Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-25
Al MILLER CASE
CONCLUDED TO-DAY.
Matter Will Likely Go to the
Jury Late This After.
noon.
GIRL BRueHT INTO COURT.
she Escaped From State Industrial
school But Was Recaptured While
Enroute to Butte.

The testimony In the case Of the
state of Utah against AL Miller
charged with criminal conduct with
irene Wray, n girl l6 years of age, was
concluded in Judge Armstrong; court
This morning and the arguments OF the
attorneys was commenced The case
will be submitted to the jury this af-
,euuoon. Dist. Atty. Loofbourow gave
Atty. Newton for the defense very
dIsagreeable surprise yesterday after
moon when he had the girl In the case
brought into court and placed on the
witness stand to testify against the
man whom 1t Is claimed ruined her.
The girl IN company with two others
escaped from the state industrial school
early last Saturday morning and was
captured at Pocatello while endeavor-
ing 10 beat her way to Butte. The at
torney for the defendant knew that she
had escaped and did not think that she
could be captured and returned In time
for the trial. but In this he was mis-
taken and was therefore much sur
rrsed when the girl was brought into
the court room yesterday afternoon by
a deputy sheriff.
GIRL ON THE STAND
She was the first witness called for
the state and told Of the relations with
Miller from the time she first met him
in July up to March 3, when she was
committed to the Industrial school by
the juvenile court, At times she be-
came very angry and at others she
told her story between sobs. On one
occasion she declared in an angry tone
that she had to suffer and she was go
ing 10 see that Miller suffered also and
was sent to prison. She emphasized her
statement by striking her fist forciby
upon the arm of the witness stand.
Her story was not shaken in the least
by the rigid cross-examination Of Atty.
Newton. A number of objections were
made by the latter TO questions asked
the witness on direct examination and
the same were overruled by the court.
The attorney excepted to the rulings of
the court In rather q gruf manner IN
Ill he was instructed by Judge Arm
strong that he would have to address
the court In a more respectful manner,
after which he changed his demeanor.
At the conclusion of her examina-
ton her mother was called as Wit
ness and testified Of the girls age and
conduct UP to the time she met Miller.
She was followed by Judge Brown and
capt NJ. NJ. Woods Of the Juvenile
court who testified as to the evidence
given by the girl and Miller before
the juvenile court This concluded the
direct testimony IN behalf OF the state.
Atty. Newton thereupon requested that
the district attorney be compelled TO
call the other two witnesses whose
names were on the information. The
court refused to. grant the request.
INNING FOR DEFENSE.
The Witness IS In question were En-
ma Sahlberg and Charles Baughman,
who were IN the room with the defend-
ant and the Wray girl on the night In
question They were called to the
stand this morning by the attorney for
the defense. Miss Sahlberg refused In
answer a number OF questions on cross
examination on the ground that they
would incrminate her.
At the conclusion OF her testimony
the defendant was called To the stand.
llo denied ever having had criminal
relations with the girl In the case, On
cross-examination he was handled
very severely by the district attorney
and was somewhat mixed up In his
testimony. The last witness called for
the defense was Charles Baughman
who was with Miller on the night In
question. He did not make 4 very
satisfactory witness for the defense.
Deputy Sheriff Andrew Smith was the
only witness called In rebuttal by the
state. At the conclusion OF his testI-
mony the arguments Of counsel were
commenced