The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-05
Confession of Defendant Will
Be Used.
DESCRIBED THE MURDER
DEFENSE CLAIMS THAT HA-
WORTH IS INSANE.
Prisoner Made His Confession In
March-Jury Is Completed and
Taking of Testimony Commenced
Defendants Attorney Says He
VIII Prove An AIibi.
Especial Correspondence

Pennington, June 4.-The taking of tes-
timony in the Haworth murder case was
this afternoon, the examina-
ton ow two witnesses for the state hav-
ing been completed and that of Mr.. Eli
son, the prosecuting witness. being in pro-
gTess when court adjourned at 5 o'clock
this evening.
It required two hours to complete the
men were examined.
The jurors, their ages and places Of resi-
dence. are as follows:
John L. King, aged As, Syracuse Will
lam J. Parl<in, aged 80, Woods Cross;
Willis Perkins, aged 4S, Bountiful; John
Duncan, aged is. Centerville; Farley P.
Parrish. aged 81. Centerville: Fred w.
Walton, aged q. Centerville; George w.
Parrish. aged D. Woods Cross; Ira Waite,
aged %, Bountiful; Richard Sedgwick,
aged 81, Bountiful; Raguel Barber. aged
&c, centeTville; William Barber, aged AZ,
West BOuntiful
A. J. Weber and ]. NJ. Hamilton, the ct
torneyS for the defense, are preparing to
make a determined fight for the life of
their client. They Will depend for ac-
quittal principally on the defense of in
sanity, which they hope TO establish so
firmly in the minds of the jurors by eX-
pert testimony, that it viii offset any
possible effects of a confession of the de-
PENDANT when it is presented
Haworth's Confession.
The state viii introduce in evidence a
confession made by Haworth, first TO
Deputy Sheriff Jed Abbott, and later to
Sheriff Abbott and E. p. Ellison, and by
them reduced to writing, in which the de-
tails of how and why the crime was COM
mitted are given. This confession was
made, it is said, on or about March 30,
and the details given by the defendant
agree with the known circumstances OF
the crime.
The officers refuse to divulge any part
of the confession prior to the time That
il comes out in the testimony OF the OIL
GERS and Mr.. Ellison, but that the state 5
attorneys are relying upon 1t to aid them
materially in securing a conviction is eVl-
dent from the line of questions that nave
been prOpounded to the jurors by Mr..
Allison. Each juror has been asked II
he would accept confession from the
defendant as evidence, provided the Iacts
detailed in such confession are corroDor-
ated The defense has also outlined Its
policy by asking jurors if they would dis
regard evidence of a confession II II IS
shown that the defendant was insane AT
the time such confession was made. and
that, as matter of fact, he was at an
other place when the crime was com
mitted.
1 n.
DIR. Bowers of Salt Lake. and DIR. Joyce,
DR.. Conroy and Dr. Powers of Ogden are
the experts who have at different tunes
examined Haworth and who VIII teSIl-
fy for the defense. A number of these
gentlemen were here today and this
morning they visited ths prisoner IN the
jaiI and examined him. His temperature
was found 20 be 9Slz-about normal Later
they held long consultation with the at
tOrneys for the defense
The defense has over fifty witnesses 10
examine and those who Will TESTIFY IoI
the prosecution number about thirty. II
will be seen. therefore, that much time
will be occupied in taking testimony
County Attorney Streeper said this alter
noon that probably two weeks VIII De re-
uuired to finish the trial. Attorney Ham
iltOn thinks the testimony may ali pc III
this week
Statement of Prosecution.
At the beginning of the afternoon ses-
sion County Attorney Streeper made the
opening statement tor the state, in the
course of which he said:
The state viii call to your attentloI
facts tending to show that on the nlgn'
of March ., 1899, ThomaS S2ndall' liSHt
Waterman at the Farmers Union store
was slain by unknown assassins. In the
sea-c! tor clues as to who the guilty
parties were it was found that the front
door was locked, the rear door, however
being unlocked. The store keys carried
by the nightWatchman, and shotgun
shell, were found under "a nearby gran
ar, and an iron bar that had been useC
in opening the door was found at the
bottom of a well. Two weeks later shot
gun shells like the exploded one foUnt
before were found in ditch north OF tn
store. Next day an sOyercoat with
blOodstained mask in the pocket wa
found near the place where the smells
were picked up. In September a shotgun
and a revolver that Sandal had carried
We're found under strawstack north o
Layton In the gun were two shells lik'
those found before
On the night of the murder a vehicle
containing eatables was robbed this sid'
of Ogden. and food that was carried In
sack was stolen. The same sack fOTmet
the mask before mentioned. The DEFEND
ant and a companion were seen the nigh
before the murder going toward Layton
and the next morning they We're seen go
ing back to Ogden. 1t will be shown tina
the defendant has made confession, CIV
I ing details of the manner OF entering tn
store and the events that followed
Statement of Defense.
Mr.. Weber made the opening statemen
! for the defense He said the crime com
mitted at Layton was undoubtedly a de
/ liberately premeditated murder, and tn
men who committed the crime he hope
at some time would meet the punishment
/ they merited and deserved.
/ we wal prove that the OVercOat men
/ toned by the states attorney was no
+ HawOrths We shall show that Nick Ia
! worth was in Ogden all OF the night o
/ March IS 1889 The Ogden police cier
/ and j. F. Pender, city detective, Will ties
! tify to his being there during all of tina
| evening. We shall claim that the allege
confessions of HaWOrth are not 3dmlSS
! able and that the defendant was not /
/ a condition to make such confession. "
| shall show that it was made by on
/ whose mind was impaired. a menta
/ wreck, cne whose mind was easily III
/ fluenced by stronger minds. We shall eH
plain away the testimony that may seer
! to be damaging to the defendant and "
| hope to leave no doubt as TO the limo
/ cence of the accused.
Witnesses Testify.
The taking of testimony was the
| commenced
William Allen. architect and builder, c
| Kaysville. testified that he was the arch
tect for the Farmers Union store, an
/ gave the details of the interior and eN
4 terror arrangements of the store.
County Clerk Phillips testified to tn
! correctness of d plat of Layton and Y
cinity. prepared by him, showing wher
! the store is located with reference
other points that will be mentioned
/ the investigation
The complainant, Ephraim P Ellison
superintendent of the Farmers Unto
/ store at Layton. gave a detailed descril
! ton OF the premises. explaining how III
| doors were protected from being Opene
| from the outside. He described the pos
| ton of Sandals body the appearance
the wound and said damaged scales wei
! the only evidence Of a struggle.
NJ Ellison then identified a pistol sal
to have been found under a strawstaC
as the one Sandal had in the store.
! white sock 2 bunch of keys and bs
of iron that were picked up. witness sal
| by a searching party the day after tt
murder were then identified ar ace
in evidence.
The examination of Mr.. Ellis M
COMPLETED when court adjour til
| o'clock tomorrow morning.