The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-04

Good progress was made in the Hynds
murder case yesterday. The twelfth
juror was obtained in the person of
]. R. Nichols a little before II O'Clock
in the forenoon, after four talesmen
had been examined. making total of
seventy-three talesmen examined to
select the twelve jurors The jury,
when complete, was composed of H.
s Margetts, Dan Griffin, John Gala
cher, sr-, ]. w. Whitehead, jr.. Harry
E. Cottle. Frank Chandler, j. B. Key
sor, William N. Risley, Emil Hart
vicksen. John Deering, Isaac Brock
bank and J. Il. Nichols.
The prosecutions case was short
They examined three witnesses and
rested at noon. They were, however,
Obliged TO put another witness. Mr..
Noble, on the stand by order of the
court, on motion of the defense. Then
the defense opened and examined
quite a number of witnesses, including
the defendant, Hynds, during the after
noon, with the object of showing that
the killing was justified. This morn
ing Mr.. Hynlds win be cross-examined
by Attorney Zane and from the pres
ent appearances the case win reach
the jury in the afternoon.
THE PROSECUTION OPENS.
After the jury was impaneled a map
of the premises where the killing took
place, and which was admitted to be
correct by both sides, was hung UP
for reference.
County Attorney Whittemore made
a brief opening statement for the pros
ecurion, stating that they expected
TO show that on March / last. Harry
Hynds wilfuliy, feloniously and with
malice aforethought killed and muir
dered Walter ]. Dinwodey at the resi-
dence OF Hynds on Brigham street.
this city.
The first witness called was Dr. ].
S. Richards. Examined by the county
attorney, he said he was called to the
residence of Mr.. Hynds $50 Brigham
street, between 9 and 10 O'Clock in the
morning of March l. Mr. Noble. the
defendant and colored woman were
there, and Walter Dnwoodey was law
ing wounded on the bath room floor.
with his head resting on the side of
the bath. Witness noticed blood on
the bosom of his shirt and found
bullet hole in his breast He was only
partly dressed and his vest was open.
He was taken to St Marks hospital
and died at two minutes to u O'Clock
on the same day. A further examina-
Ttpn Of the body disclosed a bullet
wound in the back part of the skull.
which penetrated the brain and brain
matter was oozing from the wound
There was another bullet wound at
the back Of the right shoulder The
bullet ranged downward and went out
about half way down the back or
the bullet might have entered below
ranged upward and came out at the
shoulder passing the clavicle Either
the wound in the breast or the wound
In the head would have proved fatal.
Cross-examined by Judge Powers
the testimony of the witness remained
substantially the same. Judge Pow
ers offered to prove that Dinwoo6ey
was calling to Maudie to come and
kiss her boy, but the testimony was
$objected TO and the objection sustain
ed. Some further questions elected
the face that Dinwoodey's necktie was
partly around his neck when DR. Rich
ards first saw him laying in the bath
room.
MISS EDITH NOBLE.
Miss Edith Noble testified that she
lived next door to Hynds; that on
the morning Of March Mr.. Hynds
called to her from his door. He told
her he had killed a man whom he
had found with his wife. He asked
witness to to tell her father and also
to say to him that he wanted to give
himself UP. Miss Judge was present
during the conversation. Mrs Hynds
came to the door of her house. She
said it was Walt Dinwoodey who was
shot
Cross-examined by Judge Powers.
witness said she tainted. owing to the
shock, and was carried into her house
by her father. Her father telephored
for DIR. Richards and for the police.
Mrs. Hynds, when she came to the
door. was wearing a red wrapper Mr.
Hynds seemed very pale and excited.
DECEASED'S BROTHER.
Henry M. Dinwoodey, brother of the
deceased, testified that Walter would
have been IS years of age if he had
lived until March 20 last Witness
saw him at the hospital on the morn
ing of the shooting. He examined
the shirt and other clothing, found the
bosom of the shirt powder burnt and
the back of the vest was also powder
burnt.
On cross-examina1ion witness said
his brother wore on his suspenders a
pair of gold buckles.
Were the buckles inscribed with the
words from Maud ?" asked Judge
Powers.
This question was objected to, but
the objection was overruled. Witness
then said that he didn't know whether
or not there was any inscription on
the buckles. He had seen them, but
could not member.
Where are they now?" asked Judge
Powers
My brother Lee is wearing
them" replied the witness.
Can you produce them?''
If / am ordered to do SO, 1 think /
could
The putting iE evidence Of the buck