua0n had made an eN.
animation Of the bank rifle several
days before tbe shooting aud he had
found one SIDE Of the eight broken OH
The gun WAS clean. This witness be.
came 8Omewhat muddled under Mi.
rhuTmau'a severe cross examination.
Erlck Gundefson heard tbs shot
In oontr tdlstiLc,iOn TO @ pistol shot.
Tho shot wal fired at 1:l7 or 7.l5
o'clock.
Miss Eliza Reynolds left home on
the night of tue shooting nj about
7.iO. She heard shot when ehc
had walked about two blocks
She walked on several blocks further,
passing the Coop corner, across tho
street east from the bank corner, and
M she passed she heard someone cross
the plank walk ~ the bank, aud a
sound ns II someone had entered the
Oank. She did not see any one.
Miss Mage u ,briskie met Nelson
on the night Of the shooting, while
she was out tick lacking. He was
going south. On cross.exami nation
tho witness stated that Nelson did
not have any gun that sho saw.
Samuel hampshire, boy Of 10,
heard the shot bred, aud some minutes
later he saw someone cross the side.
walk and enter the bank. The boy
looked In ut the bank window nnd saw
Nelson apparently In the act Of taking
oil his Iubberr.
Charlotte Zabrlskie, who was hired
girl In the Nelson family In lS0l ,, trstl.
He'd to "a light between father aud sou
IN August Of that year, when both
raised ohairs but had boon prevented
from striking by Mrs. Nelson. a TOW
lays alter this occurrence defendant
told witness that before he would take
the insults from his father he had taken
la tho past, he would kill him.
Some c0rrOborstlve testimony was
nfierei and the prosecution made this
announcement that their case was In.
The consensus Of opinion Il that the
evidence against Nelson is insufficient
" couvict.
NOTES.
Two grand larceny cases, which
have been awaiting trial for thirteen
years, were dismissed yesterday by
District Attorney Zane. Tho indict.
ment charged Berry anu Joseph Jolly
with branding cattle which did not
belong to them.
Judge Blackburn gave the attorneys
an unc jmfJrtablo dig yestoriay DO Oio
adJOurning court, In relation to tno
recent attack ON his physical inoapaciiy
to attend to court work. "Do you wish
TO go on with your defense ton ghI?"
he asked OF the attorneys Tor the de.
fence In the Nelson case. "NO,
your honor" replied MIR. King;
we prefer to wait until morn.
Ing" "Because," continued the
Judge, al am not 20 sick but what |
eau do all the work you have for me 10
DO during the day. 1 think We had
better begin ut 0.3O la tue mornlng"
(instead OF 10Y, and TO this the attor.
neys assented.
0rson r. Uloward aud Lille Quinn,
OF Mayson will soon marry-At least
they are licensed 10 TO do.
A heavy wludstorm prevailed for
several boursin Utah valley yesterday.
Fences were blown down, trees up
rooIed, etc. Your correspondent has
not learned Of any serious damage.