The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-11
INTEREST INCREASES.
GREAT CROWDS FLOCK TO HEAR
THE EVIDENCE.
Probable That the Case viii Be
Closed BY the End OF the Week
Several Amdnvits From Well
known Salt Laizers.

defense having been made before ad-
journment. 1t now seems probable that
the case viii be concluded this week.
The first witness was James Nc
Naughton, a saloon keeper of Vernal-
He said Warner and Wall both came
into his saloon, 1.-THE Exchange" and
settled bills which they owed. Warner
owed $i5.45, and presented $40 bail
when he paid it.
Cross-examined witness said War
ner usually settled his bills promptly.
Wall had sometimes deposited money
with witness for safe keeping. Once
the sum 50 left was $780,
NJ. B. Pope, deputy sheriff of Uintah
county, was the next witness. He saw
Wall and Warner May 4th, at Vernal.
Saw Coleman and Warner next at
Bullocks shop. They came out on
the sidewalk and held a conversation
Later in the day he saw Wall and
Warner in close conversation On the
morning of May 9Th, Wall and Warner
came to town ON their horses. They
met Coleman and had q conversation.
then they each got half a. bale Of hay
and went up TO Warmers house. On
three different occasions Warner told
witness they were going to Goslin
mountain-due east from Dry Fork on
a different road.
rode off on the night of the 9th. They
left just as the sun was going down.
The hext morning he saw Wall in
town. He mad heard of the shooting
and be asked Wall if there
WAS ANYTHING IN IT.
and he replied that there was. Wit
ness then inquired about the circum-
stances, and Wall replied: you'll
hear about it." He next met Swift
and he said 10 him: III tell you all
about it when Wall gets a doctor and
gets out OF town"
Witness could not get a doctor TO
go with him Up the mountain. He
reached there about o'clock and
tents which were on the ground at
the time.
A sharp legal colloquy occurred be-
tween Judge Powers and Mr. Evans
over the introduction Of the tents in
evidence. The court admonished the
jury against paying attention TO what
counsel said.
Mr.. Pope described the tents, saying
there were fifteen bullet holes in the
one belonging to the Stauntcn party.
He also described the guns of Warner,
Wall and Ike Stanton, and also de-
scribed the clothing and the wounds of
the men.
In cross-examination witness stated
that Melton said: II only got to the
door Of the tent when got it" Melton
also said Coleman promised to bring
$780, and you can see what he has
done
Dick staunton said: eff you'll give
me my gun I'll scrap it out now with
him on my death bed"
Witness also heard Melton say Wall
and Warner were not to blame. Had
ri OH
going up Dry Fork to move Coleman's
camp, or that he was going to sell him
q mine.
on redirect examination he said that
Melton had said, pointing to Coleman,
There is the son of a b-h that is
to blame for all this. It's the damned
est cold blooded murder that ever was
planned"
Iowa Hall of Vernal was one of the
men who went up to bring down the
victims of the shooting. He saw a,
dead horse about $50 steps from the
tent Thought it was a horse they had
tracked up the mountain. They had
not paid much attention to the tracks,
but they were on their way up the
mountain. Close to the tent the tracks
were far apart; farther down they We're
cioser together He thought that men
In Meiton's tent could first be seen
about fifty or sixty yards from the tent,
looking in the direction of the trail.
Cross examined witness said he
found and picked up some things-a
peck which had been on some horse.
The pack was found about 400 yards
from the tent. The pack consisted of
two sacks of grain with few other
articles. The cinch and ropes used in
fastening the pack We're not broken,
but some of the grain had been scat
tered about. Witness was among the
first to reach the camp after the shoot
ing. His brother Orson was there be-
fore him. He also saw Coleman there
when he got to the place. The first ex-
animation of the tracks was made ca
sually. LATER, he made a more care
full examination and helped make some
measurements. This was after a
number of men had
VISITED THE SCENE.
He stationed some horsemen near the
dead horse and sat on his horse near
q big tree not far from the tent. He
could Just see the horsemens heads.
Did not know whether the horse had
run back after being. shot or not.
Within sixty or seventy feet of the tent
there seemed to be tracks of but two
horses. He thought the tracks on the
ground which he had particularly ex-
anined were those of the dead horse.
He judged by the fern and size of the
horse and the fact that the nail heads
were rot worn down. Mr.. Warner and
another man came up to the camp
soon after his arrival He heard the
ln0ofs Of their horses before he saw
them. The dead horse was not shod
on the hind feet.
At this stage court adjourned for the
noon hour.
IN THE AFTERNOON
Deputy Sheriff Pope was recalled and
identified the guns and pistols supposed
to have been used by Warner and
Wall; also the tents which were on the
ground vyhen the killing took place.
Judge Powers asked if the firearms
were loaded. and received a reply in
the affirmative.
He was instructed to retire and IN
load them, which he did.
The. leather coat and shirt worn by
Staunton. each showed the bullet hol,
in the collars. The tent was identified
by the witness. There were fifteen
bullet holes in 1T. Mr.. Pope said he
could not say positively that the holes
were made at that time or some other
DR.. David Lindsay, of Ve-nal, was
next called. He had been called in
consultation with DR.. Flag to see Dick
Staunton on May s. Staunton had
been shot through the left shoulder, this
bullet passing along and fracturing the
shoulder blade, and further along broke
three bones of the spinal column.
He again saw Sraunton dying at mid
night. He identified to the best of hi:
knowledge the bullet taken from tbs
INodv The doctor had aiSa attes,de f