Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-06
LOOKS BLACK FOR
SALYER OF v0SS
Witnesses for State in Murder
Trial of A. T. Day Submit
Their Stories.
SHOT WITHOUT ANY WARNING.
Franklin Avenues Colorcd Folk At
tend Hcaring--CaSc Is Strong
For Prosecution.

The work Of securing jury in tho
murder cos of the state against A. T.
Day. colored, was completed III Judge
Armstrong; court yesterday afternoon,
and the state introduced several wit
nesses during the afternoon session.
During the forenoon today three wit
nesses were examined and their evil
dence was very strong against the de-
fondant. The victim Of Days gun was
Horace II. voss. leading colored man
of this city. aud the scene of the shoot
ing WAS in roominghouse at 40 Frank
lin avenue.
Two eye witnesses TO the shooting
we're examined by Dist. Atty. Loot
borrow yesterday afternoon. They are
Joseph Weir, room mate of Days.
and Mrs. Sally Tarber Both testified
that Voss was sitting in the room talk
ing to them when Day suddenly entered
and without a word of warning shot
him. Weir attempted TO take the gun
away from Day and followed him out
of the room Weir was In the crowd
which chased Day, threatening to lynch
him.
STORIES ARE IDENTICAL
Weir said that the trouble arose over
Noss reprimanding Day because he Sc
verely beat up Edward, an old colored
man on the day previous. He and Day
had started UP town the morning after
and they met Voss, who then reprl-
randed Day for his action. Day then
turned around and went back TO his
room and got gun which he showed TO
Weir after they entered q saloon up
town. Weir returned to his room ant
was talking with Voss and Mrs, Var
Der when the shooting occurred. Mrs.
Yarber told practically the same story
of the manner in which Day shot Voss,
]. ID. II. McAllister, deputy county
surveyor, was placed on the witness
stand and exhibited plat of the house
where the shooting occurred and gave
the distances and dimensions required
by the district attorney. w. A. Wight.
deputy clery of the criminal division
OF the city court. was called to the wit
ness stand and identified the gun which
had been taken from Day at the police
station after his arrest.
DAY MADE THREATS.
Mrs. Mary Edwards, the wife Of the
old man whom Day had assaulted, tes-
,ified that Day threatened to kill her
husband ana that Yoss scored Day for
treating the old man in such manner
and told him he ought to be ashamed OF
himself. Morris Riley, a bartender at
the saloon at 2i2 State street. testified
that ON the day OF the shooting. Day
asked him for gun and he also heard
Day tell another negro that he would
kill the - - -. evidently mean
ing Voss.
Joseph Weir, Jr., testified that he saw
Day coming from Third South and
Main to Third South and State with the
gun in his hands after he had shot Voss
~ n az nnf re
Day had killed her husband. The wit
nesses for the state were cross-exam-
ined by Attys. w. W. Little and w. L.
Dunn for the defense but their evidence
was not shaken in the least. The jurors
who are serving ON the case are: Her
man Campbell, j. II. Hill, Andrew
| Joynt. Peter Adamson. d. Il. Jones, ]
| II. Vincent, Royal Bataman. J. Fl
| Walker, d. b. Richards, c. NJ Bacon
| w. b. Armstrong and c. J. Oberg