The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-24
WITNESSES TELL VIVID
STORY At BEERS INQUEST
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courtroom. Mr.. Lawrence's father and
r. W. Nicol president of the company
of which Walker and Lawrence were
managers. sat behind Mr. Hutchinson and
their close contact with the case was
shown by their frequent conferences with
the attorney.
S. J. jacobson, who lives at the Lincoln
house. 68 East First South the father of
Mrs Walker. was an interested listener.
This is his first appearance in connec-
ton with the case. He showed great self
control through the revelations of the
stantly with Hutchinson. NicOl and Law
renee, and lunched with them. He re-
fused TO disclose his attitude toward the
case.
OF the other group the father of the
late doctor was clearly the most perturbed
male member. His face was worn and
gray. At every mention of his sons in
juries the agony was reflected in his eX-
preston He is blunt in speech and I'M
forgiving in attitude.
Mrs. Beers in Court.
Mrs. Beers came into court with two
friends. They sat at first on bench on
the judges right. Later in the hearing
e order to hear all that was being sad
Mrs. Beers moved to the center table at
which were the attorneys and reporters.
She was, of course. dressed in black. but
her gown was OF a particularly becoming
material and cut. She showed the raw
ages of the strain she has undergone. 1t
IS not exaggeratiOn to call Mrs. Beers
beautiful women. She has a good figure,
wears her clothes well, has large express
sive gray eyes a mass of brown hair and
singularly well formed features. Her
cOloring is her greatest charm.
She did not hesitate to show her emo
ton as the trial progressed. She Wept
twice. once at the mention of her hus-
bands bruised form and the other time
when a witness alluded to the fact that
Mrs. Walker seemed to have hold upon
him.
Describes the Wounds.
The first witness was DR.. r. S. Joyce.
He described Beers wounds; Il found
wound over his right eye about an inch
long, cut through the flesh to the skull
bone; the right corner of his mouth was
split his nose was bruised, there was
wound under the right ear, his face was
puffed and bruised all over; his right arm
was paralyZed and his lips and mouth
were bleeding from the inside. There was
also a slight mark on his left shoulder
but the injury to his body was practically
of no consideration"
From the nature of the cuts and
bruises, could you tell what had been used
to inflict them?"
mo. l cannot Any instrument might
have been used-a boot, fist blunt
stick. l do not mean to convey the idea
that a mechanical instrument was used
On the contrary, l am of the opinion that
Did you converse with DR.. BeeTs%'
Very little. While we were in the
dressing room he asked me to telephone
to Daley in the Colonial rOoming house
and tell him that Lopez wanted him i'm
mediately at the hospital"
Who was lopez
'Dr. Beers"
don. who made the post norton and was
a later witness. agreed that the specific
cause of death was fracture of the base
of the skull. AS to the cause for the 9TH
er wounds DR.. Condor differed with Dr-
Joyce. He answered:
THE wound above the right eye, / must
declare as my opinion, was caused by
blow from a sharp instrument before
death. A fist could not have done it nor
is the bone below the skin sufficiently
sharp as to cause such an abrasion in
case of a faI.'
The Cab Mans Story.
The other witnesses to events just after
the fight were ID. c. Dalton, cab driver,
and Miss Maud Edwards, matrOn of the
Ogden general hospital; with DR.. Joyce
they are the only custouians or the last
words of Beers as he became uncon-
sciaus twenty minutes after his entry into
the hospital and renamed SO until MS
The cabman says he was called by one
of the electrical cOmpanys boys, drove
into the alley in the rear OF the store
Beers. The three assisted Beers into the
cab and Dalton was told TO drive TO the
hospital. Beers was on his feet waking
bnt had to be supported.
cab seat and .ater reclined as l drove TO
the hospital. l asked him not 10 let the
blood drip on the cushions and he held
towel under his head
AT the hospital l rang the bell Tor the
matron. She came 10 the door and asked
who was in the cab. l told her and she
said he could not come in unless he had
money He (Beers) pulled S1I from ms
him ne could come in. asked him Tor
my fare and said would be on my S Wsy
if he would pay me. He gave me four
bits and 1 left, -,
unassisted. I asked him if he felt as bad
as he looked and ne said he didn't KNOW
how ne looked, but that he felt terrlbiy
bad
Nurse Testifes.
Miss Edwards. matron and nurse, was
undoubtedly the most important witness
for the state Referring to Beers re-
movaI at the hospital, she said:
Il went to the door and asked him VINO
he was. He told me and l told him that
the hospital rates were $40 per week and
doctors fees. He said he didn't think ne
needed a doctor and / told him that IL
he entered the hospital he would have to
have one. He came in and l called DR..
Joyce"
did DIR. Beers say anything to your
He asked me to call Daley over the
telephone. and 1 did. He said to say
Lopez wanted him. He came to the hos
pital, but by the time of his arrival Beers
was unconscious
Did you ask Dr. Beers as to how he
received his injuries?"
yes. He told me two men had beat
him l asked him why he did not fight
back and he said that he didn't have
much of a chance with two men against
him"
None of the witnesses saw much of
the fight but Beers. Lawrence and
Walker. But five of the employees of Mr..