Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-17
corner TO enter his room He remained
IN his room until arrested by Marshal

corner TO enter his room. He remained
IN his room until arrested by Marshal
Peterson.
The accused went on the witness
z slsi|I displaying badly battered
face His testimony did not differ ma
tel'ally from that given by other Wit
nesses except that he denied threaten-
ing to get" Elwell. He said that after
getting away from his lssailant he
went TO his room and was, washing the
blood from his face when he heard foot
steps outside and a voice he took for
& I1A called ,1 him by name sharply
lie called back, "D--n you, don't you
come in here and Immediately the,
door was kicked open. He then fired
at the men, to scare them, he said He
admitted that he said to the marshal
and Sheriff when taken to jail: He
beat me up pretty badly, and then two.
big WALLPAPERS came down to finish it.
and took a shot at Them For some
time after the shooting Att thought.
that he had shot IIlwell. There was
no evidence tending to connect the
dead man with the brawl in any way.
The autopsy performed by Drs. Bulge
and f. d. Clarke showed that the bullet
entered the right breast and passed
across through the lungs and the heart.
The jury's verdict was given as fol-
lows:
That The said deceased, Julius Mel
sen, came to his death i'll said Logan
precinct, on the 18th day Of December,
l9VS, by means of a wound inflicted on
his person by John w, Att. He, the
said John w Ait. having then and
there, with Il ifrearm, towit, a IS caliber
pistol. then and there held in his hand
and fired in and upon the person Of
the said Julius Nielsen, deceased. We.
the said jurors, further find that the
said killing was felonous and con-
astitutes murder in the first degree"
Nielsens funeral will be held on sun
day at 1880 a, IN. in the Fifth ward
westinghouse.
DEATH OF FRANK TOWNSEND.
Frank Townsend, ali old resident; II
Logan, formerly OF Salt Lake, died
Dec. $. at Or. Budge's hospital, as the
result Of an operation performed las
Saturday For some years past, MI.
Townsend's left leg had been diseased
and at last had become almost afro
phied. Last Saturday it was amputat-
ed. and it was the effect Of the opera,
tion which caused his death. He MAS
as years of age, and was born In the
state of Maine, coming to Utah when
young man. He was an uncle Of
Thomas D. Pitt, former chief Of police
of Salt Lake. Mr.. Townsend was a de-
voted member of the Church and high
~ respected Dy II wide circle OF friends.
His funeral will be held from the Sixth
ward Westinghouse on Friday.
Berdinus Larsen of the Logan
Eighth ward died Monday afternoon.
He has resided in Logan several yeas
He was born in Norway in 1859. The
funeral will take place Friday.
HOME FROM SOUTH AMERICA
Joel Kicks and Joseph Tarbett have
returned from II three months trip
To South America, whore they went
to collect Book of Mormon data. and
also look up land matters with the view
CT investing.
WEDDING PERMITS.
Licenses to we'd have been taken out
by the following couples:
Andrew l.. Feltman and Tyra Chris
Jefferson. Richmond: Hyrum Baugh
Woodward and Jesse l.. Jones. Wells
Vile; Frank w. Harris Thatcher, ana
Florence p. Balls of Soda Springs;
George A. Sorenson and Je:nett Izatt
of Logan: Lawrence Earl Balls Of
Soda Springs, and Maude Emily Chris
Jensen of Turner; Emil Gessc ard
Kate Low of Providcnce; Albert j. Ash
ley of Paris. and Bessie j. Hoskn OF
Wellsvillc; David Macarthur and Mag
dalena Elizabeth Abegglen of MILFORD,
Idaho.