The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-17
ARGUMENTS WILL BE
MADE TUESDAY MORNING
Case May Be Given to the Jury
Before the Noon
Recess.


The defense sought to prove that the fire
started on the outside OF the building
in the implement shed. This was under :
taken by Willard Huntsman, nephc" oI
Hanson, and aged some IL years. ne
testified that he was the trst 20 o,seotea ,Sa
the fire, and that IL was climbing UP ths
wall In the shed ola the outside WIZARD
was wise in detail. eloquent in iiustra-
ton. funny at times. and. in all Was
what BeaconsReld once described Glad
stone as being intoxicated with the eN-
uherance OF his own verbosty lie
reached the climax when. in answer TO
a question by counsel for the defense, he
said: II was standing about forty feet
perpendicular 70 the corner.
RichaTd Duncan VINO; ,,n is cIinn ersr,sU was ns
produced by the prosecution and testihed.
Mrs Florence Giles Brough. who at lhe
time OF the nre was unmarried. tcstlncu
that She and Arnold Caring were In the
City park about midnight the night OF
the fire and saw Hanson there and greet
cd him. EX-City Marshal Laver also
gave evidence that Hanson had told him
that he was In the park that night Han,
son. in his testimony. positively asserted
that he was not in the park that night.
Roth the prosecution and defense closed
their case about 4:30 o'clock In the after
noon. The arguments VIII oeein at ~
O'Clock Tuesday morning, and II Ia possi-
ble thar the case may go 10 the jury
before the noon recess,
In Park TIL Midnight
When court opened Monday, Frank
Rasmussen was the FIRST witness called
by the defense. lie told who were in the
party in the park the night OF the hre
end said they were there for two hours
from 10 O'Clock 10 IL. He did not see
Hanson in the park; For a time III, the
Florence Giles. They went 10 the park
after Mutual association meeting.
Former Sheriff Black testified that he
did not see Warner or Trimble at the fire.
Both boys claimed TO have seen Hanson
There. lie saw Richard Duncan there.
who arrived after the nre started.
Under cross examination, Black said
that Duncan helped 10 take the goods
out of the harness store which adjoined
the postoffice building.
Joseph Wade. the next witness. said he
did not see Warner or Trimbie NJ the
fire. but Duncan was there.
John c. Kelly, present postmaster, at
Fillmore. explained that he established
a temporary postoffice at the Frampton
drug store. lie mad no facilities and used
an open box 10 hold the mail Within
two or three weeks he had closed box.
The one to whom mail was addressed did
not always receive IL personally. but he
esid that the person who got the mail
mad an order or he knew the one who
called.
In answer 70 District Attorney Booth,
the witness ssid that no one had access
TO the mail box behind the counter eN-
cept his son and himself.
Question as to Hill Grade.
Much testimony was introduced by both
sides relative 10 the grade of the hill at
the postofflce and the height and density
OF the foliage Of the trees at that point.
the defense asserting that on account OF
the combination OF the two Warner could
not have seen Hanson enter the shed from
the point at which lie said ne was stand
ing.
G D. Ray. a mining engineer OF Salt
Lake said that when any one climbed the
min he would be shut out Of view by the
foliage OF the trees. He thought the hill
rose about twenty feet.
District Attorney Booth asked If the
branches were high enough so that II
person were To stoop down he could see
the person climb the hill. As TO this the
witness was not sure.
Peter Beauregard did not remember
seeing Hanson on the day of the fire.
Hanson did take him over to the post
office and showed him the lock on the
door at the postoffice. but he did not re-
member when il was.
Cross -eXa mined, witness said he dl6
did not think he was down town on the
day of the fire. and he did not go TO the
FIRE.
Huntsman on the Stand.
Willard Huntsman, the youth who dis
covered the fire. was then called. He said
he was on his way home from social, in
company with Miss Olive Olson, when he
saw smoke coming from kelly's meat
found no fire. lie then went into the
shed and saw small flames near some
sacks OF cement at the corner of the
shed The flames were climbing up the
outside Of the building and there was a
hole burned in the wall. Looking into
the south window he saw light or small
did not see Warner or Trmble at the
fire. He said the mall box in the tenn
porary postoffice was open at the side
of the counter and he had often mailed
letters there. When he the flames
be shouted nre and his father appeared
from the house.
Cross-exarnined. Hm,sman said the
fire climbing UP the wall when he
saw Il, The flames were up about ten
inches and about eighteen inches in
diameter II he had had bucket he
could have eXtinguished the fire. There
three barrels Of water across the
street In front OF his fathers home and
buckets in the house. but he was agi-
tated and did not think OF putting out
the FIRE. He. however. gave the alarm
TO a number of residents In the neigh
borhood. He said he was Hanson's
nephew, his father having married the
.Gefendants sister,
Father Gives Testimony.
Riley Huntsman father OF the pre-
vious witness. said when he heard the
boy. calling he ran to the postofhce, clad
in his night clothes. He tried to open
several OF the doors. but they were
locked. When he came out OF the house
ne noticed Richard Duncan in the street
and after the IRE he found Duncan ly-
ing In his barn. The branches the
trees at the p0stofnce hung so low that
from the middle OF the next block one
could not see anyone In front OF the
. postofficn. The trees were trimmed about
year and a half ago
Replying to Mr.. Booth. Huntsman said
that when he came out pf tine house the
flames were coming out OF the top OF
the sample room, He told Bill Payne
about Duncan being In the barn. Payne
Is a brothcr-in-law OF Hanson.
Postoffice Inspector Lowe said that
when he in Fillmore two days after
the Are Warner told him about seeing
Hanson. but did not until the session of
the grand jury last fall tell him about
following the defendant
Frank Hanson was recalled by the gov
ernrnent and asked II he say Miss Flo
renee Giles and Arnold CARING In the
park the night OF the FIRE. He replied
that he did not.
The defense then rested Its case.
Rebutta1 Testimony
On rcbuftal by the government. Sheriff
Black was the first witness called. lie