Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-05


she Is by her boy. could excuse any
thing that mother would do or say
In such case. Her interest Is equal
to that Of this defendant
wATsoN's CONFESSION,
Nov as to Watson's confession to
Mrs. Payne. They would have you be-
lieve that Watson went up there and
shouted his guilt from the housetop so
that all the neighbors might know.
How ridiculous, How absurd You
can't believe such testimony as that Of
Mrs. Nash, IT is 50 improbable. She is
one of those neighborly women who
loves TO drop In and have chat and
tell all that's going on and have a cup
Of tea. You can't consider her evidence
seriously
ELL1sON'S LOVE.
Now as TO the boy, He says that
he dearly loved his wife. The testimony
shows that he took her. when she was
a young girl, from her fathers roof
without his consent or knowledge. I'm
der such circumstances he should have
played the part Of man and cared for
her, He hadn't been married but a
year before he advertised this wife he
loved so dearly. She was branded as
woman he wouldn't support. II was
done to injure her. Can he say that
this woman, whom he spurned and
threw away, that Watson came along
and picked her up and then l killed him
and | am Justiiled2 Is that the kind OF
man that this statute justifes? Why
they are not within the shadow Of JUS
tifcationl
The statement Of a man who is
about 10 go to the great beyond and
meet his Maker certainly is as import
ant and as reliable as the testimony of
anyone under oath. He said on his dy-
ing bed that there was nothing to con-
fide in this matter, he wanted me TO
give him some money and | told him |
wouldn't give him a cent There Is
message from the dead. There was no
cause for this act. How inconsistent is
the story Of the defensel There GER
tainly was no heat OF passion. The evil
dence shows that he first knew Of these
relations between Watson and Mrs. Ell
lison two weeks before the shooting.
He did not fly into heat of passicy
and go and shoot Watson down. He
waited two weeks and dellberated, then
went 10 Watson's place of business and
stood around waiting for him and then
shot him down. That was cold
blooded murder and nothing else 10
clear this young man on the testimony
here on justification would be a mock
cry of law and justice and you gentle
men would violate your oaths. Now
that defense of justification, the killing
Of this man under a sudden heat OF
passion brought about by the knowl-
edge Of the defilement Of the wife OF de-
PENDANT, Is out of this case,
DEFENDANTS PLEA.
Now this young man says that II he
Is not justified he must be excused be-
cause he was insane, was not in his
right mind, On Thursday night before
the shooting the defendant was on
Commercial street and bought this gun
Here Is silent evidence OF generalization
Crdicatng the gum From its lips came
the bullet which sent the deceased TO
his grave. The defendant says he don't
remember buying the gun at all. He
certainly knew enough to buy a good
gun anyway Now on the day of the
shooting he went down to Watson's
place, He knew where II was. he was
sane enough for that The testimony
Of Mr. Jospeh Murphy states that there
was nothing unusual In defendants
appearances that he came there about
. o'clock and asked for Mir. Watson
Mr.. Watson was not In SO defendant
waited for him. He said that defend
ant asked him how he liked to work for
MI. Watson. Is that the question OF an
insane man. This testimony is certain
ly evidence Of generalization Mr. Muir
ply said that Ellison waited few min
fff l., 4
Cbout 10 minutes later and Mr.. Murphy
told him that Mr. Watson had not r..
tursed, Defendant said see him coming
up the street He certainly had sense
enough 20 recognize his victim when he
saw him coming up the street.
Defendant then came inside and sat
down. There is this insane man sitting
there quietly with gun waiting FOR
his victim, After the shooting what
aid this man do? He said here IA the
gun, take II. ! am through with t. He
knew what he was doing he realized
that he had shot his man and that his
mission was ended. That man was le-
gally sane and this lawyer-made case
OF insanity VIII not GO The testi-
mony OF the defendant shows that he
suddenly came to his senses Immediate
y after the shooting when he went out
on the street. The crack OF the revolt
Yer that sent Watson to his death
proved cure for his inanity. We
claim that man cannot be insane one
instant and sane the next. We claim
that he was perfectly sane when he
fired that shot"
ACTS OF OMISSION.
Judge Powers was comemnting upon
the failure Of the defense to put Mr.
YOeman on the witness stand. as he
was friend OF the defendant and was
with him constantly during the period
which IL is claimed defendant was in
sans. The judge also called attention
To the failure TO put either Of defend
ants aunts on the stand TO testify as
to his insanity lie said that they both
visited him during his troubles and
could have testified on that subject. Tie
argued that the defense was afraid to
bring out the whblu truth.
His argument had not been concluded
when the court took Its noon recess.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
After the News" report closed. Capt.
Bprbidge and officer Barlow corrobo-
rated the testimony OF Detective Chase
n regard TO The tests made by them on
saturday AZ the Watson house. They
stated that a person standing at the
front door could not see the upper hall
way at all Mrs. Watson was called 20
the stand and testified that no altera-
tons had been made In the house since
the shooting,
WANTED MRS. ELLISON.
Judge Powers then called for Mrs.
Maud Ellison 10 take the stand
There was a general murmur Of sur
prise as the name OF defendants wife
was called. Judge King Immediately
objected 20 Mrs Ellison taking the
stand at all and protested against tho
action Of the attorney for the state In