The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-11
THE SALT LAKE HERAID WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER II,

asked To your rOOms? and Beers re-
piled: mo. not to my rooms" She said
that the tone of Lawrences voice was
sympathetic. Then in rapid succession
counsel for defense asked:
Did You hear anyone say: Lawrence,
don't leave me?' or. Lawrence. for Gcd's
sake. keep him away2' or Lawrence, for
Gods sake don't let him kill me?' To
each Of these questions the witness re-
piled in the negative.
Inc girl denied that IL was mere Curl
csity that caused Aher to listen to what
was going on in the rooms below, and
said she was solicitOus about those in the
tight down stairs. Miss Hull said that
all the blows she heard We're fist blows;
that it did not sound as if any kind of
an instrument was being used and that
walker did not appear to have been
struck when she saw him at the bottom
of the stairs. She told the attorney mat
she went to the rooms below some time
after the fight. In explaining her rea-
son she said that she wanted to see Why
the man who was being beaten did not
get out; to see If there was any door
through which he could nave escaped.
She did not know whether or not Welker
was bruised about the body and said that
if she had not seen either Beers or Wal
ker she would have supposed that the
fight was between some of the boys that
worked for the electric company.
Shown a Photograph.
The cross-examination of Miss Hull was
continued after the noon recess. After she
had been questioned as TO a hole III the
paper OF the wall through which she said
she looked into the rear room, she was
shown photograph Of the room, but
refused to say that things were the same
in the room as when the photograph was
taken. Her attention was called to what
she had said regarding seeing Walker in
the looking glass and she was then asked
if she remembered what she had Testified
to at the preliminary hearing. To this the
witness replied:
Il am not trying to remember what 1
said iQ the lower court, I'm telling You
what know
that when she attracted Walkers atten-
ton from the head of the stairs ne turned
around and looked at her; that s1e saw
no marks on Walkers face. She also said
that in her opinion it was the same voice
which said: For Gods sake, Walker.
don't kill me-" that repeated the "Oh's"
and uttered the means.
On the re-cross examination counsel for
defense continued efforts to confuse the
witness with regard to testimony given
in the lower court. She was asked If she
did not hear someone say: "Oh, you cur.
and she replied: No Her original story
was not materially shaken. although
there was some divergence from her Jes
timony at the preliminary hearing.
1t was 4:30 o'clock when the daughter
gave way to her mother. Mrs. Gertrude
Hull. whose direct examination was con-
cluded about fifteen minutes before time
for adjournment.
The Mothers Story.
The story as told by the mother cor
roborated that of the daughter in almost
every detail Mrs. Hull, however, told
the story of the tragedy in a more graphic
manner than the girl and was clearer as
to the details of the encounter. There
were some points in her testimony thai
have not yet been brought out hitherto.
The important part was that she saw
Walker strike Beers over the head with
what appeared to her to be club. She
also swOre that Lawrence prevented Beers
from escaping from the room in which the
struggle occurred.
while my daughter and / were doing
the family washing that morning." said
Mrs. Hull, as she began the dramatic re-
cital of the tragedy as ii came to her
through the sounds Of the conflict in the
rear room, our attention was first at
tracted to the encounter below by noise
of scuffling and running. Some on hol-
Tered: oh" and l started to the store
room. "Oh" was repeated two or three
times and they scuffled quite little bit
and then there was an intermissiOn and
q question was asked which | could not
hear The answer was Once" The ques-
ton was repeated or seemed to be. at
least, and Once was again answered
about three times and then they started
in fighting.
eral times in succession, then the party
that was receiving the blows fell. ! heard
him say ''Oh, OH and just the awfuilest
agonized "Oh" that human being could
Don't Kill Me-"
..FinalIy the other party kept beating
hinS and beating him. You could hear
the blows plainly. and he saws: My God.
Walker don't kill me And at that in
moment or so. he ceased beating MIN SO
and there was little conversation 1
could not understand the words because
it seemed to be asked between the teeth
with a kissing noise. They We're asked
hiSsingly, as though the teeth We're
clinched.
'@rhe answer came. 4 will swear before
God | never, and the answer was repeat
ed three or four times very positive, and
then they started in fighting again and
blows after blows and means and all kinds
of noises Things were falling and things
were being showed around down there
and | can hardly describe what all did
hear.
"And at that point some one vomited
and the water was running in the sink
below and of course with that water L
could not understand what was sad.
AT that scuffle ] started TO speak Of.
they scuffled around there a few mo-
ments and he sat down on something with
a thud. seemed to fairly move the box
or whatever it was he sat him on. and
he said. Damn you. sit there. 7 am not
through with you yet The other party
says: Go away and let me be- Walker
don't kill me- And then he says: 1 cam
do anything, and the other party says i
know you can't. and then in another
moment he started out again beating
him.
PPM Going to Kill You"
They were talking a few moments and
then they started in fighting again and
he begged Walker not to kill him, and
Walker says: 1 have got you now where
l want you and l am going TO kill you.
Just al that moment came the loud
est scream of all; as though he was be
ing murdered and at that minute | ran
m the window and at that point Mr. Shaw
was standing underneath and | called him
He ran across the street to get a police
man.
Everything was quiet for moment,
water was running a little. ] heard some
one talking and | listened and | GiscCv-
cred that it was Mr.. Eawrence's voice,
and he says: Where do you want me TO
take yOu2 And the other party says:
ANYWHERE And he says: TO your rOOm|
He SAYS: No. not to my room. Then he
said something about a hospital and
could not understand the rest as some one
had turned the water on more than it
was There was quite little converse
ton. but | could not understand II on
account of the water
Il could see a cab at the rear door. The
door was opened and in few moments
could hear someone coming up the stairs.
No one seemed to be talking or saying
ANYTHING except one who said: My POOR
habv. nv poor baby In moment after
that they had him at the top of the stairs
or around the corner there where he came
in view Mr.. Lawrence and one of the
boys that worked there were assisting
him to the cab