Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-03-09

At 10 o'clock Monday morning the court
convened and the prosecution commenced the
introduction of its evidence by Offering lhas
\ Porter as its first witness. Mr.. Porter
was shown and identified sketches made by
him OF part OF the ground floor Of the Mason
Hotel The offer by the prosecution to nitro
luce the plans made by Mr.. Porter was met
bv the attorneys for the defense objecting to
their introduction. Mr.. Moore was allowed
to cross-examine the witness and ehcited the
information that witness had prepared the
plans several months after the tragedy, that
the plans did not show the windows and
other openings in different parts OF the hotei
and that witness did not know the arrange-
ment Of the tables in the dining room, where
Otter ate his lunch Just before he was killed
Further examination elected the information
that the witness had drawn the plans at tne
direction OF attorneys for the prosecution and
that witness did not know how the furniture
in the dining room was arranged on the day
Of the homocide, and that witness had not
marked on the plans the location OF all the
tables because he did think it necessary.
Mr.. Henry l.. Morensen was then called as
a witness to further identify the plans and
stated the arrangement OF the tables IN the
dining room as well the arrangeme 1t oi
that part OF the hotel occupied as public
lobby. ladies' lobby, passage to the dining
room and the stairway Upon the further OIL
fer OF the State the introduction OF the plans
we're vigorously opposed by the defense: but
were admitted as States exhibit L. and the
ruling OF the Court carefully excepted to
by the defense. The witness then proceeded
the killing of Otter observed by him. lie
stated that shortly after II o'clock, last
time" he. with his son, l.. ID. Mortenson'
T. II. Durbn and Joseph Eckert. went to the
dining room for his lunch and that they sat
at table little west OF the center OF the
dining room After concluding their meal
witness stepped to the east end OF dining
room to speak to Mr.. Long, who was seated
at a table: that his son, Eckert and Durbin
passed out OF the dining room that after
speaking to Long for short time witness
I'll. tt,. from
dining room between the ladies lobby and
the stairway, and he approached the exit
mentioned he heard shot. followed by sec
ond that Harry Leach, who was leaving the
room Just behind Otter. turned and run out
OF the south door OF the dining room, collid-
ing with witness. who turned and stepped out
OF dining room through the east door; that
witness AT once turned back and went TO the
place OF shooting - that he approached the
door of the dining roo'n to the passage he
saw lying the floor OF the passage bttSeen
the stairway and entrance to the ladies lobby
the body of a man. lie saw defendant stand
ing Just inside the entrance OF ladies lobby
stopping over the body of the PROSTATE form
and saw defendant fire two shots into the
head Witness. as the shooting ended. heard
defendant say: "NOu red headed s. of b.
You will not wreck another man home
Witness then stepped up to defendant, placed
his hand upon defendants shoulder and said.
old man. don't you think you have done
enough shooting" words to that effect. As
witness spoke the defendant gave a start, then
broke the revolver and emptied the exploded
shells on the floor Witness then stad with
defendant until the latter was taken into
tody. Witness then noticing that life was not
extinct. got some one to get some water and
tried to revive Outer, but he died within very
lew minutes after the shooting Witness
then. with Mr. Bogovtch. the proprietor Of
the hotel Strengthened out the body and Gov
cred II with sheet.
Upon examination by the defendant
the witness did not vary materially from his
statements on direct examination. lie stated
that he had no previous acquaintance with
any of the parties, having only arrived in
Mason the day previous; that his business
was that OF experimenting the building OF the
tram for the Mason Valley Mine, and that
Durbin. Eckert and his working un
der him
Floyd SHUTTER was then called by the State
SHUTTER was told to take pointer and indi-
cate different locations On the plans of the
hotel prepared by Mr. Porter. After study