Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-23

number Of gentlemen representing
various scciions IL that county, and
the unanimous sentiment OF the meet
ing was unequivocally opposed Ia
sheep ranging in Routt county. II
Nas also the sense of the meeting
that the boundary line between the
sheep and cattle ranges should be the
WYOMING state line on the north. and
tho Utah line on the west. commit
tee of FIVE was appointed TO draft
resolutions setting forth the views of
the meeting in accordance with the
sentiments above stated, this commit
tee to report and submit its action
to future meeting. Letters were
received from several stockmen who
could not be present, among others
being one from Ora Haley of Laramie.
Wyo. Mr.. Haley stated that he was
opposed to violence In handling the
sheep question. yet was of the opinion
that n man was morally right in pro-
tecting his own interests. He also
wrote that he had had friendly talks
with men who own sheep nearing the
Colorado line, who state that as soon
as they saw that Jack Edwards was
allowed to run his sheen in Routt
county they too, would move their
locks across the line into Colorado.
The feeling against sheep seems to be
before. and unless Edwards returns to
wyoming with his sheep in short
time trouble of a serious nature is
likely to ensue.
At san Francisco Wednesday Coro-
ner Hawkins and jury listened to
the story of the killing of Mrs. Mary
A. Clute. The rooms at the morgue
were filed with interested spectators.
Hom was taken from the city prison by
Detective Seymour and was given II
seat to the right of the coroner and
facing the Jury. All trace OF excite
ment had left him and he awaited the
business of the day with perfect tran
guilty and apparent Indifference a
dozen witnesses were In attendance in
response to subpoenns, though 1t ned
boon understood that only the testi-
mony of two or three would be needed
to afford sufficient for the jury to pre-
sent formal charge of murder. c, h..
Legg, the aged man who heard the
screams of the victim and saw Loft
leaving the house, was not present.
His nerves were shattered by the
shock occasioned by the tragedy and
it was found advisable to send him to
the country for a season of rest and
quiet, away from the scene of blood.
His daughter-in-law, Mrs. l.. y. Lcgg,
who was with the old man and also
witnessed Hoff's departure from the
fatal flat came around accompanied
by Mrs. blanchard, landlady OF the
premises. Mrs. Legs story is, in all
essential points. the same as that re-
lated by her father-in-law, and the po-
lice thought that the latter could be
spared. f.. II. Clute, husband of the
dead woman, and his sister, Mrs. Clark,
We're deeply interested spectators and
listeners, and Thomas Graham, prose-
cutting attorney. was present to hear
the evidence, so as to prepare himself
for the preliminary examination. Hon
was identified by Mrs NJ. A. Uschold.
as the man who called to see Mrs.
Clute, before she left her Page street
residence for the Guerrero street fiat
con the day she met her DEATH. Mrs.
Cecilia Masterson also testified to the
same effect, adding that Hoff called
during Mrs. Clute's absence and stated
that he had been TO the Guerrero
street fat but had missed Mrs. Clute.
Carpet-layers Joe Donohue and Joseph
Foley testified that Hoff was with Mrs.
Clute when they left the Guerrero
street fiat at 8 o'clock, and Mrs. Legg
and others swore to having heard Mrs.
Clute's screams and seen Hon leave
the house Immediately afterward