Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-26
Beubrook Must Stand Trial in the Criminal
Court for Shedding the Blood OF Fell
low Man-Preliminar Hearing
Before Pardee Concludes
This Afternoon.

Benbrook early IN the afternoon rcln-
tive TO Miss strOmbcrgV'
Yes, sir. he said he was going 10
San Francisco and he would like TO see
her before he left"
"Dld he mako any request Of your
what was ~"
"iic wanted me to write a note"
did you write "a note la accordance
with this rcqueatT'
Yes. SIR
was that note delvcrcd7'
1T was not delivered"
what became % itT'
ut was returned to me and burned
IL un"
did you sec him after thal7"
Yes"
"Dld he make another rcquest7"
yes"
Wanted mo 10 write another note"
"pld you write the second noteG'
yes"
what became Of this second notc7"
1T never came back"
who was O. addressed TOT"
"Ailns Loda strombcrg"
ibid anything accompany this second
note To Miss stromhorg2"
Yes. pair OF gloves
Where ala you get those gloves
FROM
"Benbrook gave them to me when he
asked me 10 write tho note"
Judge Powers dld not croas.eNamine
the witness except 20 query You told
them about all this the other day
didn't your" and received un aihrma-
tive answer.
JUSTICE MINISTER
Justice McAiaater was called and tes-
- N.s
of the First precinct summoned a jury
and held an Inquest ON the body OF
burton g. Morris. The witness ldrnu-
fed tho note found on the body OF Nor
RS, telling him not 10 come, ana the
same was offered aud accepted 20 show
the reasons Tor Morris'a going into the
room upstaira In an excited condition.
Robert e. Doolan. who lives at 49,
strcet. and who says he was an eye
witness TO a part " the tragedy, was
called and testified In answer 60 quen-
lions put by Mr. Brown.
Dooain has Just come out Of the tele-
graph office and was few feet below
The stairway OF the Merchants cafe.
when he heard two pistol shots
What did you do when you heard
the reports Of the pistol nhotHT
y ran ny the stairway leading TO the
rooms Of the cafe
what ala you seer
when I reached the top OF the
stairs I saw two men. and / saw the
backs OF two ladies enter Ia the room
just north OF No. 1. Just entering the
What did you see in this particular
ROOM"
a pistol shot and then ! saw man
raise the pistol TO strike the man that
was down on the floor"
what did you FIRST sec him dor
- saw him shoot"
what was his poaltinn|'
About like this Cwitneas indicated
the position of Morris and Benbrook az
the time Of firing the shot. Bcnbrook
standing Up over Morris, and Morris
lying down, partly ON his side and
"Wherc were you standing at this
tlmo7'
- was standing looking 10 the door"
"Was there anyone else thcre2'
Albert Morris was there
ANY one olHuf'
- messenger boy was there"
"How long did you stay therc3'
'Just a few HecondH.'
what aid you do thenW
- stepped back into the hallway and
remained there about ten seconds, l
should Judge, and afterwards went into
the room whore the shooting occurred
and remained there about ten min
utcH."
"pld you see any revolver"
Yes, sir"
in whose hands was It when you
first saw ~"
"Denbrook'a"
This defendant herey'
"Did YOU sec any weapon in the
hands Of Albert c. MorriHy'
No, SIR"
Did you see any on the person of
the dead mani"
NO, sir"
"sec any on the nOor7"
mo, sir"
Were you the FIRST person In the
room"
"No. l was the third person in the
room"
"who preceded you In the room7"
Morris ana the messenger boy"
DO you know Oiiicer Chaser"
~ don't know Oilcer chase"
what direction did Bonbrook point
the revolver ~ hlmY
About the bottom NJ his ribs"
ibid Morris change after thnt2"
Eyes sir; he turned over fully on his
"Bofore or after the shooting9"
After the shooting"
'"rhen what did the other fellow do9"
Then BY that time Albert Morris
got him"
''Dli il. c. Morris do or say anything
after this man shot himg
No, he Just gnaped."
"Dld he say anythingl"
mo, air."
CROSS ENAMINATION.
REORGANIZATION by Judge Powers;
who went into the room ahead OF
your
-, g. Morris and the messenger
boy"
(which one went nrst; Albert or the
messenger bOyV'
Albert"
where dld the messenger boy go2"
"lte went on down towards the cen-
ter ~ the room"
where dld you ilrst see a, G. Nor
ris2"
"rhe FIRST time saw him he was go
ing M stairs"