The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-21

the door of the saloon struck with the
knife at her throat, the blood spurted
out and she ran. He followed her with
the bread-knife in his hand, caught her
by the head with his left hand and cut
her throat with his right Then he
with the warm blood of his wife and
calls upon God to witness his grief and
despair What horrible mockeryi
The knife with which the deed was
done is missing; the basin in which he
washed his hands is missing. Probably
both were thrown into the creek.
Counsel referred to the confession
to Sheriff Montgomery in the words. II
killed my wife last night" Counsel
claimed this was direct and not cir
cumstantial evidence. The incident
that Thiede last Wednesday said to
Jailor Hill after the latter had been
examined, 'by God Hill you gave me a
scare when you took the stand l
thought / might have said something
TO you ard you were going to tell it,"
was commented on as showing that he
had something on his mind which he
was afraid would come out
No one can believe that this man lay
asleep fifty feet from where the woman
was murdered and did not hear her
scream. When asked what made him
suppose she had committed suicide he
said he couldn't understand how it was
ne didn't hear her scream if any one
had murdered her. How did he know
she screamed?
He knew it because he was the one
who killed her and her screams have
been ringing in his ears ever since
| We have shown this man was brutal
| to his wife long before he killed her.
We have shown he wanted to get rid
| of her because she was too good for
his business. 1t was a most foul and
brutal murder. This man is either
guilty of murder in the first degree or
he is guilty of nothing, therefore dom t
come into court and make a burlesque
of the court with a verdict of murder
in the second degree or of manslaught-
| er; don't let US have 4 comedy so
soon after a tragedy Either
acquit him or find him guilty of
murder in the first degree. There is
no middle course in the case. The law
| is that man found guilty of murder
/ in the first degree shall ole or be i'm
/ pIisoned in the penitentiary for life.
If there are extenuating circumstances
i you can recommend that the punish
ment be the latter, but in this case
there is not one mitigating circum-
stance-it is a cold-blooded barbarous
murder, the most dastardly. diabolical
murder l have ever heard or read of.
do not appeal to your passions; 1 APP
/ peal to you as men to do your duty,
and if you do your duty I cannot sac
how you can do other than declare
this man guilty of murder in the first
degree. 1t is a grave responsibility
which rests UPON you. But what you
have to do is to say whether he is
Let To-
take its course.
At $50 o'clock counsel concluded and
Judge Bartch then charged the jury
in the usual form, and instructing
as to the degrees of crime, said: eff
you believe beyond a reasonable doubt
that the defendant, Charles Thiede
with elaboration or premedita-
ton, did take the life of the
deceased, then it is murder
in the first degree. If you find that he
killed her with malice aforethought, il
he killed her at all, but without pre-.
meditation then it is murder in The
second degree" His honor defined
voluntary and involuntary manslaugh
ter and justifiable homicide, but sale
he did not deem it necessary in thi:
case to instruct them in the latter two
AT 1885 the case was given to the
jury and they retired to their room t
decide the fate of the defendant.
During the address of Judge Howa
Thiede was cool and collected and die
not seem to be greatly affected thereby
His little girl, Annie, sat beside ne
father all day and during the evening
finally falling to sleep with her heat
leaning on his shoulder.
AT midnight no word had been re
ceived by the jury and his homo,
ordered them leaked up for the night
Although this is Sunday. the court will
assemble for the purpose of receiving
the verdict if the jury come to an agree
i ment. 80