Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-30
TRIAL IS PROGRESSING.
SAID TO Bt A VERY CLEVER THIEF
statement. Of Both the Prosecution and
Defense to the Jury -Isamina'
ton Of Witnesses.

ly after 10 o clock this morning Ina
defenGaus looked li,'le better "i'F
than she did yesterday. but s'Il ms
that hagrard look On her face and j.
an.icied with occasional spells OF 'N-
trcnr nervousness. once or twice u
look az ehgugh ahe WNulu
entirely. but the admlnistrrinS % s''u'-
uian,s by Mlss Ferguson would revive
her ai-lln. $780, a..
p,st Mrs. Hutchinson on the stiti'
though whether she viii De able 90 un-
dergl The ordeal Is somewhat question
Wher curt adjourned iasi evening
the funel contain q seven Jurors. Ihn
oifer u1s secured this morning. IN
names o. the slghi men frying 'h'. case
A. O. Edwards. samuel Perry sam
u.i Hftcmln. W. ". icyerIck. Iphn X.
Hsmlnn. ~ g. Bagiey, W J. Yard ana
VIM. McMilisu.
PROSECUTION OPENING STATE
MESTs.
Sir, Putnam IN making his opening
,,at.men said the prosecution Nluli
prove the defendant g. br ~ clever a
thief ~ ever Infested snlt Lake 10y.
She WAS by profession trained nurse
ma ro9mrd aim ~ and MIR. W. H.
Maths az % west Fourth south. Ther'
wefe other borders a. the mathis home,
among whom was Mr r. y. HayN>s'h
Of she Union I.lFht ard Power CONF
pany. Mrf. Hayward was away and
had left In her husbands care, among
other shlnEs. few silver ornaments.
Last September a Spanard and Mex
lcin fiomci al ,hs Mathis home Tor
nearly two weeks. After they had gone
several articles were found 20 be miss.
ing among Them being IN oNcrCuat
ard revolver. The men had airo taken
a latch key with them. ana Mrs. Hutch.
fnfon suggested that the lock be
charged Tor fear the men wpuh return
and commit oihtr deprcdaticna. The
suggestion was ai1pifd hut before the
iocksmith had attended H. his work.
Mrs. iiaywafd'H aiiVertwarf was
missed. Mrs Hutchinson blcame very
much alarmed and iu.d she inmates ~
shf house that her fcara and sglp.ciOna
had been confirmed and that thu beck
ought o. have been changed sooner. She
aiso sugg.>.sd that the spnnlard ~
Mexican Sad entered the house and
rioic the things
one afternoon in october Mrs and
Miss Mathis were out at Democratic
meeting. Before leaving the houte Mrs.
Mathis had carclesaly ,hn1wn an aprun
found the apron had caught inside the
trunk. She thought II peculiar ana
made some remarks concerning h. A
few days latsr Dc0rRe Mathis. son ~
Mr. and Mrs. Mathis. returned home
aud found the house locked ~ aud the
foiks all out. lie went EtoUnd 60 the
rear of the hDuse ana discovered a
window pane broken and the eish
raised. lie climbed In through the WIN
dow and going 10 his mothers and
Klsiers rooms found everything IN con.
fusion. He went to thu nom occupied
by Mr.. Iiutchinssn knocked. tried the
door and found u hocked. lie returned
80 the drug store and Informed his
solh. OF what he had dis.
che house and found a number of
thinSs nssflnE. While taking an In
Nentory Mrs. Hu,chinrs1 appeared on
the scene and said her sold witch ana
diamond pin and other articles had die.
appeared from her rom. She carried
on terribly about rpbbefr hrcukng lntl
the hoiss ond oihe0'ise acted in very
once notified ana the dsplfgmnnt 70.
questcd that I, b, furr, shed wth
list " the stolen articles Next morn.
ing Mts, Hutchinson wont 20 the nll
city hall ana ems aged chief Pratt, In
tNnNVrfaiiln, Nlih respect lu the rlb.
berry, telling him Of her HISS and thnlw.
ing the blame on the Don and Mexican.
she also cr.leized The police dtnlri-
ment IN not helms more alert and went
=" Tar as y sugrrst the uilrrlfg OF a
reward, Mt, Pratt said q reward Waa
Iot necessary and began qufsiloninR
her closely ~ 90 her Wherahb IN
she Afternoon ~ The robbery. She rill
the was out. The police learned the DAY
ionoNinF shat she had taken r. number
Ia
neiwcsfi Tenth ani Eleventh Siu,h'
rhen MRS HuiehluSin was accused u
having nlpl0n tho ~ salng art.clps ur1
was placed under arrest. She then bNiko
down ana made confession. hut later
claimed y have taken tho things /,
prevent thelr hHng stolen. chief Pratt
'hsn accused her ~ taking Mfs. IIay.
wards sllverware. IA fitTi she be',,nc
indignant but finally admitted the theft
nnd told MI. Pratt where they may he
found, She also confessed To- Mr. pr,tt
OF having broken the window, but ali
IN eStenuatlon shat she had a n1n 10
support, and ,ha, she had had iuis Of
tnuni. az thhi this was cold ana
cruel world, anyway,
THE DEFBNST.
Grant ". fmith. N counsel for ths
defense, then SOLD the Jury what M
eiher side relied on Tor an acauitial
li' snll ihlf owing Go the unusual na.
sure or the def,nae-innniiy-a E.ntr-
iinehi a. this time was nee sslry ne
men denned houasbreaklng and argued
tnsl 70 CONSTITUTE, a crime ~ chs. un-
tufe me intent ~ wen as me act must
be shown by the prosecution 10 haVs
existed, The defense would or1f1yor
90 prove that The crime lodged asllnst
WIS woman WAS lacking he siem.ft of
criminal lnicrt, Tho hNs NJ t'uh OK.
pieraly say that no person shall be- can.
sane. '"'
Judge Smith then named che varlous
klrfis of insanity ana said tgey were
~ numerous lH there were different
hlna- o. horses, The taint % lnnnity
IN Mrs Hu nhins0n's case was lnhsritr1
m her fathers side OF the house ana
ner extreme rerNouSnesH rhg g0t from
her mother Her life had been ril
flcted with total blindness. ghe bnd
also married unhlpplly. and for the
lnsi three years had not been hersslf
IN az particulars. She was she msthrr
OF three children, two OF whom diai
~ Infancy when she came 10 ans
clty she was almost a nervoua und
physical wreck Soon Insanity hefln
10 manifest itself In q kleptonan.e
form, She took things she had no
earthly use for. such rs pipes. razor
tuops' etc, ana frequerfy Was unable
90 tey rom whom or when she had
judge Smith then reviewed her blsio-
~ ns nurss ana IN, training she ma
received In this profession: nor sf.f.
sieflhee ana her kindly nature. con.
.lualnH WIN q strong appeal 90 the Jury
not :" lose sigh. OF the f1ct that IN
woman defendant WAS OF uns1uufi