Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-09
This Morning. Session.

When court convened this morning,
there was the usual crowd in attend
ance, the ladies seeming TO predoni-
mate.
Senator Brown, taking up his review
OF the witnesses who had passed In re-
view before the jury, said that
Keene was q man who had deep interest
IN the case and perhaps had feared
prosecution for his connection with 1t.
DAILY, or Blgelow, was a man who had
no personal interest In the case. As for
Miss stromberg, Judge Powers her de-
fender. had himself denounced her more
bitterly than Mr.. Putnam, who critl-
cised her. Powers charged her. by In
uendo and suggestion with every man.
ner OF wrong doing Judge Zane also
denounced her, but Mr.. Rogers alone
stood as her real defender In the case.
Leda stromberg was no Helen Of Troy,
no Cleopatra. but she had enough OF
beauty and charm TO enslaye this young
soldier. Burton c. Morris.
THEORY OF SELF DEFENSE.
The defense claimed that the verdict
must be murder In the first degree or
an acquittal. The theory Of self defense
rested wholly on the testimony Of the
defendant This man was one whose
good reputation for peace and quietness
a dozen men had sworn to. Could II be
possible that Salt Lake City had be-
come So low that the character Of Its
professional law breakers could be
proven to be good For twenty years
he had been a professional law breaker
and for many years he had kept a gam
bling house In this city. Orderly? Why
he was disorderly In every moment OF
his life. II was because Of the permits
sion OF the police 10 let such houses
run that they were here today trying
this case. And they .ut on the stand
the president OF the Wasatch Gambling
company, 20 prove this mans good
character. II would be but step when
they would have the Wasatch Burglar
ing company limited And when a
burglar shot a man down. the whole
police court would come on the stand
and say this defendant Is an honest,
peaceable. law abiding professional
burglar" When the criminal classes
could come into court and prove good
character. the defense OF character was
absolutely swept away. II Burton c.
Morris were here he could tell them Of
this defendants defense against an I'M
armed man.
BENBRooK A REMARKABLE MAN.
Benbrook was In many respects a very
remarkable man. His capacity to con-
troll himself was wonderful. He con-
trolled himself on the witness stand bet
ter than any man Senator Brown had
ever seen. He was able 20 conrtol him
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ter of himself. That was the result OF
his teaching as a gambler. That was
the secret OF success In poker. And, for
a few paltry dollars or a few dirty cents
he would deceive. That was his business
as O gambler. This time his life was
the stake. Was he a falsliierY Why,
when he arose breathless from his
struggle with Morris. II was with lie
upon his lips regarding that gun. And
IL was upon his testimony only that his
defense rested. All OF the myriad rea-
sons for his acquittal given by Judge
Powers were based on the theory that
Benhroolf told the truth.
self-defense was wholly based upon
the doctrine OF necessity. The man
claiming I, must be In the right. This
cnse. the State held, was a case where
the deituCdHl was Rihe =" wait
MORRIS RELATIONS WITH MISS
STRoMBERG.
Burton c. Morris had been the con-
slant attendant Of Miss stromberg for
four months, being with her every
night. on this particular day they were
together during the afternoon. They
were 10 the Vienna. where she drank
a glass OF the seductive fluid that Judge
Zane admired SO much. They visited
various places, and went on a shopping
tour. When they parted. there was an
engagement for the two 10 meet at the
Merchants Cafe at 6 o'clock that night
She took that room for herself and Nor
ris, not for Benbrook She went there
expecting every moment that her lover
would come. Keene says she told him
she wanted to meet Benbrook there that
night And yet he doubted n Morris
was expected there or II be expected 70
be there. At all events, Leda took the
room. II was her room, nor Benhrooks
From the point where the defendant en-.