The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-26
MURDER IN THE
FIRST DEGREE
Warrants Served Upon F. C.
Walker and A. E. Lawrence
for the Killing of Beers.
BLAME NOT FIXED BY JURY
. LETTER FROM UNFAITHEIJi
WIFE TO DEAD MAN.
Especial to The Herald.)

Especial to The Heraid)
| ogden, Sept 25.-Without the evidence
OF Mrs Wilbur F. Hull and daughter
who have been sought for BY the autbor-
tiles since Monday. the state closed its in
| quiTy into the death of DR. Earl & Reerz
yesterday afternoon and the case was. Civ
en- over to the jury. After one bour and
| thirty minutes of deIiberation a verdict
was returned without fixing the blame
for Beers death.
Immediately following the receipt Of the
verdict County Attorney N j. Harris
Hled a complaint charging both Walker
and Lawrence with murder and later
Chief of Police Browning swore to tbs
warrants, which were served on the men
IN their cell at the city JAIL where thew
have been confined since Beers death
AT clock this afternoon. the bOur
set for completing the inquiry. the little
courtroom was again filled with specta-
tors eager for any additional details that
might be brought out 1t had been wills
pered around before the specified hour
that the Hulls had been found and were
to be on hand. but when Judge Murphy
took his place on the bench this proved
to be untrue
Had Evidence Enough.
There was no explanation in connection
with the brief statement of the county
attorney in closing the case, but it was
apparent that all efforts on the part Of
the states officers to .OCate the witnesses
whose testimony was considered of i'm
portance enough to cause two postpone
ments of the inquest were unavailing,
and the county attorney decided that he
would rest the case because he had
enough evidence on which to file charges
of murder against Walker and Lawrence.
After a moments silence and during the
time Judge Murphy searched the statutes
Attorney Harris again arose and adj
dressed the court and offered the sugges-
ton that in charging the Jury the
Jurors be instructed a hiring N f~f
fully complying with the statutes. He
intimated that often cOrOners juries failed
in their duty in that their verdicts were
not conclusive and consequently they
were Of little aid to the prosecution.
Instructions of the Court.
Judge Murphy then read the statute
bearing on the duties Of a cOrOners jury
and issued the usual Instructions. AttOT-
ney Hutchinson Of Salt Lake. who sat
through the inquest as counsel for Wal
keT and Lawrence, at the invitation Of
the states attorneys and by courtesy Of
the court addressed the court and oX-
pressed the opinion that the testimony OF
Miss Edwards, the matrOn at the hospital.
concerning what Beers had said about
two men beating him up should be ex-
GUIDED as it was merely hearsay. In the
argument which he was finally permitted
to make he covered quite wide latitude
without interruption. At its conclusion
the county attorney argued that the jury
should not be limited in its work. The
court took the view Of the county attOr-
ney, and without further ado allowed the
jury to retire.
Verdict of the Jury.
The verdict of the jury was as follows:
THAT the said DR.. Earl S. Beers died
September %, 1901, from the effects of in
juries received during an encounter,
which took place behind closed doors,
Wednesday morning, September Is. 1907.
between the hours of and TO- in the rear
rooms Of the Electric Supply & Fixture
company's place of business. on Wash
ingtCn avenue, Ogden City, Utah. Said
rear rooms being occupied at the time
Of the encounter by the deceased, T. {.
Walker and A z Lawrence"
AS soon as the jury was discharged
from further attendance upon the court
Judge Murphy left his place on the Denc9
and the crowd of spectators slowly Illed
from the room. For few moments
County Attorney Harris left the room,
and when he returned he passed the com
plant charging Walker and Lawrence
with murder in the first degree, to the
clerk A short time later the warrant
was made out and served
Letter From UnfaithfuI Wife.
Apparently unacquainted with the death
of Beers and the steps that are being
taken to bring his alleged slayers to JUS
tice. Mrs. Walker wife OF one OF the
men now facing a charge of murder, and
over whom the whole tragedy arose con-
tinues to write passionate love letters to
Beers from Los Angeles, where she was
sent BY Walker in order to break up
the cIandestine meetings. Each day q
letter comes from the unfaithful wife.
Today was no exception. The letter says
that Walker had promised her every
thing but she contends that cannot bring
the love she wants. Here is the let
ter:
Los Angeles. Cal. Sept. 10, 'O7.-My
Dear Sweetheart: 1 received another let
ter from you today and glad 10
hear from you. 1 guess by this time
YOU have received several from me. Dear
est. / am feeling pretty bad and 1t Is
pretty hard for me to hold on much
longer. for 1 have no one to talk to here,
except mamma, and she don't under
stand how ! feel. for she gets angry
and scOlds me at times until I don't
know what I feel like doing 1 go out
all / can, but that don't last long, for
she says she gets SO lonesome without
me.
Downhearted and Blue.
But sweetheart. I am so sorry to hear
about your trouble, and hope it will come
cut all right. ! do wish you would give
up what you are doing and come here
and get in something else, for l need you
with me so much and won't be able to
stay without you much longer. Think
this over, dearest If you love me try
and come for my sake. No matter il
you can't make much for a while: you
can get along all right but. really, Earl.
l don't believe you love me as much
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