The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-12

hoether pocket drill regulation book
ne salu' IN the pages of which he found a
oGilet- There was a mark as from a
9loW or some sort, over Rockers heart
ne also found holes In Rockers clothing
ana underwear. He knew nothing Of the
Hhoins next morning OF a revolver on the
parade grounds He denied portions OF
an interview attributed to him. but said
ne ola see man running and heard
shots
Todd said that before the shooting he
nad seen Lieutenant Rocker pass the
guard room After the shooting. he SAID.
Lieutenant Rocker came into the guard
room and said:
Ny God, Archie, I've been shot" The
finding Of the bullet followed. He ack
noWiedged having said he often wondered
why he was not summoned. lie believed
II was not his place to speak until sum
moned, but said ne had never tried TO
make known to any officer his possa ssion
Sutton S death
Adams Asked for Guns.
Mr.. Birnev took thu witness in detail
over the events of the night. Tie 1un-
nnS inquire, he said vas going from the
vicinity OF the camp toward the bridge
over College creek. After the shooting he
saw LIeutenants Adams and OsteTman in
the room OF the officer of the day. II
was Lieutenant Adams who asked the
witness IF he had any spare guns say
ing there was trouble in the camp and he
wanted ii for protection. Osterman said
nothing whatever. Two shots preceded
the first cry to halt which was not re
piled to; after the second CIV halt, you
are under arrest, or I'll shoot" there
we're two more shots fired after a brief
interval Sergeant Mahoney. sergeant Of
the guard, he had aroused as soon as he
had heard the first two shots. The other
shots had been fired before Mahonsy
started m the direction from Wnicn the
noise of the shots came. He had zone
only a short distance when witness heard
someone challenge MahOney and tell him
the trouble was all over and that ne
might as well return TO his room.
Todd ssid be did not near inUi Lext
morning that Lieutenant Sutton had been
shot.
To the judge advocate the witness said
he understood that his superlOrs having
knowledge of the firing of the shots, lis
duty did not require him 10 make further
report to any one
DR.. Edward NJ. Schaefer of Washington.
Tor nine years at the army medical mU-
scum. stated that ne had had much eN-
perlenCe In the examination of gunshot
wounds and had performed many dutop-
sizes upon bodies upon which such wounds
appeared At the request Of Mr.. Davis,
DR. Schaefer, after listening to DR.. Cook
description of SuttOns fatal wound.
pointed out upon skull the location and
direction the bullet took. DIT. Schaefer
said 1t would be utterly impossible for a
man TO tnflict such wound upon him
self
Illustrating on himself the witness as
sumed on the table the position in which
Lieutenant Sutton was described to have
been ON the ground when shot and de
cldred that ne. the witness, was unable
20 pull the trigger of the small pistol he
was using in his demonstration. With
any one sitting upon his shoulders. ne
said. it would have been utterly impos
sible for q man in Sutton's position to
have shot himself as has been described.
Mr.. Birney cross-examined DIT. SChaefer.
questioning him with an apparent inteu-
ton to show that a man Of Suttou's age
might have done what one Of Dr. Schaef-
ers could not. DR.. Schaefef was still on
the stand at adjournment.