Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-06
Testimony in the Hutchinson Case Is NO"
40 In.
ARGUMENTS OF ArrOsstys IN PROGRESS
Defendant In caimcr Mood To-day -spec"'
iation ~ 20 what the jury WIN u"
Enlargement Expected

After devoting an entire week TO the
Aittinrin Of tsstl,uony.bot sides In the
Hutchinson case rcsiei 10 noon tou'F'
and Arguments were immediately pe-
gun. Thcfc are four speakers alto.
Ecther, two on each side. The court ala
not limit the takers. but nntWi'hr'ahu-
Ing this It h almost certain that the
case viii be given 10 the jury before
court ndjourns this evening IN 'h"'
event Mrs. Hutchinson VIII likely know
her fate before the rising " '"i''''''"
sun. -.
"A TO the probablc outcome the COM
census Of opinion among the court nau-
ituee II that u viii uc huns yul, =
J.,Ikios "a. i,t.g.a. D., sac p1s'. e4p'' :
tally wn.rs a woman has been on ulh.
this theory IL not an imptOpaDle on,.
According to Judge Notrella rn.inf
at the outset " the trial. me luf, va,'
hourcbfeaking. grand larceny OF pe"'
M defendant was more self-pnssess-
"a today. Or. gemmcll ana Miss
claire Ferguson sat near net anu 80
minlaiersd stimuiants a. occasion ~
qulrad More than once dld Mrs nu,-
Crimson start 20 her feet, stare why
ab0u. her. and act a. thoush me was
about 10 create another scene, but thr
entreatles OF her female guardians "a
Keep s;iii" and "don'i allow youfsell
10 gs; excited" had their cncct, Tor th'
drf. nd4nt would resume her seat, hcaN'
A heavy Sigh and burst Into ttarr
After tho News report closed yes
tordny "a number " witnesses w,t'
examined by the prosecution IN reuut,
mi. The bent OF the testimony induced
{
I Mrs, Hutchinson wns that ~ theli and
MOI that of an insane person. some
went ~ far ~ TO say that Mtr. Hutch'
inuon's actions since her arrest wn'
ali nut on, In other words. was nothiht
more nor less than sham.
This morning Dr. Philo u, Jones an,
Dr. nelle uemmcil were examined ~
l some length on the question OF inHUhi',
/ from medical standpoint
/ Deputy sheriff I'D McClelland re
lated a conversation he had with Mrs
Hutchinson on Tuesday last VINE oi
. the way from the county jail to TN
/ court house. Mrs. Hutchinson aHke'
| McCleilnnd how long h. thought IN
trial would be-. His answer was "ol'
| about three or four days"
! Dear me-" Mrs Hutchinson IL ~
| ported tn have said. \ don't see VIII
I il should take thnt much time, as
/ will own up 10 everything"
MeClslland also said that she take
with him about kleptomania ana tina
she told him she had heard of numbc
" rich people getting on on that plea
This concluded the testimony and al
Putnam began his argument 10 IN
Jury.
MIR. pushan. IN fnrcibls speech. q
ablu az hour and a half 10 lenrh
reviewed she testimony ~ uncrel ~
the STATE. contrasting u With shat IN
truduced by the defense. Two fheorici
h. said. had been advanced. one fh1
Mrs Huichlrson wits q smart thlef an
ahe other shat she vas % unspun'
mind. lie raid the attempt 90 prov
the defendant Insane was perfectly ali
sufd. and wan uHearshy ~ she leas
clns.ieraslan az che hands ~ an lnielll
Eeft Jury. He concluded by asking IN
Jurors 70 md Mrr. Hu,ehlnsln guilt
~ one ~ the three crimes charged ]
the Information. otherwlse, he sale
they viii Hos have done ihclr duty &
lhe people VI rtah.
AIT Putnam was followed by Gun
N smith. who was addressing The Jur
whoa the News" report closed.