The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-06


IN any other way?"
/ only ne spoke in a very low. tone
That is ALL" announced the state.
1 We have no questions said Attor-
ney Stewart, and Mrs. Hay was ex-
James Sharp a Witness.
call James Sharp" said the states
/ attorney. and in another moment the
1 tan, bent figure of the dead mans
father-in-law. upon whom the case has
! 1een tragic strain, appeared at the
I door
Mr.. Sharp. after answering few pre-
urinary questions was taken forward
70 tuesday, Dec. i. at Mortensen's
mouse During his stay there. the wit
ness said, he asked Mortensen where
ne had paid the gold TO Hay. The de-
fendant led the way to q settee and
explained the transaction. saving he
had brought the money up from the
cellar, where it had been kept, partly
loose and partly i'm a sack
he counted it out in piles OF 500 as
they ooth sat on the settee, and Hay put
toem I'M his pocket. he said, until his
pockets were filled. then he put the re-
malnder in the sack After tying II I'D
pocket, he left MOrtensen said they
passed out through the kitchen. pass
ing Mrs. Peter MOrtensen and Mrs
Henry MOTtensen on the way. Hav
went towards the south gate, and that
was the last the defendant saw of him,
according 10 his story
When BE Last Saw Hay.
i asked Peter Mortensen to show
me the place where he last saw my
son continued Mr.. Sharp. He asked
why ] wanted TO know, and told him
lJ was because he hadn't seen him go
out OF the gate, and that he hadn't the
heart OF human being in him If he
allowed a man to leave his house with
mat amount OF wealth without ascer-
tanning whether he got to the gate.
Finally Peter Mortensen came down
on the steps and indicated the spot
where he had last seen my son. Then
1 turned TO him and said Peter Nor
Jensen, II that is the last place you
saw my living son, that is the place
he was killed.
After viewing the cellar and other
parts of the premises. Mr.. Sham said
he again had Mortensen point out the
spot where he last saw Hay.
HE did So and then I looked him
IN the face and said: Peter Mortensen.
there Is where YOU killed James r.
HAY Mortensen spoke up. How do
You know he's dead% he asked. And 1 /
said to him; The proof viii be that his
deaa body viii be- dug up within TWEEN (
ty-lour hours within a mile from here, /
IN one OF these fields "
Witness Shows Emotion.
BY this time. Mr.. Sharp's emotions
were thoroughly awakened. His voice /
was penetrating, intense. tragic. The /
spectators were spell-bound. There |
was scarcely a sign OF life i'm the I
packed room. Peter Mortensen. with /
his eyes trained on Mr.. Sharp. cheved /
ms gum in silence. leaning far back I
In his comfortable arm chair.
What happened them asked Mr..
EichnOr
on, the same ground was gone over.
! accused him several times and he
made no response"
The events of Wednesday were then
prObed into, Mr.. Sharp told OF stand /
ing over the remains Of his dead SON 3
in-law on the wagon at Hendrv's
store, while MOrtensen stood nearby.
and expressing his feelings. Every
phrase OF this part of the testimony
was interrupted with an objection on
me ground that II was a soliloquy and
not shown that MOrtensen heard it.
Zach objection was OVerruled
l saw his face, said Mr.. Sharp
covered with streaks Of blood. and I
exclaimed: That's my dead boy
addressed him as Jimmy. my moor
Jimmy. Then I said: You never ran
away. He murdered you for a receipt
on your body representing So. 500. You
never ran away, he never gave YOU
dollar Peter Mortensen dropped his
mead and gazed on the ground"
Cross-examination Began.
Take the witness" said Mr.. Eicb-
nor in well satisfied tone. Then en-
sued shrewd, lasting and unrclent-
ne cross examination by Attorneys
Bernard J. Stewart. developing scenes
and situations that will never be for
gotten by the several hundred persons
who witnessed them.
II was first drawn from Mr.. Sharn
hat when Ernest Romney and NIorten-
sen first told him Of Hays disappear-
lnce on Tuesday morning, he told them
hat II they wanted their money to go
% the police: that he was going 70 his
daughter. 1t was shown
hat the blind in the window where the
money was alleged TO have been
Ouuted was up eighteen inches that
'veuing- Mrs. Henry Mortensen hay
ng told Mr. Sharp this much.
II was drawn out that Mr.. SharD |
old Peter MOrtensen that he was an
nhuman being If he allowed James r.
lay to leave his premises unaccom-
'anied that night with that much
money on his person.
Witness Tart Retort.
\"It would be inhuman to have the
money at Forest Dale at ALL" volun-
eered Mr.. Sharp, when pressed close
y on this subject.
Il don't want your conclusions de-
Jared Mr.. Stewart 4 want the
ruth"
That's what you're getting and ]
hats what you are afraid Of re- ]
orted the witness.
The questioning then led up TO the
Of Mr.. Sharp against Mort /
Dsen.
Yes" he repeated. II told him that /
-as the spot where my son was killed.
nd that I would hold him responsible ,
or his death
why did you say that, Mr.. Sharp" ,
sked Mr.. Stewart.
Because that is the spot where he
sst saw him; that is the place where /
e killed him.
How do you know it,
-" Because his body was found over i'm
no field the next day"
You didn't know his body was in
he field at that time?