Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-11
c,rod Widow Of Murdered Man
To Show His
Guilt.
MRS. BEERS TESTIMONY.
rcrt Up for long Time But ot last
broke acknowledgements
II Called.

o-5ar oct. 1.-The hearing in the
-,r5sr trial against Fred s. Walker
IA Edward Lawrence has been con-
t,rs5 bv Municipal Judge Murphy
.,,p tuesday morning October 10. at
1880 o'clock
Al the hearing yesterday afternoon
Ms rarl S Beers widow Of the murd-
I'D man was the only witness called.
psr condition was pitiful in the ex-
,,,os as between sobs she told Of cer-
,.in conversations she had with walk
!. before the murder She was placed
the witness stand by the defense in
~ effort to- prove that she knew that
t-,roper relations were existing bee
,rssn her husband and Mrs. Walker
"a that she communicated that In
fornauon TO Mr. Walker
HEARD CERTAIN RUMORs.
tn positions pat TO her by Attorney
ut.h1s1u. Mrs Beers tcstihcd that
esnsmter lG. She went 20 salt Lake
IN and was stopping with "a friend.
TAI ste heard rmors of her hus-
hand paying attentions Co Mrs, Walk
r Sd aha called up Dir. Walker over
DE telephone aUe asked him if De had
heard anytime from ogden concern
me DIS wife. Co which hc replied "Vc7
Mrs Beers I heard thut your husband
and nay wife arc talking almost COM
tinuolsy over the telephone. I under
stand from a party who heard one of
their conversations that your husband
lola Dor that he had been saving up
500 week for their BATTLE
BEERS DENIES ALL.
Mrs Beers said she replied To walk
er 80 have asked the doctor If he was
paving any attentions 90 Mrs Walker
and be- denies ID entirely you tmcan-
ug Nalkcr) had better $50 over To Og-
den and see him for yourself
HELD PRIVATE TALK.
She further testified that the next
day she went o. see Walker at his Of
nee boz the Electric supply company's
place OF business at salt Lake. That
she met him and they went into "a pri-
waite room and talked. She questioned
him s. 10 his knowledge OF the scandal
Gus stories that We're going the rounds.
She learned that Beers and Mrs. Walk
or had occupied a room together az the
Healv and Eurupean hotels and az the
hermitage I'VE were both heart
broken over it, said she. but the sub
iect was too delicate for either of us
10 talk very much about g."
She testified that Walker asked her
Il she and the doctor had any inten-
ton of going 20 Los Angeles and she
replied that thcy expected 10 go TO
California soon with the Fer Don medi-
cine company and stay several months
to which Walker replied that he did
not know whether 10 was "a good plan
Cor them to go there while his wife
was there. She had made a full con-
fession go him. Witness said the en-
tire subject talked on by her and Walk
or was on the relations existing be-
tween his wife ana her husband. That
evening she returned 90 ogden ana
The next day called up Walker and
asked him il he haJ heard anything
from Or. Beers and II he thought there
vas anything IN the scandal that was
going the rounds, TO which he replied
be did not believe it,
WAS GREATLY WORRIED.
Mrs Beers said the doctor had told
her De was going TO Salt Lake city
bud she had been told the next day
that he had been al the Hermitage
over night with Mrs. Walker. but she
declared TO Walker over the phone that
she aid not know he had been up
there Monday, sept Q. was the last
time she ha1 a conversation with
Nhtl NNtI lit lelfllNN's
MRS. BEERS BREAKS DOWN.
AZ his point Mrs. Beers cried bitter
y ami shook as n palslod. her counsel
Judge Maginnis. asked the court that
the questioning OF Mrs Beers at that
time Doe discontinued as she was in no
physical condition To undergo such .
severe examination and asked that IL
me court was doubtful that physi-
elan Doe called 10 examine her. and see
whether or not she could continue the
Examination.
CASE rs CONTINUED.
ATTY Hutchinson stated that he had
20 desire 90 torture witness with ques-
upniug and would consent 20 "a contin-
uanCo of Tho case until Mrs. Beers was
strong enough 90 resume her testimony
Counsel for the state consented 10 the
case being continued until next Tues.
day.
The testimony obtained from Mrs
Beers w8s brought out under numerous
objections from Atty Harris FOR inc
slate Ila love letters yrom Dr. Beers
10 Mr. Walker At los Angeles We're
not Introduced IN evidence yesterday.
TALKED WITH WALKER.
Portions OF the most important testi,
nony obtained from Mrs. Beers az
asou uF stonographers present follow
@ Who're were you Oh sept 1872
A.-On the 10Th day or September
Hl J Na- in Salt Lake city stopping
L fith friend. Mrs. a. T.. white From
her irucc telephoned to Mr. walk
i al1u' the little trouble that had exc
e'e1 between the walker family and
Me horrs family
asked M. Walker n be- had heard
anything from Ogden BE snys "Mrs
Beers. have heard that your hus
ond aHd my Wlfr wcro telcphoninl
20 ON. another continuously ! says
no cannot Doe true He says, "it ii
ugH there is "A conversation that Wal
ham .u which the doctor said, ! have
na9H 800 this week FOR your ana ms
h'uU happiness ] said as God
PIP Walker can ID Doe SOP He sald
Consumers should be on their
/ pare against food articles that
i : made by ignorant persons
~haphazard manner, as they
H likely to prove deleterious
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