Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-15


Didn't you say that your evidences
Won d hang the deianIen,f"
"ND, eir."
"Dldn't you say that II Thiede's at.
tornoys acquitted him they would be
tarfod ana ieathered and carried out OF
the city on rail?D
Witness sail ne did not use iany
tuch words. He denied that he
had been In Jail for beating his
VIE Of that he was "drink-
Jog man" lie took a little liquor
sometimes, but not In excess. Witness
was IN jail In Cook county, His, from
the Saturday until the Monday m I'm
ing N account Of a difficulty with an
olu man; but he was In tho debtors
flom-noi locked up In a cell.
Redirect by JuIgo Witness
had come TO Salt Like on account OF
his health, by medical advice, and
with his iamily's knowledge aud APP
provn, Hu was never arrested on =
criminal CHARGE.
To Judge Chctry-rhe suit which
he brought against Tniedo was brought
since Thiede had been In jail on the
present charge.
In answer o. Judge Howat. witness
said he was tubpJenaed by the prose-
cutlon last "wednesday tOgive evidence
NJ this trial. lie was not called at the
preliminary examination Of the de-
iendaut.
DE-. J. NJ. Benedict was recalled by
the defense.
JUG Cherry 80 I will ask you
whether when you made an examine
tiou Of the body VI the deceased W..
mau you maize any examination 10
deiofnine whether aho hAd blon out
Tagcu2
Witees-No, cir, uid not.
sis u not very common thing TO
see livld spots on the body OF a csisvef
after twenty. thirty hours from
the time o. death2n
"Y,s, sit called post norton
changes"
Are thoy not often mistaken Tor
bruises caused be'ore death7n
"lhefu havn been such instances"
The doctor gave oxpsrt test .miuy at
some length In regard 10 tue geuufal
appearances and condition Of a uoly
alter death aud at tho request Oi Judge
Cherry read extracts from Finps
WORK on Human Phys!ologyD anu
Beck's medical Jurisprudence.
Judge HOwat-Can you cay, taking
into confederation that this woman
WAS killed In the manner supposed,
how long " wuuli bi before tue body
became clld2
Witness That would depend on
external circumstances.
"Was she light w0mat?"
"Nes, perhaps about luO pounds or u
little mUfg.h
0Was thts wound ia the thro.t I'm.
flicted with a large OF small kniit7"
"l should say n knife Of eight, ten
or twelve Inches"
"Would an ordinary pockel.kniie
h ave Inflicted this wouud2"
"No, SIR"
"Uan you say when rigor morris se,
In In this ca't2"
"NO, Hif."
"Was sne a rugged or a delicate
womAL?"
''5ne was n delicate, small woman"
To Judge Chefry-A rnzlT cOulL
have produced the wound.
Mrs. Mary Anderson, n Swede, who
gave her evidence through Interpreter
A. h. Steele, Dnu Of 5hcril MCQ ieol's
drputlus, was next eNamiueu. She
had known Thieie auout four years,
aud was likewise acquainted win de.
ceased Ia her lifetime. she saw Mr..
Ihieie on the Sunday before the
tragedy staining salon gsiden the
bank ON tue main road at Muir.
ray. lt was about ten O'Clock
a. night Witness spoke 10 her, but
Mrs. ihiede merely wAivel her hand,
AS II indicating that she did not want
70 talk. She hau heard deceased scream
several tlmos; once the Hounu came
from nor house anu once from the hili.
rhirle at these times was nj the
saloon; but the two were near enough
10 keep up a conversation. She had
seen Mrs. Ihicdc with bruises on hol
face--lnst winter anu at other time-.
Judge Cherry asked, Ia or0ss-rxami-
nAtlon-What was Mrs. rhirue doing
when you saw her on this sunday
night, when you trstsaw hei2
"Juat standing ON the rosu."
"Aud how Oneu did ehu waive her
hand2"
Twice." answered the witness.
"Whefo was she the first time you
heard her scream2"
N'lu hr. ruieuu's house"
"NhRt lime was ~"
Witness couldn't say, but che aud
her HOUSEHOLDS had all gone 10 bel. Sue
knew II was Mrs. InleIt's voice bo.
cause she had never heard anyone else
scream AROUND there; besides, she was
we'll acquainted with the Deceased.
George Wright, who resides IN tue
tenth ward, ttaliiltd that he had
known Thiede niue or ten years anu
worked for him az Murray three Yeas
ago this fall. lie heard fhlede on
ono occasion Clll mis- vic ga drunken
vAgabOnd" ami Aad seen deceased
come out OF The house Cryiuf lie hAd
also seen defendant push Ms. Ihitdr
out VI tue saloon, ihipde used 10 uar
a coed deal Of German, but witness
could tell that no was Ia an angfy
passion with ME wife. lblu WAS on
| three or four different UCciHlUns.
Cross.eGRminud-W Witness worked Tor
| Thiedr nbOut ono month aud boarded
there all the time. Witness slept
oup staifsn iu the brewery aud guner.
ally had ms meals there or Ia the
salon. Occasionally no had them
with tho itmiiy.
UDl YOU SNOW what Me. rhieie
was crylng fIT when che came out OF
tue nOusg2'
"sao lold mo that ThleIe had been
abu,ing her, aud no was tue worst for
dTisk. lie haI come bach from salt
| Lake"
UWas Mr.. Thiode intoxicated"
"i never once saw her the worse Tor
| liqulr."
''You left Mt Thlede quite sudden
~, didn't your"
Witness admitted that he had been
an Inmate VI the county jail for
eighteen dogs on account ofS charge
of uetit larceny, but said Il was only
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