The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-05

in prosecuting would be here. Counsel
then dwelt al length on the reputation OF
Mrs. Hynds and on the fact that the
defendant had admitted that ne had been
visitor to houses of i'll fame; that he had
mingled with people VINO frequented such
places and found in them congenial COM
panions. He claimed the privilege OK
being as vile as he would, but he demand
ed spotless purity from his wife. Mr..
Zane then referred to remarks Of Judge
Hiles which were taken as structures on
the manner in which the prosecution
was presenting its case This he attrlbut-
ed to a want of conception on the part
of the judge and not any desire to cast
reflection on the prosecution or to carry
| the impression that his honor sided with
the defense: He gave his honor full
credit for holding up the scales of justice
as evenly as he knew how.
THE LETTERS.
Counsel then referred to the letters
written by the young man, William Z.
Dinwoodey, TO Mrs. Hynds and said that
these letters We're written in reply TO let
tiers from Mrs. Hynds, asking for advice
from the mother of the man who is now
sleeping in the cemetery These letters
were written by gentleman in a gentle
manly way and there was nothing in them
which indicated that there was any de-
sire on the part of the Dinwoodey family
to get up testimony in an improper way.
Counsel read one sentence of the letter
saying that the folks had no desire for
revenge, but merely wanted justice"
Mr.. Zane went on to argue that a con-
siderable time must have elapsed after
Dinwoodey was di covered before the
shooting, because when first seen by
Hynds he ives undressed and when he
was shot he was almost completely
/ dressed
Revering to the letters again counsel
/ sald they We're the result of a trap laid
/ by Elynds through his wife which was ap-
4 parent from the fact that they found their
/ way TO the brief bag of the attorney for
the defendant. The father and mother
! OF the deceased boy had taken no part in
the prosecution. Had not come to court
| at all. They did not ask for vengeance,
tney only asked for justice; that was all
! they demanded at the hands of the jury
Homicide was justifiable only when
committed in a sudden heat of passion
/ caused by an attempt to rape or defile a
WIFE, female relative or dependent The
1 jury We're the judges of whether or not
a woman who had been prostitute could
] be detiled, and then the second requisite
was that the killing be done in the heat
OF passion.
Counsel argued that Mrs. Hynds was
an abandoned character; that she, al
I though married continued to ply the
trade of a prostitute, and as such lured
young Dinwoodey into her tolls. Under
these circumstances counsel held Hynds
had no right to kill Dinwoodey. Mr.. Zane
argued that the marriage had not been
proved by any testimony or evidence be-
yOilu lIIdC OF 1ynQS nlInSGT. lie SAID
That he was married in Denver to a Miss
! Pest by Father Quinn. There may be no
such person Father Quinn. We do
not know If Miss Peet is the woman ne
I lived here with at all. If they were not
married, she was his paramour, and he
/ had no right to kill anybody for having
connection with her.
Counsel then reviewed the acts imme-
d1ately before and after the killing. He
| criticised HyndS for knocking down his
| Wife when she attempted to prevent him
from going into the closet, and also crit
iciSed Hynds because at the same time
he laid no hands on Dinwo5S-,ev. but went
off and got his pistol from the valiSe.
| Counsel thought this was good evidence
to show that his mind was not greatly
If at all deranged, at that time. espe-
cially when he went and called the col
ored servant to make her a witness in
a probable divorce suit. Mr.. Zane adj
vanced the statement that Hynds did not
tell the truth when he gave his testimony
because, according to the chart of the
premises, it was impossible for any one
to see from where Hynds said he was
standing when he said he saw into the
bedroom.
SHOT FROM BEHIND.
Counsel also said that Hynds hadn't
shot Dinwoodey in the front, for the po-
sition of the wounds, he held, showed
that he was shot from behind. Mr.. Zane
directed attention to the personal appear
arce of Hynds and drew the deduction
his wife. Hynds, said counsel will use
this woman for the purposes of his de-
Tense, but if successful will be reunited
to him. and she will in all probability
exercise her wiles upon some other unfor-
tunate young man who may meet a sim
liar fate to young Dinwoodey. They are
in correspondence now, and if he is &C
quilted they will go together again, said
Mr.. Zane. Hynds had been warned of
the relations existing between his wife
and Dinwoodey, but he stood supinely by
and cared not enough for the honor of
his alleged wife to interfere. He allowed
her to wean this young man from his
famfly-this man Hynds, who grows fat
and wealthy on the profits of his gam
bling houSeS-ill gotten gains, Stealings
from the wives and little children. Hynds
has wrought much evil in this way in
every community where he has lived. And
he brings this woman, prostitute and
turns her loose on society as a reSpecta-
bic woman, that she might delude this
and other young men. Why should coun-
sci for the defense expect young Din
woodey to be better than other men? In
the past three thousand years only one
example, that of Joseph with Potiphar' s
, wife, is known where young man re-
! sisted the wiles of young and hand
some woman. Why should Dinwoodey be
better than all the rest of mankind?
Counsel, in conclusion, asked the jury
: to decide between these two men-one
; laying in the cemetery. the grass growing
: green over his grave, who had paid the
!. sitting here. We ask for justice; we car
ask for nothing less; We can ask fol
nothing more. We don't ask for blood
1 we don't clamor for blood. We want
: justice. If you turn him free you will
= have the applause of the frequentars OF
> saloons and gambling halls. but every de
cent man and woman will mourn. II
+ you do turn him loose by some misguided
impulse he will be haunted by the blood
l of the man he killed.
Counsel urged the jurors to stand by
. their conscientious convictions, and if any
= of them dissented from the views of the
, others to stand firmly for what they be-
lieved was right.
Mr. Zanes argument was of over two
hours duration, and was eloquent
. logical and imprisoned effort. At its
conclusion court adjourned till $50 o'clocI
this morning. when his honor will deliver
! his charge and the case will go to the
jury.
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