The Glenwood post., 1908-04-25

ne lnlenueu 10 protect his proper
ty, and when the officer next saw
him he had a pistol, which he car
ried while the search was being
made.
The search warrant was intro
duced in evidence by the state.
When this stage of the story had
been reached, Senator Taylor OBJ
iected to bringing in the past
troubles of the two men, holding
that such evidence was not com
petent.
Judge Shumate held that such
events as would tend to throw
light on the transaction were ad-
missible, and formal objection was
entered by the defense.
Hayes, Gordon declared, pro
tested against the presence of
Givens and Hill, his assistants, in
the search, but finally allowed
them to remain. When the barn
was reached the sheep was found,
covered with canvas, with the dis
puted tag on its horns. Upon the
announcement Of the warden that
he intended to take it to town,
witness said:
"Hayes raised the pistol which
he was carrying to the level of
my body and told me that if !
placed my hands on that sheep he
would plug me-" He also threat
ened. Mr.. Gordon testified, to
shoot his assistants. Gordon sent
one of them back for the sheriff,
which ended that phase Of the
case.
Going into the matter of the tag
IN detail, Attorney Sackett
brought out the circumstances I'M
der which No. $500 had been is
sued.
1t appears that list of taxi
dermists' shops was taken and
forwarded to the state game war
len. The list of articles was set
down and the tag number attach
d to each was placed opposite.
The tag showed, according to the
record. that it was for sheep
head only. He denied that he had
ever issued a tag for a whole
,hecp to Hayes, which was the
,lai.n the latter had made, he
stated. when the animal was seiz-
I'd.
When court convened after the
noon recess Sheriff Zimmerman
vas called and corrobOrated the
'estimony of the game warden
'.elatiye to the seizure of the sheep
carcass which he placed in the
corridor of the county Jail.
Hayes was the next witness. He
said he learned the trade in Aspen
rine years ago and is now a IL
.ensed taxidermist. The carcass
anne into his possession, he said,
n 1899, late in the fall.
"Whom did you get it FRONT"
,sked Mr.. Taylor.
Frank Krapf, hunter and
'rapper.
"In what form was it'"
"Just the skin, which was salt
ed"
"There were no horns with this
'ide9"
"No. That specimen and he
pointed to the mounted animal, J
is made up of the horns of one
,nimal and the skin of another"
1t developed that Hayes had
teen tried and acquitted of the
.harge Of having illegal possession
If head, in the district court of
Pitkin county. The introduction
If this testimony was objected to
hy the prosecution, no matter in
what form the question was put
hat might have brought it out.
Possession in Pitkin county the
prosecution claimed did not give
him legal right in Garfield county
,nless the proper certificate of au-
'hority was with it. The question
proceeded without the point being
definitely settled.
The sheep was mounted by one
Schuster, an expert whom Hayes
had working for him. The latter
.laimed he had not mounted the
speciment before last August be-
aause he was not competent.
Another tag came into the case
with the assertion of Hayes that
there was one on the right fore
foot of the carcass when he took
it out to the poor farm to finish
mounting it. A duplicate Of this
was offered in evidence.