Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

tain,d 800, nloutt asked to be re.
ths 49,. sn,h The irst Of the year, hut
hs,,i t,''u .'i allowed him to remain a. Inc
days. ior ahoihor thirty
,, v.,rIo1.ss.esaminsd. witness said IN. re-.
as y. Or The bank stock had nothirr
a,,. W WIN the boards action In re.
u,vsvng stoutts reclamation. Did no,
1890 Stout had softening Of inc
,,.h' hnd ga not know he was wor.
ali b.I ousiness maitora Stout
ssil ihe doctor had told him he wouii
the brain. WIN soitenins OF
THOUGHT 1T WAS DIR. fIiFr.
~ a. =. Cahoon. who Keeps the Murray
,ifs.hahge saloon. at Murray, testiaed
suhat Mr. Stout came Into hls place the
uy % the shooting a little after ~
eieth noon. Mr.. St0utt. vitne-s aid
Naihel and looked around the Nae.
shl then asked what Kind Of beer hs
s,pt' Stout bought q bottle OF .aatern
.eer ana a sandwich and retired Ia a
,Vvlh ny himself. Stout, wltncs9 said
laiheu AZ hia place Tor about two
nouta Next saw him about 4 o'eiecL
Notlced Stout was a stranger in Mns.
~ hhd mat he acted az though he had
~ particular business there Nr
StYult dil not leave on the 4. 20 car. bo-
NsuHe witness remembered seeing him
sLl't the car had gone. The ns1t car
~, ~ s'ap ana was on time.
..Y,t cross examination wltnfna ad.
ih.lt,d mat u was nothing strange for
. ni,n ~ come INTO his place Tor beer.
hut YOU thought IL strange for Ne
Stnet. 10 buy beer Of you. dll your
hall Mf. Putnam.
,fcs, did," replied the witness. "for
,ho.tht all the time II was Dr. uln.s
loud langhtor). ''
STREET CAR CONDUCTOR TEsTf.
PIES.
G. ~ noieii. conductor On IN.
l.hpld Tfanili, testified that ne Wa IN
snAlse pt TIE car that brought Mr.
STOUT nun Murray 10 Fifth south on
the evening Of December sth. The cars
~ murray gyery hour, on half paat
W. hvut Usually reached second
syu'n anu state street at ten minutes
i.,-t NE hour. The cars sometlmea led
thifty.hNe minutes after the hour h,,s
not very often. The 5.s0 ,. M, car on
lee' ylh lctt Murray on time. IL was
due on hccond South at $40. Witness
was not SURE that tho car reached ~.
Wy on Time IL might have been q fc.
w y, u sparord. another OF the
utah National bank directors, tcsti.
n .u mat ne resided At East Mil creek.
past three ycarn AZ a citing 81 lie
board IN september Mr. Stout was
eryihg and was telling the Other Nom.
heft that he thought he had goftenins
OF the hfnin. Stout asked 10 be ~.
salned thlfty days longer II was arrsed
~ should remain with the understad.
lnH ihai Ne should In the meantime pay
me ileoo9 h. was owing the banE
~, p'd be pay ~ asked Mr Brown.
Inc question was objected 10 BY Mr..
iutnhin and SUSTAINED by the court,
GIT +. peyton testified that hs Va.
one 81 the directors " the Utah Ma
uonal bank. Remembered Stout say
lnf ~ the meeting, when the question
~ hla resignation came ~. that he
Euefaed be had better resign a. thu
doctor had told him h. showed rymt
toms Of sofleninR % the brain. Nr.
STOUT was allowed 10 remain at his
own request. and after COMMITTEES had
Naiied upon the bank examiner 10 ana
oui " ne retention would be- legal.
tfpaaseNafninei witness said Mr..
Stout was very much affected when
hi resignation was handed In aud
SEEMED Depressed In spirits
FRANK busch. messenger boy. teati-
red that on the night Of the shooting
Do was on the corner OF state and
Fifth South streets. waiting Tot a street
cat saw Sir. Stout Eet on the Muir.
ray car ana walk west. Couldn't say
how Ions be remained standing, Heard
Hal brown. raii he had been a mem.
her Of the board OF directors Of the
ttnh National bank for the past three
years, Ills testimony was mainly cor.
rohofntivc of the other directors.
ADVISED IIfM TO BEE BROWN.
W. a. Clovis. formerly janiior at the
city and county building. said he knew
William kfaut AbOut n day or two
after the preliminary examination Wit
nesa sald he mot kraut on the street
and they talked over tho shooting ar
fair, Witness said he asked kfaut
what he knew about u. and kfaul. Wit.
ners said. told him that he had been
" the ciiy and county building and
was present at the cxamlnatlon Of
Jones.
u asked him" continued Clovis.
what do you know about ~ and he
fald, ! raW Jones Then he said "
he (iunerl would give me enough
money ~ set out Of town with,
wouldn't BE- hers TO testify against
him. said. probably they VIII give
you enough 10 get Out Of town, and
'ild ! would pee brown Tor him"
Clovis WAS subjected 20 a rather
nam, during which the witness rot
mlstd W on dates and the place where
ihs Preliminary examination was held.
he said kfuut told him h. had been ~
the examination % Jones at tho. city
and county building. Di1 not hnuw
that the hearing was had at the old
city hall Thought the conversation
fcfefrcd TO took place d day or two az
trf the preliminary examination, bat
aa.HaaasaaaNa.N - l..
llminafy examination, Witness fur
thor stated that he went 60 sec Attor-
uty hrHWr and told him what kraut
had tali Denied having talked with
iinmnn Cannon about tho matter and
Il was rot q fact that anyone had told
witness 20 bee kraut and set him into
a trap. kfaut never came 10 witness
foT the purpose u finding out whether
be had been nucceasful ~ getting tho
money from Brown, or Jones. neither
had Witness Eone 10 see kraut. when
Witness went TO zee Mr.. firOwn II was
i0r the purpose Of setting his Influence
IN procuring him "a Job ua ianitOr. The
ak slth kraut came ~ Incidentally
II wnH week Or ~ after witness had
uikcd With Kraut before be- mentioned
he matter to Sir. brown. A. tho
conclusion Of the crosa-examinatlon VI
'loyln. court took a recess
GIVES SHEETS THE LIE.
william lElcheart. manager OF the
Herald. wna tho firSt witness called
hia afternoon, lie knew Detective
'hrrtH. occasionally met him on tho
1rat South street car, Talked with
llm about the shooting the morning
Ifter Il occurred, Sheets told witness
hat Ii would be- impossible for Stout
o Identify anybody from where he
stoutD said he stood. when the shot
vas frcd, In answer 20 Mr, Putnam.
ItneHa said he was positive that
,heets made the statement aud that