The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-13
Especial Correspondence.)

Brigham City May 12-After the exam
ination of Sheriff Layne was concluded
yesterday afternoon, one of the jurymer
| being somewhat mdisposed, the couri
| took a short recess.
On the reconvening of the court. the
| prosecution placed Deputy Frank Thomp-
son on the stand and questioned him
again in regard tn the pursuit of the men
and the killing of MIR. Brown and Morgan
and the bringing of the bodies down the
mountain and the conveying of the de-
fendant TO Brigham City. etc. by him and
Deputy Belnap He also asked Thomp-
son in relation TO the conversation had
by him with defendant on the way up to
Brigham. In answer to Il question by
Attorney B. II. Jones as to which pistol
defendant said belonged to him, witness
said he didn' remember.
r. II. Jones, for the defense crosS-eX-
amined Thompson without bringing out
anything new.
The prosecution offered in evidence all
the articles taken from Fred Hansen; al
so the clothes worn by William y. Brown
Then court adjourned.
On the reassembiing OF court this morn
ing. Deputy Frank Thompson was called
and questioned in regard to the conduct
of the prisoner and their journey and the
conversation that occurred between de-
fendant and Sheriff Belnap whe nthe lat
ter asked him why he didn't stop when
he called him. r. II. Jones, for defense,
moved to strike out this testimony, but
the motion was denied. Thompson said
that defendant told Belnap that the rea-
son why they didn't stop was because
they thought they could reach the brush
and then they could hold their own.
J. D. Call. for the defense, asked wit
ness if he remembered seeing the defend
ant walking towards the weapons at the
close of the court in the courtroom night
before last wednesday,. Witness said he
did remember seeing defendant do so.
and saw the two large pistols were lying
ON the floor by the reporters table and
heard Mr.. Allison ask DEFENDANT what he
was doing there or what ne wanted, and
heard defendant ask if they wanted those
pistols. Witness was asked to describe
and the other officers. which the witness
said he heard defendant say that he and
the dead man were brothers.
Carbon Recalled.
Sheriff Carbon was recalled by the de-
fense and was asked in relation TO the
suspicious movements of defendant in the
courtroom on Wednesday evening Wit
ness described the position of defendant
and Mr.. Allison at that time. The prose-
cution presented some cartridges and
asked witness if he could identify them.
Witness did so and told when and where
he obtained them They were cartridges
taken from the men on the mountain.
r II. Jones. for the defense, asked
Sheriff Carbon to produce the photo
graphs which he took from the person Of
the dead man. Witness produced the pho
tographs and said defendant told him
they were of the wife and child of the
QeaQ man.
After offering a map in evidence. Prose
cutting Attorney b. II. Jones announced
that the state rested
Ex-Sherif r. Davis was called by the
defense. Said his name is r. Z. Davis;
resided in Willard and is a farmer. On
the 30th of April he was at Willard; re-
memhered the killing; saw the body of
the dead man, Morgan at Dan Wood
lands. and on the following day at Will
lard Witness then was asked and identi-
fed the clothing there in court as being
the clothes worn by the dead man.
Witness also said he saw the photo
graphs of a woman and child. taken
from the inside pocket of the dead man.
The photographs We're offered in evidence.
On the one was written across the back:
My dear wife. Lena
DR.. William Cannon WAS called by the
defense. Said his home is in Salt Lake
City; aged %. He was examined as TO
the nature of the wound and its location
and witness was asked If man about %
years of age VINO received such a wound
as Mr. Brown received. could possibly
turn around and fire a gun before he died.
Objected 10 by Attorney Allison, as as
suming hypothesis as evidence had been
given to show that the dead man did not
fire at all R. II. Jones. for defense, said
the reason for this witness testimony
was that their defense would be that de-
fendant didn't fire the gun that had killed
Brown. Objection was ovsrruled by the
court and witness stated that If the ball
did not strike any portion of the heart it
would be possible for man to shoot as
the time required to discharge a gun
would be short. On cross-examination by