The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-31
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He moved on to another tree and kept
looking towards Stoutt's house. Wit
ness could tell the direction he was
looking in by the way his hat pointed.
Then he walked from the tree onto the
sidewalk in front of Stoutt's house and
stood there looking into StOutt's Win
dow. He raised on his toes several
times as he peered in. He then walked
away towards Mr.. Parks place. Wit
ness took him to be a tramp. He stayed
around StOutt's for a quarter of an
hour. He wore a heavy overcoat and d
hat pulled down to meet the collar OF
his oVercoat. which was turned up.
Witness saw the side of his face. She
was not acquainted with Jones.
ss-examined by Judge Henderson,
witness said it was a rainy night when
she saw the man. Tramps frequently
were seen in the neighborhood in which
she resided. Witness did not know who
the man was She had thought at first
that it was Mr.. Stoutts hired man, but
when he acted suspiciously and went
behind the trees, she observed him suf-
ficiently to satisfy herself that he was
not Stoutt's man.
MISS FANNY STOUTT.
Miss Fanny Stout, daughter Of
Banker Stout, in reply to Mr.. Putnam
said she resided with her father. Knew
Jones for a number of years. One even
ing about ten days prior to the shoot
ing witness was standing in the Vesti-
bule door in front of the house at about
S:15 in the evening, when she saw Jones
passing the house going south. She
mentioned the fact to her mother that
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ing.
MR.. STOUT RECALLED.
MIR Stout, recalled, said that he re-
membered his daughter telling him that
she had seen Jones passing her house
on the evening referred to by the pre-
vious witness. 1t was the same evening
that the witnetts had seen Jones near
the witness house about IL o'clock at
night.
JOE RINGwOOD.
Joseph c. Ringwood lived at 252 South
Second East street. Knew Mr.. Stout
and remembered the evening on which
the banker was shot. Between and
30 o'clock on that evening the witness
was on Fifth South street, near Nam
street Saw Stout On the sidewalk near
a billboard. Stout called witness and
told him he had been shot, and that
the man who shot him ran in there;
pointing to vacant lot. Witness went
TO a drug store on the corner of State
and Fifth South and telephoned for the
police. The boy, Don Lochrie, was
standing near Mr.. Stout when witness
came up. 1t was at a point few feet
east of the billboard.
Cross examined by Mr.. Brown, wit
ness said he did not hear any shots. 1t
was a windy, dusty night. Witness de.
connected
prosecution had suggested that he fix
the place where he first saw Stout as
far west of the billboard as possible,
or that he should fix it at any particu-
lar point.
THE BANKERS son.
joseph A. Stout, son of Banker
Stout. testified that he lived with his
father; was at home on the evening that
his father was shot. Was sitting in the
kitchen with other members of the fam
ily waiting for his father to come home
to dinner; Stepped out on the back
porch and saw a man stopping over
about two feet from the washhouse
wall. Witness recognized him as Mr..
Jones. When Jones saw witness he
jumped to one side and witness carns
back into the house and told his brother
that Jones was there. That was about
6:15 o'clock.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Brown, wit
ness said he had looked at his watch
a minute or two before he opened the
door. and it was then 6:15 O'Clock. Rec
ognizeh Jones; he had on black over
coat: was well acquainted with Jones;
saw him every day for years. Told his
father about seeing Jones three or four
DAYS after. The doctors would not al
low him to talk to his father for sew
eral DAYS after he was shot. Witness
also told Chief Pratt and Mr.. Gunter
about seeing Jones. He mentioned it to
them on the last day Of the preliminary
hearing.
on redirect examination the witness
said he didn't follow Jones because he
didn't know but what Jones would
shoot him, he had threatened his
fathers life. CThe latter portion of the
answer about Jones having threatened
Stoutts life was stricken out).
SAW a MAN RUNNING AWAY.
George Powell, aged 10, lived at Main
and Fifth South in a small adobe.
house, right next to the billboard, was
at home on the night Stout was shot.
father and mother We're out. Witness
was expecting his father and mother
TO come home in a buggy, heard a
noise which he thought might be the
buggy, went to the door and saw
man running through the vacant lot
behind the billboard. He was not very
tall and not very short, didn't know
how his appearance would compare
with Jones. Witness was scared and
went back into the house. A little
afterwards he went to the front door
and saw some men standing on the
sidewalk.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Brown wit
ness said when he looked out he saw
three girls, Florence Donahue, Rosa
Moench and Nellie McFall. The man
was running away and the girls ran
north and called that there was a COW
coming and to look out.
NELLIE M'FALL.
Nellie McFall, 16 years Of age, was