Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-10
APPEAR IN THE OGDEN TRIAL
But States Attorney Succeeds
Temporarily in Keeping Them
Out of the Record.
Chicr of Police Browning Was First
Witness Today and He introduced
The Doctors Correspondence.
Especial to the "Nevs.)

ogden, oct lN.-ilc preliminary
hearing iu the Beers murder case This
morning was chiefly taken up in am
effort to have certain letters alleged
To- have been written by Dr. Beers o.
Mrs. Walker al Los Angeles. admitted
as evidence. The attempt was vigor-
ousiy opposed by counsel for the state.
and il resulted in a decision boy Judge
Murphy that unless evidence were in-
PRODUCED at once showing that the u-
timacy claimed TO exist between Dr.
Beers and Mrs. Walker had been
brought 90 tho attention of walker
previous TO the murdcrous assault up-
ON Beers. he would order AN testimony
relating TO that portion of the case
stricken from the record.
Although Atty, Hutchinson for The
defense refused To permit the letters to
De made public, vet sufficient on their
contents was made known t0 warrant
the statement that they are of the most
oudcarlug character one of Thorn Is
addressed to Mrs. walker I'm Los Au-
geles as MY own Darling joe while
another starts out with My dcarcs,
Josephine" and bears the signature.
~ our lover. Sunker."
Walker this morning showed plainly
the strain under which he is labor'uc
and he rs upon the verge Of nervous
collapse. His fellow defendant Law
renee. however. seems 90 take the trial
more philosophically. and appears t0
take but little interest in its outcome.
Attorney W. l.. Maginnis entered the
case this morning as the representatye
OF Mrs Beers, and protested strongly
against the Introduction of the letters
from Or. Beers TO Mrs. Walker as eNl-
dence ON the ground that they were
private. personal property Of the Doc
and Mrs Iasra hnH IH af
TO turn them over to the chief of police
boy whom they were submitted as eyi-
dence.
CHIEF OF PRICE.
The first witness examined was CHER
of Police Thomas =. Browning who
produced certain letters from Mrs
Walker addressed 20 Dr. Beers. which
had been turned over t0 him by Mrs
Beers. The defense asked that the let
ters be admitted ass evidence. This
was objected 90 ON the ground tLet
the letters had not been Identified and
for the present the court sustained the
objection on that ground
FAILS TO IDENTIFY.
Samuel J. Jacobson. OF S8lt Lake
city, step-father OF Mrs Walker was
placed on the stand TO identify the
letters. lie attempted 10 DO SO. but
upon ss-eNamiuatiou. admitted that
while be had been married % Mrs.
Walkers mother for eight years ne
written by her
Mrs. Beers took the stand and ident-
ned the register OF the First East hotel.
In salt Lake as containing the hand-
writing OF DIT Beers. Charles Tit
comb, proprietor of the hotel Identified
the register as that used In the hotel
REGISTERED AT EUROPEAN.
Russell II. Harrison. night clerk IN
the European hotel az Ogden testified
20 the coming 20 that hotel late on
the evening Of Sept 6. 1907. OF "a man
and woman who later proved 20 be- Dr
Earl S. Beers and Mrs. Walker. The
man signed the register as wv. W.
wallace but as the clerk reached for
the key 20 room 49, be noticed Mrs
Walker give Dr. Beers "a signal and he
added 20 the register "aud lady" Thls
did not yet appear to suit the woman.
and he later wrote over the word lady.
the words "and wife salt Lake City" I
HANDWRITING EXPERT.
Cashier Ralph Holg of the Utah Ma
tlonal bank was placed ON the stand as
an expert iu handwriting When
shown letters alleged 90 have boon
written by Dr. Beers tu Mrs. Walker
az Los Angeles, Mr Hoag compared .
The writing ou tho register aud the /
writing in the letters and declared That /
the same hand had written both The /
capitals BOZ each were entirely similar
and Mr. Hoag said the writing was
the same.
This completed tlis mornings tsstI- /
mony II is expected another attempt I
VIII be- made ibis afternoon 20 hat. /
the letters introduced as evidence. bv /
showing that fhD alleged Intimacy of /
Beers and Mrs Walker had been I
brought Co the attention 0f Walker |
prior 90 the assault un tle doctor.