The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-11
MRS. E. S. PAYNE
FAINTS IN COURT
EichnOr's Arraignmsnt of Her
Husband Unnerves Her.
TAKING OF TESTIMONY BEGINS
AT TIME OF DEATH MISS HILL
WAS DIVORCED WOMAN.

with the death Of Miss Anna d. Hin OF
the afternoon Of Dec. 20, 1902. tainted
in the court room yesterday afternoon
she lost consciousness during the clos
ing remarks OF District Attorney Den
mis- G Eichnor. who was making the
opening statement to the jury telling
the eight men selected to try the cass
what the state proposed to prove. The
remarks of the district attorney were
too much for the wife, who mas 1of
months been under a constant SlEalns
due to the arrest Of her husband, which
high tension was augmented BY ms
opening scenes Of the trial
The other more interesting features
Of the first day OF the actual trial was
the testimony of Mrs. g. n Mckay
that Miss Hin. at the time Of her death
was a divorced woman and Patrol
man Joseph Barlow and Detective
George Chase becoming a little con-
fused over the identity Of the saJcael
said to have been found at the FOOT
Of the couch upon which Miss HIN exc
PRED The satcheI contained a num6er
Of surgical instruments.
The fact that Miss Hill was d.
vorced woman was brought out upon
cross examination by Attorney VII f.
Vanless when Mrs. Mckay was on the
witness stand. After the witness had
admitted that such was the case, the
attorney dropped the subject After
she 4GEL the SLauQ MS 4LLLA14 SOW
the minor details o. Miss HIS snort
matrimonial venture.
Married Life Was Very Brief.
When quite a young woman she
formed an attachment for John
Wright In the spring Of 1886 she met
Mr.. Wright in San Francisco and they
were married. The couple inaIne diate-
" went to Pomona. Cal, where the
husband resided. Their married liIe
was very short. lasting not to exceed
two months. There was an tncompaL-
ibilitv OF temper which showed them
that they were not suited to each other,
and the husband permitted his vie 10
return home and secured a divorce on
the grounds Of desertion to give her
her freedom It was IN the fall OF thaC
same year-1S96-that Miss Hill. who
mad assumed her maiden name, came
70 Salt Lake
1t was shortly before the noon hour
when the eighth and last juror was
secured to try the case. He was Ru-
dolph Aft. The personnel Of the jury
is as follows;
Charles 2. Rand. George f Palmer.
b 3. Quinn Brigham T Cannon,
John A Berrett, William G. WatrouSs
Simeon Hfhbard and Rudolph Ain
Mrs. Payne Faints Away.
The opening statement Of the district
attorney was not very interesting, H.
asmUch as the case attracted eopsih-
cradle attention at the time Of the
death of Miss HILL and the facts had
not been forgotten. 1t was at the point
where the prosecutor said the state
would show that DR. Payne was re-
sponsible for the death Of the school
teacher that Mrs Payne, who at the
time was seated near her husband, col
lapseG. She was removed from the
court room as quickly as possible and
women employed in the county clerks
office After she had been revived,
Mrs. Payne returned to the court room
and remained at the side of her hus-
band throughout the day. Their little
child amused herself by playing around
me court room or sitting in the lap Of
two women friends. who were constant
companions OF the wife of the defend
ant
G. y. Mckay. former principal Of the
Lowell school, where Miss HIN taught,
was the first witness. He testified that
re had known deceased about twenty
three years She resided at his house
and had taught in the Salt Lake
schools about seven years The morn
Ing of the day she died she ate e-very
light breakfast, leaving the house be-
fore he did. The next time he saw her
was in Dr.. Payne's office, after she had
Movements of Miss Hill.
Mrs. Mckay followed her husband TO
the witness stand On direct eX2mina-
ton she told Of the finding Of box Of
pills in Miss HilPs room the day fol-
lowing the examination Of the room
by the police
Charles E. i. Jackson, clerk in Auer-
bach's store, said that Miss Hill entered
the store between lib and 11:30 o'clock
of the morning of the day she died. and
purchased four yards Of cheese cloth.
When asked as to the quality she de-
sired. if It was the kind usually used
by physicians in surgical cases, the
school teacher answered in the afFirms-
tive On cross-exanainatio Mr.. Jack
son testified that Miss Hill seemed 10
be in a hurry
Gordon H Place, a reporter for the
Evening Telegram, was the next Wit
ness. Mr.. Place said he was a member
of the party which returned to DR..
Payne's suite OF rooms after the doctor
had notified the police Of Miss HiHs
death. When they reached the door to
the first room, the doctor unlocked IT,
The first sight which met his gaze was
the form OF a woman lying on the couch
on the south side OF the room She was
dead. He looked al the inanimate form
of Miss Hill, and noticed that her eE-
preston was such as to indicate that
there had been no struggle at the time
of her death, she evidently having
passed away very peacefully.
The witness said DR.. Payne had
stated TO him that a woman had come
into his Office and asked for restora-
tive, which he gave her She then
asked where the closet was The doctor
went to get the key and, when he re-
turned. he said he found the woman IN
conscious. It was then that the doctor
went to the police station
Could Smell No Drugs
On cross-examinatiou Mr. Place said
that shortly after he arrived DR.. Green
came into the room Those present dis
cussed the possibility Of the woman
having died from the effects OF some
poison. DR.. Green said he had bad cod
and could not smell anything. and
asked Mr.. Place to smell the lips Of the
dead school teacher and see If he could
detect the Odor of any drugs. The Wit
ness did SO but said he could smell
nothing
Patrolman Joseph S. Barlow was next
called and gave some very damaging
evidence against. the defendant. 1t was
10 the effect that the woman had been
in the doctors room long enough to re-
move her wraps. rubbers and hat before
she lay down on the couch, where she
was found dead By the police DR..