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

ton, where Jones denied any knowl-
edge of the shooting, and said he was
at Friedman's store at o'clock that
evening. Bank Examiner Weightmar
was at the police station that night
and had an interview with Jones ir
the course of which Weightman said tc
Jones: "Why don't you tell who did the
shooting? If you don't l will. It was
Hedges. Stout did him UP for $4,000
and he's a dangerous man.
AN ALIBI AND SUICIDE.
Senator Brown then made his open
ing statement on behalf of Jones' pre-
facing his remarks by saying that il
was only fair to the defendant ard the
public that he make a statement at this
time of what the facts were as he un-
derstood them to be.
The shooting to TX place or Friday
night, Dec. 8, about $50 o'clock. and
Jones was not accused of it until
o'clock. Jones then was able 10 put cut
his hand and prove by witnesses that
he had nothing to do with the deed. On
that night Mr.. and Mrs. Jones, with
Mr.. George Sutherland, walked down
Main street to Mr.. SutheTland's house
and Mr.. Sutherland lett Nh. and Mrs
Jones and went into his own house al
o. y.
on to their home, entered it and wenl
upstairs, and were seen by Mrs. Jones
mother and their servant. They will
prove that Jones took supper then. an6
remained in the house until I o'clock
Jones, therefore, could have had moth
ing to do with the shooting unless by
the connivance of those three ladies
Young Stoutt's statament, which the
prosecution says he will make, to the
effect that Jones was lurking arounC
Stoutts house, is untrue.
Jones, after supper, went up town
called at Friedman's s store, made some
purchases, and went on to the
bank to attend to some matters there
All this time Jones didn't know that
Stout had been shot, but learned of il
later in the evening. Counsel then saiC
that after Stout reached his house
and in the presence of the
chief of police and the doctor
Mr. Stout told the former
that he didn't know who shot him. 1t
was a dark, stormy night, making il
difficult to recognize persons. Mr.
Brown then said that the previous re-
ing to do with the case. The question
was, Did Jones shoot Stout? not if
another man shot him, or if he shot
himself. Counsel then said that Stout
was venomous and vindictive, while
Jones was not. Stout had shown his
malice by false statements regarding
the parentage of Jones, intended to
throw discredit on his mother and to
impugn her virtue. These statements
of Stoutt, counsel said were absolutely
false. Mr.. Jones was of legitimate
birth and we'll brought up, a high
school graduate and a young man of
exceptionally good habits and morals.
Stout didn't take Jones out of the
slunns at all. Jones father was not
wealthy but he was comfortably sit
uated, and Jones, before he went into
Stoutt's bank, had good position in a
Touring mill. True, said counsel
Stout inherited some money; he never
made any. With this money he came
to Salt Lake and started bank. He
was the president of the institution,
and nearly ruined it. Counsel then
went on to say that Stout engaged in
enterprises of various kinds outside his
banking business, which required
money, and he became indebted to the
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