The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-21
The Thiede Case Was Concluded
at 1926 Last Night.
VERDICT EXPECTED TODAY.
LONG ADDRESSES BY JUDGES
CHERRY AND BoWAT.
The Court Iustructs the Jury as to
y.rdar i'm the First and Second
Degrees and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Demeanor of the Defendant Du-
ring the Arguments

In the Thiede murder trial Judge
Cherry. on behalf of the defendant re-
euned his arguments yesterday morn
sng at 10 o'clock The judge talked all
day. I'D till nearly o'clock at night
The court ordered night session, in
order fo get the case 20 the jury so as
to clear the way for the trial OF MO-
desto Sicher for the murder Of 'Gui-
seppe Murano which is set for tomor-
row morning.
when court opened there was a great
rush of the public for seats, and every
available place was occupied.
Judge Cherry commenced by reler-
ring 10 the allegations of cruelty' Oh
which he said the prosecution had mace
a great deal throughout, and the Vlo-
lent prejudice of the witnesses Tor
some reason was apparent. IL there
Is anything abhorrent to the mind OF
kind husband. an affectionate father,
and a true man. remarked counsel,
'it is the abuse, the mistreatment OF
his wife | do not know of anything
that strikes the mind of the average
American with more adherence ana
scorn." Judge Cherry, adverting to the
evidence of Sunderholm and his wire
particularly. as well as that of others
who had testified to Thiede's repeated
ill-treat ment of his wife, said this was
Introduced. 'iaU done for effect" in the
outset of the trial by the prosecution
to inflame and prejudice the minds OF
the Jury against the accused. Was it
probable, he asked, that the deceased
woman would have run around every
day for the last four years or more
with her face bruised. bleeding ana
mangled, and her husband allowed to
chase her continually in the way that
had been described, without some ac-
ton having been taken TO stop such
brutality long ago if there had been
any truth in It? The testimony of lit
tie Annie came in for brief review.
with the object of holding up alleged
inconsistencies in the statements of
the Sunderholms. What is there in
their evidence. l ask with candor, but
prejudice and perjury And even If
there is any foundation in 1t, it is so
highly colored that you cannot believe
it" Next counsel criticised the tesu-
mony of honest old Jacob Lauenber-
ger of whom he spoke as "a very for
getful mana man who drinks alcohol
and whisky" While he might be sub
stantiany honest, he could also have
been mistaken. There was 90 doubt
lEdi uIlllh ~
some extent: it was a. weakness, though
not a detriment to her being "a good
wife and kind to those around her.
And to this fact was due, he said.
some of the unpleasantness which
might have occurred between the par
ties. Coming to the day before the
tragedy (Monday). counsel observed
that according to the testimony on
both sides, everything was pleasant be-
tween Thiede and his wife. and the
little tiff at the Sunderholms' the night
before had been forgotten and forgiven.
Evidence had been manufactured and
proof fabricated. The absence of little
Annie Thiede from home, counsel con-
tended, was not an discriminating cir
cumstance, her stay with Miss Noble
having been arranged for long before
by her mother. The testimony showed
that Thiede was affectionate towards
his wife; on the other hand, mar
who could willfully and premeditatediy