Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-01
NEARING The CLOSE.
nOdsstO SlChor Makes rs StslenoH,
Upon ths Witness Stand.
rHE LEGAL Arguments TODAY.
II Is Now Certain that the Case viii
Beach the Jury Nnmc Iuue
ihls Afternoon.

bANANN-a NNNNA NNHu ANaNN WIS AmuIIa
iug, and the case viii rcscl sue jus
nj iste hour ihis AFTERNOON.
When tue MEMS went to press yes.
teraay afternoon Coroner Mou a..
Taylor was upon the witness stand.
He tcsuhod that no brought Mufano's
bJdy % the city. iucti was 40 bullet.
mole VA Ututaftd's v.aL Hu aleu-
searched the putauir uI ueuvaHuI aua
iuuud " u1 umuug other thin4s.
iutre was e Uuilet mole IN his hal.
lhu bullet apparently entered the
front Of tut bat anu went Uut at tue
ftHr.
Il. J. liit0n C0fr1tofstud Mf.raylof'-
testimony va reference 10 tue hHi.
LJui BuzeRa testified that be- wns In
RIuciatPa saloon s,you, dsys prior T.
tne aiming anu cav UuIBapl MufauO
tuufu. Muran0 Wac HsaIng uuIut
Siunvr auu was mad. FINALLY he went
uut auu LATER siCntr came 10. lie
was told that Mufano Nas mad at him
hud said nu uiun't know what he wus
mad auOuL
THE DLfENDAEI's sIATHiENr.
Modesto sioheI, the ne endAuI then
ties iiicI that nr came 10 Utau i've
years ago anu hau worked iu miuts
aud on arms ever -iuCu. Last Juuu ne
tUOK MufsuO Ia with MN on uiaiui Iu
Parity'a canyon. Siuuef thou utatud
that ne Auu MufhuJ Aud r1nUio
wOfktd tuo miuU Tor twenty
uays. AZ tue eul OF that tue
they qui. WIN regard 70 "a,
new Cisim, he stated that Muranu
took away certain things aud also com.
mitteI orflAiu fupfununsibiu acts al
tue caUiu. lonoiO went TO Muuuo's
aud brought tue rope bAuk, but Sichuf
returned ~ 10 MufEuU. On the follow.
lug day he saw Mutano again anu the
lattUf called him a. Ifs b.. Sicucr
thtn returned ~ tue milne auJ worked
several days. Later NO uilefcl Ma.
fauU SO Tor MS Interest iu tho mine,
tut MurauO refused 90 tnGU II anu
eventually Offered HlcuUf hall 10.
tefsst n lac WOuii continue wuIK. He
then returned ~ pat w some notices
ui location, tut iuunu that somebody
Ulse hau already put tnem ~. Later
CHARLEY MufuuO came ny 10 nis cabin
81 night aud woke him ~, asking him
~ 10 w " tue mine Win thom. Mu.
fanO Was heavily armed. They Weut
up n tue mlnu, nut ~ was % Oars
tuut ihey cUuiu not nud the nutiuus, tuI
MufAuO cJmpeaod hun h. stay ny there
all night, despite the fact that nelwAs
weak uUm hunger anu thirst. At a
Aiur uAtu duitsuppi MufAuO came
up and showed him cartridge la a
threatening manner, tAyiug be
would usu u for somebody. rhs ioi.
lowing Jay no went 10 Han aud but-
Towed a pistol, telling HIM that ho
wanted II 10 defend hiinfclt with.
subseq uently, after they had ceAsuu
Upetauouu ON the claim, Glissuppi
MuianO wanted him ~ pay for some
grub tnat had been furnished him anu
SAID, "lt you don't pay me, will Eill
you up tLtfp some Time" ~ the
coure OF time trouble AFuse over tue
new claim. Coming down ~ the day
Of thu killing, rlchoT stated that he
went ~ 10 thu cain early in the
morning, aud NJ he came dow u he saw
duiAsrppi Mufan0 Hul another Italian
near tue road, but they did not speak
~ each other. Hu thun went TO Duu-
let anu Hin anu asked them ~ gO ny
aud see II auy stakes had been put up.
They could not 10 lust then aud he
went up by himself. When no reached
tbs snAit Guisseppi Mufanu was stan 90
log at the top, near the edge. When
ho saw MuTnu3 ne asked Inn what he
was doing aud MutanO tOld MIN it wa
mons VI ms business. lie then Caliu4
% the mAu IN the shAit 10 CONE
up anu MutanO threw rock
Of him. lie nlsO TuAched Tor his
nip Iockul aud aiohgr shot
nj him. MufAno thea grabbed
nim aud no struck him over tue hoal
with the gun aud shot him IN tue back.
lie then went down ~ his cabin, re-
turned Hil'H piH VI, telling INN that
MuTanO had attacked him anu that he
had shot hlm. lie next struck uut Uvut
the mountains anu went 10 Park CITY.
MutRno diu uOt have his ouAt Ou AZ
tue time OF tho Httuggir. Sicher aleu-
gave AN illustration oil thU positions o.
himself anu MurAnO during the t,rug
gle,
5icher was or0ss-eXamiupd at some
length by Judge Judd, but ms tus1i,
mUuy remained substantially tue same.
]. j. Smell testified tnag Sicuet aud
Mursuo came 10 him TO get he aIvlcv
about some mining business, ava Az.
toTnoy Stephens Anuuuuutu that ne
wouid Test HE sido Of tho cRso.
REDurrAL.
Witnesses were lhen called by the
prosecution la rcbutlal.
Snurifi MuQuuun testified that Bicher
told MIN NJ Park cry tnat MuranO
uId not throw tue ruck AZ him, but
that hs was reaching Tor mis- hap pocket
aud lac killed MIN IA suii.dvieusu.
Judge judd here stated that no dc.
tifed 10 talk win Charles MufauO bo-
fore closing bis cast, and court 40
juurned until this morning 10 aliUTI
the prosecuting attorney au oppOrtun.
lily 10 dU 40.
When court re.assemDled this morn
ing Charles MurunO, brother u tht
deceased, was Recalled by the prost-
Cutlun Ia Tcbutlnl
Ju 40 Judd asked the witnest-
When you Rnd your brother Joseph
went ~ to PaTluyh canyon al tn
time heretofore mentioned by your.
felL Sioher, anu Mr. Hili, did your
brother have any aIms2
Mitnes6-No, cir.
"Neyer at any tmtVN
"No, Hif."
"Di1 your brother Joseph, NJ any
time, take out a cartridge, show II u
BicheT, and cay, DO you see thi.2 /
am going 10 use II on somebody"
"NO, aiT."
"Dii he have amy cartridges at all?"
"No, cir; has them ell myself"
"Did you take out RnJY"
"No, sir"
Judge Judd announced that this
completed hia CASE, and both slug