Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-11
PROBING STRONG
MURDER CASE.
Preliminary Hearing of Frank Con-
nors, at Provo Today.
TRYING TO WEAVE A WEB.
What Inherent witnesses saw nt aud
near the Depot on the EycntnuI
Might Of the Tateui Tragedy.


Special per Deseret Telegraph
Provo. Utah. July ii.-Frauk Connora.
the alleged murderer OF Policeman
william strong was before Justlca King
Tor his preliminary hearing this morn
Ing. The large court room wus filled
with spectators Attorneys Warner a.
Lund represented Counorn ana County
Attorney Evans handled the prosacu-
ton. Frank Morris. Connurs partner.
VIII not be put on the stand ot the pre-
llmlnary hearing.
Policeman Frank Tucker was the nrat
witness lie said he saw william
Strong about nine o'clock at the depot
on .ho nlFht Of the murder. saw him
again when lying dead at about 1890
two blocks north from the depot Iio
described the attitude Of the body and
what he did In notifying the people In
the immediate vicinity Of the murder.
He found the officers gun and putting
It under the dead officers hcnd. left
Deputy sheriff williams was next
called. lie testified that Policeman
Tucker aroused him on the nigh " the
murder and described the condition
~ the body aH u lny dead Hr found d
revolver nj the dead mans side. dld
not examine a. but turned 10 over 60
sheriff st1rrf. II was 1925 when no
got 90 the place whore Strong laid.
Shcrln q. A. Storrs was next called
on the morning Ut June 9th h. was
awakened hy Policeman Tucker uud
went 20 the scene OF the murder. Tx
hibltcd the revolver found 40 the side
Of the murdered man and which was
Identified aH StronE's revolver. one
chamber was empty ana % had four
loaded shells The revolver was adj
mitted into evidence.
Marrhnl knight was next called. tie
Identified the revolver found us that
of William strougs.
Mrs Roaell8 Graves was called, Lives
on J street. one block north Of Or.
pikoH. was up until I o'clock with
sick baby; heard three rroaus aH II by
o man IN distress. Immediately after
she heard shot and went Co the door.
heard man running west hut could
not see anyone as there was "a close
board fence between her and the ruu-
nor. Witness lives % half block from
the place whore oniccr strong was
Killed
on REORGANIZATION the witness
said that she heard no one talking be-
fore or after the groanH were heard.
train come IN to the station.
David Johnson was the next witness.
lie lives Just across the road from
where the shooting occurred. had just
arrived home when he heard "a Eroan
and a shot fired. went to the window
and saw medium sized man rum
ming west he had q bundle under his
arm. his hat was pulled over his eyes
The man had on "a dark SLOUGH hat.
witness could not Identify the man.
Thomas suddock was the next Wit
ness, lie lives In Colorado. came TO
Provo on the goth day Of June. about
o'clock a. tn; was nj the depot ON the
night of the Goth. and when the train
pulled In hc and his partner went over
to the train for the purpose OF board
ing az when he got near'thc train he
saw two mon coming toward him
Just ms they passed witness. one man
broke away and ran back. the other
man following Witness described Mr..
Strong as the one who followed tho
other Mir. strong stopped and talked
TO one OF tho train crew, after which
he cut through the train between two
cars ana went on the other side. AZ
ter the train pulled out. witness saw IN.
officer taking man up from
the water tank toward the
town IN street. could
not describe the prisoner the officer
had. did not know whether the prison.
er was the same man ~ the one who
had run, SuddoCk was subjected 90 u
severe REORGANIZATION but nothing
new was brought out.
James Hanson. the night Waterman
OF the z. g. NJ. l.. testified that on the
night OF the shooting Strong and wit
ness were sitting ON the steps of the
lumber company between 10 ana ~
o'clock. strong left him 10 go to the
depot an the midnight freight train
came I'M did not see him after that.
A recess was taken until 1880.