Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-08
The Trial Of Addison 8. Jones is
Now Ended.
EARLY VERDICT EXPECTED.
Coueensu. Of opinion is an Aequ'''si
or Hung Jury arguments
Of Counsel

HAuNtf iNHfIH 81 't'"fNf '"
the fate Of tho defendant Il now In tue
hands II the Jury. A verdict. II IL cN-
pecsed. will be returned some time To-
nirht.
Nearly the whole Of today'a time has
been consumed IN arguing the case TO
the jury. Assistant County Attorney
Ray Van Colt made the opening afgu-
nent. lie spoke for one hour, His
aidtcs. to the Jury was clear. logical
and forccful and was listened to With
rapt attention BY the juror and the
assembled thronR. lie vas followed
by Attorney Brown. who maze an able
argument. covering each and c,ery
point In the case and cllnchlng them
with slcdge-hammcr blows Aft Put.
nam clcoed. and was addressing the
Jury when tho News report closed.
Much speculation h INDUCED In today
as to what the verdict Will be. The
jury when the News report con-
After the News" report closed 49,
terdny Hammond Cohklin was called
10 the stand. The witness testified
that In December last. he was employed
10 do ehorcr and general work at Nj.
Atoutts house. l.. NJ. Bailey. the
witness said, did no, come u Mt
Ntouttn house on the morning of
Dec. ,. lie did call after Mr. Stout
had been sh,,. and wiines. told him
siauit was sick. and he said he would
call again.
ON the night Of the shooting witness
was At Mr.. Ftoult'a housr. The witness
went W town TO tell the police Of the
shooting. lie ran nll the way from
Stoutt'a house 10 second South. WHERE
h. sav a policeman and told him lie
thouHht h. covered the distance IN
about three minutes.
Miss Addlc Peters said she saw Mr.
and Mr.. Jones on the night o. the
shooting. They walked down the street.
passed witness house. 81 South Main
street. IN company with Mr. Suthef.
lad. about ilyr minutes after Z O'Clock.
Witness walked down the street after
fhem. Nhe went 90 fifth South and
called ~ Mr. Sims residence. = east
Filth eouth. She remained there n
quarter 81 an hour. and came out and
won't home. law nothing u Mr.. Stout
on her way home. met Milton Sims
and walked with him 90 the corner of
East Temple street. Nellie McFail. wit.
ness said. was ~ witness house that
rivhi. She came about ave minutes
afisr witness xot home from sims.
Milton Sims. boy " y. said that he
was AZ home from ABOUT 6 III 100
o'clock on the night Stout was shot.
Went out with his brother 10 ind one
n the cows which had strayed away.
Met i"fir Peters and walked with hef
70 the corner of fifth South and East
Temple streets witner. turned south
down and cross East Temple strcvt.
nnd, not seeing the COW, turned and
went home. Went In by the hack door
and heard a shot a. he stepped on 10
the back porch.
LAwyEJls HAVE a ROW.
On cro~a-cxamlnrtlon. witnes. raId
he hadn't talked with any one about
the case, but Afterwards, when pressed
by Mr.. Brown. said that he had talked
70 his family. and that Mr.. Putnam and
Mr van Colt had spoken 10 him about
Mr.. Brown asked the witness N "A.
toli an unuuth when he fnli he hadn't
TALKED u anybody about u.
VT, Putnam objected 10 counsel
talking thus 10 the wlineas. and ~,
MARRIED that counsel would not be al.
lowed 10 DO anything u tho Kind Mr
hfown, with much unctlon, naid, mi
. ,, you before you have Eot
Putnam replied. ''You won't do any.
thing ~ the Kind. for you can't .
The court cautioned the att0rneya "a
D. inofe decorous. rrmafklne that p,o.
ceeiinT' Of that Kind would not DO tol.
Tho witness then explained tina, wben
Az. hrown asked him u he had talked
20 any one about Il. he thought counsel
meant Stout 90 Jones.
witness said Mr.. Putnam had be.n
'AIkihk 10 witness'n brother. Cleveland
W. was called by the defense, and had
his testimony. "'
trying 10 ret your younger b,a,h. ~
rourtf '""'" '" w thiH
.wiin~~s-Mr Putnam waa ,aihin, IA
air, Van Colt. lie was not exactly lev.
'ha 70 kst cleyc 10 take II back.
Hosa Moeneh. replying Ia Nr pu,-
nani, said " the man she saw running
lsro.s The street directly aftrr M,
'hooinr was Cleveland Sims Hhc would |
flof~nce Donohue. aFei 4, testin,.t |
'lmilafiy, Mr.. brown, In ero.s.e.an't,-
w mo litue firi waved very yrhe. /
hent, am the gifl. thinking he va.
her, burst into tearr'
'" VI. ~ STAFFORD said that ON s.nt
!. ne hhl conversation WIN |
W.; Stout at tho bank about Jones
bii Stout then nay 10 you ina,
ones was n bastard and maj ~
s,her was drunkariy" asked Mr.
Objected to and objection sustained.
SAYS HE SAW JONES.
W, ~, Brown testified that an n.o
70 was living At e3i south East Tennis
W, Knew Mr., Jones we'll. Rsmen. /
'et.l the nlght Mr. Stout was an,
~ 'hh, hlsht witness left his home AZ
~ ana walked NJ town on Inc cas-,
we oi lhe street. Saw Jones at Inc In,
1890, .,nsyuon OF FIRM South and East
,,na 1871" ~, Jones came around Tho
,a1, M ~ , nli,h south street from The
pid he look at your"
4, les, he gave me d short out,i.
lance as he passed down snnth "f'''N
nov long did II take yon ~ u..u.
rom your house 10 that polntqH wa"
About two minutes.'
Atler reading the account ~ a..
hoollhE the next morning. The v,t,, w,
.ud' ne mentioned the fnet ~ 49,.
'c q. JONES that night TO hls mother "s
NI"es.eAanlned BY SIR. Brown ,,,
~, nalh pc was employed by ~ VI
'ots.s ne had been employed for n,
NJ ,hph,hs a. clerk with Inc oreen5
XVI lane Hallway company, prior Nv
ma, D" worked -four years NJ ' ei w.
y y, W.. health department u the ri,S
M ,ha w a ehu nefofe that he worked
or seven years. company
NOT BRorHFRs.
Us your father livlngsn