The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-06

statement published in The Herald had
been written out IN DOOlan's presence,
and was read TO him. whereupoR he
said il was correct II had not oeen
changed when published DOolan nae
come TO The Herald office to make this
statement.
Mrs. Benbrook, the defendants wife,
who was called, stated that she knew
her husband TO be right-handed. This
was for the purpose OF showing that he
could not have concealed the gun with
his left hand.
First Sergeant Janney Of the police
force corroborated the statements OF
Sheets as 10 BenbrOOk's injuries.
Examined Morris Wound.
DR.. Morris R. Stewart stated that he
was the first physician in the room to
attend Morris after the shooting. He
said that a man wounded in the aOrta
as was Morris might live several min
utes. When Attorney Brown attempted
to break the force Of his testimony on
! discrimination, he smiled ar the
/ lawyers display Of medical learning
Arthur T. Davis, steward of the
Knutsford. said that ne was acquainted
! with Benbrook's reputation for peace
and quietness. and 1t was good
Robert W. Sloan testified likewise.
How old are you, Mr.. Sloane" Judge
/ Powers asked.
Am required to answer that qUes-
tion?" he queried, with an anxious
! look.
How long have you lived in Salt
Lake?" asked Judge Powers, avoiding
his first delicate question.
''Thirty-five years. said the witness
Il can vote
well, how old are you?" was asked
of HFr- he off ~
stand.
well. I'm cid enough not to tell any
one" he said
George Morgan, ]. H. Stoddard and
! Arthur Pratt each said BenbrOOk' s
reputation for peace and quietness was
good.
Fred Brush, the messenger boy who
| took the note to Morris, telling him not
/ to call for Miss StrOmberg. identified
! it. After going also TO Miss Niebuhr's
/ house he went 10 the restaurant. where
/ he met Morris, very excited, in the
/ hall.
| Miss Stromberg was called again to
/ the stand and asked many questions.
! She was much more at her ease than
/ formerly.
Did Mr.. Morris give you a ring at
any time?'
4 mo, sir"
Not Engaged TO Morris.
Did you have any rings that had
ever belonged to him?"
No, sir"
D You did not show any rings Of his
to Benb = k. that afternoon
Il did not"
Did you tell your mother that you
had any rings OF Burton Morris %
No, sir"
Z Did you tell your mother that you
were engaged 10 Morris?''
No. sir
Did not you tell your mother that
would go with him and no one else,
and that if you did not like any one
else better, that you would marry
him?"
Il did not say exactly that"
What was it you said 10 her about
being cOnditiOnally engaged?"
81 asked her advice as to. what
should do; I did not tell her that I was
engaged at ALL
WAS it a fact that you had promised
to go with Burton c. Morris and no one
else?''
NO. sir"
When asked if she knew Mr.. Lipp-
man, she said that she knew him by
sight; that he had come to. her house
on Tuesday morning. but that she did
not make any statement to him; said
that she had nothing TO say, that she
had been bothered by reporters and
others, and did not intend to say any
thing until she was on the witness
stand.
Judge Powers asked her if any one
else came from their Office and asked
her any questions, TO which she an
swered that no one had come. and that
the only persons that she had talked
with were those connected with the
state.
She was permitted to make an ex-
PLANTATION and correction of what had
been said about her having met Ben
brook in Liberty park. She said that
once when reading on the benches
about the city hall he had seen her and
they talked for awhile.
4 Benbrook Tells His Side.
Benbrook was the next witness.
I am 43 years of age. I was born in
Arkansas. I lived there for nineteen OF
twenty years, and went 10 the public
schools and worked on a farm When
about 10 or 20 Years of age, I left
Arkansas and went to Los Angeles
Cal, with a brother, where we worked
on a farm for two years. and then
went to Globe, Ariz.
There I went into the mining bust
ness and was engaged in that for about
ten years. l prOspected some for my
self and worked for the Miami Mullins
& Mining company. I remained there
from 1878 to 1887. After that I was en-
gagged in the saloon business for about
three years.
Then I was deputy sheriff and final
ly sheriff for short time; 1 did Not I'll
out the whole term as sheriff I Their
went to San Diego, Cal, and engaged
in the business of a gambler there
was there a few months, dealing fare
bank Then l went to Arizona and haG
a gambling house there. I lived there
until 1891. and came TO Salt Lake il
the spring of that year, going into the
same business 1 worked for the Wa
satch Combination, the proprietor OF
which was Mr.. Gibson. I worked Their,
until 1894 and then went into a place
of my own, called the Sheep Ranch
on Main street, and afterwards moved
TO Commercial street.
I knew Burton Morris by sight
met him for the first time last Nav il
Ogden. Matt Collision and l were III
there together. Mr.. Morris asked Mat
CollinSon to lend him some money. n,
. did not have it. He asked me TO len,
; it 10 him, and that he, COlIinson, woul,
stand good for it, ! had no other &C
quaintance with him up 10 the 18th o
July.
L have known Leda StrOmberg sine
1892, and am we'll acquainted with her
On the 18th of July l was making prep
aratiOn TO go TO san Francisco. intend
ing leaving at 9 O'CLOCK that evening
About o'clock in the afternoon 7 me
Steve Keene at the Merchants Cafe
) He told me that Leda Stromberg hal
: been there and had asked for me, AM
said that she wanted to see me. H
said that he was going out on the stree
t and said if he saw her he would tel
J her that he had seen me.