The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-26

seen one shot fired when Morris was
| lying upon the floor and yet the two
officers said they did not see him al
all. He maintained that Albert c.
Morris was within the room seven feet
from Benbrook when the last shot was
fired, and yet the messenger boy.
Hume, whom he said was just outside
the room, did not see him nor see a
shot.
Court Room Crowded.
There was a large and sweltering
crowd present at the examination. and
in the afternoon it became larger, till
only standing room was left. There
were women of many grades and men
of many kinds. The Morris family oc-
cupied seats at a long table within
the railing-Mrs. Pickett, the mother
of the dead man. Mrs. Clawson. his sis
ter. Mrs. Hansen, a sister. and three
brothers-who listened intently and
seemingly without fatigue to every
word of the testimony.
Their faces We're a study when Miss
Stromberg walked through the crowded
aisle from County Attorney Putntms
office to the witness stand.
Mrs. Pickett had described her as
that dreadful woman who had lured
her son to destruction" She looked as
if she meant. every word of that harsh
description. With a terrible, fierce.
strong gaze she viewed the woman for
whom her son had died, but her eyes
Toasted upon the neat and seemingly
sorrowful woman on the stand, who
was oblivious of her presence. the
mothers upper lip slowly curled in
scorn and contempt She seemed to
think that her son had died for a thing
of little worth. During the entire ex-
animation of Miss Stromberg not one
of the dead mans sisters nor his moth
or took her eyes away, and as she left
they turned involuntarily and followed
her until she was lost in the crowd.
Miss Stromberg, though she did not
show agitation, was nervous. Her eyes
sought the floor; her voice was almost
inaudible as she answered in mono
syllableS. Every woman in that crowd
ed court room was looking at her, and
she knew it. She was surveyed with a
strong, steady gaze by every woman
who leaned eagerly forward to catch
every word and note every movement.
The examination of Miss Stromberg
was a surprise. Ex-senator Arthur
Brown, who undertook the work. drew
nothing more from her than she had
told at the inquest, and nearly every
statement made by her went to show
that Morris was the aggressor in the
ARRAY with Benbrook. The attorneys
Tor the defense were highly satisfied
with her evidence. Her statement was
brought out that Morris had said sew
eral times he would kill the -
- and said it as he left her, max
ing toward Benbrook, who had re-
treated to room 1.
Exchange of Hats.
The, prosecution is presenting new
evidence that accounts for the bullet
hole in Benbrook's hat. Miss Strom-
berg's testimony that Morris picked up
Benbrook's hat, which he left in room
8. may be used as showing that the
two men had exchanged hats before
the shooting occurred, or that Ben
brook took Morris hat when he went
into room l.
Theory of Defense.
The theory of the defense was made
quite plain, as stated in The Herald on
Sunday. Judge Powers, in his cross
examination. made strenuous efforts to
bring out that four shots had been
fred. one necessarily by Morris, and
his contention that Albert c. Morris.
the dead mans cousin, stole the second
gun was made plain. He put Officers
Chase and Eddington and Robert o.
Doolan and Messenger Boy HUME
through a rigid examination upon this
point.
Albert C. Morris was not called to