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Show him tn KiinsitH Oit ami I told liim." "How did you linjipin to tell Charlie Looiuis '." "llei niisP lie iiski d me what Die other irlrls were r i ti ;r down to the grand Jury for." -'Ami you toid linn "Ye. -ir." Tlic evaniMiiitiou w.s su-peinierl at this hour mid a recess urdi-n-d until i o' -lock. Afternoon I llth liny. Tin- cro-s-ex-.-iininntioii of I'.ssle Hanks was proe. filed with; .) udi;i' Varian f onduellin;. "What is vour tnn; iitiini !'" "Essie Haiiks." "How hint; have yon home that name ':" "Ahoiit leu years" "What was Mntr o'lier nnme'f" "Mullie Itanks." "And your other "I've, iuid no oiln r.'' "Where were ymi tiorn "In Ahtliaina." Tin- Hitni's. was then carried through a mmilicr of yi-.-irs until she pan-ed at Nell Wt'lllnirtun'B ill- fair in Kansas City where she nn-t (.Jennie- l.ootnis. 'lluw ! did you know Loomis'.'' demanded de-manded .1 mine. Varian. "Aliout four years." "When did you come to this country?' "In 1M.I0 a year n-o; I came to linden w itti Nellie Wclliii'ilon." "!'id you enter a house in Ojrden?" '-Yes iir." "How lotifr were you in there before you were arreted V" '-Four months." "What were you convicted forV" 'For shootinL' Myrtle Scott." "Was Loomis your lover V "No. sir." "He had been V ''No, pir." Must a Platonic friendship?" "Yea, sir." "Y'ou have helped himf" , "Yea sir." ' 'JWith money?" , "No air." "And he waa not your lover f" "Mo sir." "Why did you help him?" "I'd help anybody thai was in trouble." "Anybody iti the wide world?" 'ic-i sir." "Would you help me!" "Yes sir; if you iH-cdi-d it." Laughter. Mr. Varinn biiishinit nl tuc-e. admin-ions , took the witness back lo the cell structure, the interviews bctivfiiu (ho wilni-ss: and the prisoner, Loomis, I lie exchange of cigarettes and other ennliib-iices. "What was tin- chum- of your bein locked in n cell?" Miss Prindle and 1 had a little dispute." "What abou' 'I told Mr. VanJercook somethiu that O'.-curreil." "Xoil wanted to cut her, didn't you." "Yes sir." "And went in your tell ulid got a knife?" "Yes sir." "And you nil had prelly hard feelings towards eaerl other, didn't y.ut, win-u they eatne before lh- - rand jury '.'" "No sir, we had made up In fore that." "You told Mr. iinderi ook that Annie was nudty of had .undue! "illi Mr. Mark!" 'No, sir another num." "Who was t he man !" "Mr. Field-" "And Majraie told Annie that you had told it!" "Yes, sir; lau';ie is the one. who told me son, el hint; about Mr. Stark and Annie. 1 t.d.l Annie tin t MtiKirie had hurt iter more 1 1: .in I hadthat "was this cause of the trouble." 'And you told Mr. Yauilercooli?" "Nut about -Mr. Stark; 1 told him about Annie and Mr. Field-." How Idiil; were you loik-d up?" "Tn days." "And released?"' "Thursday; a wide ato." The witness was unil.ir cross-examination w heu the afternoon report cease d. Close of lite l-'otirtli Day. The fourth day in the examination of I'nited Slab- Marshal Parsons closed with I'! iitilU', Faicl-.r.' r t'...'- strmt-iru in a terribly ter-ribly (leiiiif: 1 o -ndilioii. Councilman l';irsons had assailed the foundation, and was followed by Dr. Smith aud Turnkey Ward, who poured hot shot into tin- romance of the prison cell. 1 u turn came Mrs. Kate (Jei-ey, Mi's. S. A. (Jcisy, Mrs. l'aisons and Mr. deisy w lio. lmcim: heen at the hitter's residence, v le ti the foundation for the slory ..I improper advances was laid, each testitied that it would have been impossible for the (lis-inruishcd olii-.-er who is accused, to have committed tin- oifensi' villi which he was charged. Mrs. S. A. Ib-isv of Ojrdeu, who was a visitor at the residence on the di . 