Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-13
M'cABE MURDER HEARING.
Alleged HoIdups Do Not Make a Dazzling
Success Of Their Abb.
one Of Them an Old Jaii Bird :
Another Pioneer Goes ON sis
Last Journey. NJ

The preliminary hearing In the case OF
rho State VS. william Reese and Harvey
lass was not completed last evening
.s il was expected II would be, but a
continuance was granted by Judge
Howell until Monday morning at II
O'clock on motion OF Atty. Volney Cum
nell for the defendant. who desired that
lime 10 secure some other witnesses for
the defense.
After the News went to press yes
to-day afternoon the defense put In a
tortcn Of their testimony. Harvey
Bass was the first witness examined
for the defense. He testified that he
came to Ogden Monday, Nov. "a. with
his partner. Reese. arrived here about
D. m. from Montana, coming In on
freight train: that they went TO a res
taurant and had supper and then went
10 lodging house where they slept on
the Monday and Tuesday nights, that
wednesday and Thursday nights they
slept IN the Railroad saloon on Twenty
fifth street, as their money was get
ting low. He further testified that on
Thanksgiving night, when the murder
OF Fred McCobe took place with which
he and Reese are charged, they went
to the Railroad saloon about o'clock
and after he drank q glass of beer they
went to the Klckapoo show, which let
out about II o'clock, that they imme-
Al r..t al To- In mol kass
they remained all the remainder Of the
night until 8 o'clock on the Friday
morning, and that they did not leave
the saloon until about a, m; that at
no time since his arrival in Ogden had
he been north OF the Ogden river.
Terry, the night bartender at the
Railroad saloon, next testified that the
two men slept in the saloon on Wednes-
day and Thursday nights. That on
Thursday evening they came into the
saloon about 10 o'clock, and that Bass
talked 10 him little; that he believed
the men remained in the saloon all
night, but would not positively say that
they were not out OF the saloon for an
hour or more as he was very busy from
about ii p. m. to a. m. and did not
pay any attention as to who was In the
saloon. II was on Terry's testimony
that defendant hoped to be liable to
prove their alibi, but his testimony fell
very short Of being what they desired,
Reese was next placed on the wit
ness stand. He told a story which
oorroboratcd Bass story in every par
ticular. On cross examination by Col,
hayes. he admitted that he had served
d term in the state prison for burglary
This closed the testimony for the de-
tense 50 far as they had witnesses
spbpoenaed.. but they hope by Monday
Ia have other witnesses present who
were In the saloon Thursday night and
VIII corroborate the testimony Of the
defendants.
THOMASsLIvSEY DEAD.
Thomas Livsey. one of the pioneers
81 Weber county, died Thursday night
at the home Of his son-in-law Wilson
Poulter, at Kanesville. Weber county.
Of general debility. ut the ripe Old age
~ 50 years 6 months and 3 days He
was born at Lancashire. England, 1915
lie came TO Utah with his family when
young man. and has lived In Weber
county ever since. He died az he had
lived a faithful Latter-day Saint He
leaves several sons and daughters, who
feslde in various parts OF the state. to
rirvive him.
The funeral services over his remains