The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-07


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Did you tell him to get out of the
bank?"
Il asked him to leave the Office"
did you go to your desk and get
your gun and say to Wells, Get out of
the bank, God damn you, or L viii shoot
your"
NO"
but the bank lost Wells ACCOUNT"
He took his account away"
THAT was in 1882"
81 think So"
"And you hold it against Wells yet?r
mo; / don't"
REDIRECT EXAMINATION.
Redirect examination:
The witness said in April, 1898, he
owed the bank SS,0 on a note secured
by thirty shares of the capital stock
of the bank, which he had bought from
Stout. He also owed an overdraft OF
$3.50 and two other notes in the sum of
81, 600 and $3.50, and the bank owed him
SO, 1000 for salary.
Mr.. Brown asked the witness some
questions about the Hedges notes and
his talk With the bank examiner about
them. His were substantially
the same as those given in crCsS-eXam-
ination. Mr.. Brown then offered the
two Hedges notes in evidence, which
were objected TO and the objection
sustained.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Benjamin Canning said he lived at
Bingham Junction; worked for the Rio
Grande Western Railway company as
section foreman. On the afternoon OF
Dec. 9 was working at Murray; saw
Stout oaIt in the fields walking around.
He crept through the wire fence from
the railroad tracks into the field; didn't
know Stout at the time, but saw his
picture in the papers the next day and
recognized him as the man he had
seen in the field at Murray.
William Mclaughlin lived at 462
South West Temple street; came up
from Murray on the same car as
Stout on the evening of Dec. 9. Got
off the car at Fifth South at the same
time as Mr.. Stout. Witness walked
along Fifth South to West Temple on
the north sidewalk, and on to his
house. When he arrived at his house
it was $40 O'Clock; it took him about
ten minutes to walk from the car to the
house, and therefore he must have got
off the car at 6:10. He walked fast be-
CdUEt IL WIS d COlI- willy hight liI1
he was in a hurry to get home. Heard
no shooting or anything of the kind.
Ex-Deputy Sheriff Cummings anne
from Murray on the same car as
Stout on the night of the shooting.
Got off the car between Third and
Fourth South ON State. 1t was then
6:10 o'clock by the clock on the city
and county building.
United States Marshal Glen Miller
testified that he had an Office in the
Utah National bank. Knew A. B. Jones
and character vas very high, a man
of high honor and integrity. His rep
utation for peace and quiet was good.
VAN Colts DISPOSITIONS.
Senator Brown here offered deposit
tions made by Attorney Waldemar Van
| Colt, county attorney Of Salt Lake
| county when Stout was shot. Wa
called to the police station on that
night. Arthur Pratt, A. B. Jones, DR..
Pinkerton. Detectives Sheets and Gill
lespie and others were there Depo-
nent talked about the shooting with
DR.. Pinllerton and others. The doctor
said several times during the evening:
We'll, that boy (meaning Jones) never
shot Stoutt.' Sheets and Pratt eX-
pressed opinions as to whether Jones
was guilty OF not. Deponeat on that
night visited the place where the shoot
ing was said to nave taken place with
c.. NJ. jackson of The Herald. Depo-
nent and Mr.. jackson made expert
ments as to how far off they could
recognize persons, and neither jackson
nor the deponent could recognize the
features OF a person more than five
feet away.
Frank Knox, president of the Ma
tional Bank of the Republic, has known
A. b. Jones for nine years. His gen.
eral character and reputation is good
/ His reputation as a peaceful, quiet, un-
-revengeful citizen is good.
Attorney Frank Pierce has known
jones for about ten years. His general
reputation and character is good, and
his reputation for a peaceful, quiet, un-
revengefUl citizen is also good.
C. NJ. Jackson. newspaper man, tes-
titled that on Dec. 9 he was a reporter
on The Salt Lake Herald. Went to the
scene Of the shooting ana met Waldo
mar Van Colt there, and with him made
experiments as to how far apart they
could recognize the features of a per
son. 1T a distance of five or six feet
witness could not recognize Mr.. Var
! Colts features. Could have seen from
the sidewalk the figure OF a man run.
ming by the billboard.
DISPOSITIONS FROM OHIO.
GEORGE W. Benecn's dispositions wert
read by Mr.. Brown. Deponent lived a
Canal Dover. O. Knew Jones and his
mother well: both their regulations
we're very good. Never heard any tall
to the effect that Jones was Of illegiti.
mate birth until such a m cam
from Salt Lake a few months ago.
Christian Dies deposed that he lived
at Canal Dover, o. Knew A. B. Jones
His general reputation was very good
Never heard that he was of illegitimate
birth until after the difficulty in Salt
Lake, from where the rumor came.
Similar dispositions were made by u
D. Ward, \. c. Jones, Jacob Robert
and Jesse D. Baker, all Of Canal Dover
These were read by Mr.. Brown.
HEDGES ON THE STAND.
John II. Hedges was called and
shown the note for $3.50 bearing his
signature, and was asked by Judge
Henderson il he had signed it.
Mr.. Putnam objected to the question
and the objection was sustained.
Mr.. Stout. about Aug. 6 Of last year
went to witness home in Lamber1
court and had a talk with him about
Jones. in which Stout said, Damn
that Jones. He has one of those notes
Of yours and is making me trouble
about It. I wish you would come III
to the bank and pay it off and make
him give it to you" Stout also sale
that Jones was making him dirt anC
trying to get him out of the presidency
of the bank, and himself in.
Witness went to the bank a few
days after that and Stout gave him {