The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-29

ten days before the shooting. Once
witness saw Jones standing at Parks
corner at 1870 at night. The same
evening witness daughter saw Jones
lettering about the neighborhood. (This
latter part was stricken cut as hear
say)
SHOT ON DEC. ..
On Dec. 9, 1898, witness was shot
During the day witness was at Murray
and returned in the evening by the
street car, and got off the oar at Fifth
South and State about 6:25. lie started
to walk home, west on Fifth South, on
the south side of the street, alone. 1t
was windy and dusty. When witness
got a little way from the corner of
State street, just past the drug stores
light, it appeared to get very dark all
at once, and witness took his revolver
out of his pocket and cooked it, and
carried it in his right hand in his over
coat pocket. Witness had the revolver
with him at Murray and shot It off at
rat or something crossing the railway
track. Didn't know how many cham
berS were loaded, but when he reached
home only one chamber had a charge in
it. Walking OF along Fifth South wit
ness met a man carrying a tin pail.
but he didn't observe him closely.
JONES APPEARS IN FRONT.
Nothing happened until he got tic
near a billboard, and all at once he
saw Jones right in front of him. Jones
hit him on the left breast, and then
shot. Jones wasn't three feet away.
Witness saw him distinctly He ran
away and witness shot after him. Wit
ness didn't then know that he was shot,
but felt a singing sensa ton in the left
breast, about an inch and a half be-
low thn1 LOFT mir
wound. Witness had his 0vercos:t but
toned up at the time. He put il on row
and illustrated, showing the position Of
the wound and the hole the bullet made
in the coat. He fired after Jones as
quick as he could. Saw Jones as he
ran and recognized him by his form.
Also recognized him when he stepped in
front of him and shot. Was so well ac-
quainted with him would know him
anywhere. He wore a dark oyercoat.
Witness, after he was hit, backed up
and saw two boys. He called 10 them
to come to him, saying he had been
shot, and asked them to help him home.
The boys We're Don Lochrie and Ring
wood. The latter said he would run 10
the drug store and telephone for the
police. Both boys left and that was the
last witness saw of them. When ne
got steadied a little he made his way
nome ana lOlu MS daughter TO SSLlO 1Or
DR.. Pinkerton. The doctor came very
quickly, and witness was taken up
stairs to bed
DIDN'T HEAR THE REPORT.
Did you hear the report of the re-
volver when you were shot?"
No, [ did not; had no idea I was
shot till afterwards"
Witness said DR.. Pinkerton asked him
who shot him, asked if it was the man
that he had told the doctor about.
This was objected to, and the objec-
ton was sustained.
Witness was pretty sick and had &c
stay in bed. On his left breast there
was a confusion and black spot as large
as dinner plate, and the pistol shot
wound on the other side. The bullet
has never been extracted. DR.. Worth
ington called on witness as we'll as Dr.
Pinkerton.
This concluded the direct examination
of Mr.. Stout.
When Mr.. Putnam asked Mr.. Stout
how much Jones account was over
drawn at the bank, Mr.. Brown objected
to it, and the objection was sustained,
but Mr.. Brown now asked leave tc
Withdrawn his objection, and AZ that
point court adjourned until this morn
ing, when Mr.. Stout will be cross -eX-
amined by Senator Brown.