'iieepi. rode U said lo have tak' n place, . orrolni. rat d the evi.h ;;'.' of M;-.. Kate (Jeisv. lis did al-o Mrs. K, . l'aisons and .1. II. li.-i-y. in ; lie ill i.ls t of l!lose tistiinnliy the court adjourned until In o'clock !hi- mortiiue;. THEKEYTOTHECASE The Inttrfjiiat With Whicb Li -ht Winged Love- was Ailr.pt'-J to Dull Prison G-lls. The Glittering Witacss that Cnnvoboratei tlia Stcry of au Exchange of Courtesies Cour-tesies in Ja.il. rWi ESSIE BANKS' WEIRD STORY She Esari! the Woi:;fi.u aud G;;ard Stark Ocjkiu? tho Rouir.u'o for the ' Grand Jury Hjoui. SAM PARSONS' EVIDENCE Ha Procured tho Key from a Frisoher Who Didn't Want to See a Gocd Man : Djirned-Guard Johnson and Gardener ChmteMDn. The fifth day of the inquiry into Marshal rai-soiis' ollicial conduct mi- been without incident. Th re has been a steady and tin-lii-ol.en llow of evidence nira'tist 1 1 , -i t whicii v-i.i t'ivi n by Annie l't ndl.j uml Mai;uie Faulkner, and -the friends and counsel for the defense cotmratul.ile l!ie:n-clve ! ihat the , i-!ruclii;e left by those examples ol ile- '" , , liioraii.cd irr.mdt-'ur has been at least badly si al'e.ed. if tiott'.-laily d.-moli.!ie.l. Chris-teii-e;i. Mho was einploycil on the (iic-ey farm, loi.l a siraiuhif rwanl, even tho'i,Ti it was an ilii'er.ite, story of how-he how-he had viewed the. advent and lb iartnre of the licensed upon the oc( asion i n whicii unie say -that love wa i made to her in a ki'clu-n. (iu.inl lo'inson dashed off n vocal -ki ti h of the tiiir! Iloor on which l ii;ic claimed to hue- had. that sylph-like wuh t of lier's entwined by a real lie man's loll.-, and tc-tllicd that he met the iii.rs!-:U at tile, l-iudini; and a'-coi.ipa-iicd him to the wall. Sum 1'arsons, iiclin; warden, came in with tho mysterious key to which reference was :ii nle in Hie early chapters of Hie examination, examina-tion, and which opened the way to li'ht- inijcd love ami the female nard. The key itself pves am;.;.- evidence of the ski'l lha! hunger.. Vr ctti.loy i.iu-1 in li.c coiuincs of the pen. It is on-- of whb-h any lo. -k-initli niiht boa-t one-of those Miioothe, fjlltlcrinir pat'.-rus Hint steal it. ieoiicioie.lv into empires of liail-y. Then come K.s-.ic Hun:,-, who swears as positively and l-eeklcs-i y 'o he iii'iiotcst ile-tail ile-tail of an in! I iicue, one -.lire to weieh lie , claims iv ns eounc-ted wi'il -oil No. -J ,:i the J voiiiun-. wind, as did Annie ami M.tuific th;t they l.:.d been wounded. Tim-, .lie ci.-s goes on, l'-si.- re'.i;rii;-,i-- :o l':e witue.-s chair i at 2 o'clock this nl'ciiioou. MorniiiL, - l-'ifll, t.ay. Neils P. Cln-'i-iteiv-.on sworn, the testimony for Hie defense wa., :e,-unicd. lie was etn-plo etn-plo i il at lb-is-,' a -luriii the curly part uf A ;ust and voriJmr iliroui;!; the ihiy re-tUi-n-.'d to -ho ;-;i i ti-tli i;.'" v at ni-ht. 1,'eenl-leeieil 1,'eenl-leeieil distinc! !y the day M r. 'arsons drove up to the (Jeisy house. As he came up wit-liess wit-liess -.ttlvuiiced end tool; i!i.-.ii;e of the. uni-lunl. uni-lunl. 1 he niiirsluil snid there would be no necessity for tyintf the liorie and witness returned lu his work. The marshal ili-ap. pc tired iu ! he ;itch";i door aud was absent several ln;::-.il-j- before he returned. ' C'i-o,-.--e.