Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-11
Slayer Of MOtormau Gleason and
Conductor Brighton Oh Trial
The Second Time
MANY JURORS ARE EXAMINED.
Conductor Brighlon's Brother Sum,
mOned but Later Excused - Story
Of the Crime


ley Tor the murder Of Amasa L. Glea-
son. a street car motorman n his car
ut the end of the east First South
street line at Thirteenth East and Sec
onI South streets on the night Of Jan.
&. 1904 was commenced before Judge
George g. Armstrong in the criminal
division OF the district court this morn
Ing al 10 o'clock Most Of the morning
session was taken up in the cXamIna-
ton Of jurors on their voir dire and
only fyc had been examined for cause
when the court took rs noon recess.
Shockley, looking as neat as was his
custom 40 his former trial and APP
p"arug 10 De In better physical condi-
ton than az that time was brought
into court fow minutes before 10
o'clock by u putty Sherits steele ana
sharp He occupied a chair next 70
his attorney II A. Smith. and across
the table from them was seated District
Attorney Fred e.. lCofbourC'S. who viii
represent the state during the trial.
JURORS EXCUSED
tfty Jurors were ON the yenire for
today. but uut OF that number seven
We're not served and three did not ape
pear when their names We're called or
the 90 jurors examined on their Noir
dire Is We're excused. either by the
court ur upon being disqualified physi-
cully on otherwise. Charles NJ. Harmon
could not read the English Language
so was excused. John Monson and
H 2Hqngs 2'lcoH ,, could nor write, and
enough To do jury service. hence they
were excused. Daniel Aheru was re-
ported as dead and j. h. Bosch VII.
Ham 4. Akin a. Fred Wey ana j. II.
Weaver were physically unable to sit
on The Jury and Wero excused The
names OF Charles II. Margetts, w. NJ
Nerrett. Nils Rasmussen and Freq c.
keger We're spelled wrong on the slips
and they were excused The court is-
sued q bench warrant for r h white
more. who was served but failed to APP
pear iu court, and he viii be given am
UpPoI.um''| 10 'Np''"' ms acuoh To
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Among the jurors summoned for TO-.
morrow appeared tho name of Bishop
Brighton. a brother Of Conductor Thos.
n brighton. who was Killed by shock
lcy at the same time as the Gleason
murder. Mr. Brighton appeared i'm
court today ami was excused from Jury
service by Judge Armstrong. FIFTY
additional Jurors have been summoned
for tomorrow ana 80 for each following
Gay if necessary until the venIrc OF 800
has been exhausted.
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NI'H' ~ p' fpl'ME ll'lAl"
At the former trial Of the caso before
q Jury I'm judge Nlorse's court held i'm
April 1904 Shocklev was found guilty
of murder i'm the first degree and was
later sentenced to death. An appe.l
was taken to the supreme court ana "a
STAY of execution granted. That court
m March OF this year granted Shockley
a new trinl The former cnse vas pr1-
secutcd bv former Dist Attv Ranner
X smith Sho,klev was defended bv
ATTY. II. 4. smith who appears for him
In this trial
STORY OF THE CRIME
Shocklev at about II O'Clock ON the
night of the crime went out TO the end
Of tho Ens, First South street line
ma attemuted 70 hold nm the two
street rar men who we're seated i'm their
car waiting for time To make tho re-
turu trim 10 the civ I'm the scufIle in
the car both men were shot by ShiCklry
and Gleason WAS killed immediately.
Willie Brighton died The following day
I'm Inc bosnitnI
Several dnvs after tho crime the no
lice d.portment was furnished with IN
formation bv Percy / protbero which
r.s1itrd i'm Shockley's arrest prothero
WAS "A rnnn mafe of ShoSxlev ana from
HE ,oudur, Was convinced that he md
so,psthino m 40 yith the crime After
shorlioy's s,rcst he Wos serrctly re-
n-o,,d 70 Inc st,te nrison ror SAFE keen
he ma mo friends of Inc dead mon
throotancd IN lynch him. A few days
of,cr heinz, taLep to tho prIson he ma he
" cor,nlctc confession of The crime
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