Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-25
ARGUMENTS TODAY.
Counsel Entertained Commissioner Nc
Nally All tho Morning.
A MOTION MADE TO DISMISS.
Tho Part Played ny "Confedcrat,
Amateur Buucos.n-Whs Wells
An Accomplish

have taken place, being required this
morning for district court purposes,
Commisslouof McNally sat ia Judge
BarIch'a department. There was =
considerable failing on In tho attend.
anco Of outsiders.
AdAm Paul, John Jane. (ulcfk Of
the police court, city Detective Sheets
Hud detective Matt Rhodes followed
Chief Pratt on the witnois stand alter
tbs close d the NEWS rcpor. yesiet.
day afternoon. Clerk James pfovoi
that the defendant Furcy, under the
name Of "Geor- @ Wilson, "pleAd guilty
to yagtancy Ia the police court on
June 8td Ot tile present yeGh AMI
Therefore was not "Al. Woods"
with the examination OF tho fore.
golDg witnesses the prosecution closed
last evening.
Upon the investigation being re-.
sumcd this morning Al 1880, Attorney
kitchie, Of counsel for the ue'ensr,
took The lead by moving tor the dis.
charge OF the deiondauts-this uuUu
tue insuiilclen, showing made by the
Prosecution. IL was lot, be said, every
moral delinquency that tue courts uh.
dcftOok b punish. There were great
mauy things rcprehunslble from
moral standpoint which u was i'm.
possible Tor the courts 10 take cogniz.
anco OF and counsel did not suppose any
Ono wouiI contend that tho atmosphere
which surrounded this Transaction,
nom It, Inception up to tne present
ume, was very mora one. Speaking
n tho complaint on whiuu tho defuni-
autt were here charge, Sit. Richie
too n straight shot nj the county attor.
nty, TO whom he referred A. "thu IN.
venhr OF the mtst remarkable com.
plant have ever hal the p.oa'ute VI
iDt king AT" SIN iGct,D 40 continued,
III 10 MI supppse any one EXCEPT him.
gtlf knows what ~ IN It." Counsel
eaid he Jailed 10 see anything Ina the
evidence adduced 10 show that any one
had boon inducel 10 part with his
money by any false ptctense. Asto
the representation made by Lafayette
ana Eddy that Furey was no other
than "a WoOdi, the fitlp maTksmAn OF
Denver" he remarked that what.
ever there was In this to induce
any person TO put Up money
on the mAion was what the prosecution
woulI mainly rely upon, n anything,
IN their chai u VI circumstances. C1un.
sci conieuded, however, that the parties
wric n muoh JUST iiod In giving Furry
that name 40 any other "Arisl0 would
DO In sssuming stage name. The
only person who could hHve embrzzird
any monty In this matter was Wells,
the HtatenOlter, anu there was 90
charge against him Low. This m iney
was never nlgcoi IA the hAnds " tue
other partie-i therefore where could DO
the embtzslemBnl3 Turning next to
tho charge OF larceny, he qI0tH1 the
Nellie Berlin 20 fdoul case, passed. up
on recently by tho Territorial supreme
court, aud which was cited at an earlier
stage OF the inquiry. That case, ne
argued, had 20 beading upon the ono now
at Issue. When the ueionuHuts TlaCt u
| thoiS money IN Wslls's hHuds thoy ~
iendedto part with tie title thereto, cou-
| ditionally only, but leaving tue mat.
ter entirely with tho stAkch0ldef; anu
II Wells did anything wrong with u
the defendants were not nt all resi- pom.
sibie. IL was evident that the witness
Gibbs, who was tue prime mover In
thiH whole matter, In cInntcliun with
Rlley--whu seemed 10 have been y
little more discreet, however, In lond-
Ing his assistance TO tho methods en-
ployed--thougnt they had here dead
sure thing. There was no question about
that. Whenever they i0unu anybody
skspticAl they took him into some
store anu let him see Lafayette shout
with bis bow aud arrow;
and while all the wiiuysses
for the prosecution kept In the back.
ground as far ~ possible, yet u cropped
out In the testimony OF each one
that the moving cause which induced
them 10 Tut 40 tueir money was tue
undoubted belief that Lafayette could
hit that, hair while al Woods, Of
Denver" could not, because he
could not SEQ II. There was nothing
TO show that the contestants In the
match I'D not intend TO show up aud
shoot on the morning agreed upon.
County Attorney Murphy, Ia reply,
answered Mr. Ritchis'i criticism o,
his Omplalnt, and ior that gentlemau's
ediflcatiou proceeded 10 explain the
document, adding sarcaslisally. at
may DO that counsel Is u1ac.
quAintsd with the drawing up
Of complaints for conspiracy" Mi.
| Murphy read from the law on the suu.
| Jus ~ AlAApllhN1t hHh lhAlhAaluoA
that Qulnlan was au accessory 10 all
the Uiiensrs OF the other defendants.
| 70 Fursy ho referred as "a penuiless
yagfant IN this oily," oh,etyiug that
| II the wl,nesses whom the prosecution
had called had known tue true name
and character Of the man, II was not
| likely they would have staked a cent
OF their money. Counsel took occasion
IN the course Of subsequent remarks
to advert 10 that "buduJ crowd"
which led Mr.. sutherland to Inquire
promptlyi "Which DuncO crown do
| you refer tO2"
81 refer To your bunoO crowd" re-
| Joined the county attorney with sting
ing emphasis, which provoked some
laughter among the spectators.
Mr.. Murphy rldiculed the suggestion
OF the defense that because Wells was
the only man tO whom the money
was entrusted ~ siAkeholier and be.
cause he turned II over 10 others In
| violation VI that trust that therefore
these defendants were not guilty OF
tmuezzlemonL on course they were
ufIncipels ia the crime OF embezzle-
msnt il the Ofiense was committed.
MIR, Murphy called up what he claimed
10 6e some of the stronger links In IN
chain against the accused. Why
WeTs these men aimed, he Rtked, anu
why did they Hllemp! " conceal their