The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-29

Jones as the man who was seen run
ming away from the scene of the shoot
ing.
Senator Brown, on behalf of the de-
fendant, said he would prove an allp1
by Attorney George Sutherland, Jones
mother, his wife and a servant. he
went very thoroughly into the case Tor
an opening statement, and strongly
urged the suicide theory.
Mr.. Stout made a very good witness.
He told of the quarrels between himself
and Jones, and said that Jones had not
only threatened to shoot him, but bad
for a month or more laid in wait for
him and lurked around his residence.
He swore with the utmost positiveness
that Jones was his aSSailant, and while
his testimony was practically the same
as given by him at the preliminary eX-
animation, the bitterness and animosity
against Jones which characterized Mr..
Stoutt's expressions and demeanor at
the preliminary hearing were absent,
thus making his testimony much more
effective and convincing to the jury,
who are not supposed to know anything
about the case but what they learn
from the examination of the witnesses
at this time. Mr. Stoutt's examination
was concluded when court adjourned
until this morning, when he will be
subjected to a searching cross -eXami-
nation by either Senator Brown or
Judge Henderson.
Mrs. Jones, wife of the defendant, and
Mrs. Jones' his mother, accompanied by
several lady friends. were in court and
watched the proceedings closely.
PROSECUTIONS STATEMENT.
Mr.. Putnam in his opening address
to the jury told of the relations which
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Stout, stating that the latter had taken
Jones into his employ twenty years
ago back in Ohio and that they came
to Salt Lake together in 1889 and es-
tablished the Utah National bank in
1890 with a capital Of $200,O00 Jones
was made cashier and Stout president
and so continued until July, 1898, when
Mr.. RaWley, paying teller at the bank,
went away Then trouble arose be-
tween Jones and Stout. The latter
wanted to put his son, Charley, in the
place vacated by Rawley and asked
Jones to help the boy out. Jones re-
fused to aid the lad at all, giving as
reason that Charley had refused to do
something for him six months before.
This grieved Stout who told Jones
that he (Stoutt) had taken him into
the bank when he was boy, and
watched over him and helped him and
he was disappointed LIal JCHeS WAS SO
ungrateful that he wouldn't help his
, son Charley. Another cause of trouble
was that Jones owed the bank $6,500,
secured by only thirty shares of the
capital stock of the bank of the par
value of 500 a share, but at that time
worth a good deal less. This the bank
directors wanted paid and Mr.. Stout
told Jones that he and his family lived
too extravagantly and Stout spoke of
going to see Mrs. Jones about it, say
ing that he didn't think that Mrs. Jones
knew the financial condition of her
husband. Jones said he would talk to
Mrs. Jones about it himself and Stout
frequently referred to the matter, caus-
ing more friction.
Then the bank examiner came along
and more unpleasantness arose between
Jones and Stout. The latter said that
Jones had the "big head" and threat
ened to tell the directors of the bank
that Jones was a bastard and that his
father was a drunkard. Jones in reply
to this threat told Stout, SO counsel
said, that if he told the directors what
he said he would, he (Jones) would