The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-07
Nathan HawOrth Held On
Charge of Murder.
0EERCOAT IDENTIFIED
FOUND WITH BLOODY MASK IN
POCKET.
Haworth Seen Near Layton on the
Night of the Murder and In Ogden
the Next Morning Without His
overcoat-Great Crowd Attended
the Trial.
lsneclaI to - Herald.l

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charge Of numbering Thomas Sandal
on the night of March Is last was held
today before city Justice Z. f. Rich
ards of Pennington. An hour before
the time set for court TO open, buggles
and wagons loaded with peDple began
TO reach the court house and by ~
| O'Clock more than 100 vehlcles hau az
rived. The court chamber was thronSed
and rot half of those who desired al
mittance We're able to see inside the
room
AnOne those in attendance when
I colfrt Onened were Mrs. Sandal, WldoW
of the man whom HaWorth IS &C
cused Of numbering, Jean SaIllaL, d
son and Misses Laura and Llzzie San
dali, daughters. They were accom- Il
panied by some lady friends nom Lay
| TOR and were much interested in the
testimony. though at times the lacles
/ seemed visibly affected when reference
was made to the details Of the crime
Prisoner Was Nervous.
Haworth, the prisoner, was in a very
nervous cu4Idlition when he was tdksh
| from the Jail to the court house. IAe
/ presence Of so many people hlleo nm
apew with the dread that harm WouIo
/ come to him at the hands Of Alr. san
dalPs friends. His face wore an asheA
D9Ieness. even through his sallow com
DIexion. and as he stood on the
/ threshold of the private Office IN the
rear of the court room he eyed the
group Of witnesses and others WlIillA
suspiciously before entering.
Attorney Lippman and the accused
mans brother, c. L Haworth, spent d
quarter of an hour alone with the
/ prisoner before the proceedings pestili-
At the close of this conference the
sbaellles were removed from HaNNorth ;
yz-r,ists and he entered the court room
! between his attorney and SnerlH Ao-
hOtf After one quick glance al tlS
thronv that filed the room ne setJlea
/ bfroseif comfortably in an arm chsI'
and not. Cnce during the morning sSs-
l sion did he look back at the CROWD pc
/ hind him. A nervousness was eNl tl..L-~
| i'm the glance Of the eye, JWltcLllnS
/ of the muscles Of his race anu d zap
ming of his fingers on his cnalf-
when the overcoat, which is said 70
I belong to the prisoner, was placed III
! evidence HawOrth leaned forward
/ looked intently at it, set his lips more
/ firmly and settled back in his ehalr
yrifb q heavy sigh that was ha1I
( sbUdder. This was repeated Wnen
/ shotgun shell was produced with Dloou
+ stains on the brass head. ,,..-
1t was 1890 when the procedures
commenced Before the nrss witness :,
vas called. on motion Of Attorney r.
/ NJ Allison. Daniel Hamer was ap-
nointed official stenographer. All VII
+ nesses were excluded from the court
roon, until after their testimony had
/ been received.
Mr.. Ellison's Testimony.
/ Z. P. Ellison was the first witness
/ for the prosecution. Examined Dy NJ.
/ Allison he said he resided in 10y tohi
/ wa. superintendent of Farmers Union
Store. knew Thomas Sandal for thirty
vears prior to his death. Sandal was
an enDlovee of his company, belnS
/ nightyyafchman at the store. his duues
/ ,--i774- to- take charge of the premises
I befoTe the clerks left in the evening
/ sD5 remain all night. On the morn
( ing Of March 90 1899 the nightWatch-
man was found dead Then 1oiloWsu
detailed account of the facts coHnecteu
I Win the crime, a description or the
T7s7--,e--e' Union premises and an ae-
count of the finding Of a shotgun slleLi'
a sock. a bunch Of keys and other aIu-
/ c1e- near fhe scene of the crime VII
naus also testified that SandalIS re-
,roIvsr and a shotgun were found uIder
/ n strav- stack north Of Layton on sept.
30. that an overcOat. some shells anu
other things had also been found 1hese
articles were eXniDlted. ,-4
On ross-eXaminaton II was - ls5ls
out that witness belleNed the sliOI &C.
killed Sandal was fired from snort
sr4a with the gun in or near the VIC
inns mouth. WITNESS also testified that
tbr-e were evidences Of struggle nav
I fner been engaged in prior to the KililnS'
Found a Shotgun.
Lawrence Thornley,, a 16-year-old
boy, was called and sworn Witness
detailed the finding Of shotgun in
q straw stack a few miles northwest
Of Layton on Sept. %, and said the sun
was pushed into the stack, Jhe gun
stock was covered with straw. Wit
ness said he sent the gun 20 z. p. FL
/ iison. A shotgun was here produced
and identified as the one witness found.
Continuing, witness said the gun was
twelve gauge and was loaded when he
found it, The next day witness found
a revolver in the same stack and gave
/ it TO Mr.. Ellison. Witness here identi-
/ fed a revolver as the one he found.
/ Recess was taken until p. m.
The proceedings at the afternoon ses-
sion commenced with a cross-examina-
ton Of Lawrence Thornley, by Mr.,
/ LippIuan, which brought out no new
facts.
Eugene Sandal. a son Of the muir
dered nightwatchman, teEtifying for the
! prosecution. said he reco sniZed defend
ant HawOrth as the man who was
{ trading horses in Layton in February,
7 1899, had seen defendant in Ogden
/ later Witness identified a purse found
after the murder as his fathers.
Saw Haworth.
john II. Gibson Of Layton was sworn
I ami testified that he saw Haworth at
a gypsy camp one and a half miles
I south Of the Farmers Union store on
/ the evening Of March IS. 1899, at about
I $780, saw him several times afterWard
I in ogden; recognized defendant by very
/ heavy moustache; could state positive
/ ~ that the man he saw was Haworth.
Identified the overcoat.
I James Harrop Of Ogden testified for
/ the prosecution that he knew defendant
/ HHaworth in ogden in 1898. He had
/ occasion to particularly notice Ha-
| worth because Of a suspicion that de-
/ PENDANT was implicated in a robbery
/ that occurred in ogden Defendant
wore an old gray or brown overcoat
/ during the early part Of 1899.
Witness was here shown the over
/ coat that was found with a bloody
mask in the pocket and identified it as
/ the one worn by Haworth.