The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-19
VERDICT OF THE
C0R0NER'S JURY
AdOlph Weber Charged With
Numbering His Family.
RECEIVED THE NEWS CALMLY
LAWYERS ENGAGE IN A FIGHT
IN THE COURT ROOM.


= Auburn, Cal, Novlt.-In the Weber y
= case the coroner's jury last night y
? brought in the following verdict: =
p we find that Julius Weber. y
= Mary Weber and Bertha Weber y
y came 10 their death 10y pistol shot =
= wounds, and it is the belief of this y
y jury that said wounds We're in y
y flicted by Adolph j. Weber"
= The same verdict applies to y
y Chester Earl Weber with the eN- y
y ceptiOn that il states that he =
y wounds were made by some blunt y
= instrument instead of by pistol p
= wounds.
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a UBURN. Cal, Nov. 1S.-AdoIph We
u her received the news Of the coron-
er's jury verdict charging him with
the murder Of his father, mother. sister
and brother without apparent emotion
and said nothing as to his opinion con-
corning it. His demeanor I'm court this
morning was unchanged. r. j. Han
cock gave some important testimony
which still further complexities the
mystery, as Mr.. Weber's body was
found in the bath room. lie testified
that he was one of the first persons
there and saw Mrs. Snowden. VINO was
screaming. and Mr. NcKnstry.
Smoke Drove Him Out.
/ He broke the lower pane of the front
window Of the front room. from which
the bodies were taken out and tried 10
pull the piano towards him. but the
smoke drove him out. As ne came
down the steps Of the porch he thought
AGOlph Weber came up. He says the
child was carried out by a tan man.
The back window of the dining room
was broken and there was uo fire in
that room. The whole hall was on fire
and no one could have passed through
it. The bath room was all dark when
the house was pretty well burned
down. He broke the window and looked
in, but could see nothing and there
was no fire in the room When he tried
10 get into the front room IL was so
full of smoke that the could not see the
floor. DE could not tell how Adolph
was dressed when he met him. The
window of the dining room was broken
and the curtains gone.
Bodies Taken From the Fire.
[ John Davis. who built the Weber
/ house. said that the front room. where
/ the bodies We're found was about thir-
/ teen feet square. J. h. Corey went
! when the fire bell Was rung and saw
/ Mrs. Snowden and Chris Henry. There
+ was NO light shining through the front
{ door. No one broke the front window
until George Ruth and Guy Lukens did
| SO Mrs. Weber was brought out first
| He recognized her face and one Of her
/ legs was half burned off He might
! have been mistaken as to it being Mrs
] Weber. They beat out the fire i'm her
! clothes with their hats This was also
/ done TO Bertha Weber's body He
/ heard afterward that AdoIph was near
I the fence. not on the porch.
! Mr. D. W Lubbock, vice president OF
] the Placer county bank. denied ON the
! stand the rUmOr that julius Weber re-
paid the money stolen from that IN
/ stitUtiOn, or offered to repay #.
Fight in Court.
! The strained relations between Dis
I trict Attorney Robinson and Attorney
/ Tabor came TO a climax today Blows
] We're exchanged and a lively fight was
{ IN progress when Under Sheriff Nay
4 iEterfered and stopped it.