Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-25
PROVO.
Provo, UtAu, Sept IS, 1894.
THE TRIPLE KILLING.
Trial Of W. Z. Davis on a Charge Of
Murder-Othcr Court business.

Judge KinT presided 30 the Flrst
district court ycslorlay.
The case Of the People " w. f..
Davis, MURDER was called Tor trial
Prosecuting Attorney Jud appeared
tor thrp eUyle anu Attorney George
| Sutherland aud Attuur Brown iur
defendant. This is the srcIuI trial OF
| Defendant Tor KILLING Chas, Br1cE at
/ Wustwhtcr, Utau, August q, 1892.
| The Jury 10 the frs. trial brought in a
/ veritCt u' gully OF mausI lighter aud
| the utfeuunnt viii tu ttlvu Tor that
/ tlls - this time. "a syu.p sls o. this
/ case spreafe "a ihu NEWS -upt. loiu.)
The following IuFy was emI Hurlsu3
| George A. Black, illuklUy; Ecu
! Jszicf. Wellington; Jerry Gun, PuvU;
| Vim. prubett, Holden; J1uu Peterson,
/ uubut; q. l.. RHs, joseph CITY; J, &.
| Snow, Provo, George W, DfUpurG
! Dsseie; Nm. G.. ROBBINS, Ssut gain;
Lorenzo wilkins, Provo; George
/ Bishop, SmithyiLt; LIWsTd bennett
! Stnlaquln.
Prosecuting AT rney Judd stated
/ the case TOT the ItggrcuuUu. DAVE
/ had moved 90 WestwAtut IN 1891. Ntsf
him lived Brock, Uui.rl au Muulcr.
| They were UmpiOyei ~ DAVIS 10 the
summer Of 1892 az % Angus 2lsi; then
thry Lett uui thrto was sumo ual fee
ing between the patti,-. On the
nilht OF tho .8ti Of October
| Davis aud nUighb1r, Frank II.
Grant, went 10 Brooke cabin,
aud after time they returned g.
/ Davi,'s house. Fuzzy returned 90 BgUck's
cabin on the morning VI the giih they
again went 20 Bfoes's cab ~ they saw
Brock ieavc the yauiu, RuI Davis went
10 the cabin AMI tuUfu shot Mueller
aud Dutsrl. Davis aud 6tRut thcu
/ lrit tue cabin AMI a short distance
away they met Book, DAVIS anu
Brsok had some controversy anu Dawn
snUt BfUcr.
IL. II. Jacobs was the ilfst witness
Tor tur prosecution. lie had beet
acquitted with tue three men WHO
we're killed ani also kuew the de-
fruJnut. On tnv morning Of tho 70 l.
VI August defendant cane ~ bun aud
al 4 hu uNd Ruled tue three mtn IA
had asked witness 10 20 with HIM 10
hold uu iuuuvs over tuUm. Huuid ~,
and fUuuu BtJck's dead bDIy iu tuv
fcai, A. tue Cabiu he iUunu DIaui's
dead body OUTSIDE oil tue cauiu.
Inside the caUiu Mueller was iOuuI
wounded nul UNCONSCIOUS, but moi
dead hv lyoI about tii y hOufs. There
wass Winchester llu Ia tue cabi
Al the inquest tu'y found tuat Bfuck
was wOuuieI In tue riknt sidc, auI "a
the hA.k OF tue hca tnrfo was
wound on Dus,e's head "a the itit
Cuurg. Mueller was Huut ~ the IOfu.
heed. A. the iiqstst Davis bad t'sJ-
Huu that ne went g. BfIfGa CtuIu 90
] 40
United by tho thee men. Hu uau
-rrn Brook ~ away, nui then ma
gone tu the cabin, Dusul Cauu OUT
.nu wuun DAVIS Uegau 10 taiN 10 hm
Dusaul had called Jim ab-O b.
aui tlalui tuat he w0II MT
talk TO min, He had started
towards DAVE with a club. Davis
nrrI over biz hoAd u iriRh,ru hiu.; u
uuut A. iitoI from tbe cabin at DAVIS.
Davis then shot Dussrl, anu seriug
Mueller UaIy " shuSt agaiu, he put
his haul thtUugh tue uuJf uld snut
htni. Then DAVIS Rui Gflut riaTed
iowarIs home. rhry met BrIci; hc
wUulI not taIk 10 DAVE aud started to
ride min down. DAVE shOt tim 10
lrrvtut hun tom going 10 tue cablu
sud getting o. long range qua auI XII
uin with tuaL
on cr0s..rIamiualion Mr.Jac0hs said
that DaVi- had tod witness tuAt Brock
mad stolen honey And other HttIcly,
from tim, anu thnt hu went 10 BfUcs'r
caUin 10 zee about mat, he having
Traced the honey TO luat place. lie
believed the thr,O men were going
away aud went 10 sec thrm Oh belufr
they left. Air. Davis had told MIN luht
tue reason be- went 10 BfOck't cabin
was because Brock aud tue other men
had A. lpu some honey tul OtuUr atti.
Giles ifpm him, Auu that no had learned
they were guiug away aud lac wanted
Ia hnyea settlement with them bctuIu
| they lott. When ne met Beck, Brock
was on horseback anu had psir Of
cham hobbies IA one hauu; Brock
rushed tho horse ut him anu struck
him on the head anu hack witn tue
cnain hobbies, and thpn Davis shot a.
MIN once. Tnen Brock came towards
him again aud DAVIS nfUd n second
time,
The verdict Of the ooroaoT'a Jury wa'
justi1Rule homicide.
GA redirect Nit. Jacobs testified that
the faces OF Dussel And Miller wrtc
pOwuer burned. The Winchester Ia
Bfpckir cabin had "A cattfiugB Ia that
had not been fired, lie had Examined
the gun snd II did not appear 10 have
been fired.
], II. Miller, Of Salt Lake CITY, testi.
I fled that he lived al Cisco pump
houte al the litns the killing IL said 10
have tafeu place, lie hal seen Davis
and Giaut lew days alter tue killing,
| Davis told him he had had some
trouble. Davis had said that both he
aud Grant were armed nj the time OF
the killing. Davis had further faiu
that Brock und his men hai siOluu
some honey aud other articles from his
CDav.sisl house, aud that hD ha1 come
up TO tell them that n they lott the
: eountTy Il would be all right;
hut n not he wanted a
settlement win them, When DAvl,
' said this he aud Urgut were on their
b way 20 MoAb TO give themselves up u
y the Oiiiorr.
, Jamta Wells testified that Brock bad
. been shot Ia the Oaca Of tne Ltau.
= Oh ctuHs-eXamiuatiOn he admitted
\ having sigutd the coroIef's verliol
: eYonefAting Davis. lie had iouuu
= come honey at the Brock oAuln ia
j. buckets Ia a trunk, aud some honey
cached away across tue fivtr.
Albert jacobson had seen Mir. Dawn
the Jay before tue killing. DAVIS hau
told him tunt some Oue hal stolen 0
, bee hive aud some other articles IRON
MN, aud askul what KIND Of guns he
mad. When he was told he asked Il
borrow II, because be might Lave "a
20 and help 20 get the Thieves arrested
n ! - Ia. q 4.