Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-08

stn,,tt hanging onto her skirts. and
you at by her AL the timer
Il would " ! could. =.
rhe witness said he left his home TO
GO up town that cvcning, hecau.e ne
mad an engagement, he thuugnt. al ..sy
o'clock. at the cullen Motel nu' CUM
mot remember tho person win Whph
fhe eneaqoiuent was. Mltn,Hs was sure
h. mentioned about seeing Jones % ms
nt,thef tho next morning. had tskeu
~ frrl,leutly since then " h. had tod
h.r abotit IL The next day. and she Halh
there was no doubt that he had. ne
sst.,l hia mother about II because ne
r,aiiscd the importance and the rcti
nusnfls Of HE testimony and hlthphsh
he had un dssbt W. Due Nv y illilu a ,'',vit
H. CORE mess. he Nnnted TO cofroDo-
rate IL ln every way possible.
V,iin.aa mere mentioned % her parties
v.,tb "A nom he hld talked about the
80 chief Pratt tulked to hin about
M tsstifnouy. The chief told witness
m0t 40 eay anything about II 70 Jones
az he iId not want the dcfcnHc TO know
whlt evidence the prosecution hanl
"Did you tel any pncf
Il mentioned IL to Miss Fanny STOUT
and Mff Miller"
"Sot personally. / refused 10 be In
trryloWcd. however"
when iid You ten Mrs. Mliicry'
Il think about ten days uFu.
apld YOU boast and bras atuut what
YOU vsrr going 90 DO with the Juryf'
NO. nothing of the Kind
Didn't you tell Mrs. Miller that you
had asked one 81 the Jurors " he re-
momtcfod the charae Of the co,fti
yes. I think I did"
ibid YOU say that to one Of the
Ia.alNa 80
9Yes. Inadvertently. mado a remark
Of that Kind 10 one N thoni.'
s4rftant Innncy testified that on the
day after the shooting he was at the
police station. was looking for Dcicc-
a,yas sheets at the old city hall that
morning" asked counsel.
a aid not see him at the hall until
some time after Y o'clock"
George sheets testified that he
came 10 the city hall the day after the
ahoatin between and . o'clock In the
Afternoon THAT was the inst time he
came down town that day. Went home
on the morning after the shooting be.
tween I and o'clock. and was In bed
all the FORENOON.
Joseph ~. Stout. examined by Mr..
Putnam III you made the statement
to chief Pratt that YOU did not know
VIM H"'t fN.' WV "'' f
ohleci,d 10. and objection sustained.
"you stated that yOu were indicted
hy the grand Jury on tho charge OF
forging that lIedges notef"
"Yca"
what time was tina, proceeding
brought"
About the last week In December.
couple N weeks after the shooting"
aHlaI "a Tor ..ltI.aNN.
lnF TO Jones going on vacation. that
yuu would have 10 DO his work. that
you never had worked and would not
NO: never said anything Of the
kind. ! have worked all my llfe."
state what complaint Jones made %
you about not receiving pay for keeping
the state tr,'asurcr's books"
THE bank never agreed To pay Jones
one cent for doing Chlpman'H work. the
ray was 10 come Ia Jones when the
Legislature made provision Tor a clerk
for the state treasurer"
"Did Jones cognplaln 20 yvu about
Chapman not paying himf"
Yes. frequently. after the I.eginla-
turc made the appropriation OF SO
month for n clerk. Jones complained 10
me that Chapman had MT paid him.
and he called him al Old hos"
NV NNl NNNNA W
u am strictly nghi.handcd."
Mr. Putnam here desired To present
authorities and o. argue more fully for
the admission ~ the testimony 10 show
what NtOuttr rcaanna were for telling
Pratt In the nrut Instance that he dii
not know who shot him. The court had
two o. thrcc times, during the trial.
ruled against the admission 81 the tcn-
tmony In question. but AIR. Putnam
49, ~. A. A.. a
the court that II n competent tentl-
mony. His honor said he was always
willing 10 be convinced. and would
override himself " II was shown that
he had made n mistake. In order 90
riye Mr. Putnam an opportunity 60
present authorities. court viii convene
AZ O'Clock this morning. one hour ear
Her than usual. and an effort will be
made 10 70, the case TO tho jury to-
day.
Stout stated at the preliminary
hearing that be- was ~ M at the time
when Pratt asked him who shot him
mat ~ dld not remember what reply
he made. and ~ a further explanation
OF his statement ~ Pratt he dld not
Know who his uHsailnnt was, N he had
made such a statement. he said that
he Wa afraid that u Il not out that
Jones shot him there would be a run
~ lNN haHh anu ne NNull, Dc ruined
Df, Pinkorion afterwards told him that
be Wa very liable 10 die. or at least
D. unconscious Tor long time, and In
vieN Of that he then told Pratt that IL
was Jones who shot him.
~ o'clock this morning Judge Nor
rell listened TO arguments on the auea-
lion u the admisrlbility OF StouttH
second statement ~ made 20 chief
Pratt The court held Ia hls former
ruling, however. Sir. Putnam then
called Mr. Rtputt 90 the stand and was
asked the following questions,
"on the night ~ December 9th how
much stock ala you own In the Utah
National Bank" objected 10. obJec-
ton sustained.
How much ala your wife own In the
bank Objected 10. Objection sus-
How much do your friends own In
nc hankf' Objected 10, Objection run-
tanned,
Annie Peters was then recalled and
Further crosa-eNamlncd with respect 20
The umo she saw the defendant and his
wife and Mr.. Sutherland pass her
house. Witness said II was about NJ
teen minutes past the hour when they
passed, This closed the testimony ana
AZ 10 o'clock arguments We're com.
lnenced The court limited each side
10 two hours Mr.. Ray Van Colt arr
sued In behalf NJ the State and was
followed by Attorney brown for the de.
Tense, and County Attorney Putnam
closed for the state