The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-01
THE HAYES CASE.
1t is Now in the Hands of the "Good
Men and True"

PROVO, March 31.-The Hayes case
was given to the jury before court ad-
journed this morning for the noon hour
Mr.. Thurman, for the prosecution,
only occupied about two hours time
and the judge who read the charge, was
only about thirty minutes in doing so.
The charge was a fair and impartial
one, defining the law in such cases and
explaining to the jury the different de-
grees of murder.
During the morning the court room
was crowded with attorneys and spec
tators and Mr.. Thurman's argument
and the judges charge were listened to
with close attention, and no demonstra-
ton whatever.
The prisoner took great interest in
what was going on, he hardly taking
his eyes off Mr.. Thurman all the while
he was talking. His wife sat beside him
and she would, occasionally, whisper to
the attorneys for the defense; but with
Hayes it was different. He sat with
his elbow on table and his head rest
ing on his hand in a comfortable posi-
ton and listened to the review of the
evidence and theories of his guilt. He
seemed to be no more concerned than
some others sitting near.
A verdict is not looked for before mid
OTHER OCCURRENCES.
The city council met last evening.
The advisa bility of granting licenses
to liquor dealers to carry on their trade
within the 800 foot limit from church
door, was freely discussed, some con-
tending that the old assembly hall,
which is the only building of worship
within the 300 loot limit, was not a
church; and others that it was. A de-
cision in the affirmative would close
two saloons and voided the licenses
OF two drug stores. The council de-
cided, however, to grant the license to
Henry Harrison and Tom Osborne.
The application of Wilson & Niebaur
for license to retail liquor in the old
Duggins saloon was referred to a COM
mittee.
w. 3. Searle, who was appointed
some time ago as city surveyor and not
confirmed by the council, handed in his
resignation last night and Richard r.
Lyman was appointed to the position
and confirmed.
A party of surveyors are now at work
in Provo canyon and on the bench north
of Provo running a line from near &C.
neva and up and through the canyon.
Who the work is being done for, no
enc seems to know, but in all probabili-
ty is for railroad purposes. Rights of
way have been secured through the can
yon and have expired by not being used
within the limited time. This work
may be done now for the purpose of
renewing some of these.
Marshal Storrs, of Springville. is a
garden city visitor today.
The divorce case of Conrad VS.. Con-
rad, filed few days ago. is under fair
way to be settled out of court and a
division of the property made on a
satisfactory basis to both parties.
The case against young Fowler, re-
ported in the Salt Lake papers from
American Fork, has been settled and
the case dismissed. Young Fowler, it
appears, signed his fathers name to a
check for $3.50 and cashed the samu
at the Chapman bank in American
Fork. For this he was arrested, but
on inquiry it was found that Mr.. Fow-
Ter had given the boy permission to
draw on him when he desired money.
Therefore, a conviction could not be
had and the young man was promptly
released.