The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-04
though it is generally believed it will
be short
During the past week the defense has
REVEALED ITS PURPOSE


be short
During the past week the defense has
REVEALED ITS PURPOSE
to attack the testimony of at least two
witnesses if not three. Allen Johnson,
the colored porter at Dave Walling
ford's saloon, has been attacked al
success. But the defense is evidently
not through with him. AS to George
Jackson, the colored cab driver, there
is a reserve of personal testimony and
dispositions tending to break down his
character. Several days ago the de-
Tense, when Will Wood was on the
stand, laid the foundation for at least
four Populations from reputable citi-
zens in Greencastle, Ind, intending to
show that he, as well as Scott Jackson,
had intimate relations with Pearl
Bryan. In Woods case, however, the
dispositions are of the nature of boasts
he made in the presence of these de-
ponents One manifest hope of the de-
Tense is to establish a case of non-jur-
isdiction, by showing if possible that
the murder was
COMMITTED IN CINCINNATI
by OVERRIDING some treatment with
chloroform or other anaesthetic and
that the body was afterward taken to
kentucky to avoid recognition. This
will be difficult in the face of eminent
expert testimony that the body, emptied
of blood and free from clot, together
with the condition of the skin around
the GUS and the absence Of spots on
the surface of the body, that the muir
der must have been committed at the
spot where the body was found. Fail
ing in this, in case the jury should
agree, the evident intention is to carry
the case on error to the court of ap-
peals. All through the trial the de-
Tense has taken q multitude of eXcep-
tons. Judge Helm, however, has been
cautious and thoughtful in making his
decisions. There is a runor which has
been afioat since yesterday that the de-
Tense intends to spring a surprise on
Monday by ringing in woman from
Cincinnati This, however, is still in
the shape of rumor not fully veri-
fed.
The introduction of such testimony
would conplicate the case and subject
the witness to a
CROSS EXAdINATION.
1t would also expose the witness to liza
bility to be severely dealt with by the
law, perhaps to the extent of becom-
ing an accomplice.
In witnesses for rebuttal the prose-
cution will depend upon men in Gin
cinnati who have employed George H.
jackson for several years, to overturn
the evidence in dispositions from
Springfield people where he has lived
only few months, by testifying to his
excellent character over this long per-
iod. George Jackson has been attacked
by colored men in Cincinnati, deposing
"a in ia oil Wv 10Th Of
Friday, January 81, before the murder,
from IL o'clock at night until am.
That would contradict and overthrow
his testimony as to driving the cab with
the prisoners and their victims to the
SCENE OF THE CRIME
on that night. These deponents have
sworn that the Caldwell Guards, COL
ored company, did not drill on that
night, but that they did drill on Satur-
day night, February l. George Jackson
has sworn that the night he went out
was the night on which headrilled the
guards of which he is captain. -, The
will bring in a large num-
Der of members of the Caldwell Guards
or by dispositions, to prove
that they did drill on the night of jan
aary 81. In this matter the attorneys
for the commonwealth are confident
that they can contradict the deposit
tons of the defense on this point by
the testimony of overwhelming num-
bers of members of that company
This trial is likely to be protracted
by debates on admissibility
Of testimony, difficulties in regard to
evidence begin to thicken as the trial
proceeds. However, as already stated,
The court as the case progresses more
slowly, grows more eXacting as to the
useless waste of time in debating points
and objecting to evidence on the ground
Of incompetency.
In the conflict between the attorneys
Yesterday in which Colonel Crawford
announced his determination to hold
Colonel Nelson personally responsible
5or remarks which Colonel Crawford
as
PERSONALLY OFFENSIVE
and for which Crawford was fined SIS
by the court, Crawford paid the fine
md the matter has become a part of
he court record. Otherwise it is be-
ieved the fine for contempt would have
been RENTED on Monday morning.
Friends of both parties have been in
eresting themselves to bring about a
'econciliation. 1t is believed that a rest
)ver Sunday will allow sufficient cool
Nc tlIne IOr lneSe EFFORTS 10 be success
ul and to bring about a mutual under
standing before court begins on Mon.
lay morning.
Should this fail, it is not likely col
ision will occur until after the conclu-
ion of this trial. In case there is no
urtl1er irritation between the attor-
leyS in the meantime, this extending
# the time for cooling off will proba-
,ly bring both men to an amicable I'M
Outstanding.