The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-13
Testimony Against Smith Has Been
Finished.
STRONG CASE MADE OUT
ACCUSED WILL NOW HAVE AN
INNING.
Many Witnesses Were Heard On Be-
half of the State Yesterday In
the Trial of the Alleged Dyna-
miter-Letters From Smith to His
Supposed Friends Introduced.

The testimony for the prosecution il
the trial of John Y. Smith. the alleged
dynamiter, is now all in. 1t was a few
minutes after o'clock last evening
when the last witness was examined
and the final link in practically un-
broken chain of circumstantial evidence
forged by the state.
The prosecution has produced wit
nesses who have sworn to threats being
uttered by the accused man on various
occasions against Judge Powers. The
receiving of the death-dealing machinS
by Judge Powers has been established
Biddiecombe and young Peck have
testified that they saw the defendant
carrying away materials with which
the Internal machine was said TO have
been constructed; Richard Haslam has
sworn that he wrote the address al
Smiths request, which was affixed 10
the box of explosives sent to Judge
Powers; Mrs. Burt stated that she saw
Smith carrying the packages to the de-
pot at Eureka; 7. II. Stewart also has
identified the articles which were in
the pockets of the suit of clothes stolen
from his cabin. ard in possession OF
Smith at the time of his arrest. these
articles being picked up by Marshal
Henroid at the Pacific mine, where
Smith is alleged to have constructed
the engines of destruction.
Offers Some Explosives.
AS soon as Judge Norrell took his
seat yesterday morning Mr.. Putnam Of
fered a pasteboard box and a lard
bucket. containing dynamite, powder
and Illuminating caps, in evidence. The
explosives were those taken from the
internal machires. Detective Sheets,
who was recalled by the state, identi-
fed them as being those which he and
Sergeant Janney took from the boxes.
which they opened at the police sta
ton.
On cross-examination Mr.. Truman
asked:
"was there any great danger in open
ing the boxes?''
Wi ass scratched his ear as he an
swered: Yes, 1 think there was; that
stuff sometimes goes off just by looking
at it,
The detective further stated that he
had not the remotest doubt that the
contents of the two internal machines
were high explosives.
Sergeant Janney was then called
Upon being shown the box consigned
to Warden Dow. witness related the
circumstances surrounding its opening
wherein during the course of whiting
the end of the box the blade of his
knife struck a Illuminating cap. where
upon witness desisted and finally cut a
hole in the SIDE of the package and in
verified a stick of wood under the
cooked hammer of the revolver, the
muZzle of which, he said, was in close
proximity to sixteen Illuminating caps
and several pounds of dynamite.
ross-eXamined by Mr.. Truman, wit
ness said he knew Smith when he was
an inmate of the prison in 1883 and
was placed in solitary confinement in
f.rf do 70, -,
the testimony of the witness Hansen,
who testified a couple of days ago that
Smith had threatened the life of Judge
Powers while in the penitentiary. Ser
geant Janney. however, could not posi-
lively swear that Smith was in solitary
confinement at the time that Hansen
was serving his term.
Joseph f. GALLAGHER was then called.
He testified that he knew a stick of
dynamite when he saw it. He further
identified the alleged contents of the
internal machines as being high eX-
plosives.
Joe Biddlecombe Recalled.
Joseph Biddlecombe once more was
recalled by Mr. Putnam. In answer to
questions on the part of the state, he
said that about Z or 8 o'clock on the
evening of Aug. 90 Smith asked him
to address an envelope, giving as his
present to friend and he didn't want
him TO recognize the handwriting.
On DISCRIMINATION, witness admit
ted that he had no friendly feelings
toward Smith. Mr.. Truman then asked:
Did you ever tell defendant thatl
you were going to kill Powers on ac-
count of some trouble with him over the
Orient mine?"
NO, SIR
Marshal Gus A Henroid of Eureka. |
upon being called, testified that he ar
rested the defendant at the Mammoth !
pump house some eighteen miles south |
of Eureka, Smith was carrying a sack |
which contained among other things |
a black suit Of clothes and spool of
white thread, of the same number as |
that used in the stitching up of the |
Internal machines. On the way TO the |
Jail at Eureka, Smith talked TO wit
ness. During the course of conversa- !
ton he said he had written q, letter to |
The SALE Lake Herald. and further pro- |
ceeded TO fevile Judge Powers as be- |
ing the means of getting him into |
trouble up in Idaho. and that Powers |
had bounded him ever since.
Witness related in detail the finding |
IF the various articles in and around |
the shaft house of the Pacific mine, /
along the lines previously testified to I
10y the young man Peck. At this stage
of the trial court adjourned until
O'clock.
At the opening OF the afternoon ses-
sion. Marshal Henroid produced a A
Salibre siX-shooter which, ne stated he
took from the person of Smith on the
occasion Of his arrest. AS the witness
proceeded TO unload it all within the
fire zone SHE'D violently and withdrew
to a respectful distance from the
weapon. 1t was entered in evidence. as
were also the various articles found in
the Pacific mine. which were identified
by HenToid. On DISCRIMINATION
witness stated that Bibblecombe and
The boy Peck assisted him in finding
the articles in the mine where Smith
is alleged 20 have prepared the two in
fernal machines.
Testimony of Freckleton.
S Il. Freckleton. who operates
general store at Diamond, Juab coun-
~, followed Marshal Henroid He
stated that two or three days prior TO
reading the account OF the internal ma
chimes being sent, that he sold the
defendant Smith two yards of factory
clcth similar to that which covered
the boxes of explosives and produced
in court
Jim Brown, a boy. of Il. resident of
Provo. came next on the list. He
testified that last August his mother
operated a boarding house at Dia-
mond, where he became acquainted
with the defendant under the name of
On the 25th of August,
witness said. he saw Smith near ST.
reka- Brown hailed him.. but Smith
turned his head away and took no no.
tice.
ON cross-exa nina tim Rrown ey1S.aav