Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-30
PROVO.
C0nN0RS TRIAL CLOSED.
Strong Case Made by ihe State -PneiIeally
No Defense.
Evidence Concluded Araumen,. ON
saturday nornins-uay be Given
to JurJ Tonight.

Special Correspondence.
Provo Sept. l9.--John 4. Brown. was
recalled. lie was present az the con-
vcration with Counors. Connors had
said that ho had traded the e. c,ilbcr
gun 60 a shcop-hurder at T.. v. Junction.
Mt Brown gny, the conversation Ia
substnnco 90 given by Mr. iSetchum
Thurrdny afternoon. witness also
found u rcd spot ON the grip OF dcfoud-
ant and concluded that IL was n eliot
! uf blood. Witness notice was frat
called 10 the spot by Mr.. tkgtchum The
'lgi waa about the size Of a dime piece.
shtrih btufts was recalled and toatl-
ned 49, 90 the conversations that the
Officers had had with the defendant.
which was Ia substance the same a.
the two former Witnesses. gave the
story Of thg hnding % the Connors
grip hud cudcavurcd 20 discover the Toe
cauoh ~ thg RIP Tor some time. after
l1hnofH had been arrested, tho witness
hud tried 90 get tuuuurH 90 tell him
WHORE the rrip was hidden. Took Con.
nora ~ "a buEgy u "a place whore he
claimed 90 have tho grip cached but
was unable 60 ma %. Connurs finally
1ld that some one must have found ID.
Some time ago defendant told Mr.
warner his attorney whore tho grip
was hid and the attorney informed the
sheriff aud ~ result II was found
cached In n hay shed In the southwest
part OF town about mile from the
dcport near the track when asked By
the witness why h. had not told tho
truth about the Kidding place Of tho
grip at hfaL Connora remarked, "Oh. I
thought ! might get a piece of money
out u u, and besides / did not wunt
the nIWTH MuN a. Mf found 90 sal
ness said that the black hat roforrrd
10 was the one entered into evidence.
When arreslcd Connura had ON "a light
brown hat The brown hat was of.
fgrrcd In evidence the defense admitted
that the hat was Connors'a
DR.. George Robson. county phyai.
clan, was next called; + a pructlcing
phynlclnn, ana n graduate of medical
colloFci was called 20 examine the
body of William Strong and found two
wounds, one on the neck and "a gunshot
wound on the loft side. The wound on
the neck was found on the right slide
81 the neck commencing an inch be-
low and one inch behind the lower p1r-
tlon Of the right ear. slantlnR down
ward ana inward The Tunshot wound
was two inches below the left nippie.
passing between the NTH aud sixth
ribs, through the lower lobe NJ the lrft
lung, entering the apex Of the heart and
coming directly through The bullet
was found embedded In the left side
of the seventh prsal vcftcbrac. and
war n % callher ball Weighing ig7
grains. There were blood clota on Inc
side Of the neck near the wound. The
bullet taken from the body was then
admitted In evidence. Tho witness thon
testified that he was called TO examine
tho dark stain on COnnora'a grip; after
looking nt II through a glass witness
thought II a blood clot and removed ID
by scrapinR Il with his knife Witness
made n careful chemical examination
and found that the eliot contained opl-
chlllnl cells on particles OF outer skin
or flrst layer of skin besides red corpus.
Giles or particles ~ blood. The wound
on the neck Of deceased had the ap-
pearanoc Of being made by some blunt
instrument. the blow being struck
downward from behind. Witness was
shown the grip and said that II was
DO made by Il ana for the benefit OF the
jury took the grip and showed how a
blow could be struck with Il and pros
duce the same kind Of wound
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
Dr. Robson was on the stand when
court reeonvened. From the nature Of |
the bullet wound witness believed that /
tho deceased was lying on his back /
or In q reclining position when shot. /
on cross-oxamination, witness aaid /
that he had weighed a 4i-cailbro baii |
and was Ia grains: different makea OF
ls-callbrc bullets varied as much as III |
grains Some bullets no weighed had
tailed with the one taken from the
body Of the deceased.
T. A. ketchum was recalled and tee.
lincd that he had measured the bullet
taken from William StronE'a body aud
found Il TO be a 9s-calihrc
Had a conversation with Frank Nor.
-ls. a partner Of Connors'.
ON REORGANIZATION said that Nor
IL told him that on the morning Of tho
shooting tho officer had arrested him
md he had broken away from him and
ian east on redirect examination
witness told the fun convcraa tlon that
ic had had with Morria Morris told
witness that he had come down to Pro-
20 on tho same train aa Conuors but
vas three car lengths behind him.
When the train stopped at Provo. Nor
IN got on on the south side, had a
rip, with stolen articles In II. Noticed
man coming In his direction, believed
hat II was the depot police. Nor
10 sud he ran a short distance south
% some bushes and crawling through
fence, secrcted hin grip In the bushes.
~ that time the officer came up and
commanded him to come out Morris
Ia as commanded and asked what was
the officer replied: Il want
ou; you are under arrest and ] am
ding TO lock you up. so come on"
iorria asked the officer 20 let him got
NJ on the train he came In on. The
fcer replied: mo. you come with
ie" and started to walk west with
I'm, Morris saw two mon coming to-
ards them (SuddOck and BlockyOu.
iorTla and the officer passed the two
ION, and Just after passing Morris told
illness that he broke away from tho
iilcor, thinking that possibly the on
pr when he saw Morris running would
OF follow him. hut arrest tho other
40 men, After getting away from
10 officer Morris told witness that he |
an east 10 the last car, next 10 the I
iboosc and then, crawling under this,
q continued TO run east, getting on 10
side track, he followed N until he {
imo TO the end u the track. two wires {
Sing stretched across II, getting !
trough the wires, Morris stepped into :
slough and got wet. getting out Of the
uugh he routed few minutes ana
through field until he
iuok a sand bank whore he rested
ynln; then taking along the railway
uck. landed In springville, where he
ne arrested.
Roger Farrar, brothor-in-law OF de-
'naed, was called and Identified the ,
othee worn by deceased when Killed.
The clothes with the bullet hole In
H. west and shirt. and blood on the
10 a I