Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-18
TIL. Morning.. proceedings.

Samuel Iiyrum Green Of Biundaic. a
farmer by occupation. testified that he
WIS playing the bass vioi ~ tho dance
on tho night OF March 5irt ut lllverton.
llc said that the defendant Bate was
playing the plano IN conjunction with
the orchestra. except for some few
minutes about 10 pm. bate returned,
and Hubqucntiy an alarm 81 nre was
raised. lie. together with the dancers.
rushed out Into the street. whore they
saw that the store was on IRE. "A soon
na he could collect his scattered senses
he noticed the defendant Hate cncr-
Rctlcally engaged IN carrying property
out " tho poatoiilce Then the witness
said he Joined the bucket brigade and
nHrirird IN putting out the IRE. Ito
stated that he noticed a mnn-hnlc In
the ceiling 81 the store that was COW
erred over with sack. Witness pulled
the sack out and found II Ia b. aiight.
then the defendant bate. he said.
climbed up Into the hole ana after u
bucket OF water had been passed up 10
him, he put out the blaze. witness In
the meantime carried the blazing sack
10 the east door and threw II into the
street.
The examination OF the witness. who
was very deliberate In his answers. oc-
cuplcd fully forty minutes the major
portion OF tho time being taken ~ by
descriptions % tho interior ana exterior
OF the store where the iirc occurred.
LEFT THE HALL TWICE.
John Bate. a brother Of tho defend
ant, and one ~ the musicians at the
dance ON the night In question, was
then called. he stated that his brother
loft the pavilion about 10 pm. ana re-
turned shortly afterwards with a piece
OF paateboard 10 tear up into tickets
for u drawing for partner. Witness
stated that his brother Ernest again
left the hall at about ii:i0 In company
with young man named pannic,
few minutes nfterward the latter re-
turned closely followed by the defend
ant, After the alarm OF IRE he rushed
into the store and his brother went into
the "lean.to' and rolled out tho coal
oil can. The rest OF hts testimony was
In confederation OF thrt OF the previous
witness.
ON cross-cxnmination the witness
stated the interval between the dances
during the time that the defendant was
absent from the plano with Dannic. OK
tended over "A period ~ twenty minutes
or 10. Whom witness entered the store
the door leading Into the ''lcan-to" was
burning briakiy. II was bolted from
the inside. When he entered the lean
10" there was practically no IRE appar-
cnt. he noticed that the top OF tho coal
oil tank had become unsoldercd owing
10 the action Of the heat. He told
Green TO pull out the sack that cow
cred the mnnhole In the main store. al
though there were no signs that the
same was nlight until II had been torn
away.
Mr. Varlnn again took the witness
and elected the Information that the
defendant was present part OF the time
during the interval. that he estimated
10 extend over n period "of Is or 90
minutes" u further developed that
Ernest Bate and Mr.. Silc0ck loft the
dance hall for about Ave minutes thus
showing that the defendant left the
dance three times In all. and not twice.
"a previously testified.
CONDITION OF BuILpING.
George Hackot. a carpenter and mill
wright residing at Riverton, was then
called TO the stand. He stated that he
did some repair work to the store at
the inatigation of Mr. H. II. Grant. for
the Homo Fire Insurance company
after the FIRE had occurred: after de-
scriblng the construction OF the build
ing he proceeded TO state the condition
OF the store when he went 20 proceed
with the repairs,
Witness stated thnt'there was space
OF three feet that ran up tho roof that
had been burned; also there was a alm-
liar hole directly over the spot where
the coal oil tank stood In the ''lcan-to;"
the hole In the roof was Immediately
over the connecting door into the store,
the upper panels OF which had been
completely burned through; witness
also noticed traces of smoke on the
west side OF the roof
Immediately over the man hole In
the store there was q hole burned
flrauQh tho alluQlaa and alaatllun Of