Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-04
EXCITING TIME IN COURT.
Nore,s Nearly Cons 10 Blows Ia the Top
ham Preliminary Hearing.
,,ut. p,e.h E,idence Produced Yes
terday Hearing Continued To-
dRy-ogsep Briefs.

IN. w,nmins-v i,cslnc 81 The care
e.. m. state q Titan - 1e"snas Top
- cb,,sses With the murder Of
rh,,,.s wosslor. comonc4d ~ 40
Yesterday morning In the county e'irt
,,,,s before Justice of IN Peace j.
,.ph Ean. quite o crowd attcnf = &c
b,,rlug all day fho state vas repre-
...... Lt c.4at. /. ta.I-y Nave ~.
and Assistant A. j. wobbcr. and Mt
T,pham D., represented by Attornoya
Allison aud iiarn. Mr Topham u ~,
i,nr b. their side throughout the trial
and tlstonlnF with great lnteross, TO the
testimony given by the various Witness
~ lie do-a not sccn 10 b. feeling 80
t,,ial over the charge placed against
Nm a. al nr1t. he SHOVE by his pale
100 and look u care that he now com
rsgroa 10 realize the seriousness OF
IN, crime 81 which he has been charged
uarry Miller. the man who runs the
,suistte wheel at the club rooms over
IN, Mint saloon. was the frnt witness
40 BE- called. His testimony was The
same ~ al the coroncr'H inquest, win
Inc exception that his memory nectne
AZ have improved and he rcmefnberr
mai al ono time during the lght be-
tvesn Topham and Wcsaler he cav
I'm fhs mon down on the floor togoth-
=, NJ. Uaiyorron askrd him quca-
zion about an Interview he had had
Win Nr Allison and other particle at
Aiusspia office. Mr. Allison objected
t9 the question and n very heated dis
,lssiou took place between the two at
t8fneva Mf Hnlycrln accused the de-
fensc u holdlng back and auppreaging
evidence. this Mr.. Allison rt-ented In
yefy ahrry words aud called Mr. Hal
yeruon liar and said that " inc
statement was repeated he would KNOCK
MIN down. A. this junction the court
interpoaei aud told Mt, Alllron he must
aroi6glfe 10 the court or he would be
nned Tor contempt.
The auction over which this I'M
called. fof discussion came was over
ruiei by tho court. MIXERS testimony
occupied the cntlv morning.
puHnr the afternoon Dr.. John Driver.
Dr. GcdrFu Baker. g. G.. brown and
h butcher wcrc examined. Their teru-
ndny ava not throw any moro light on
tho case than IN the Inquest, u being In
substance about the same Os thoy gave
at that time.
OGDEN BRIEFS.
Houcc Pecry and Charles Klrcher
went 20 Corune on business
Julian iioutE, the cattle dealer II In
he city on business
Mr. IDA -. Smith and Maggie Bow
man. who have been visiting relatives
IN OGDEN fur the pact week, returned
90 their home IN Salt Lake,
a. g. jacobs, the popular travelling
t1an for Soowcroft and Sons. LEFT last
nlEht on bile southern trip through
Utah.
The condition OF Mrs. VIM. Becroft Is
very uerioua
Dr. Geo. y. Philips. u wclieyillc. Il
10 the city shaklng hands with HE many
fhenda
Hon. Lorln Farr has gone 10 New
York. accompanied by Mrs. John Farr.
whore they expect 10 meet Mrv. Fairs
husband. who has for the past two
years been ON q mission To England.
st. Far eNpects TO spend about one
month IN Vermont visiting frlonda ana
val be absent from home about three
week..
Hon, D. n. Pccry was salt Lake
visitor yesterday.
n u, Spencer left for the north to-
day ON business
sidney Stevens Ia capital visitor to-
day.
ucorEo W Larl,ln Jr. and MIRO a.
w, larau ST. went 20 snlt Lake yea
lerday 20 attend the fuD.ral Of city
lecurder swan.