Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-08
Dr.. Joyce. DR.. Condor and Matron
Maud Edwards Testify
Again.
HULLS ARE EXPECTED NEXT.
Prosecution Passes Up Damaging Evil
dencc-Ncithcr Mrs. Beers Nor
Mrs. Walker Present.

airy hearing OF Fred walker ana
Lawrence. charged with murder by
| reason Of the death OF Or. Earl S. Beers
as a result Of a fight began al 1915
this morning. Long before the session
convened the room was crowded TO
the doors with men and women m
seats and standing. Dozens OF men
were standing in the hall when the
hearing started a noticeable feature
was the surprising number of women
present. They were spriukled through
the spectators. leaning forward all
absorbed when the testimony was
showing tendency TO become lively
and showing their Impotence when
expert testimony was being drawn
from the witnesses.
HULLs THIS AFTERNOON.
The state is being represented by
District Attorney Halyorson ana
County Attorney n. Harris. Attorney
w i. Magginis is representing the
widow, Mrs. Beers, and Attorney
Hutchinson Of salt Lake is represent
ing both defendants. Az noon re-
cess was called until o'clock. IL is
believed the Hulls, mother and daugh-
ter, from whom the attorneys con-
nected with the case looked for so
long before nnding them, Will be called
this afternoon 10 tell what they know,
saw and heard of the hight which oc-
CURED below window OF their room
DIR. JOYCE FIRST WITNESS.
Dr. r. S. Joyce was the first Wit
ness called this morning His tesu-
mony was largely repetition OF thal
submitted at the time OF the inquest
IIe said ne was called TO the Ogden
general hospital Sept. is TO attend DIT
Beers lie found bruises on the head
a cut over the right eye; bruise on
the nose and a fracture at the base OF
the skull Death was caused by the
fracture Of the skull which produced
hemorrhage and pressing on the
BRAIN" said Or. Joyce.
HARDLY By HAND.
when asked whether these bruises,
Including the fracture. cOuld have been
the results OF blow from a hand, lie
said they might have been, but II was
not probable. A blow on the chin or
other portions OF the head can pro-
duce fractures at the base of the skull
explained the physician, as he had seen
this result in prize-flghts and ordinary
hst-hghts Dr.. Joyce held that Beers
injuries were not caused in this man
ner, but were probably the result OF
blow from blunt instrument or nom
falling and coming in contact with
blunt objects. He said Beers must
have fallen with great force, and when
asked for an explanation. said ne
meant some one probably fell with anu
upon him.
A blood clot forming ON the brain
as a result Of the fracture ls what
Non a
operation. A cut over the right eye
looked as n Il had been inflicted With
"a sharp instrument and while there
were no bones broken IN the body.
Beers hands were bruised. Much 81
the physicians testimony was damag
ing; other portions helpful TO the de-
tense.
DIR. CONDOR APPEARS.
Or. A. $. CONDOR. city physician. tes-
tihed he had examined Or. Beers after
death and found numerous bruises
about the head, especially ON the crowd
% the head. Besides abrasiOns scatter
ed over the face. and deep bruise IN
the mastoid region, cut, one and "a
half inches long over the right eye. DIT.
Condon's idea ae 90 the probable cause
Of these bruises was Identical with that
Of Or. Joyce ana he furnished similar
evidence regarding the blood clot ON
the brain. etc
HOSPITAL NATION.
Maud Edwards. matron al the hos
pital was the third and last witness
called before dinner. She retOld how
Beers appeared at the hospital IN a
cab. his face bruised, his eyes black
aud pulled and his clothes dusty as if
he had been rolling on the ground on
dusty floor. she told how he said he
didn't need a doctor and how he went
up the stair case and into a room with
very little assistance. This witness in
troduced considerable damaging evil
dcnce at the Inquest but no attempt
was made 20 bring this out again In
any shape o. form this time. Among
other things she said AZ the inquest.
she told that Eocrs had said he had
been lighting two men. No reference
was made 10 tMs today The matron
was sim on tho stand when a recess
for lunch WAS called.
NEITHER WOMAN PRESENT.
Neither Mrs Eeors nor Mrs Walkor
were in the courtroom this morning II
is said Mrs. Beers viii not come tp
ogden az first thought hut Will remain
m Nebraska until the trial comes up
in the district court, N the defendants
are. held 90 answer. The prosecution
appears 10 be- holding its trump cards
back for the coming Big game. evident
ly content 90 rest ON the evidence
which win hc submitted by the HuIle.
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