Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-12
THIEDE ON TRIAL.
Opening Statements for lac Pfos,cg
ton and Defense,
TAXING OF TESTIMONY BEGUN.


fully numbering his wi 9, Mary rnirdc,
At that place, on A ptii 300 o, the pres.
ent year, will probably occupy nll the
time IN Judge Baftch's division u the
rhifd district court for the "a 4 seven
of eiznt day. rno empanollug Of a
Jury began ON wedpes lay morning,
uut It was ncnrly i've O'Clock ye.tof.
Jay afternoon When nnal selection
haJ been male.
The twelve mon IN whose hands the
fate u ThisIo now hangs afo ~ FOL.
low, thrlr respective occupations being
stuioli a. r. Garter, mining; William
J.. KING grocer; n. A. sherman,
architect; w. II. Evans, miner; Louis
UIluossy, merchant w. J. ParRins,
.afm,ij &. s. Favour, SOLICITOR ID. d.
Coiufowu, broker; g. II. hampton,
merchant l.. w. Layton. engineer;
Jamos Day, gardener Is. l.. Thorn
uurs, real estate.
Tue taking OF testimony began this
morning, The Defendant uud his nt.
A"A fle ANAtHHlfs 1utllI ~ NhtNTN J
arrived Ia the courtroom about a quar-.
tetoi an hour before tho opening OF
court hud hcld nu earnest oon vetsati0n
~ 70 tnd time when Judge Bartoh
took his fuat uruu tho bench, which
was promptly At 10 O'clock. Tue jury,
IA charge VI n baili1, tllel into tuu
Jury box few minutes before ten,
having slept last night nj tho Temple.
NHN. Al L.
quarters during the trial.
When Deputy Clerk Loomis had read
the indictment, Judge Cherry arose
AMI said that the defendant desired
him 10 make tins request that all wit.
nesscs on both sides be excluded from
the room dufing the entire Trial, aud
also asked that the court Instruct
them not 10 converse with each otner
on the subject matter OF the trial.
The order was NJ once made, and
Judge HOwAt, assistant district at.
tofnUy, then proceeded 10 make the
opening statement for tho prosecution.
lie said hu expected the evidence
would snow that tue defendant began
10 systematically abuse his wife Of
ichat four or Ave years ago. Not only
80 ~ thea lofr ailnrscsJ q Tor her
and neglect her from that time on, but
lac maniieaied towards nor most
brutal deposition. He hadlbeen seen
TO take his wife by the hair Of the
head, hit her over tho head with u
club, drag her along by the hair, anu
Kick her Counsel said he could not
pretend 10 enumerale all tue brutal
acts OF which rhirde had been guilty
towards the dead woman. He
expected 10 prove that n year
or ~ ago, a0out II O'Clock at
sight, the deceased was found Ia the
lott uf an old barn, upon the saloon
ptemhes at Murray, hiding from hor
husband, Ia order 10 escape his VIC
luuce. Two or three months before the
murder he called his wife by the vilust
names, spoke about getting divorce
from her. aud told how lac proposed 10
get rid " heroine way or another. lie
had bten also heard to declare that his
vile was not tue woman Tor saloon
business, That no wanted ono VINO
woull get the money out OF men who
come there, aud l,rt with them wneu
necessary. He had been even known
10 discuss the probability Of n mau
who committed murder being Able,
with tue aid OF skiliul lawyer, 10
escape punishment Ga the sunday
night preceding the murder, hu
SAID, an old German anu his
VITO living close 10 tho SALOON
heard the wntuau's screams IN the
garden, aud later Mrs. Thiedo went to
a nrignbO's house crying, with her
eyes black anu blue, caused, it was
claimed, by her husbands ill.usAgs.
Judge HOwat then explained how,
prior TO the nj eyed murder, rhiede sent
mis- little girl away from the place for
the night, leaving himselfanu vile tue
only occupants Of the huu'F, that the
defendant had certain knives snarpened
up previously, aud insisted that these
anu other circumstance wont far TO
Indicate that ihiede nAd deliberately
planned 10 take his wlIe's liie. COun.
sci narrated how Thiedr, between
one and two O'clock on tue morn.
ing Of the murder weul TO the
house of an old German, near by,
awakened the inmate, Huu stated that
mis- vile hal been killed, lie next re.
lated how thu unfortunate woman was
discoveries lying dead on the ground az
the east end VI the saloon, win her
throat cut from car 10 ear The de-
ieudant said he thought she had COM
mitted suiaide, but later stated 10
Sheriff MCQ lreni upon tue latter
reaching the premises, that he himself
killed her. The wife, added Judge
Howat, was good and exemplary
woman aud treated her auspand with
unilOfm kindness, The hpding OF
bluodslains on Thiede's clothing the
prosecuting attorney referred to as au-
other most suspicious link Ia the chain
Of evidence against the accused.
Judge Chrtfy elected 10 make an
opening statement for the defense, He
said that 1hiedo denied his charge
absolutely, and would put NJ issue
every allegation which tue pfosecu-
ton tnleudod 10 offer, The statement
made by Judge HOwat ~ 90 the de.
isndanpa ill.tTeRtment OF ms vile
during the last four Or i've years was
utterly without foundation, although
counsel admitted there might have
been some little Tits occasionally be-
tween the parlieg, such ne arise In
many families. The alleged hiding
away OF the wife IN a lott would DO ex-
plalned away, ami "A 10 the divorce
End the KNIFE sharpening matters,
those, too, had been exaggerated.
Judge Cherry gave brief outline OF
the deioudauvs career saying he came
10 Utah In 1855. lie expected to
show that Thipde loved his nome, his
wife anu child, and took great ptida
In all his home belongings. Tue de.
ceased woman was alWay =, no Rverred,
well proVidsd ioTi and tho defendant