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

de appeared 90 be very nervous
How did he manifest it,
BY rubbing mis- hands together"
In any other way
Only he spoke in a very low. tone
Of voice"
That is all" announced the state.
we have no questions said Attor-
ney Stewart, and Mrs. Hay was ex-
cused.
James Sharp a Witness.
Call James sharp said the states
attorney. and in another moment the
tau. bent figure Of the dead mans
father-in-law. upon whom the case has
been a tragic strain, appeared at the
door
Mr. sharp. after answering few pre-
iiminary questions, was taken forward
% Tuesday. Dec T.. at Mortensen's
house During his stay there. the Wit
ness said. he asked MOrtensen where !
he had paid the gold TO Hay. The de-
PENDANT led the way to q settee and
explained the transaction. saving he
had brought the money Up from the
cellar. where il had been kept, partly
loose and partly in a sack.
lie counted il out in piles OF 500 as
. they bOth sat on the settee. and Hay put
Them IN his pocket. he said, until his
pockets were filed. then he put the re-
msinder in the sack. After tying it up
and putting the sack in his right-hand
pocket he left. Mortensen said they
passed out through the kitchens pass
/ ing Mrs Peter MOrtensen and Mrs.
Henry M0Ttensen on tho way. Hay
went towards the south gate, and that
Z was the last the defendant saw of him,
according % his story.
When BE Last Saw Hay.
Il asked Peter Mortensen TO show
me the place where he last saw my
son, continued Mr. Sharp. He asked
why ] wanted 10 know. and I told him
I it was because ne hadn't seen him 60
4 out Of the gate, and that he hadn't the
I heart Of a human being in him If he
allowed a man TO leave his house with
+ that amount OF wealth without ascer-
tanning whether he got 10 the gate.
Finally Peter MOrtensen came down
/ of the steps and indicated the spot
/ whore he had last seen my son. Then
/ I turned 90 him and said: Peter Nor
Jensen. IF that is the last place you
/ saw my living son, that IS the place
| be was killed.
After viewing the cellar ana other
7 parts Of the premises. Mr.. sharp said
4 be again had Mortensen point out the
/ spot where he last saw HAY
lie did so. ana then I looked him
1 In the face and said. Peter MOrtensen.
7 there is where YOU killed James r.
+ HAY MOrtensen spoke Up. How do
you know he's deadH he asked And 7
/ said 20 him, The proof viii be that his
+ dead body viii be dug up within TWEEN
4 ty-iour hours within a mile from here.
+ I'm one or these fields.
Witness Shows Emotion.
BY this time Mr.. Sharp's emotions
/ were thoroughly awakened. His voice
3 was penetrating. intense. tragic. The
/ spectators were spel-bound. There
/ was scarcely a sign OF life in the
/ packed room. Peter Mortensen. with
I his eyes trained on Mr.. Sharp. chewed
+ his gum in silence. leaning far back
/ i'm his comfortable arm chair
/ What happened them asked AR
\ Eichn0r.
"Oh. the same ground was gone over.
/ 7 accused him several times and he
/ made no response.
The events Of Wednesday were then
/ probed into. Mr. sharp told Of stand
I ing over the remains Of his dead SON
/ in-law on the wagon at Hendry's
store while Mortensen stood nearby
and expressing his feelings. Every
I phrase OF this part Of the testimony
{ was Interrupted with an objection on
the ground that il was a sOliiOquy and
not shown that MOrtensen heard it,
4 Each objection was Overruled.
IT saw his face. said Mr.. sharp.
covered with streaks Of blood. and
+ exclaimed. That's my dead boy. 7
+ addressed him as Jimmy. my poor
Jimmy. Then Z said. You never. ran
away. He murdered YOU for a receipt
on your body representing $3.S00. You
never ran away. he never gave YOU a
( dollar Peter Mortenseu dropped his
head and sazed Oh the ground
Cross-examiuation Began.
Take the witness said ar Eich-
nor in a well satisfied tone. Then en-
/ sued a shrewd. lasting and uurclent-
ing Cr0ss-eXamiDation By Attorney
! Bernard J. Stewart. developing scenes
/ and situations that win never be for
gotten by the several hundred persons
| who witnessed them.
It was first drawn from SIR. Sharp
that when Ernest ROmney and Morten-
( sen first told HIM Of Hays disappear
7 auce on Tuesday morning. he told them
Z that O. they wanted their money TO go
TO the police: that he was going 10 his
j broken- hearted daughter. Il was shown
that the blind In the window where the
money was alleged 20 have been
counted was ND eighteen inches that
+ evening Mrs. Henry AIOrteusen hav-
ing told 1Tr sharp this much
/ IT. was drawn out that 1Ir. Sharp
Z told Peter Morteusen that he was an
inHuman being e he allowed James r.
HAY 10 leave his premises unaccOm-
panied that night with that much
money en- his person
Witness Tart Retort.
,'It would be inhumsn 10 have the
/ money at Forest Dale at all" vOlun-
teered 1r sharp, when pressed close
Iv on this subject
II don't want your conclusions de-
/ clared Dir. Stewart I want the
truth"
That's what you're getting and
thuts what you are afraid Of re-
,orted the witness
The questioning then led up 20 the
accusation Of SIR. sharp against Mort
enscn-
yes. he repeated. T told him that
was the spot where my son was killed
and that ] would hold him responsible
for his death
why did you say that AR sharp
asked Mr. stewart
Because that IS the spot where hs
last saw him. that is the place whert
he killed BIN.
How 80 you know it,
Because his body was found over 10
the field the next day
You didn't know his body was IL
the field al that time