The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-06

slight confusion over the left eye,
a slight scratch on the left hand and
a little abrasion of the left side
In answer TO questions by the at
torneys Tor Mrs. Faut, the doctor
stated that the condition of the body
was such that he could not tell wheth.
er the neck was broken.
He also stated that the wounds
found upon the man were amply sufil-
Client TO cause death and that death
ensucd, undoubtedly, through the ribs
penetrating the left lung and possibly
the heart. 1t was his opinion that
the man may have been run over by
an automobile or he might have been
struck with some other thing that
would cause death.
slood-Stained Exhibit.
Blood-stained buggy shafts, alleged
to have been in the hands OF Mr
Faut when he was run over, were
brought into the court room and the
doctor was asked whether he thought
it possible that Mr.. Faut was Killed
by an automobile striking the shafts
and forcing them against the man 3
body. He said that he thought it
possible. The witness also said that
the man might have been killed by
simply being struck by the machine
or by having been run over by 1t,
and that 1t would be a difficult mat
ter for any one simply examining
the wounds to determine the manner
In which Mr.. Faut met his death
"My God!" Exclaimed Farr.
Thomas f. Farr was called as a
witness. and testified that he was at
his place OF business u few feet north
OF the accident and hundred or
more feet east of the place on the
night OF the tragedy. He was working
at his books and had all the doors
Of the office closed Mr. Spangenberg
was in the office with him.
i was working at my books, when
l heard the crash of window glass
and the cry Of u man as IF he were in
distress. 1t half frightened me and
| said TO Mr.. Spangenberg, My God,
something has happened We then
rushed out of the Office and, as we
did so, / observed an automobile pass
ing along the avenue at d rapid rate
of speed. l heard a voice cry to
them 60 stop, but the machine did not
slacken its speed 1t went right on
and j saw it pass around the corner
OF Twenty-second street. going west
The machine was moving at a rate of
speed from 20 to % miles an hour.
rushed down the street where a
crowd had assembled and found there
man lying upon the ground in a
very bad condition, / told the men
there that if they did not want the
man TO die in the street, they had
better carry him TO the drug store,
which they did The machine was a
large white steamer, closely hooded,
and 1t was going at rapid speed
could plainly hear the man across the
street cry to the automobile to stop"
Heard tho Crash.
George l. Spangenberg testified
that lie was with Mr.. Farr In the
Office that evening and that he. too,
heard tho crash of glass and rushed
out TO see what was the matter. He
won't out of the Office behind Mr.. Farr
and did not notice an automobile
passing He heard the man across
the way call to somebody to stop AT
the tim. he heard the breaking Of
glass, he said he also heard a muf-
fled sound similar to the cry Of
man.
Yesterday afternoon, in answer to a
pointed and pertinent question pro-
pounded by Judge Henderson, as to
whether he did not know at the timo
he ran over Mr.. Faut that he had
killed a man, that his subsequent ac-
tons had been to cover up his deed,
that he told Kennedy to 20 get the
hat and get rid OF it because he knew
IL would be mute testimony against
him and that he had employed coun-
sci TO defend him when he could see
the facts were weaving around him
and that he would likely be found TO
be guilty of killing the man, William
Howell stated with emphasis:
VIM. HowelI's Explanation.
NO, sir. / did not know that my
machine had run over that man, and |
do not now believe that il did II
my machine had run over that man 1t
would have ground him to pieces If
you want TO know what / think of the
matter, | Will tell you. ! think the
shafts struck the man and killed him.
IL my machine struck anything at all,
II was the shafts. | have not tried to
cover my tracks but have acted ac-
cordlng to instructions from my attor-
neys whom I had a right to employ
| did not know q man had been Killed
until the officer told us so at the NJ.
& NJ saloon. and ] did not tell Ken
ncdy 10 get that hat and get rid OF