Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-28
interesting Evidence Presented at
Todays Hearing Of the Case
STRONG PROOF OF GUILT


IuHUllu Graves was the NiNl MlhHNaH
called this morning on June 9Th wit-
ness was living ON street between
Third and Fourth streets After mid
nlght Of June goth. witness was up with
o sick babe and heard some rr1aulng
and then a shot was fired, heard o. man
running on the south side Of Dr. pikc'n
house, the man was running In Wcat-
efiy direction. The night was moon
ilght and very quiet
David johnson was next called. on
tho night OF June 2sth witness came
home a little after ~ O'Clock. lives one
block west uf the scene of the shooting
Immediately after arriving homo wit-
nrNs heard a cry as uf someone I'm d.H.
trena. then "a shot was heard witness
heard someone running toward bile
homo. he stepped out OF the door ana
saw a man with "a bundle under bic
arm running rapidly past, the running
man was about nyc feet nine and "a half
inches IN height and heavy built and
had black SLOUGH hat on, the bundle
he carried was about eighteen Inches
long and twelve Inches thick. After
tho man passed witness went down 20
the place whore Mr Strong lay dead.
witness then went down 10 the
depot with Mr. J. y. Taylor.
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next sworn. A little after ~ O'Clock
midnight u June gth witness was
standing on tho corner of the Provo
atorc and heard a Etuan and thon
shot Witness ran TO the court house
ana secured his wheel and rode down
street. on the corner Of J and Third
streets witness found the body Of on
Ger strunk lying on hlH back he kncoled
down by the side Of the body. but Mr.
Strong was dead when witness arrived,
found a fresh wound on the Right side
Of deceased'u neck. Found drcsaHcd'a
revolver lying near the dead mans
head, did not examine the KUN nt that
tlmo, witness then notified j. n, VIII
llana, deputy sheriff. and ]. y. Tay-
Tor After notifying the Hhcrln and
medical aid, witness went TO the river
bridge 10 guard that outlet Hn that no
one could leave town By that way. on
eruua-eNnminatlon, witness said that
he had assisted In gathering evidence
on the case against Connora.
John T.. Taylor was the next witness.
After midnight OF June goth witness
was aroused by Policeman Tucker aud
told that william Strong had been shot
and directed him 20 Fo at once and
watch the body. when he arrived where
tho body was lying no one else wna
there. but Deputy sheriff Williams mr.
rived Immediately after witness. Strong
was dead WHEN witness gut there. sew
erh others arrived later and witness
went 10 the depot 10 use tho telephone.
Deputy hhorim Williams was next
called and testified over tho protest ~
defense. ~ he had been allowed To ~
main In tho court room when other
witneanes had testified, Mr.. Williams
testified that shortly after midnight on
June 9Th he was awakened from sound
sleep by Policeman Tucker aud went
down 20 whore tho deceased lay. John
y. Taylor had arrived on tho ground
before witness. Mr.. Strong was then
dead. Found dccoaHod'A revolver and
kept II In his possession until sheriff
htorra arrived. Did not examine Il To
see n u had been discharged. II was
lsiso when he arrived whore tho body
was.
sheriff storrs was called and was
shown the revolver supposed to belong
TO Mr.. Strong and Identified Il "a tho
same one given by Deputy sheriff VIII
Hams, II had four loaded shells IN ID.
ana one chamber was empty II ana
not have the appearance OF having boon
recently hrcd. Tho gun was admitted
In evidence.
Goorgc Cook was the next witness
Lives about two miles west Of town
on the night u June g,th. about 10
o'clock he had been 10 the river north
ot ms place and was returning home,
when he ueared HIS root cellar he mo-
ueed man lying down aud asked him
what he wanted and the man
eAid that he was hunting a place 90
sleep; witness tofd him Co come into
INC houre and ~ would make him com
iurysble. witness recogniHed the man
an Frank Connorii tho defendant. Con-
nora said he dld not want 10 20 In tho
h0uec. and he started 10 leave. wlt-
ness told him to stop as he was under
arrest Connors then came rapidly to-
ward witness and got hold OF witness
ny inc coat ahd showed "A gun In his
face and said! IN XIII YOU, you -
- - ----, N you bother me-" The
defendant repeated thla raino THREAT
several times
connors being the largest man he
forced witness toward The house aud
the east fence OF witness place. Wit
ness said: II believe you arr the man
who killed Officer Strong"
This rcmark made CDnnora vicious
ana he turned and jumped through the
vine fence and into the ditch which run
past the fence, After Connuru was an.
rested witness asked him wherc hls
bundle and gun wvrc and he said that
he never had one.
Amos D. Holloway. one Of the party
who arrested CunnarB next testified
Ito was guarding tho railway crossing
on the nlEht OF June 2lth and saw u
man walking along the oregon Short
Lane track and commanded him 20 stop
The INST command was not ohryrd ana
Wnh repeated. The man walked nhDut
eight OF ten feet and thrn whIrIed
around and came toward witness WU-
ness rccognized the man as Cunnnrs
Ito asked defendant where he was Ru-
iug and Cunnorg replied;
~ am going East"
When asked WHORE h. Ind come from
defendant rvpllrd that No. had come
from salt Lake that day. Tie had came
about seven or eight miles back When
asked how he got across the river hp
ssid he had croaaed mo fogt brib,.s
witness noticed that Counnfs' faHt
were wet Co tho knees md asked MIN
about u and defendant said be- had boon
70 ret "a drink and F1t ln tho water
lie gave hts name aH Carol Witness
searched HIN. but found nothing uf lm-
porthnce, tonnurs asked what the ,N-
clteurut was and witness told him IA
man had been killed. The defendant
was taken up Co the HhefIn's office bv
John Richards ma Fred smart This
was about II o'clock %. M, June g1th
Next morning witness found "a bundle
~ point where defendant whIrIUI
the night before The bundle cone
talned puir m dark striped pants. d
Gambler revolver IN q cloth 1olh-
nhni the bundle Wua wrapped iu
pInWh checked handkerchief. ON. oul
nelnF loose and tho revolver protecting
The bundle was turned over a. AI,.r5l 4,
NeWgll a hundleNaH shown witness ana
Identified a. the one he found al ma
point the defendant admitted that
Connors owned the bundle and throw IL
aMayi mat the gun belonged 90 the de.
tehdsnI The rVvolvcr was 90 calibsr