The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-12
FASTENING COILS ON MORGAN
BOX ELDER BANDITS TRIAL
STILL IN PROGRESS.
Convincing Story Told of His Guilt
By Officers On the Stand-Prison-
er Reticent as to His Past.
(Snecial REPRESENTATIVES,

Special Correspondence
Brigham City, May Thames Morgans
trial was resumed this morning in the
district court with Sheriff Carbon again
on the stand.
Last night, it appears Morgan had at
the close of the court walked towards the
weapon which was lying on the judges
desk and attempted TO take hold OF II.
Sheriff Carbon swore that he saw the
prisoner do so.
The defendant this morning engaged in
frequent converse TONS with his Attorney
K. II. Jones. Dut generally kept his eyes
fixed upon the floor. An effort is being
made by Sheriff Carbon TO get the de-
PENDANT TO consent To sit for his photo
graph. He has partly concluded to DO
SO. II is said that Chief of Ponce Daven-
port of Ogden has received a photograph
of the defendant sent from California.
Morgan sin denies tnat he comes from
California ard states that his mother is
not living there, but resides in Chicago.
He expresses much anxiety that she snail
not be informed of his terrible situation.
After the eXamination of Sherin Carbon
was concluded George Packard OF Ogden
was called. lie knew William A Brown
who was killed. went to Mrs. Cannon
house the day after the shooting: saw the
deceaseds clothes, and saw they We're
bloody. He tried to wash themA had no
other object in view in washing them but
to clean them. He described the place
where the wound was on MIR. Brown, and
Identified the undershirt and other
clothes of the deceased. This was at Mrs.
Frank ]. Cannon residence. Witness
was cross-eXamined by r. IL. Jones. At
torneys for defense examined the clothing
OF deceased He recognized the body as
that of William \. Brown.
joseph BelnaD was called. He had re-
sided there forty-SeVen years; is deputy
sheriff under Sheriff Layne; was in
Ogden till about o clock u. m. April 20,
when he received word from Sherin Layne
VINO came 10 his house and told hun he
wanted him to go TO hot Springs to as
s-st Sheriff Carbon of Box Elder IN une
capture of deSDeradoes. He and Sheriff
Layne procured a Winchester and some
shells from the sheriff $ office in Ogden
and then came out and saw Captain Will
Jam A Brown; conversation was held
between Sheriff Layne and Officer Brown
and it was arranged to get Deputy Sheriff
Bailey and then go together to Hot
and BelnaD and Layne reached the
Springs at daylight where they met
Snerim Carbon and Deputy Thompson
Sheriff Carbon told them there had been
holduo of man on the south side of
Brigham by two men, and he and Deputy
thompson came south to the Springs.
Mr. Belnap related about the same ac-
count of the men as was previously re-
lated by Sheriff Carbon. Sheriff Carbon
asked US, he went on, TO render him some
assistance IN arrestlng these men. we
organized ourselves. We divided into
three parties and took different courses.
thompson and the man from the Springs
and ! went north about a mile and went
to Chambers ranch northeast, and from
there we seen two men on the hill which
was, afterwards, we found the deputy
and the man from the Springs After
eakfaSt Sheriff Layne, Sheriff Carbon,
William Brown and L followed some
tracks which had been found. We travel
ed towards the base of the mountain
which we reached about II o clock. The
tracks followed a very steep ridge clear
TO the top and found the tracks of the
in q had
the men. When we got TO the base of the
mountain it took Us about twenty min
utes to locate which way they We're gone.
We afterwards found the tracks led DOWN
another ridge west down the mountain.
We followed them down and after going
about a mile we came in sight of the two
shouted at them three or four times. [ ,
said, Stop. hold on boys" They were
still running and would not stop. We
ran after them about ten seconds then
we lost sight of them a few minutes. The
rocks hid them. We ran after them for
about half mile. Sheriff Carbon kept
Brown was half way down the ledge
ahead of us about two rods. He gave us
the signal and L ran towards the men
and got within a short distance from
them They were still running down the
Mill. When we got on the ledge. / saw
that each of the men had revolver in
his hand Then L shouted at them L
SAID. Boys, hold up" Brown shouted,
Stop, boys, and give up They stopped
the instant after Brown followed, and
whirled round facing east and started to-
this. young man, referring to defendant.
fired his pistol at Brown, Brown and
Carbon returned the fire. Then this de-
PENDANT James Morgan fired the second
shot at Brown.
Sheriff Belnap described the shooting.
Mr.. Brown when he was shot, fell for
ward. Witness identified defendant as
being the man who shot Brown.
After the first two shots were fired one
of the men fell. From the time we first
saw them the second time ond the time
was more than five seconds. After Nor
gan fired the second shot he dropped be-
hind the rock, which saved his life He
was lying kind of circling round it. part
of the body of the dead man laid on the
rock with his head to the northeast. l
told Morgan to get up and hold up his
up two or three times. After few sec
onds he put one hand up. He said, Il
COZ want to get up; my brother is
him again and Sheriff Carbon fired also. !
We fired about four shots He then got
up and held up both his hands. but he
said. Il don't want TO leave my brother
lie and Carbon walked towards the men
and ! handcuffed Morgan. After search {
ing the bedy of the dead man by Sheriff 4
Carbon l went up to look at the body of
William Brown and then came hocLS 10
where Sheriff Carbon and Morgan were I
Morgan said, You are the man who kill |
eu my DTOtner. l SAID. gu shut uD.' |
went down to the lower part of the Hill /
and there | met Constable Wells of Will
lard. and told him to go up to where 1
Sheriff Carbon and the other man was ]
and then L met some people and asked
them to go into Willard and get some
buggies and take the man and the /
bodies down the hill Mr.. Belnap. examine /
ed the diagram of the place where the b
occurred and identified the place. |
Riding from Willard Belnap conversed |
some with Morgan. The latter. he |
said. sat between him and THOMPSON. |
Thompson asked defendant If he was the |
man who told the officer to go back. |
Then Thompson said: We'll. that is the |
first tight place / have been in Morgan |
said: oh. it isn't he first time I've been |
In a tight place like that Then Thomp- /
son asked Morgan about the holdup and |
how it was they were going south. Nor
gan said he and the other man had made |
up their minds to hold up the first man
they met. and Mr.. Hanson was that man.
and then described the manner of the
holduD. Defendant told us his name was
George Morgan, and that he had lived in
Chicago. When we got here, / assisted
Mr. Thompson in putting Morgan in JAIL
and then went to our supper. L went to
he inquest at Willard next day and from
there to Ogden. After i got to Ogden I
saw the body of William A. Brown. Wit
ness identified the coat and vest worn |