The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-24

was questioned at the city hall ant
denied that Egan or Phelps had beer
| in the Senate saloon the night prior
Afterwards McMillen confessed in the
presence of Chief Paul, Captain
Eslinger and Detective Sheets and
! Raleigh. On the Sunday McMillen told
| Sheets and Raleigh that Phelps and
/ Egan were drinking at the bar and
| retired to the room behind. In few
/ seconds Phelps came out and told Nc
/ Millen Egan had money on him and he
wanted him to put a dose of morphine
/ into his beer. Phelps then went back
/ to the room and rang the bell, when
! McMillen came in and Phelps ordered
I beer for Egan and whisky for himself
! McMillen returned to the bar and pul
several grains of morphine into Egan' s
! beer and placed it on table alongside
J of Egan. In q few minutes Phelps
! again approached McMillen and told
! him the dose wasn't enough and in
structed him to put enough in next
time to fix him." McMillen then put
up more morphine into a glass of beer
which was given Egan. In a short
while Phelps came out of the room
and handed McMillen 50 and a gold
watch and chain. The money McMillen
placed in the till and the watch he
put alongside some bottles underneath
! the counter.
Mr.. Putnam then quoted the law
bearing on the murder of persons by
poison, which is that a person who
administers poison to another even
without the intent to murder is guilty
of murder in the first degree if the
person dies from the effects of the
poison.
At 2 p. m. County Surveyor Wilkes
was called to identify and explain
of
der took place.
Counsel for the defendant moved
that the prosecution be required to
select on which of the two counts of
the information they would rely and
after arguments Judge Norrell over
ruled the motion and Mr.. Wilkes gave
explanations of the plans and so
forth.
HOW THE BODY WAS FOUND.
Detective Raleigh, examined by Mr..
Putnam, said he examined the prem
ises in and around the Senate saloon
where the murde- took place and the
plans shown were correct
3. A. Taylor, nightwatchman on
the block in which the Senate saloon
was situated, said, he found, the dead
body. of Egan in an alleyway in the
rear of the saloon at about Ais on the
morning of Sunday July II, 1897. There
were marks and scratches about the
ear and mouth. The track made by
the body being dragged along the
alleyway was distinctly visible from
the spot where the body lay up to the
back door Of the saloon and into the
wine room. Witness also found, a
small phial on the ground near the
body. He picked it up and placed 1T
on the fence.
William Wicket, was on the Salt
Lake police force on July last. On the
morning OF JULY IL he saw the dead
body of Egan. in the alley in the rear
sponded in the main with that of
Nightwatchman Taylor.
Detective Sheets. examined by Mr..
Putnam corroborated the previous two
witnesses in regard to the finding of
the dead body of Egan. Witness knew
Egan and recognized the body.
BOARDED AT HEGNEY'S.
James Hegney testified that the de-
ceased had boarded at his house for
about a month before his death. Wit
ness last saw him alive on the morn
ing of his death. He then wore his
watch and chain. Egan at times drank
excessively.
East Flood testified to the fact that
Egan was in the habit of wearing
gold watch and chain. Egan was
pretty good man. but sometimes drank
too much. Witness had known him
since 1884
ALLEGED CONFESSION.
Detective Raleigh, recalled. said he
had known the defendant MnlIillAa for