The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-26
NEW POINTS IN MORRIS CASE
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on top Of him. astride. and striking
Morris with a gun.
q. How many times? A. didn't
count, but he struck twice 1 am GER
tain.
Q. Where did he hit? A. On the back
of the head: towards the back
Q. With what portion of the gun? A.
I didn't see how it was in his hands.
Q. What next did you see? A. AS soon
as 1 got pretty near where they were
/ some young man grabbed me by the
| shoulder and rushed forward, and /
| supposed it was this man who grabbed
! the gun, although / am not certain, and
just afte' that the policeman came in.
The young man grabbed the gun and
the policeman pulled the other man off.
Q. Who was he? a. l suppose it was
Benbrook the policeman pulled off.
Morris Had No Gun.
Q. Did you see any gun in Burton c..
Morris hand? A. No, sir. I saw him
close when he was making his last
struggle There was no gun in his
hand.
@. Did you see any gun lying on the
| floor? A. No, sir
Q. Did you see any gun other than
the one taken from Benbrook? A. No,
sir
Q. The only ones you saw when you
got into the room was Benbrook and
Burton C. Morris? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you notice whether Burton C.
| Morris or Benbrook had a hat on? A.
They did not: 1 think not.
Q. Did you see any straw hats there?
a. did not.
Cross-examined.
Cross-examination by Judge Powers:
Q. You We're on your wheel at the
first shot? A. Yes, sir. 1 had just
stopped.
| Q. You had just been somewhere? A.
Yes, sir. L had just got in. 1 had not
got off my wheel.
/ Q. What did you do with your wheel?
A. left it go; don't know whether it
fell or not.
Q. Were you excited? A. No. sir.
Q. Perfectly cool? A. Yes, sir.
! Q. Yet being perfectly cool, you don't
know what you did with your wheel?
A. 1 didn't stop to see about that.
didn't think there was time to set it up.
Q. Saw two men in a death struggle?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Wasn't the least bit excited? A.
When got to the top of the stairs 1
was.
Q. But not frightened? A. No, sir.
Q. You think you were the first one
in the room? A think that 1 was.
Q. You couldn't recognize the young
man who grabbed you? A. No, sir.
Judge POwefs-Let Albert C. Morris
be brought in.
He could not be found
Q. How near TO the parties struggling
there were you when the man rushed
by you? A. 1t must have been about
four or five feet.
Saw Two Girls.
Q. Did you see anybody in the hall as
you came in? A. Yes, sir. Two girls
two young ladies'; they were just OPP
posite the room where the shooting
was.
Q. Where did they go? A. One went
into room .
Q. Did you see. anyone else up there
or anyone go into this place marked
pantry? a. No, sir
.. You are sure those girls didn't go
up ahead of you? A. Yes, sir.
Q. If they went up ahead of you they
got there before you struck the stairs?
a. Yes, sir.
Policeman Chase's Testimony.
Policeman George Chase called for
the prosecution.
Q. Did you hear more than two
shots? \. Yes, when I got to the foot
of the stairs. 1 heard two more
Q. What did you do? A 1 ran up
stairs and went into room No. 1. When
a
ris, Benbrook and Albert Morris in the
corner. Burt was on his face on the
floor. Benbrook was astride of him
and Albert was over him, getting the
gun.
@. How was Morris lying? A. On
his face-stomach; feet towards the
door.
@. State whether Benbrook made any
remark? \. Benbrook said it was not
his gun. He didn't make any remark
until he got on his feet. | asked him if
il was his gun; he said it was not
asked him whose it was, and ne said he
aldn know. Albert {. said: You are
a liar; that : your gun. 1 saw it in
your hand
there with reference TO the body? \.
went over the body with my hands, to
see if he had weapon. 1 did not find
a2v-
Q. Did you see any other weapon
than the one you took from Benbrook?
4. No. sir.
Q. What did you do? A I asked AL
bert Norris who it was on the floor. and
he told me il was Burt Morris. After
looking over his back to see if we could
see where he had been wounded we
turned him over on his back Then l
noticed the hole in the vest where the
bullet had gone; unbuttoned his vest.
and l made the remark | thought the |
man was as good as dead. He made
gasp, and l told a messenger to go for |
a doctor. He was gone about two min |
utes. and came back and wanted to !
know where he could &c. doctor. and |
Morris said: God, haven't YOU got a |
doctor yet?" and then Morris started |
for one.
Q. Who was the boy? A. Ii was the |
witness Hume.
Cross-examination by Judge Powers: |
Q. Did you notice Benbrook's face? |
4. Yes, sir.
Q. He had cut on the lip. didn't he? |
A. Yes, sir, and blood was running |
down his cheek.
@. That cut looked as if it had been /
made by a sharp instrument? A Not /
I should think a mans |
fist might do it. l didn't notice the ex-
tex of the cut
Q. Did You notice powder marks on
his wrist? A. did.
Q. On which wrist? Al couldn't |
state.
Q. Did you notice powder marks on
his face? A. No. sir, I did not.
Q. Did anyone get into the room |
ahead of you? A. Not that l noticed. !
@. So that you did not see anything |
but the two men and Albert Morris? |
A. That is all l noticed.
Q. You didn't pass by anyone in the |
room and take hold Of him? A have |
hand on something, but 1 thought it !
was a chair.
Q. You don't recollect taking hold of |
any person by the arm or passing by |
anyone? A. No. sir.
n hid IL,