Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-05

! sirnatiOn was asked for. Mr Stout.
witness said. started to cry and said
he believed he was troubled with soft
ming Of the brain. Mr. WILLIAMS wrote
IL ioutfs rcslgnaiion ana the latter
Irued &C. Sir. Stout asked 10 be re-
/ falrci until the FIRST Of the year. bat
I mo idhfd allowed him 10 remain a. ihs
0anka president for another thirty
DAYS
dnoilan u the bank stock had nothing
I io 30 with the boards action In re-.
] DureflnE stuutts reslrratluu DID not
] believe Etputt had softcnlng u the
min md dii not know he was wor-
/ riad over business matters Stout
saii tho doctor had told him he would
] Hrif he afflicted with s0ftcnlng u
/ ihe brain.
THOUGHT m WAS DIR. iLtFF.
4. H. cahoon. who Keeps the Murray
| ENchansc elinnn. 81 Murray testified
l that Mr Stout came Into his place the
| iav 10 the shooting little after T.
I O'Clock noon. Mr. Stnutt. witness said.
I wuihrl HHd looked around the place
/ nu1 then asked what Kind u beer he
] kfpt st1utt bought bottle N eastern
hner and g sandwich aud retired 20 a
/ mNm hy himself Stout. witness sai1.
/ remained AZ MI. place fof about two
/ hours Next saw him about Z O'Clock.
[ Noticed Stout was stranger In Muir
Hf Iul ihli he acted nH though be had
I nn pHrUfllar business there. Air.
Z Stout dli not leave on the gao car. be-
I ,1ua0 Witness remembered seeing him
after the car had gone. The next car
] 300 40 l.n and was on time.
Under OfUHfsNNumluniinn witness nl.
mitHl that % WAS nothing strange Tor
| % man O. come Into hia place Tor beer.
iiui sou thought u strange Tor AR
[ Snuil o. buy beer ~ you. dld you7
nli NJ Putnam.
aYes. dld." replied the witness. "for
I thought ~ the time II was pr. mn"
I loud iaughte1.
STREET. ear CONDUCTOR TEST.
riEs.
g. N. Bodeil. conductor on the
RAPID Transit. testified that NJ was In
thafEe % the car that brought Air.
Stout ffUn Murray to Fin south on
the evening ~ December stn. Tho ears
lfu Murray every hour. on half past
tue hour. Usually reached second
south and state street at ten mlnutoa
past fha hour The ears sometimes lon
thirty.hve minutes after the hour. but
not very often. The $50 .. M. car Of
llec, tth llft Murray on tine. II was
due on Second South at $40. Witncaa
Yves not sure that tho car reached the
city on time. II might have been few
minutes late.
~ II. u spanord. another OF tho
Utah National Bank directors, toaU.
ned that he resided at East MN creek.
HAD been director Of tho bank Tot tho
Viat three years. AZ a meeting of the
buafd IN september Mr. Stout was
cying ana was telling the other mem
hefs that he thought he had aoftonlng
N the brain. Stout asked 10 b. re-
tainsd thirty days longer. II was agreed
BE- should remain with the underatad.
lug ihnt he should IN The meantime pay
the 10000 he was owing the bank
Did he pay ~" asked AIR. brown.
The question was objected TO by Mr.
Putnam and sustained by the court.
GIL \. fcyton tcatincd that no was
one ~ the directors OF the Utah Ma.
tipnai bank. Remembered Stout say
Ink at the meeting, when the question
of hla resignation came NJ. that he
Euessed he had better resign a. the
doctor had told him he showed rymp
toms OF FofteninR of tho brain. Air.
STOUT was allowed 10 remain at HE
own request. and after committee had
waited upon the hank examiner 10 nnd
out N his retention would be legal.
crosH-sNamlncd witness said SIR.
Ntoutt was very much affected when
hls resignation was handed Ia aud
seemed depressed In spirits.
Frank busch. a messenger boy, tenti-
ICED that IN tho niEht of the shooting
he was on the corner 81 state and
mn South streets. waiting for street
car raw Mf. Stout got on the Mur-
ray car and walk west, couidn't say
how long he remained standing. Heard
one shot
Ilai brown. said he had bccn a mem-
bsr ~ the board Of directors ~ the
Utah National bank for the past three
years. Ills testimony was mainly COr-
roboraiive Of the other directors.
ADVISED HIM TO sEE nRowS.
W. A. Clovis. formerly Janltor at tho
city and county building. said he knew
William kraut. About a day or two
after the preliminary examination Wit
ness said he met kraut on the street
ana they talked over the shooting ar
fair Witness said he asked kraut
what he knew about H. and kraut. wit.
ness said, told him that he had been
10 the city and county building and
was present at tho examination ~
Jones.
a asked him" continued Clovis.
What do you know about its and he
t1id, = taw Jones' Then he said q
money to rot out OF town with.
wouldn't b. here o. testify against
him, | said. probably they will give
/ yuu enough a. get out 81 town, and |
said would see brown for him."
Clovis WAS subjected % a rather
] NNNNAN W NANH ANNH
| nam, during which tho witness got
/ mixed up on dates and the place where
| the preliminary examination was held,
! lie said kraut told him he had bo"n 10
the examination Of Jones at the city
aud county building Did not know
] that the hearing was had at the old
| city hall Thought the conversation
] referred to took place a day or two ~.
/ Ter the preliminary examination, but
| dld not remember the date of tho pfr-
/ liminhty examination. Witness fur
| Their stated that he went to zee Attur-
] noY Brown and told him what kraut
| had haid, Denied having talked with
| lilmAn Cannon about the matter and
I u was not fact that anyone had told
I Witness o. fse kraut and got HIN into
| "a trlp, krAut mover came 10 witness
| fur The purpose Of finding out whether
h. had been successful In getting the
| money from brown. or Jones'. neither
/ hld Nltucsr gone TO see kraut, When
/ Witnrsa went TO rce Mr.. hrpwn Il was
] fur The purpose u getting his influence
! IN procuring him u Job ~ lunitor, The
] tnlk With kraut came up incidentally,
] n NHH week or 10 after witness had
] talked with kraut before h. mentioned
I ihr matter To Mr.. Brown, A. tho
/ conclusion of the cross-cxamlnation OF
] Clovis. ,nurt took n recess.
GIVES SHEETS THE LIE.
! William lglnhcart. managcr Of the
l lltrfld, was tho mt witness called
| this afternoon. lie knew Detective
sheets. Occasionally met him on the
D IIrHt South street car Talked with