The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-28
WITNESSES IDENTIFY
| HARLEY MEWHNVNEY
e,iiente OF State Tends 10
Connect Defendant With
Erickson Murder.
DEsCRIBES THE CAPTURE
q,u Who Helped to Take
Fugitive Prisoner Tell
How II Was Done.
rsCRlBES THE CAPTURE

| ..d,rdsys hearing Of Harley Me
-..,.r. accused OF tic murder oi {. l..
|,-4,co several witnesses identified tho
s,.1.o, aud as tho evidence was given
..sI,oev was apparently quito uncon-
,nI took but lauEuid interest in
Il 4. rrocCodingS.
-. saul Brown. tho mau who TaS
.1'y1 "a No bv McwmnDey aud Kirkpatrick.
.na4 his place Oh the stand. and the
.<esss began It's cross GAMMA tioll
u ,,stimonv was not shaken. GcHier-
~ gorrins ne cleHrlr Indicated tho de-
80, AZ opc nf his sssailants.
~. Jluuia Browning on" OF Inc pro
.S.,o,s II ths Ramona lodging house.
~. me killing occurred, Followed
r,,zn on lh" stand aud told OF having
E,ni tfe grToamr Tor hclp and th" scuf-
- :, roDu T.. She saiI she ran from
Il -ssm lust az IN" shot was fred, and
=, 0,t person she encountered WAS
-an vitb blood streaming dosn hia
4, ara calling FOR water. Attorney
ir-s,,ong had Just begun his cross-oA-
.s,s1iion Of IN" witness when court WAS
,-,,y ,,y.s,rmination of Ms. Browning at
4, strnoon session brought no diver
~ from her testimony Of tho morn
lv. Jauc sullivan. Mrs. Brownins'3
,srincr In the management of tho Rs-
,yra, Was the next witness rallcd, Her
asr Vas practically the same as that
a Nr Browning. She said she lcd
houn 10 the Kitchen. where he could
s,le his wounds a. The sink.
Result Of Autopsy,
N. T. Y Hansen, county physician,
"a called 10 testify concerning the
laEsI performed on Erickson. lie said
= found but one wound, aud that IL was
) bullet wound He said The bullet en-
,r,5 the left breast. pierced The fourth
M ,hr l6ft lung aud the left aidc of the
ess'h rib. The extracted bullet was On
tfs5 ss IN exhibit Dr. tlIusou stated
rai the bullet was OF SS-rJlibcr
4 ]. ilNon. Indchinist IN charge ~ the
ss3'blker garage at tho corner OF Sec
- Fast and Second South streets. who
i'isied IN the capture OF Mewhiuney.
i.s'ihec that the first he knew Of The
ecJuenoo IN the house across the street
tls when one OF tho dodgers. greatly
ud,st ran acroSs tho street 10 tell him
rEdsr was being pcrpotrated In the Ra
rTa. HiXon said that, as he glanced
srlcs thc street. he saw two men hurry
irz the doorway Of tho Ramona and
IN down II narrow passage between the
hrona and tho frat building 10 the
rrh a. lie started across tho street
saw tho two men emerge from the
ihTSoy ~ the Temple of Labor. two
eos north of tho Ramona. one OF
VI MAS ha'lcss and ran across the Side
sb and jumped int" a delivery wagon.
fnnn nan toward the wagon and as he
rire1 u The man was begging tho
ENC 70 whip up his horse. HiXon
Et'eA ,he lines and stopped tho horse.
y :. Theobold. who was on the other
~ oi The wagon. seized Mewhlmncy
~ together they held the prisoner un-
Y NE police arrived
Identified by Lodger.
W $ Tneobold. local manager of the
tlei States Tire company was the
N witness called lie testified that
was standing at tho Studc baker gar
ns Nhcn man rushed up TO HIM and
nm That someone WAS shooting
he Ramona. The young man who
.cild this news had evidently been
S+Nrg. Tor half his face was covered
W. ather and in his excitement was
NrIylg a dust pam
in'ooolu said he also saw tho men
.r'sr from the Temple OF Labor ana
80 one oi lhcm jump into the deliv-
~ wagon lie ran toward tho wagon.
TWNlhg ihcrc simultaneously with HlNun.
a1sh he and his half-shavcn Compau-
i,achcd the wagon. Mcwhuncy was
sls ms nose with n bloody handkcr-
~, ~ soon as hc dropped the hand
n-sift nom his fncc. tho Ramona lodcer
NJ .led him rs the man who had fired
V'nser ". \. Heath testified concern
-, we arrest Of W"whiuncy ana the
''-'ll made of his room.
sIa'u!s L. Davis, an employee of tho
~ 9ser sArUTe. witnessed The arrest
q. WH q indin. the gun and ha, IN
,,.T "i tho Temple Of Labor. The
l,u,.u'lvh lad Just completed It's exam
4 49, vi phNiS when court was ad-
'''el Nnul In o'clock this morning