Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-05
Jury Visits Car Where TRAGEDY
Occurred and Makes I'm.
portant Discovery.
JURYMAN S. D. JOHNSON
Finds Bullet In Middle Partition. Con
firmlng Defendants story OF
Tho shooting.

/ Especial to The Ncws.)
Provo, Aug. 5--Gn the Give MUIR
der hearing Thursday afternoon. young
Ralph Olson. brother OF Mrs. Give, was
cross-eNamiEed by the attotuey TOR the
state. Witness said he did not r.mem-
Der Give saying TO Mrs. Cll,c at hc
time Give struck witness, Il would
rather nlli you than have YOU 10 wrong
with wilcox or any otner man. When
ClNc lett the next day after the snoot-
ing witness ana Cllye nad talk at
Spriugville, az which Give rather apol-
ogl2ed Tor striking witness, and said
that he thought witness was rather
IN the night 10 stand up for his slste-
Give askei witness to LOOK after Nj 5
Ciivc and protect her from Wilcox
Whcn Give was away.
STATES FURTHER EVIDENCE.
Deputy Sheriff Elias Gardner If This
tie, who was called to Mil Fork arter
the shooting, testified that Give told
him that he ana Wilcox were standing
up when tie natal shot was fired, tnut
tliNo pressed the pistol against Wit
ooN's body and fired and Wilcox tel
witness said WilcoXs bed Appeared as
N some one had recently occupied II.
Ike Miller, who was with the bridge
gang, testified that WlcoN's bed, after
the shooting. looked as it il had been
occupied. Crhe object OF this testimony
is to confirm the states theory that
wilcox was In his room and In lei
when attacked and killed..
Alma &. Hales, deputy sheriff OF Utah
county who went to Min Fork on May
\, testified that WilcoN's bed appeared
TO have been slept in and Mrs. Gives
bed appeared as II some one had been
in II on the front side, but the pillow on
h4 R. h.1 a.
turbed. Six bullet holes were found In
the car, all in Wilcox ROOM said Mr.
Halos. None were found anywhere
else in the car The course OF thc
bullets WAS toward the northeast AMI
east except one. which was toward tie
south Apparently none had been fred
from the east The blankets and tar
paulin of Wucox's bed were identified
by the witness and introduced as evil
dcnCc, attention being called to the
holes and bloodstains in them Mr..
HalCs gave II as his opinion that the
holes We're bullet holes.
Sheriff George r. Judd. who went 70
Mil Fork the next day after the killing,
was called and corroboratcd the story
OF Deputy Sheriff Hales
County Physician II. $. Pyne was
again called and testified that tn stains
on one OF the blankets was blood.
Mrs Wilcox was called 10 testify that
she had never heard ot Mr., Wilcox be-
ing in trouble over another woman, az
Give testified wilcox had told him, but
her evidence was not allowed to go In
as rcbuttal Judge Booth, however, in
structed the jury that the statement Of
Give should not be considered as
against the character OF Wilcox. Her,
the state rested.
Tho defendant, Give was called IA
sub-rebuttal lie denied the testimony
OF the hagman, Gayhart, on the night
Of May Z Of seeing him.
FIND FOR DEFENSE.
Here the court adjourned and the
jury went to the depot TO inspect the
car in which the killing occurred, ac-
by the attorneys, the de-
PENDANT Give and Deputy Sheriff Hales
In this inspection one Of the Jurors. 5
ID. johnson, discovered "a bullet Inn
bedded In the partition, near the floor
In tho middle OF the office room.
This was an important discovery for
the defense. ~ ii goes far In substanti.
ating the claim made by Give that the
shooting began In the office, as he was
following Wilcox when the latter ned
from Mrs Gives bedroom.
When the Give hearing was rcsum-
ed this morning in the Fourth district
court. sheriff Judd testified To the find
ing Of the bullet hole in the middle
IdTUlpn WNlCu was ilhue bN tUt same
size missile as those found I'm WilcoN's
bedroom. But he further stated that he
believed the bullet hole was a fresh one.
at least not as old as the others. He
could not account for this belief, as he
knew Of no one who had access TO the
car who would be likely TO place It
there.
:. u. johnson. the juror who discov-
cred the bullet hole. was sworn and
testified that the newly discovered bull |
let hole did not appear TO him to he |
any frcshcr than the bullet holes in |
The other part Of the car.
This closed the testimony, and the |
arguments OF attorneys was begun. |
County Atty, jacob Evans opened for |
The state and was followed by Atty. |
J w. n. Whtecotton for the defense. |
DIST. Atty. Harvey Cuff will close FOR |
he state. The case viii go TO the jury |
onight or tomorrow morning