The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04
JUROR IS TAKEN I'LL
Causes Adjournment of Pr0wse
Murder Case.
PROSECUTION NEARIYIN
GOOD PART OF TESTIMONY d.
RECTED AT KING.

Owing TO the illness of John B. Short
en-, one OF the jurors chosen to decide
the fate Of the two men accused OF
numbering Godfrey Prowse, early ad-
tournaments We're taken yesterday at
i0Un the morning and afternoon ses-
sions of the trial Should the juror
illness prove serious. it might result in
the discontnuance of the present pro-
Ceedings and the beginning of an en-
tirely new trial
Mr.. Shorten who is a mas0 4 residing
at 217 West Fifth North. was taken
with a chill shortly before noon. An
adjournment until 1870 was at once
taken. The sick juror was IN attend
ance IN the afternoon. but was taken
with another chill at $3.50 and asked
for a second adjournment. which judge
Booth granted. naming 10 o'clock Nom
day morning as the hour for resuming
the proceedings. Mr.. Shorten says he
is subject to chilis of this sort and is
confident he VIII be rally recovered By
Monday.
When the second adjournment was
taken the prosecution had nearly com
pletcG its case. and Mr.. WanlesS gave
IT as his opinion that the defense could
get IN all their ev dence on Monday so
as to get the case 20 the jury in the
evening, that they might have election
day TO themselves.
Kings Thumbless Hand.
The cross-exaInination OF william
Wittenberk. which took up the greater
part of the day. again brought to the
front defendant Robert L. King
thumbless hand. and again the hand
proved To be mascotte to the prisoner.
Nuremberg is the lad who testified on
Friday TO seeing two men run down
the alley behind the Sheep Ranch just
after the shooting occurred and enter
Riley's saloon. The lad followed them,
entered the saloon and recognized the
two men he saw in the alley. later
identifying the taller of the two as
king He had noticed, he said. that
the man Whun he claims as King was
rerVous and saw his hands shake. He
had. however. failed to notice that the
thumb Of the left hand was missing. as
il is ON the hand of King.
Another point where the boys testi-
mony stumbled was in describing the
hat Of the shorter man. At one time he
said il was a black Derby and at an
other was positive il was a gray F'e-
dora. Aside from this. Attorney Wan
less. Though he gave the young man a
searching discrimination. did not
materially shake his testimony.
Long Legal Argument.
County Attorney Putnam was anx-
ious to bring out from this witness
shorter man after King left the bar
room in the saloon. To this Mr. Wan
less objected. and it furnished ground
for an argument lasting nearly an hour
in which Noted criminal cases from
California and New FORK. including
the famous anarchist trial in Chicago.
were cited. The court finally ruled
with the defense
2, Harry DudlexU. an employee of the
Walker House, was called to the stand
for few moments to identify a blue
and white cotton handkerchief which
he had found in a wine room in ReiI-
leys saloon a night or two aiJer the
shooting He showed how there was
a crease in the handkerchief. such as
might have been made had it been
used as mask for the lower part of
the face. officer Sheets followed uD
this testimony by telling how he had
found two reVolVeTS just outside a rear
window of this same saloon. Two re-
yolvers were identified by him as the
ones he found.
Officer Sheets testified that he had
known King for same weeks before
the shooting took place. and that he
had gone by the name of Bob Mar
tell" This name was found on a paper
-Chich Sheets took from the room Oc-
cuI cd by King. and which the witness.
Meyers. said was similar to what he
had wrapped round the SatChel pu -
chased of him the night preceding the
attempted hOld-up-