Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-20
Albert Kselhler Has His Prelim-
mary Hearing Before Judge
Whitaker
HOW THE TROUBLE OCCURRED.
Doctors GIVE Expert Testimony, While
Wife oil Dead Man Relates Story Of
The Tragedy.

AbN preliminary U'dlllsI III tue Cdbc
Of the Stale VS.. Albert Keethler, charged
with the murder, In the first degree, OF
his step-sUn-in-aw, Frank Duvall on
the evening OF oct. 2, was called this
morning In Judge Diehls courtroom,
but before Judge J, j. Whitaker. Th3
latter Is hearing the case because Judge
Dehl's law partner, Walter w. Little, IS
chief counsel Tor the defendant. Attor-
ney =. j. DAILY is associate counsel w,th
Mr. Little County Attorney Farley y.
Christensen conducted the prosecution
The witnesses summone4 for ,he pros
ecutlon were County Physician Whit
neyi Assistant County Physician o.
terlnann; b. $. lourdon Lee Courtney
Thomas HGNe. S, Y. Woolf Mrs. T. b.
Duall Miss NiIate Preston, Joseph T..
Taylor and George Preston.
IN SELF DEFENSE,
The defense offers no witnesses
Heethlors defense win be- that he lQl /
Duyull purely u self defense; that h.
was assaulted boy Duvoll and shot the
latter To- protect himself. This WAS
indicated by the rapid fire cross-eNan-
ination By Attorney Little OF DR.. Whit
ney The latter testified that he AMI
Dr., Ostcrmann performed an autopsy
Oh the body OF the dead man. Or. Whit
ney described the two wounds--one I'm
the thigh and one In the Jaw, The lat
ter wound caused Duyalls death The
bullet, said the witness, penetrated the
jaw on the right side and partly cut the
internal carotid artery thereby caus.
ing blood TO now rapidly into the de-
ceased's lungs and suffocating him
SHOT FROM BELOW.
on REORGANIZATION Or. Whitney
stated that II rEo men we're struggling,
as described by Mr.. Little, the man
doing the shooting probably shot from
below, ana In u Crouchiug position, ana
held the gun IN his right hand, indiCat-
ing that the defendant was under Du-
vail The witness described DuVall rs
q man OF good physical proportions,
weighing probably $50 pounds and being
well muscled,
Undertaken Joseph II. Taylor test-
fled that he took charge Of the body ot
the dead man and knew DuvaN.
DO you know If an autopsy was per-
formed?'
Yes. SIR"
There was no REORGANIZATION,
DEAD MANS WIFE,
Mrs, Una Duvall, the young wife Of
the dead man, was the next witness.
y heard my mother scream said
Mrs Duvall Il ran into the room
with my husband. Mr. Duvall was on
the bed and my mother was lying ON
the bed. Frank knelt down by thC
bed, and 1 had my hand on his Shout
eder Keether did not get up from
the bed, They struggled aud two
shots were fred. After the second shot
was fired Frank ran out OF the house.
What time was this2'
Between Z and s o'clock"
when you entered the room. did
you hear any one say anything
Il heard Mr.. Keether say: Shut up
and keep still Mir, Keethler had one
hand on my mother and a gun In the
other hand
Mrs. Duyall said her husband was
p years of age, weighed l6l pounds.
and rather tall
ROOMS DESCRIBED,
on cross-examlnatIon, Mrs Duvall
described the KeCthler rooms with re-
laton to those occupied by herself
and told how the furniture was locat-
ed,
Answering q question from Mr., Lit
tie, Mrs. Duyall said
Alicl ] U'dIp my Hlulutl NNltdlui
asked Frank 10 60 with me and see
what the trouble was Frank said he
did not want to interfere"
(Which hand did Keethler have the
gun in?"
I'm his left hand
During the struggle, did either man
say anything
NO SIR
HAD HAD TROUBLE.
HAD MI Duvall ever had trouble
with Keethler?
yes. They had a few words on
First street
what were the Words
u don't know"
when your husband hnd hold OF
Keethltr. was Keethler sitting up?'
NO his head was down
BURTON CAUSES LAUGHTER,
Onlcer George o. Burton, who ar.
rested Kcethler was the next witness
calling your attention 10 the even
Ing Of oct ., on state street, did any
thing unusual attract your attention.
NO, sir that was my beat
After the laugh, Mr.. Burton said
that Keethlcrs nose was bleeding and
that the defendant stated that the
blood was caused by Duvall punching
lIe,thler while the latter was on the
bed.
on REORGANIZATION, Burton stated
that when he arrested Keether the
latter said he was then on his way to
give himself M,
did Kee,hler look like he had been
In q scuffle?"
IAN ! noticed was that his nose was
bleeding. and he was terribly nervous"
The hearing was then adjourned un-
an o'clock this afternoon,