The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-12
WALKERS STORY OF
BEERS DEATH TOLD JURY
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this mans influence. On the next Sun
day night ne wrote SiXteen-page letter
TO her. He expressed his affection. told
her what he would do for her and all
that. To a friend at the LennOx he told
OF having written the letter; he told of
its contents and then showed her the let
ter AT that time walker appeared TO be
dazed. She reused him and he said:
DO you think my wife Will believe
me and not write him?'
He registered this letter. It was mailed
too late to go out that night. The next
morning he wrote another letter telling
her about the big letter that he had reg
1stered and of some OF the things it con-
tanned.
This will show you the condition of his
mind at the beginning of this transaction
Subsequent to that time he learned that
the doctor had been telephOning to his
wife, learned of his writing to her, learned
through Mrs. Beers and others that Beers
intended to follow Mrs, Walker to Los
Angeles.
In one letter that DR.. Beers wrote Mrs.
Walker he said:
Give my love to baby
Not only was he rODbing this man OF
his wife, but of his baby, his own flesh
and blood.
Walker then went to advise with Chief
of Police Mckenzie. He told Mckenzie
of his troubles. That officer said ne would
do what he could and gave Walker let
ter addressed to Detective Shannon. who
was in Ogden at that time. The defendant
stated to Mr.. Mckenzie that his wife was
a good woman and that She had always
been a good woman and that he wanted
TO save her from this man. II was
plea for honor and for his home
A Night of Anguish.
He came to Ogden His impulseNwas
to talk with the doctor. He went to the
Colonial rOOming house. Beers was not
there at the time and he went to the
police station, then to the store of the
Electrical Supply & Fixture company,
MI he haA
then thought he would go home the first
thing in the morning. Prior to this ne
went TO the Healy hotel and saw the
name w. w. Wallace on the register
there in his wife's handwriting. He went
TO bed that night He could not sleep
and he walked the floor all night. He
ate no breakfast. The next day he stopped
In at the European hotel He looked at
the names registered on the 9Th and found
w. w. Wallace and wife the same name.
but in a different handwriting. he went
back to the store.
Lawrence and he had been associates
since they were boys. They were IN the
same line of work. Lawrence was man
ager of the Ogden house and he held the
same position with the Salt Lake house.
Lawrence went over to the police head
quarters with him In the morning when
Walker went TO the store Lawrence was
not there He sent for him Lawrence
knew nothing at that time of what Wal
ker had discovered the night before. He
left Walker with the understanding that
he was to return to Salt Lake in the
morning. Lawrence came to the store. lie
was called to the telephone and while
talking over the phone Walker walked
up from the rear of the room. He heard
the name Beers used and told Lawrence
that if il was Beers TO tell him that he
wanted to see him. After communicat-
ing the message Walker went 10 the rear
and Lawrence went on about his bust
ness.
when DR.. Beers came Walker said, 1
want to talk to you as man TO man and
I will show /
concealed about my person. He then
opened his coat to show that ne was I'M
armed. Beers spurned the statement that
he was unarmed. Lawrence heard them
talking and told them that they had bet
ter go to the rear room If they We're going
TO have any words and not talk in the
public part of the store. Lawrence gave
Instructions to the other employees that
if there was any trouble to close the door
and then went TO the rear. The two men
. were in the stock room Beers was
charged with taking Mrs. Walker 70 the
Healy Hotel. He was accused of being
with her at the Hermitage. He was
charged with breach of his oath of
honor TO so his way and permit the Wal
keTs TO go theirs. He was charged with
being with her at the European Hotel.
He admitted his suilt.
Effect of Revelation.
He admitted the intimacy with this
mans wife and then the fight began.
Walker was in an extreme heat of pas
10 state what ne did except that he was
fighting; that il was hand to hand en-
counter Lawrence separated them and
subdued Walker after considerable resist
ance: then removed DR.. Beers to the hos
pital. Lawrence. the only eyewitness,
will tell you that the fight was by two
men. Some injury received in that fight
caused death
I'VE viii claim that our case comes en-
tirely within the law which justifieS a
man to kill the person who has defiled his
wife; that il was justifiable and we will
set forth complete statement of facts
of justification. Until the time when DIR.
Beers told him differently. he thought
that his wife was a good woman. He
had no knowledge of his wife's wrong I'M
til he learned of the intimacy in that con-
Versation. He developed the fact of the
guilt and then the fight began. 1t was
fight for honor; for the protection of the
home"
With virtually the same testimony as
was taken at the preliminary examination
the state closed its case yesterday fore
noon and the taking Of testimony on be
half of the defense was commenced.
In the crOss-eXamination of Mrs Hull
which was taken up by the defense i'm
mediately after court convened in the
morning the witness was induced TO say
that she had talked with counsel for the