The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-04


possible for me 70 conc0ct or work up
in any degree positive evidence; &c would
be as impossible today for me TO build
no a fraudulent case as It would Tor me
20 flv 10 heaven. I could not DO it,
VVhv. the Information would be brought
into court so quick Il would make your
hair raise So much for my financial
condition.
Claims Religious Prejudice.
If YOUR honor viii recoIIect there was
Euch evidence as revelation introduced
here into this court. At no time i be
licve so far as t have been informed.
has similar thing occurred i'm this world
Now Alr. Eichnor has stated he sxanted
10 be fair in this thing. fair TO the state
ana 1air 70 me. Mr.. Eichnor Is aware
thaL there were many men who heard
James sharDs statement to me. Why
uld ne want 10 put James SharD on the
stand at all for il was in the paper,
everybody knew James Sharp claimed 10
as revelation Why was it introduced
on. we cannot afford to lose track OF
we ieNelauon, on no. that is too strouE.
AIR. EichnOr introduced. I think, some
thtuC Ike this: Peter MOrtensen n poor
or bad Mormon. James r. Hay a good
Mormon. something to that effect OF
course bad Mormon could not call down
tToo mere TO testify. and therefore he
could not answer the question. That IS
the substance. Oh. Mr.. EiChnOr, If your
honor please, too. don't YOU know what a
tremendous influence that had? Don (
YOU know that hundreds and was going
~ saw lNOuSauuS-OL men nave DlllL luclI
whole opinions upon that one mans state
ment Now. what does it prove, what did
II prove. when Mr. sharp stood on that
stand there and says. and I VIII not
denv in. neither here nor before my God
when / am gone Did / not see every
CountCuauCe I'm that jury change. Nor
mon and non-Mormon alike2 They be-
nevCd James Sharp, that is what they
done. they believed him
Denies it Was Revelation.
a
one solitary thing on earth il proved
that James Sharp believed me guilty, not
another thing on earth. There are too
MANY circumstances surrounding that 80
admit for a moment that IL was revela-
ton. even had 10 been admissible before
the court. IN the first place I desire TO
call your attention TO one thing in con
nectiOn with this Mr. sharp met me at
the bank along with Earnest Romney-
You will remember the conversation as
outlined by Mr.. Sharp He met US there
and Mr.. ROmney was rather pressing the
idea TO Mr.. sharp. should become re-
sponsible for this thirty-eight hundred
dollars. He took il that way l take II.
from his remarks. He did not tell me
so. but he saws, If YOU want your money
40 and get &C.. He says, Il am going out
to see my daughter and he went on
the street car. He took his daughter, he
went down TO what is known as HENRY
store. and while there he waited for a
street car. and i'm waiting he walked
along to the intersection of the street car
ana the ftl0 trTdnue western lIdth. anu
while there he sees that vision as ne
pictured when he was teSttylnG tte
saws. 81 looked down the track and
saw the blood on the track, and ! saw
those bloody tracks leading to the grave.
That is what he said. Now what did ne
do2 He takes his daughter. gets on th'
first car that comes along and goes homt
That U.s. what he done l say, what Woulu
any man 90 fl he had had that vision
7 know what ] would have done. l would
have gone there to put ~ TO the test you
bet I would have pot il 10 the test and So
would any other man who was looking loI
the facts. Now, he goes hcme. RE comes
back out IN the afternoon with officers
and 81 is then when he accused me o.
numbering his son. his son-ln-laW-
Discusses sharp's Conduct
Now. YOU might argue or urge that Mr.
Sharp did not have time. he was too busy
lust then when he was taking his daugh-
ter down; but now remember i'm the art
ernoon, some three or four hours after
lac had seen this vision which he claimed
he brings out these officers. this Nislol
could not possibly have left him ikt
that: they must have had il and weighted
on him n ne had it; they must have hac
f. What did ne dO2 Did he go doWi
there with the officers? on. no; goes
back home. 1 goes MP ana visits MN ~
the evening: shakes hands with me. ht
never goes near where ne claims TO have
seen James r. HAY. Now. the whole
thing I'm nut shell is this. mr.. SharI
believed me guilty and he accused me OF
it. and he claims that / did not contra
GlHN H. MT f-itntloI ANlee III iADl-
Indignation and smitc such an accusa-
ton Yes. and l want TO remark now u
7 were TO live IL over again 7 would not
touch a hair OF that old mans head moi
2 hair If 1Ir Eichnor had made such 3
declaration 7 might have given him lit,
tie Of S1y biceps. An Old. Eray-he8deo
the wall. he drives every particle Of sym
uathy of things That ] had took froE
him. That is what he done. and yet tins
IS all fair. OF course.
Scores Nevspar,er Influence
This all leads d man 60 believe dhat he
has. had fair TRIAL Fourteen hun
drcd veniremcr, almost hali cr more Char
half come lue-e US / have said before
Tow were they influenced" How WIS ID
that men from the different avocations
I'm life could have thus made up their
opinion 10y half a dozen was going tC
say something will say reporters. They
have patched mp all these things They
arc the ones responsible for this terrible
public sentiment and TINS sentiment thai
preciUded any possible thing T could 40
] could NOS ir any way receive a fatl
trial under those conditions. and an be.
cause a very influential and wealthy
man. and a man VINO had been know
20 be honorable and upright and just IL
on his dealings. because he would say
II had D. ~n,-t-iTfigr
Now. if Mr.. Sharp had simply said. O.
believe indt man guilty and thus far
could have objected so chat. have never
objected to the facts coming out there
but. ] ana sorry 10 say. the state has
Ii' ~tttl' IH~t with tl tlS RESOURCES
taken and stripped man naked and theI
said. Here. defend yourself Whs
docs The iaw say2 Ny counsel has re-
farrcd tho court Iu1 prosecution to &C.
THE burden IS Uuuu the state, Was thai
jury influenced because ? did NOT get on
that stHnd2 oh, 10 has some to mv e1r.
from too MANY sources. too many source.
altogether The supreme Cstuvt even said
"Why. Il appe2rs IL the man had beer
innocent. he WOuld certainly have got uT
End said So" Whv2 How many Grim.
final cases - thCrn prosecuted from time
70 time where the defendant never at
tempt~ TO get upon the stand at an
1ecauz. fnr certain reasons he does not
want 80. Bat tho burden SIS on the stat,
to rr0ve him guilty. I maintain TO-DAY
trat The state failed ia every instance
That beautiful chain n steel. AR Eich
Tor is like cobwchs. and ] am not ief
even though T fail to have utilized th,
chance given me
Charges More Unfairness.
Further you viii reconect John AIlel
cllimed that he saw me the night o.
Doc rs within si-.fv or seventy fecf ives
or the Seventh EAST car line on the Ri
Grauae Western track. How the stat
vas pushed FOR material for prOsecu
tion was shown clearly there Take
man standing there in "a blaze Of hEh
end looking out into the darkness o
individual walking down The track.
Very p1lpablc Mr. EichnOr. I should
think YOU would he proud of that point
should think so. You could not SET
mel was not there. No. Further thar
tnat. 70 shov how fair the state ha
among eight or ten men and let JONI
Allen pick me out2 Why didn't fhav di