The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-22
FATE Of JAMES TRUE
The Jury Will Decide 1t This
Afternoon.
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ARGUMENTS BEING MADE
FURTHER TESTIMONY IN THE
TRAIN ROBBERY CASE.
The Defendant Takes the Stand In
His Own Behalf-Some Lively
Tits Between Prosecutor Judd
and Attorney Hamilton.
ARGUMENTS BEING MADE

~AbbOIIty Was Qldhl1S dill
earnest plea to the jury for James True
yesterday afternoon, when the time
for the adjournment of court arrived.
The case almost reached a termination,
and all that remains now of the trial
is the completion of Attorney Hamil-
tons interrupted argument and the
closing statement by Judge Judd for
the government.
Mrs. Wadman testified yesterday re-
garding the card playing event upon
which the defense based it's hopes for
proving an ali5i. Mrs. Wadman al
most punctured the alibi contention by
stating that she believed the card
playing at Mrs. True's was engaged in
near the end of September, Is days be-
fore the night of the Union Pacific
train robbery.
Charles NJ. o. Hornet was recalled
when court opened in the morning, but
his testimony was unimportant.
Fireman William Mcfarland testified
that he did not know eX-Sheriff Wright
of Ogden, ard that he had not spoken
TO him regarding the guilt or innocence
OF True.
IN REBUTTAL.
Ex-Sheriff Wright was called in re-
buttai and stated that he had known
the robbery Mcfarland told him he
could not describe the rohber and did
not know whether he was short or
tall. All the fireman remembered was
that the man wore a faded black coat.
On examination, Mr.. Wright
said he had told several people he
thought It strange that no one on the
train could describe the robber.
/. T. L. Cullen was recalled and de-
MED that on last Sunday at the Ogden
Senate saloon he told one Alex Wilkin-
son that True was an innocent man.
WILKINSON fNIPEACREs CULLEN.
Alex Wilkinson was placed on the
stand and swore that Cullen informed
him that True was innocent and that
he had testified as he did in order that
he and Waterbury could make D.
reputation for themselves"
Weren't You out at Uintah on the
night of the robbery?' asked Attorney
AIaginnis suddenly, on s-examina-
ton.
mo wasn't" replied the witness
eXcitedly.
Aren't you a relative of Thomas
Hobbs, who was accused of it?'
mo. he was my brother-in-lSw."
4 Will ask if you We're not at one
time tried for murder?"
L wasn't guilty of that, shrieked
the witness. u was acquitted
Engineer Rowland was questioned
again as to the rate of speed at which
the train was running and said it was
a little faster towards the end of the
journey.
THE DEFENDANT.
James True, the defendant. was then
placed on the stand. He said he was
: Il years old and had been cooking on
railroads for about % wears.
of TwentY-seVenth street and Wash
ington evenue.' he said, between Z
and 8 o'clock on October 13, and Mr..
anG Mrs. Wadman, who called at
about s o'clock, played cards with us
until L or l o'clock. 1 was not out of
the building five minutes from the
time 1 went home until the next morn
ing"
Mr.. True testified to his Familiarity
with cars, and said he was acquainted
with the location of Devils Gate and
Uintah station. On the morning of the
14th he arose at 6 o'clock and did not
hear Of the robbery until he reached
town, where he was informed of the
circumstance by Mr.. Ayre.
True said he started for California,
on Nov. %, and got to the coast by
riding with his railroad friends. eX-
cept on one division where he was OBJ
liged to paw his fare.
He started out with So, which Mrs.
True secured through the sale of a car
Pet. When he arrived at San Francisco
he had % cents in his pocket, and dur
ing his stay there got what little money
he obtained by borrowing it from his
friends. The defendant said he met
Cullen about five times in San Fran
cisco, but did not give him $40 or show
him q gun.
On discrimination, True explained
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been employed for the past eight years,
and was then shown a written record
made out to Superintendent Joe Young,
which showed some discrepancies from
the verbal report.
How does that happen?" asked ut
torney judd.
"A man has to protect himself" said
True. Sometimes he is liable to be
black-balled.'
"Were you black-balled on the Chi
cage & Milwaukee road?"
Il believe l was"
THE CARD GAME.
True said he fixed in his mind the
date of the card game on account of
people discussing the robbery the next
day He heard a dispute between his
steDfather and wife, on account of the
former saying some one was trying to
implicate her son in the affair.
IN reply 70 a question, the detendant
said he was six feet high and weighed
$50 pounds.
True was asked concerning a primary
meeting az Ogden, and said he was
there, at Wadman's request, working
for Mrs. Wadman, who wished to be
delegate to the county convention.
Was that before or after the card
gamer" inquired Attorney Judd.
Il cannot remember" said the de-
PENDANT
Judge Judd pressed the witness close
ly at this point. Attorney Hamilton
became nervous and, jumping up, he
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