Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-31

when Mock threatened to run a pitch
fork through him. On the same day, ne
said, Mock declared to him, II can
run you of this place / viii XIII you
on"
on September 18th they had trouble
again, and Mock's actions alarmed
him. They also had trouble on Septem-
Der goth, the day before the shooting.
ON this occasion. he said. Mock said
he would kill him II he took out
certain dam In the water ditch. He then
went to see Lancaster. the WATERWAYS
ter. and Lancaster told him that Mock
had threatened his (Egginton's) life,
and that he should look out for him
Egginton also testified that Mock
tried to drive over him with q team
on one OCCASION and ran him into a
ditch.
EXAMINATION OF DEFENDANT
RESUMED.
At the opening of court this morning
the defendant, Icgginton, was further
examined by Attorney Edwards, Mock,
he said. was MN who stood feet
10 or IL In height and was otherwise
strong. robust man. speaklnS OF nun
self defendant said his left leg was
shrivelled clear up TO the hip ana
when in certain positions he was easily
| thrown off his balance. He remem-
bered the evening OF September 20th'
| First met Mock shortly after 2 O'Clock
| the ground had already been gone over,
| objection sustained. on the morning
| of September 21st defendant said he
| passed Mock and next saw him ABOUT
| 3 o'clock in the afternoon. He had
been fixing a strip ON the roof; was in
| the act of descending, ana hau reached
| the bottom runE of the ladder, when
| his four year-old boy, who was stand
| ing In the door way, pointed down the
| road at the same time exclaiming.
"look papa, there's man.
II looked around" continued Eggin-
ton. "and saw Mock coming towards
me at pretty good rate. lie came
| right up to me and said, you G. d.
| b. I'll fix you / was too scared to
| say anything. He struck at me wildly
and indlscriminately and while doing
| so he stumbled over some Stag that
was on the outside OF my house.
| Had you got OFF the ladder when
he first struck your" queried Attorney
| Edwards.
| ~ had not" answered the defendant.
| He first struck me In the abdomen,
| knocking me of, the ladder. ] STUN
bled. He followed me up still strik-
| ing at me- | told him to stop and his
reply was, you ought to be killed
| Here Eeginton was shown a revolver.
| He identified ii as belonging to him.
| on the afternoon referred to, he car
ried 1t In his hip pocket.
| did you pun the gun asheu MI '
eyes. sir" said the defendant. 81
pulled 1t out when he was striking me
He struck me again, and | could see
was going to fall and with my left
hand caught hold of the window sill.
when did the gun go OFF,
~ think l pulled the hammer when
I pulled II out of my pocket"
what did Mock do then2'
"Hc continued TO strike at me, but
as soon as he caught sight of the re-
volver he jumped back. The gun Their
went Off just as fell.
what happened then?"
"The next thing l saw was Mr.. Mocl
kneeling down about ten feet from
where / stood"
"Why did you pull the pistol?'
because l was in danger of m,
life"
what made you think your lif'
because OF his actions and his pre-
vious threats, / was always scarce
of the man."
when you pulled the revolver, die
you intend to shoot?"
Il did, but 1 only intended to lam
him"
when you fired did you mean t
, shoot?"
purely an accident
well. what happened next"
, AS soon as saw Mr. Mock on tn
, ground went up to him and said m
! God. did the shot hit you? and Nj
Mock said. Get away you d thing
l walked away and in short Will
i, turned around and l saw Mr.. Moe
! sitting ON the ground. I went bac
! and said, Can help you? what pal
4 OF the body did it hit you?' He sal
= something in his own language an
which | did not understand
. The defendant then went on TO n
\ late the conversation he had with Mr.
!, Snyder after the shooting. She want.
= him 60 carry Mock into the house and
. told her he was unable to. When NJ
!; Lauresen came up, he questioned hi
u about the shooting. Defendant said
q told him that he took out the gun
- self-defense Mock said. En-" ID
PENDANT said he repeated the stat
ment and Mock again looked at hi
and said, "Eh?"
n Continuing, Egginton said he offer
to take the deceased home in his bu
gy, "but he said he didn't want me
the d buggy" Defendant said
= then went and gave himself up to I
marshal of Sandy, with whom he ro
:. to Murray and taking the car to 81
\ Lake he went to the county jail n
L. gave himself in charge of Sheriff Lew
With the exception of three days.
: PENDANT said he had been confined
- Jail ever since.
. THE ATTORNEYS CROSS SWORl
S The defendant was then cross-eXal
r. ined by County Attorney Waldern
Il Van Colt. He said he first got the &
s early In June, after some trouble
the Rio Grande cut He got IL frt
A. Thomas Bait Of West Jordan. 1t "
It, loaded when he got it, at least th'
&; were three cartridges in ii. He net
tried TO buy 4 gun. At the time OF
e. shooting there were only two cartridi
h. in the gun, the other one he fired N
rabbit. Had only carried it four tin
n all together. twice in June and on
d. goth and 21st of September. He got
gun because Jesse Griffin had told h
n he ought to be armed as II was d.
n gerous to go near the COTS. He
,, not remember whether Griffin m
90 toned Mock or not.
Mr.. Van Colt then began question
VI the defendant about distances and
IT. lay of the country and with a st
pointed to the map. Egginton did
appear to understand and Attor'
ny Harrington volunteered to give the
formation. when the following 1
logue took place:
Van Cott-When / want you to tie
he fy, Mr. Harrington, I'll have You
under oath and get you to take
stnud.
Harrlngton-I think you need to
posted up ON geography, you dc
appear to know much.
Van Cott-Advancng towards II
rinrton--YOur impertinence, sir, dt
like, one bit, and I'll not have IT, ID
you dare interrupt me again UnC
stand?