Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-26
The EVIDENCE
AGAINST KING.
Meyers Says He is the Man Who
Bought the Grip
PROSECUTION HAS RESTED.
Witnesses Testified That They saw
Lynch ShoOt-strong Thread Of
Cireumstantial Evidence.

The hearing Of Lynch and King, tbs
accused murdereys OF George Prouse,
the gambler. was resumed before JUS
tice Nielsen this monug, but after the
examination OF two witnesses, the state
rested and the court adjourned until
1880 o'clock tomorrow morning TO give
the defense time to look up some Wit
nesses.
The report in last evenings "News'
concluded with the testimony OF Or.
Pinkerton, in which william Barnett
an employe Of the Sheep Ranch, and
also an eyewitness 70 the shooting
fray was called Barnett was seated
az the roulette table when the three
masked men entered the room. He
stated that he recognized Lynch as the
man who shot az Pr0use, and when the
witness pointed his finger az the ac-
cused man. he sat there absolutely UNI
moved. Witness stated that Lynch
fired the first shot at Pr0use, and the
latter shot back. The other men fired
once or twice and then ran from the
room. Witness then went 70 where
Ffouse was sitting. pr0use threw Wit
ness the keys and told him to take care
Of the money. He asked some one to
get a doctor. and he then walked to a
back room assisted by two men,
Dr. 5. ii. Plnkerton was called and
testified that the death Of Colonel
Prouse was caused BY acute perltonitis
occasioned by q gun-shot wound. He
then described the course that the bull
Jet took, entering the right thigh and
passing across the lntestines and i'm
bedding Itself In the left thigh.
William Meyers, OF No. lli east First
South, who is employed In the clothing
store at No, 81 east Second South. tes-
tilted that he sold a satchel and four
bandkerchiefs 20 King, and the hand
kerchiefs and vallse that were ident-
fled as those used by the hold-up, wit
ness recognized as being the articles
that he sold to King on Monday even
ing. the 10th inst Witness stated that
there Yves no one with King when no
sold him the articles and his testl-
m0ny was very damaging 10 King, as
he stated that when King had pun
chased the satchel he stepped TO the
front OF the store and noticing a satchel
that was suspended 10 a dummy by
means OF a strap, he went back and
purchased a strap, The testimony Of
Johnson states that one Of the men had
the satchel suspended before him by
strap that was around his neck. The
only discrepancy In Meyers testimony
given yesterday afternoon and that
given 10 the police IN regard TO Kings
personality soon after the shooting, was
that he formerly said that Kings mus
tache was dark, while In reality Il is
light
William Wittenberg, a 17-year-old
messenger boy, testified that he was In
the Vienna Cafe when the shooting oc-
CURED. lie stepped out into the alley
in the rear and he saw two men COM
Ing from the direction OF the Sheep
Ranch. They ran past him and entered
the rear Of the Caclno saloon. Before
they went in. however he saw them re-.
move masks from their faces. Witness
then ran around TO the front Of the
saloon and entered. He saw the two
men at the bar and they appeared to
be very nervous. one Of them asked
Wittenberg TO drink with him, when the
other one turned and left the saloon.
Witness was certain that King was the
man who left, Wittenberg then went
IN quest Of an officer
Detective sheets was placed on the
stand, and he offered In evidence two
guns that he had discovered the
morning after the shooting In the real
OF the Casino saloon. one Of the guns
was l4-oallber six shooter, with one
empty chamber. the other was a i've
shooter Of the same CALDER. with three
empty chambers. He thought the guns
must have been thrown from the build
Ing on account OF the rubbish about
them
At the conclusion OF Sheets testl.
mony the court adjourned until 1880
this morning
PROSECUTION RESTS.
The hearing OF King and Lynch open.
ed this morning with Wittenberg on the
witness stand. He reiterated what he
had said the day before. and on cross
examination denied that he had ever
said that be was not sure whether or
not Kim was the man he saw IN the
Casino saloon,
oscar Eman the nlghtwatchman
was on Commercial street opposite the
Sheep Ranch when the shooting oc.
CURED. lie walked across the street,
went down the hall and discovered
grip lying at the foot OF the stairs
leading up into the gambling room. lie
picked II up and took 1t to police head
quarters. He said Il was the same
grip that had figured In the case.
Al the conclusion Of Eman's testl-
mOny the State rested. and the court
adjourned.
The defense has practically rested so
far as Lynch Is concerned, and it's ef-
forts now are used in trying to clear
King.