Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-20
coroner's Jury Returns Verdict OF
Justifiable Homicide
This Morning.
STATE MAY NOT PROSECUTE
Following Verdict Prisoner Is
Taken Back to City
Jail.
county Attorney Holding conference
WIN His Deputies This Afternoon
To Decide Matter.

7ts law Of vengeance against the
As.noler of home was invoked this
,0ornine and caused the coroner's jury
t.,o,s Justice OF the Peace Stanley
Hanks 10 bring in verdict OF Jus
Unable homicide in the shooting OF
Arthur F. Sheppard, scenic artist
nv John A. Jones, at the Wellington
hotel. Monday morning. Although
Jones was taken back to the city jail
afer the verdict was given, IL was
done 70 allow the county attorney to
further investigate and issue a com.
nlaInt n II Is believed necessary. II
I, probable that the case will end with
the present verdict
Al the hearing this morning only one
witness was examined. Jones offered
10 testify TO certain facts. but refused
to DO so on the terms laid down by
the state and the entire proceedings,
including the arriving at verdict did
not occupy more than IS minutes.
As the verdict was read by Justice
Hanks, coroner ex ofhcio. the face OF
John A. Jones lighted up for the first
time II was hardly smile. simply
a more animated expression. Some
half dozen friends who stood behind
him reached forward and shook his
Rand and n few minutes later he laf,
the Commercial block. where the in
Quest was held, escorted by the po-
licemar who brought him from the
city jail
,,orsssionless His large eves saan,sS
10 arink IN the evidence and no saw no
one but the witness testifying
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hSi Ell NLbfNn Siohf.
W. O. Adams an old miner u,ho Ia
now clerk al the Welltnvton hotel a-as
the only witness He descrIbed the ar
rival Of sheppard and Mrs Jones, wife
Of the def. ndant, at the hotel. He
said that be had never seen either OF
ihe parties 10 the Affair. before. Shep- .
signed his mama ae "a rth,,,. rre,-ss,,t'.
and wife, Ogden" While the man and
me woman stood. partly facing the d.
fuuon ron which Jones came, wait
ihs 10Y tne elevator the witness said he
n'aru the shots. Adams said that
snspparo ran through the door into the
neies waiting room az the hotel, with
Sonss AFTER hinl' closely followed by the
~ '' nan Two or tnree shots were fired
~, ~ ~ corriuor before the room was
tNo Or three shots were fired In the
, ,yo'n ano tha' seven shots were fired
Love- ~ ,,
. sonss tne witness declared, did not
minute or two after they entered A,
Nh,risS sna =, ,ne hrst Snot sheppard
Whsn ASa aa'''
n1ony b,stic. uart'. , xis nIs test-
u,ith A.. A. ~ ~, neIu conference
ZONES ana a. a., warner. representing
BOWMAN 49,, ~ NY 'ohh =:
called 10 The s,ars een sNoIh anu
could be asked At 49,. puesuon
that he had ofrere1 Iona ".nou s.
simply 10 nrova ~" "i'n 1r
prosecution t,n,-.Sta,.,.. ine
the attorney takins an, opJ r, 10
p,oceedlngs declaring that the defend |
So nau no night TO be represented at |
vac inquest
Justice Hanks declared that as there |
SO. 40 rule governing the matter. IL |
all WI hooked upon as courtesy 20 |
sol u u,ah 10 be represented by coun- |
ons.,,'n At,y; bowman attempted TO |
him ths, ~ ~ltness MS attorney told |
sfors No. =. va hot need to answer. An /
ness coniS y. 70 snow that the wit
court h,, =. Juased IN contempt or /
'ss'ns, II.
on... 'ne witness cares to answer the
viii ' h. ne may but II he does he /
s,id r lave 10 go into the entire case
'usuce Hanks.
JURY son,y p,,,o,,
Ar, ''h>i oHiS
n. ake MS seat The court then saye
tion ~ instructions, At the sugees-