-.oio'io; lo; .);-. Y.in in: "I work at Mr cleisey's taking care cf I'm chickens, horses, cb ." "What are you in the penitentiary for' " "For lii-;n with a wife I married eighteen years aco."' "U'hcii; were, you sent from?" "From IliehlieU." "For how lout;!" "One year." "You went there in August?" "The fore j art." l)id you s.!0 the marshal when he cams or did he call to you!" "I went up to him." "Where did you ' llen?" "Hack to the -table." "You saw Mr. i'lirsons come out?" "Yes, sir; out of whet is called the front door." "Isn't it true Hint you didn't look at the house auin and that you don't know what door he came out or when he drove away?" "He came out tho front door and drove away." Hr-dli-iri "You "aw Mr. 1'arsons drive awav, didn't you?" "Yes, sir." Maggie Faulkner. The woman w ho had created such a sen-siition sen-siition in her direct examination was recalled re-called and the. cross-examination was required re-quired by.Tudce Henderson. "I believe you stab-d that you came here f'-oin Officii?'' "Yes, sir." "Aud that a colored man had furnished you willi the. money wilh which to come?" "Yes, sir." "And that you did not see him down here?" "Vo. sir." "Why didn't he come?" "Uccau-e I didn't ask him." "How lorn; had you known him ?" "Several mouths." "He stopped nt your mother'.-) house did he not ?" 1 "Yes, sir; ho roomed th"re." i ' There was another colored man roomed th-re Turin i ?" "Ves, sir." "Wirst was his lirst nauirt?" "Finest." "Did you ever j out willi Kruost In the evi tilui;!" ' 'Nil, sir!" replied Mai?t;!e iudiirnantly. ' Not to Hot Siriu.u?" "No, sir." "Never proiueiiadid around the springs wilh Kriie-t?" "No, sir -I saw him there." Do you know Deputy Marshal Human Cannon?" "Yes, sir." "Did you ever have a conversation with him at the ilepol in iird.-ii xvheu you Went tin re before the grand jury?" "Yes, ,ijr." "Who else was present?" "Clarence (milliard." "What did von tell Mr. Cannon you intended in-tended to do wlien you a it out of the penitentiary" peni-tentiary" "That I was cnniint,' to Salt Lake that I w;is euim; to leave my folks." Objected to; objection withdrawn. "And that von was going into a house of 111. fame?" Mr. VtiriitH -When was this? Jmhje llrnOimm -That wasthc dayeoniinir down from Oirdcn from the grand jury iu company with Mr. Cannon. Td ti-il. "That was the day on which you -ay you met Marshal Parsons at his oilice?" "Ye-, sir." ' 'The day you were so grossly outraged by him?" Yes, sir; 1 was iusultrd by him." A diagram was here shown to the witness which she identilled as the cells mid sleeping aparimeuU in which she alleges she had been the- second time outraged by the advances of the accused. A train carried in fancy to the room Maggie said she was coming from the chamber in the warden's house when the marshal met her. Continuing tho examination, Judge Henderson asked: "Did you see Johnson that day?" "No, sir." "Where did Mr. Parsons go?" "Down tails." "Who i be did you see there V" "Mr. Stutsman." "And you did not see Joh-.ison ?" "No, -ir." "Didn't even hear h'.s voice that day?" "No. sir." "Y'ou don't recall any other time of seeiti!; Mr. l'ai sons there while y hi were supplying the rooms with water!" "No, sir." "Miss Faulkner yon told me you remembered remem-bered the episod - at the reform school in which Superint'-udenl. li.irton was charged i l.y Ilertie llooth w'tii tuakiiii; an indecent assault upon her?'' "Yes, sir." 'And you were a w'tness for her!" "Yes, sir; 1 was before i In- er.,,,, jury." This wound up Mneirie for the present and she again disappeared behind the folding door, at which line "the rule" was drawn. .Joseph W. Johnson. Mr. Johnson, employed mi a guard at the penitentiary, If ctiticd that he had met and s.