The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-11-05
introduction of Testimony in
the Murder Trial Completed
This Morning
NO COURT THIS AFTERNOON
Attorneys Preparing Instruc-
tons to the jury Arguments
Begin Tomorrow

The trial of Roberts, Sevner. Cor
man and Williams. for the murder of
Jack Welch is nearing the end: the
testimony Is all submitted. and the
Instructions to the jury are all being
prepared this afternoon. BY agree
ment of both sides. the arguments
will be begun tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock. and there will be no recess
until the arguments aSe completed
and the case given to the jury. There
will be more of interest tomorrow
than at any time during the trial, and
it is expected that the case will go
TO the jury early in the evening. In
this event. it is believed by many
that the verdict will be returned to-
morrow night. What the verdict will
be is now the absorbing topic of con-
yersation. A few are sanguine
enough to believe that the defend
ants will be found guilty of murder
Ia the first degree; others think there
Is a possibility of such a verdict in
the cases of Roberts and Williams.
and that German and Sevner will be
held to be less responsible for Welch's
death, and their crime held to
be a lesser one than murder in the
first degree. Some are expecting
disagreement. and few would not
be surprised at an acquittal The
latter result is hardly more than
bare possibility, however.
Hugh Hutchinson, alias Jas. Muir
ply, alias Jas. Swan, ETC., etc., testi-
fed last night that he was in jail
here at the time the murder of Weleh
was committed. Two days after that
he was released and left town at once.
He was arrested at Lovelock for as
sembling:" served four days in Reno
1ail; was sentenced to forty days the
last time. After he left Winnemucca
he went west. Was put of the train
about twenty-five or thirty miles this
side of wadsworth, where there was
near the place where he was put on
and some men sitting around the hre.
He went up to them and stayed there
all that night and until evening OF
the next day. He knew one OF the
men, the shortest one. The evening
he left them the men gave him three
L. talx tham n
to Wadsworth for them. They told
him murder had been committed up
the road and they were afraid to De
found with the pistols upon them, Tor
fear they would be suspected OF COM
pIicity. Witness took the pistols ana
when he got to Wadsworth was ar
rested by policeman who was walt
ing for the train. The policeman
searehed~him. took the pistols and put
him in Jail. Then he was brought
back, to Winnemucca.
On cross-examlnation witness sala
he had once been arrested In IeAas
under the name sof. Swan, on suspicion
CT having .msrdesed a policeman. Salu
he had worked for a man in TrueKee
whose name he could not remember
Denied that he was ever arrested Tor
burglary.
State offered to introduce as ev;-
dence a knife which was given Wiz
ness with the pistols; defense oo'
jeeted and objection was sustained
State also offered the indictment OF
Hutchinson. for the purpose OF I'M
peaching his testimony.
Sheriff Lamb was called. Stated
that he put Sevner in jail here De-
tween four and five o'clock on tht
evening of August 20. Sevner then
had some growth of beard on his face
Witness was shown Sewers photo
graph and identified it. He said th'
Photograph was taken shortly artel
the arrest of the defendants. Cour
then took a recess until 10 o'cloei
this morning.
Sheriff Lamb was placed ON TN
stand this morning to prove the ap
pearance of Sevner at the time OF TN
arrest. He stated that he arrested tn
defendants on the goth day of August
sevner had a stubby growth of bear
at that time.
The sheriff offered in evidence tn