The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
ogden. sunday. Dec. IS.

behalf and gave this as his description of
the fight that resulted in the death OF
DIR. Earl 5. Beers. His usually pale face
became red and he put into his words
all of the force at his command, as if
the man for whose murder he is now being
tried was before him and had just re-
peated the words: Yes, I've been init
mate with his CNNalker's wife), more than
once What can you do about IL now2'
Preceding this climax in the story of
the tragedy Walker told Of his informing
Lawrence while he was talking on the
telephone that II he was speaking to DR..
Beers to tell the doctor that he (Walker)
would like TO see him and to ask him to
come to the store of the Electric Supply
& Fixture company He told of Beers
coming to the store shortly afterward and
then detailed what he asserted to be the
full conversation that led up to the fight.
81 understand you wanted to see me last
night. but / was in Salt Lake" was Beers
first remark.
YOU about the same thing that we had
conversation about the last time we met.
"Oh. / thought you had settled all
that"
Beers Sneered at Walker.
so did /, but l have since learned that
have not Doctor. 1 want to talk to you
as man to man and to show you that
am unarmed you may search my pockets
and see that 1 have no weapons about
me-"
Walker said that Beers sneered at this
and said:
1T makes no difference to me what
you've got on YOU"
At this point OF the dialogue walker
testified that Lawrence came to them and
told them If they desired to continue the
conversation they should go TO the rear
part of the building and not talk there,
where everybody could oyerhear them. To
these instructions Beers Is reported to
have said: 81 don't care who hears it. y
Walker said that he then went into the
stock room at the rear OF the store room
and Beers followed. The following con-
versation took place:
We'll what do you Want?' asked Beers.
Doctor" said Walker, 81 want to know
why YOU persist in your attentions after
she has told you that she does not want
to have anything to do with you? /
know that you have been telephoning to
her and that you have written her since
she went to Los Angeles and Mrs. Beers
and Mrs. Donahue told me that you would
follow her there. want to appeal to you
as a man to leave my wife alone. We
were happy until you come between US Is;
''Oh I guess your home is already bro
well then. if it is broken up know
Won did It I know of your visiting the
Hermitage and the Hea1y with my wife,
| and I want to know if you registered at
the European hotel with my wife as W.
". Wallace and wife?'
That's none 4 your damn business"
Then, if you did. you've been intimate
| with her"
| Yes, I've been intimate with her more
| than once. What can you do about 1t
| nOw?"
Walker Much Agitated.
Walker at this point in his narrative al
/ most jumped from the witness chair.
| Tears were streaming from his eyes. He
| told the rest of the story with gasps.
| And then everything turned red like a
flame and all I could see before me was
| that man and / fought him and fought
4 him and that's all i know.
| Walker dropped back into the witness
| chair and made a strong effort to check
| the sobs that rose in his throat. 1t was
/ three or four minutes before Attorney
| Hutchinson attempted to proceed. Wal
ker then said that when he came TO his