-eii Matrt' Faulkner almost daily since her swioutn ai .he pen, her duty being to look itUrt the guard's rooms. Mr. Critchlow took hold of the direct examination. Witness n -cr saw flu- marshal on the third Hour hut o-.iie: uutiiim at the top of the stairway, v. il in s- himself going from the night guard's loom. "Maggie Faulkner," coniinued the witless, "passed an we were talking." "Von remained with him on tho third Iloor!" 'Yes, sif; and called him out on the wall." ( Y'iNN. Ksih)Ui11 By Mr. I'uenoi. I '-Was that your lirst appearance out of your room thai day !" "I can't re.-olh-et ; I think that was my lirst appearance Hut day." "From v hat tloor did vou go ou to the wait?' "Walked right olf Hie third I'oor?" "And you left the marshal there, going (low n stairs yourself ?" "Yes, sir." "At. '. left Maggie Faulkner there?" "I don't know w hether -he was there or not.-' "Well she was due there when the guards left their rooms?" "Yes sir." Samuel 11. I'ursons ! Testified that he was now occupying the the position of acting warden at the penitentiary, peniten-tiary, having suec-cded Mr. Y.'iudercoiik on December 1st. Witness idenlilled the diagram dia-gram of women's cells and guard's sleeping apartments. Witness had conducted the cell measurements, which showed them to be. seven feet four inches iu width, the cots measuring two feet in width and six feet long. "Have you a key in your possession which is not one of those used by the management iu unlocking the doors?" "Yes sir." "From whom did you obtain it; from a guard!" No; a prisoner." "I'll ask yoti what doors this key will unlock un-lock ?" "The door to the women's ward aud others." CriLVf-rrainihtil ?,r Mr. 1'uivim. "Could a man get Into tho women's cells?" "No sir; only Into the corridor." "Couitl in- do that in the day?" "At certain hours." "Then a man could go from the yard into the woman's corridor r" "He could if the guard ( were occupied and not watching." "Is this the key by which Hie men recently re-cently escaped ?" i "Yes, sir." "Did the man fiom whom vou got the key say this?" "lie and others," "S hen was the escape?" "November -I." "How did yon come to get the key?" "Word was -cut to me that there was soineHiing going on within to injure the marshal and that it ought to be stopped that there was a key opening from the hos pital Into the women's cell and that prisoners prison-ers w ere using it." "Who was the convict who got the key?" "I would rather not lib' b,e hi- name." "llow did you get the Information?" "From a trusty Thomas Hoyer. ' "If your information is correct the prisoners have had a k V admitting to divers places for four months?"1' "Yes sir." "So that these men hadthekey with which to enter tho women's cell for four months?" "Yes sir if thev could get over the wall." 'They got over the wail didn't they?" "Two of t lie in did." I;--liru,t. "With this key they could effect their escape?'' "I hey could get into the yard enclosed by a wall nineteen feet high and patroled by guards." "What position did Stark occupy?" "He was head guurd in the day." .Vr- Vnrimu What become of stark? 77- 11'iVi) He was discharged. .1,'. Vnruvi Whin? Tin- H'ifHCM On December Of H. Mr. Vnrian l(y order of the marshal? ,(' Wilting Yes sir. Kssle Hanks. One of those striking admixtures of color that bring about the octoroon made its appearance ap-pearance when Essie Hanks, with blonde tresses, shielded by a fashionable hni, came tripping in and settled iu the witness chair amid the craning necks of the spectators who crowded fdrther into the chamber that was now dense with bad breath. Fs-io smiled a smile of conscious recognition and then began be-gan her story. "My full name," said the witness, "is Misa basic Hanks. I have been stopping at tho