The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
MRS. VALL||V FA|NTS
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wore a long tan overcoat and a stiff
hat and was about six feet tall with
broad shoulders and springy walk,
drive over under the shade of this
tree ~
The buggy was driven over aud the
man asked her if she had the money,
1t S all right the witness re-
piled.
"Wen, here's your ring" replied
the man. Look at it and see if it is
all right. You will never be bothered
again,
The witness handed over the money
to the blackmailer and touched his hand
as she did so. She then drove home.
Most of the story of the witness was
brought out in detail by counsel for
the defense in cross-e1amination, A PIN
could have been heard to drop during
its recital.
"Ill never forget that voice. re-
piled the witness camly in answer to
Attorney Christensen's question as to
how she knew it was Martin s. "He
stood over me in my bed that night aud
never, never could forget it, and
don 4 think you would either. F"
Suffers a Collapse.
stand and walked back to the private
office Of the Judge, where she col
lapsed. She tainted several times and
became bysterieal. Or. A. A. Robin
son, one of the witnesses in the case,
was hurriedly summoned to attend her
Detective Robert Burk was recalled
to verify Mrs. Wallin' IS testimony of
her listening in the office of the chief
of police to the conversation in the ante
room between himself and the defend
ant,
Deputy Sheriff Edo Filter then told
of the attempted escape of Martin from
the county Jail on the night of January
| 9 last, when he sawed bolt from an
iron bar in his cell, opened the cell
door and tore part Of the screen from
The jail window, when no was dis
who had gone TO lock him up in the
inside cell for the night.
The witness testified he found the
blankets and mattress hanging over the
inside door of the double doors enter
| ing the dungeon where Martin was con-
fined and towel stuck under the door.
"What are You doing, Joe the wit.
ness testified he remarked; Hdrying out
your bedding?'
The defendant replied in the affirma
| tive
Discovery Is Made.
The witness said he then saw that the
wire screen had been partly torn from
the window of the outside corridor,
where the prisoner had no right to be;
Martin, the witness said, had opened
corridor in front of his cell to the
| outer corridor. This had been easily
accomplished because of defect IN the
manner Of locking the door.
Ritter stated the defendant noticed
that he had discovered the torn screen,
and Martin remarked "There's moth
| ing like taking chance:
The witness asked Martin how he
ho be- had torn it Off with his hands.
At the suggestion Of Attorney Chris
tensen for the defense. the jury was
taken down stairs into the county JAIL
and Martin gave them an ocular demon
stration Of how easy it was to open the
door leading from the inside corridor
in front of his cell in the dungeon to
tho outer corridor where the window
was. Two bars Of the window had
been already partly sawed through
somo time ago during previous at
tempted jail delivery.
Testifies as to Saw.
Deputy Sheriff j.. G. Crompton, one
of the bailiffs Of the court in charge
of the jury, told OF seeing haclssaw
about four inches long which had been
taken from Martin 3 cell that night
He said the defendant told him he had
brought the saw from the city jail when
| he was transferred to the county Jail
after he was bound over to await the
action of the district court and the
grand jury:
Deputy Sheriff Walter Richey told of
| finding an iron bar which had been
taken from the wall Of Martin S cell
by saving off one Of the nuts and
wrencbing the other loose in the cell
! of the prisoner. tho next morning after
the attempted escape. One OF the nuts
was found in the lavatory.
| Sheriff DeVine. who was in Salt Lake
today on official business, did not re-
turn in time TO allow the prosecution to
finish the introduction of its evidence:
| With Detective George Wardlaw and
the sheriff the state will rest its case
tomorrow morning,
The first witness of the day was DR.
A. A. Robinson, who told of examiu-
| inn tbc wounds in the legs of the de-