The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-08
thought he covered the distance in

thought he covered the distance III
about three minutes.
Miss Addie Peters said she saw Mr..
and Mrs. Jones on the night of the
shooting They walked down the street,
passed witness house, ASH South Main
street, in company with Mr.. Suther-
land, about five minutes after O'CLOCK.
Witness walked down the street after
them. She went to Fifth South ana
called at Mr.. Sims residence, y East
Fifth South. She remained there
quarter of an hour and came out and
went home Saw nothing of Mr.. Stout
on her way home: met Wilton Sims
and walked with him to the corner or
Main street Nellie McFall, witness
said, was at witness house that night.
She came about five minutes after VIII
ness got home from Sims
Milton Sims, boy of II, said that he
was at home from about 6 till 1880
o'clock on the night Stout was shot.
Went out with his brother to find one
of the COWS which had strayed away.
Net Addie Peters and walked with her
to the corner of Fifth South and Main
streets. Witness turned south down
and across Main street, and. not seeing
the COW, turned and went home. Went
in by the back door and heard a shot
as he stepped on TO the back porch.
COUNSEL BECAME WARM.
On cross examination, witness said
he hadn't talked with any one about
the case, but afterwards, when pressed
by Mr.. Brown, said that he had talked
to his family and that Mr.. Putnam and
Mr.. Van Colt had spoken to him about
it.
Mr. Brown became very emphatic
here, and rather threateningly asked
the witness if he told an untruth when
he said he hadn't talked to anybody
about it.
Mr.. Putnam objected to counsel
threatening the witness, and remarked
that counsel would not be allowed to
do anything of that kind. Mr. Brown,
with much JUNCTION, said: "I'll show
you before you have got through"
Putnam replied, You won't do any
thing of the kind, for you can't"
The court cautioned counsel to be
more decorous, remarking that pro-
ceedings of that kind would not be toll
Grated.
The witness then explained that when
Mr.. Brown asked him If he had talked
TO any one about it. he thought counsel
meant Stout or Jones.
Witness said Mr. Putnam had been
talking to witness brother, Cleveland.
who was called by the defense, and
| had said that Cleveland was mistaken
in his testimony.
Mr.. Brown-And Mr.. Putnam was
trying to get your younger brother to
take back what he had sworn to in
this court?
Witness-Mr. Putnam was talking to
Mr.. Van Colt. He was not exactly try
ing to get Cleve to take it back
Rosa Moench, replying to Mr.. Put
nam, said if the man she saw running
across the street directly after the
shooting was Cleveland Sims she would
have known him.
Florence Donohue, aged 10, testified
similarly. Mr.. Brown, in cross exam
ming the little girl. waxed very We
hement and the girl, thinking he was
scolding her, burst into tears.
W. H. H. Spafford said that on Sept
Is he had a conversation with Mr..
Stout at the bank about Jones.
Did Stout then say to you that
Jones was a bastard and that his
father was a drunkard?" asked Mr..
Putnam.
Objected to and objection sustained.
BROWN SAYS he SAW JONES.
w. NJ. Brown testified that on Dec. 9
ne was living at 627 South Main street.
Knew Mr.. Jones well. Remembered
the night Mr. Stout was shot On that
night witness left his home at $50 and
walked up town on the east side of the
| of Fifth South and Main streets. Jones
came around the corner of Fifth South
street from the west and turned south.
Did he look at you?''
Yes. He gave me a short, quick
glance as he passed down SOUTH"
How long did it take you to walk
from your house to that point?"
About two minutes"
After reading the account of the
iro
said, he mentioned the fact of having
seen Jones that night to his mother.
Cross-eHamined by Mr.. Brown, wit
ness said he was employed by W. e
Dorsey. He had been employed for
I flfteen months as clerk with the Ore
gon Short Line Railway company:
prior to that he worked four years as a
clerk IN the health department of the
( CITY government, and before that he
worked for the Rio Grande Western
halfway company for seven years.
is your father Hving?'
, Il cannot tell
Did you ever know him?"
objected to, and objection sustained.
Senator Brown said that Brown was
an honest name, and the object of his
/ question was 10 find out IL the witness
/ had right TO bear it.
You have been keeping pretty close
! to the Stoutts in this case?
Not particularly"
GU seemed very close to Miss
Stout, hanging onto her skirts, and you
sat by her all the time?"
y would if I could"
| The witness said he left his home to
! go up town that evening because he
/ had an engagement. he thought. at 7: 90
| o'clock, at the Cullen hotel. but could
not remember the person with whom
| the engagement was. Witness was sure
J he mentioned about seeing Jones to his
mother the next morning: had asked
! her frequently since then if he had told
her about it the next day, and she said
there was no doubt that he had. He
asked his mother about il because he
realized the Importance and the serious
| ness of his testimony and, although he
! had no doubt in his own mind about
! its correctness, he wanted 10 corrobo-
rate il in every way possible.
| Witness here mentioned other parties
with whom he had talked about the
case. Chief Pratt talked TO him about
his testimony. The chief told witness
not TO say anything about it to Jones
as he did not want the defense to know
what evidence the prosecution had.
Did you tell any one?'
i mentioned it to Miss Fanny Stout
and Mrs Miller"
You refused to tell me?"
Not personally; refused to be in
terviewed, however.
When did you tell Mrs. Miller?"
u think about ten days ago
Did you boast and brag about what
you were going to do with this jury?'
No; nothing of the kind"
Didn't you tell Mrs. Miller that you
had asked one of the jurors if he re-
membered the charge of the court?'
Yes, L think l did"
Did you say that to one Of the
jurors?"