The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25
SAYS SHE is
mot GUILTY"
Mary Jane Smith Pleads to the
indictment Charging Murder.
WILL HAVE TWO ATTORNEYS
BROWN CASE Is TAKEN UNDER
ADJUSTMENT BY JUDGE HALL.

! Not guilty"
That was the plea Mary Jane smith.
the colored woman, entered to each OF
! the three counts in the Indictment
charging her with killing Daniel Ry-
an in her Victoria alley apartments
by administering an overdose of NOR
phine
In a voice that Was void of the
least tremor of excitement or affected
/ by apparent remorse for the crime
which she is alleged to have commit
| ted; in voice that could be distinct
| ly heard throughout the court room,
and with eyes flashing defiance. the
negresS looked Judge Morse straight in
the eyes when she pleaded 10 the in
dictment yesterday afternoon in the
criminal division of the district court.
Two Attorneys to Defend Her.
The woman entered the same plea
TO the three charges as the judge read
them to her one at a time, and three
times in succession asked her what she
had TO say. And three times she re-
piled Not guilty" Then she sat
down, evidently we'll pleased with her
self and the impression she had made.
With stolid indifference she awaited
any further due process of law"
which might, Of necessity, have to be
transacted at that time.
Prior TO Mary Jane Smith pleading
TO the information drawn up by Dis
trict Attorney Dennis EichnOr, Judge
Morse appointed J.. A WedgewoOd and
G. z. Marks counsel to defend her.
After the pleadings Attorney Wedge
1000 asked permission to change the
plea later if he found it advisable to
do so, stating that he had not had
time to read the information carefully
and infinitely examine the three counts
contained therein. The request was
granted.
1t was with the same nonchalant air
that Mary Jane Smith faced Judge
Morse and plead to the information
that a few minutes later she walked
up the street with deputy sheriff en-
route back to her cell in the county
Jail.
Wore Silks and Satins.
There was a rustling of silks and
SatinS when the woman entered the
court room; there was the same when
she left. No one would have imagined,
to have seen her then. that she is soon
to be tried for one of the most cold
blooded murders that has ever occurred
in Salt Lake.
She walked back TO the Jail with her
head high in the air, taking notice of
everything she saw, and attracting at
tentiOn on account of her jaunty airs
was dressed. Her very large and fash
ionable hat was bedecked with equally
large feathers Her gown was of
silk. cut in a fashion which permitted
Of many frills and tucks. On her
shoulders she carried a light tan auto
mobile coat, prOfusely trimmed with
lace, which looked expensive from a
short distance.
Perhaps she did 1t unconsciously, and
perhaps not. but nevertheless Mary
Jane Smith carried her silk dress and
rustling underskirt so high that it was
easy to see that she wore shoes which
were of a fine quality of kid, graced
with French heels so high that it was
a wonder a woman Of her statue did
not snap them off when she made a
missteD.
Looked Anything But Murderess.
And once in a While, as she walked
along the sidewalk, and whipped her
skirts little higher than some women
would do. it was not hard to determine
that the hosiery of the negress was of
dropped stitch style and very pretty
pattern.
To have seen the woman as she re-
turned to the county Jail, one not
knowing her would never have i'm
agined that she was en- route TO a soil
tGry cell, there to await confinement
preparatory to standing trial for a
murder: they would have been ex-
cused had they thought Mary Jane
Smith, from her dress, was the wife of
some prosperous colored man, out for
a morning stroll.
But in this life appearances are some
times deceptive; all is not gold that
giitters; fine feathers do not make a
fine bird