Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-25

the Hight side VI the face. cuts on the
right slide ~ the mouth. abrasionH OF
the scalp which appeared TO have been
made by some rather sharp instrument
Dr. Anderson described the entrance
and course Of the bullet and explained
the points Of hemorrhagu which caused
death
"Doctor." asked Mr.. Van Colt. from
what aid Burton G. Morris dlc2
He died from the bullet wound per-
fornting the henrt and the norta," an
swered DR.. Anderson.
The bullet which was taken from
Burt Mnrris's body was shown the Wit
ness and he Identified u as the slug
which he extracted IN the autopsy ana
stated that 90 weighed li3 grains.
Judge Powers. IN his crusH-cNumina-
tlon. asked Or. Anderson " he had any
mark on the bullet by which he knew
positively IL was the one taken from
MofriB's body, when the witness began
to describe the slug so infinitely thut
his Identification was considered ample.
when you performed this autopsy
was Morris dressedf' asked Judge
Powers.
NO. he was nude
80 you had no opportunity 10 cN-
anime the clothing
"No. SIR"
Norris was wen formed, was he
notY'
yes"
About what weight would you say
was hiHT'
About 1876 pounds"
He mad rather more muscle than
ncshg'
YES. he was muscular"
About what was his helght2'
Il didn't measure hat-l should have
done
"Iio was over the medium helght?"
"Yea. about six foct In height"
He was strong man. was he not2'
"Ycs."
Upon Mr. Van colt asking a redirect
question uH to tho height Of Burton g.
Morris, Dr. Anderson stated that he
thought Il was rather under six feet, "
anything.
WHAT JOHNNY HUME SAW.
John Hume. "a messenger boy om-
! ployed at the Western Union, testified
| that he was IN front OF the office Mon
/ day evening, the 18th inst. and heard
three shots They came from upstairs
/ OF the Merchants cafe. Witness was
| on his wheel and Immediately jumped
/ on and and ran up the stairs OF the
I restaurant In room he saw two men
struggling by the lounge.
! Did you recognize cither2'
] Not until after the shooting was
/ over"
what position were thcyy"
! Morris was ON his left side. hls head
! AhMNlN ANt lNANhff NlN AfNi hNMMNN the
/ northeast and his head a little biz to-
wards the southwesL His head was
| close 20 the lounge
! Did you see his facc2'
Just o part OF H.
Describe the position OF the other
! man"
"Hc was kncellng astride Morris
striking him over the head with the
pistol"
'1iow many times ala he strike
himg'
He struck Morris two times on the
back NJ the head
what portion Of the gun was II h.
struck Morris within
u don't know I could not acc.'
Witness then said that while Ben
brook WIS striking alOrriH over the
head someone rushed passed him and
grabbed the gun. He believed the party
who ala This was Albert q. Morris.
cousin 20 Burton g.. Morris. Two or
three questions were asked and then
Renbrook was taken out by Detective
sheets lcnhrook said two or three
times the KUN WIS not his.
MORRIS HAD NO GUN.
Did you see any gun in Burton c.
Morris's haud2'
"No. sir / saw both Mr. Morriss
hands and there was not gun In either
"Did you see any gun lying around
the ROOM
NO sir"
"Dld you see any gun other than the
one taken from Benbrook2'
mo sir. l did not"
Did you notice any furniture In the
ROOM"
yes. air: there was a chair knocked
underneath the table. Then there was
another chair ana table upset
Did you notice whether Burton G.
Morris or Benhrook had their hat on?"
No sir; ala not see any hats"
cRoss-EXAMINEp
Croa-examlned by Judge Powers
Hume said he was sure that he heard
two shots In close succession and un-
other al longer interval. The witness
then illustrated. by olapping his hands
the intervals between inc shota
Judge Powers was disposed 10 exhibit
a little sarcnsm at the lads statement
that he was not excited when he ran
upstairs over the merchants cafe on
the night OF the shooting. The boys
testimony was damaging 20 the de-
Tense and he therefore became the obs
iect OF the first rough handling so faI
given any witness Ia the case by the
attorneys FOR the defense
In order 20 test the witness powers
Of observation and Identification. Judge
Powers requested Sherim Howels "a
bring In Albert O. Morris, Hume hay,
Ing said he would not be able TO rccog-
nlze him II he had seen him since the
shooting. Morris was not In the county
attorneys office. however and the "or.
deal" was postponed until such time az
he might come In.
did you see anybody In the halle
asked Judge Powers referring TO tho
time when Hume first ran upstairs and
saw Benbrook beating Burt Morris
over the head with the gun
Yes, sir; two girls"
Two young ladies?'
yes, sir"
did you notice that one was blonde
and the other brunette"
II don't know"
"Dld you notice that one had dnrl,
ana the other light hair?"
mo, sir; but one had on pink waist
and the other had on blue one"
where were they when You saw
them?"
"one was standing by room and the
other was near room O."
Were they movug2'
wei, the one near room was and
the other was preparing TO move. II
was the one In the pink waist that
went into room g."
when the girl In the pink waist went
into room 2. did she shut the door
Yes, sir"
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