penitentiary since May 7 lust, aud weut there from Ogden." "You know' tho people at tho ponitcnliary Miss Prindle?" "Yes sir." "Miss Faulkner?" "Yes sir." "The guards?" "Y'es sir." The witness here explained that after her conviction at Ogden she was placed In t lie women's ward, aud had worked at the warden's war-den's house. It was two weeks since she was locked in. Miss Prindle was locked in when she cumc out. "Annie was at the warden's house?" was asked. "Yes sir; then Maggie came back and we were all lu. Annio and I had some trouble, and Annie went out." How long were you kept iu?" "About ten days." "How long before you were released?" "When the new warden arrived about three days after." "Do you remember the circumstance of Mi-s Prindle and Miss Faulkner coming he-fore he-fore the grand jury ?" "Yes, sir." "Could you hear them in their cell?" "Yes, sir." "Did anyone visit them that morning?" "Yes. sif." "Who?" "Mr. Stark." ' How long was he there?" 'About half an hour." "What were they talking about?" "They said they were going to cinch tho Marshal ; Annie said she was going to swear to any thing to get him removed. Maggie, was a little undecided nnil said she thought she had better get out out of one trouble before she got into another. Annie said -he saw a load of coal go up to (Jeiscy's she told this to the grand jury." "What cell din thev occupy?" "No. 3." iJ "And what cell did you?" "No. 1." "Did you hear any whispering in their cell?" "Yes sir; I heard Stark say that if they would tell the story as ho told 'eni to, anil tell the same story all the time they could cinch the marshal." "Was Slark in their cell very often?" "Oh my, yes morning, noon and night : they played cards aud smoked almost every day." "Have yon been down town before?" "Y'es, sir." "Who was with you ?" "Warden Parsons, Mr. Ward, Annie Prin. die and Maggie Faulkner. Annie Prindle said if 1 was going down to testify in favor of Marshal Parsons, I needn't look for a pardon. par-don. I asked why? Shu -aid because the marshal and the governor were bitter cue. mi'-s." i ' Did she say anything about getting a par- ' don lier.-cll ?" o i "No, sir; only that she expected to get out very soon." "You remember when Annie was at Geh-y's?" "cs, sir; saw her every night." "You recollect when'shu' ceased coin-there!" coin-there!" "Yes. sir." j "Did she say why she left there?-' ' "Yes, sir; she said that Mrs. lieisy objected ! to her company and asked one of the gentle. ' men w ho hud called to stop smohiug ch ar- ! e'.lcs, and that Mr. Mastersoii could "not j come there at all that she wouldn't have any sporting characters around. " Cii ...v. Kx-aiiihiil ' .1-. Vitrimt. "What time was it. that you came down with Miss Prindle and Miss Faulkner." "1 guess about il o'clock." And Stark had been iu there talkiu" to her?" "Yes sir " "How long?" ' ' Bout half an hour." "When did ho enter?" "' 'ter breakfast." ' .nit did Stark say?" "ho told them that they must tell their story straight; she said, I will I'm going to sweur to anything to get the old of a out of otllec. Maggie said, yes, we'einch lulu ; we'll send the old of a to hell." "And Stark, what did he -ay he said will send the old s of a b to h 1 too, didn't he" 'Yes sir." jLaughb-rj. " I here was a colore 1 woman lu there too, was t here not ?" "Yes sir." " ho was she?'' "I'llbi ;-mi!h." "Who have you told this -torv Jo" "No otio 'lit, I lir trot, Mr. iStutsjuiiti lif srnl ftr mi. to come ouNltl.M "Ami wh-it diil lit want':' 'To know what was ioin oq in there. " "iil you tell any mc floV'1 ; Yc sir; Charlie Loomis. 1 used to know |