Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-24
FOURTH DISTRICT COURT.
Harry Hayes Of Eureka Placed on Trial
for tho Murder OF Albert
Enstrom.

Yesterday morning the trial Of Harry
Hayes, indicted Tor killing his stepson,
Albert Enstrym, alias Albert Hayes,
commenced 10 the Fourth district court
before Judge McCafiy. The State IL
represented bv A. ID. Cash, prosecuting
attorney for u an county, sud Iuuf.
man q WedgewOoC; deiuudanps attUt.
neys are j. w. Wnitec0ttUn nnd jhas.
DuMOisy.
lsaJefs Of the NEWS will remember
the excitement that followed the die.
c0very oi tue bodies OF Aiueu EnsifOm,
Andtew Johnson and AiifoI Nelson
on the shores Ot Utah Lake, near Pell.
eau Point, about year ago. The
body VI Eugtt0m was f.uuu on the 18Th
OF March, 1895; he had teen suOt twice
with fiiuuf pistol, once on tho light
eide anu once on the loit side Of the
bteast, aud ha1 then been thrown into
the lake anu afterwards washed ashore.
IL wa. known that Nelson aud John
son, cousins ut Ensitum, had been liv.
ing win him ~ a cabin ga the Hayes
ranch Rt Pelican Poiut, aud sa thty
were also missing, a vigorous ruatuh
wac commenced by the Jiil1utH
And cltIz.ua " the county, anu
on tho 80 " March their bodies were
found on the HuufOs VI the lake, some
distance south VI the place where
EuHtfOm WIS found. JOnusyu hau
bullet wound iu thu head, the tall
hAvisg entered ON tue ught sluC, buck
Of the ear, anu passed out on the lti
side. NiultOn hud been thoI from the
tho back, the bullet passing Out be.
tween toe eyes. Tue dead men were
last seen aliyo about the lG.h VI Ftbfu-
AIRY by uuB Of the neignbOfH; fuw
uAys alter that other uUighugTH uuttCed
that the ranch Was drrtttCd anu that
tho stock nculeJ attention, and notified
Air. AuJ Mu. Hsyes, VINO lived IA
EuToRa, Of the fact. Iney came 10 the
fAuuh anu placed a man Ia onafyoO VI u,
and tue iIoA Inst tbs mlssiug men hau
gone Oh on a prospecting TIP was ca
pfussud by Mt. auu Mite, Hayes. When
tue bodice were found suspicion nj
once pOlutol TO Hhyts, who had not
been fnonuly with his atsUslu, tut he
WAS not arrested; the CUfUurt's lLuuosi
lasted Tor several days aud WIS CIu-
Quoted win closed uUJfF. The UillCuts
worked faithfully on tho cluwB that
were furnished by the evidence given
before tue coroner anu last fan the case
was taken before this grand jury IN
sssHiOn In this city; over iOTiy Witnesses
were examined Aud over month De.
voted TO Investigating tho ease. On
the 9TH OF December, 1895, an indiCt-
ment against hayes, charging him
with the murder Of Enstf9m, was e..
turned And he was arrested, Affaignrd
aud pleaded not guilty, anu has been
impTiauned In the county jail awaiting
ttial since that time.
The tfllcofs have been nj great dis.
advantage In wofAing up the case on
account Of the lapse Of time between
the murder and the discovery Of the
bOdies, anu have necessarily been very
guarded IN giving publicity 10 the ~.
suits Of their inVostiigatiUns, but II Ia
Tum1fed that some startling Citcum.
stances Will be brought out curing tbs
tFiRi.
A team and wagon have boon milt-
Ing from the III yes ranch since tue
time the boys disappeared from tile
ranch, and tue theory VI the defense
II thAt the boys were murdered by
some tTansients, who took tho team anu
wagon away with them. The officers
have never believed this, but nj iifst
believed tho horses and wagon had
been hunhen Ia Utsh Lake NJ the came
time tue bodies we're placed There, aud
spent great many days dragging the
lake Ia the hopes VI finding them,
but were unsuccessful. IL the horses
and wagon have been found the cir.
cumslances Of their uisappoafauco will
Throw great light on the case.
hAyoa II n man about 10 yeafa VI
age, VI medium, height, sharp features
anu steel blue eyesi lao has nervous
aud Irritable temper aud uha'es under
his imprisonment hnd the accusation
brought agaiut him. He speaks with
lutte = German accent, but claims 10 BE-
Of American biTlh.
ThO following Jurors we're yesterday
accepted In tho, cast: Is. Il. Wood.
ward, Joseph r., Wilkins, spanish
Fork; John =, Park, A. q. JOHNSON,
Provo Bench; John ID. Halliday, 4, IL.
Cushing, sanlnquib; Henson walker
Jf., Pleasant drove; George Finlhy'
son, George Montague AMI J, J, Me.
ClellAn, PAysou. This exhausted tbs
panel aud special vcuite for trt
Jurors, tetuTuRbls thiH morning, wa
naueu. Two Jurors, T. rs, Parker U
American Fork anu llubeT Alfred oil
Lent wete excused tor cause, having
fUrmel an opinion IN the Gaze. The
State exercised tntre prTrmplofy cnhl'
lenges anu the defense fiye. An order
was made 20 have seventeen witnessed
foT ths defense subImnuud at tue cX
pence VI tho State GA the ground
that defendant was unable 10 pay lol
tholT Attendance, alter ne hau tettliiuu
that he owned no property.
4 CAsEAuAISsT IIIE COUNTY,
Clara l.. Mccormick aud tive oihr
heirs VI susan MUCOtmIck, VINO uiut
nj Rock Syringe, Wyoming, IN 1876