Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-14
TIE CLOSING ARGUMENTS.
Tho Attorneys in The Donovan Case
Review The Testimony.
saith sri.nd Lead. out for the Prose
euiion and vsrisn Follows for
the Defense.

The closiug arguments In the Dono-
va hearing tsok place this afternoon.
In opening an agreement was arrived
~ that ssoh aiJe would bs entitled 10
an hour In which 10 pressst their aide
Of the case.
George sutherland, for the prosecu.
ton, led Out. In opening he referred
TO the conflicting testimony that had
been offered. Tho attorney in refer.
ring TO the contradictory testimony
offered, cited that given by Captain
Donovan. II showed that In the very
beginning Of this disturbance, the
captain had told deliberate untrulhs,
and In view Of these facts, the attorney
felt that the board could not put very
great stress on the defendanps testi-
mony, AZ the taking Of an oath TO tell
the truth, would not have very great
weight on person Of that klnd, es-
! psoislIy when II concerned that per-
son AZ defendant.
Spoke Of the photographs referred TO
"a the anonymous letter, and classed
Mr.. DonovsH'a testimony OF his
actions with regard TO that letter,
as being absured In the extreme.
The ysryt fact OF Donovan show
Ing the letter received by him
from Mt. Pleasant TO Eslinger, Adams
aud others, was suiliclsut evidence TO
show that he was not very eager TO
conceal II from the chief, for II no had
been, he would not nave shown II to
the chiePs aubordinAtsa.
Tue doiendant wnen asking for n
vacation, enumerated to thp chief, GER
tain places which he intended to
visit, but not mentioning his in
tention to 20 to Mt. Pleasant.
He, however, went 10 Mt. Pleasant
aud after returning from tnat
place, told the chief that he had been
10 Mt. Pleasant, but stating nothing a.
10 the OBJECT OF his visit there. Iu
this he showed n desire 10 conceal cer-
tain matters from the chief OF tho
police, because, AZ lie says, he thought
the chief was trying 10 entrap him.
The mere fact OF Donovan
sending Mcdonald down 10 Mouat
Pleasant and paying his fare down
there, from his own pocket, showed
conolusively that lie did not consider II
n matter OF such grave importance ~
| this department a. ne mad stated. The
TACT II Donovan's keeping from Ford
| certain information, which he di.
vulged to other members OF III. depart.
ment showed beyond a doubt that n,
was attempting 10 blAeken Ford.
character.
Counsel for the prosecutIou hare
cited numerous Instances wh.f.in
Donovan In his testimony mad sho we'd
that he was not dlHuoseJ 10 Tell Tn,
facts In the Gaze, In his testimony
Donovan had stated that ne had made
n mistake In marking McDonald,s
time, which showed that he was utter
ly incompetent 10 NIL the position Of
captain,
Attorney Varian for the defense
| then opened up the argument for his
side. Mr.. VArlan denoun ced the arRu.
ment OF the other side as bping dit-
torting and misleading. Classed Mr..
Donovan 10 q man equal IN character
TO Chief Pratt aud far above The Others
who had testified against him. For
| I'VE years mast he had been tested ana
tried as q public officer and he had
never been found wanting. His repu.
tatlon had always been HbJve r.proach
ana he was thought as much of today
| as ever.
In dealing with modification five,
which charges that Donovan went Ia.
to u house OF ill.iame and gave away
the secrets Of the department, Attorney
| VArIAn stated that it was not n house
OF ill-fAms, and every time a pslice
tfiirer wsnt into that house, he was
committing u tre,pass as much az they
would be- N they went INFO counseps
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