Show THE TURNER MURDER jack emerson the accomplice of fred welcome on trial of emerson for the milt tier of john F I 1 turner at park city in july 1880 was nai opened in ili the hie third district I 1 J oart on friday morning last hist ile irs danzilo and appeared on in ortho of the peoples and end and Willia nii for ilia defendant was wa ilia hie first railed called and instilled to having exale ined ilia hie body fad finding marks of ilia blown blois on ilia skull Us ue exhibit tel another skull an aiji illustrated to lo the ilia jury what portions pott ioni ions ol of alio llio it a skull lull libil hall been by thil axe abot tile the skull so exhibited being maikel milt ink such a blow lie hinted would un doubt odly produce death there had also IBO oen can it blow on the jaw vi inch fractured it tile boad of the alio ate lie he mid hold must have 8 truck struck the tilde bids of ilia skull and pris shIg down broke the be jaw the boains on oil if the 8 axe which wai ties ablo shown to tile the jury ury mere ole undoubtedly blood A blow so struck might spurt eliud bix or eight feet the party parly who struck the blow must have 1 been I a on behind the ilia doce mod und and the blow hrc as evidently a left ion handed blow jolin john dturner WT W 1 I urner father of the deco deceased ahad test leal I 1 led fled as A col I 1 I 1 loan 0 v m left ho hot ineat neat brovo city in tile ilia 1 1 1 with four horses and two wag on ani lie 1 had 1 a d a general batup outfit lie liml blo d to w a kr gray v horchos ono one ll 11 flea u bitton alia other team wet a dark daik horses lio raca iio lima a small dinall tent and some blankets also horns lox log chains chit lua the now wagon was loaded with grant lu fit the books had find my illy name on oil them thain that 11 ll tit the KA milem narks harks had them my mon man A a about live foot feet six nix indies inches high and weighed pound ills hidir was clipped foryt lose lie bad on new 0 boots C canton an ton flannel under c 1 0 t b e s now naw 11 alla Is coat was plaid and lie jie had pantis with a mixed check tho iha veit t was as ilia tho thornnie innie no tile tho cout coat ili ilia aoi ka vero A ore knit woolen und and gray I 1 identified the clothes round on einerson Li nerson when lie ho was august let lat at groen river kler tile clothes ot of my illy son were on lila ills portion poi I 1 al alno 0 identified a linger finger i lug which was H an taken rion the body it wasa wan A silver ring aith a gold setting Bil linn which lie had worn about three years on oil ajo ibah of july I 1 had reason to lo believe that a pair Johns ol 01 barmas had been sald abild in wyoming I 1 started for park city and heard that so aa inquest had bad bien hold bel joer over a dead body round in lilio echo canyon I 1 went there and got tho the in ili the came I 1 then telegraphed to salt lake fur for a coffin I 1 then sent tv atto a men A ith instructions to proceed to echo cannou find and eanon there y alia body aunill I 1 bont there next day and round a whore where ii had bail camped anti I 1 lound found the running hour gear of my sons dugon lit in tha ilia possession of mr 1 l piedmont ri edmont I 1 theu went to miles froin aled in and found tile tho gray bones anti and the harness which my illy son had taken a anay a Y front from provo the Ihen next ext in momma orning I 1 we went tit to green river tl and lound mr air lynll who had bad purchased abo new ngon belonging to toniy my son aon it had bad bows bong oil it thoo the ibe bowe llad been makrin from ilia old wagon land and put on tile the now oua one I 1 then ivoun bont to lo cheyenne Chey enno where here welcome was arrested I 1 returned to losart salt lake with blin hit meeting my sons remains tit nt echo canyon I 1 blought welcome and iiii ln wan houd remains lo 10 salt lake together when vv lore I 1 an inquest nas 8 hold dr examined the t body 0 y t found my lily sons pocket knife slid and benall 11 look in chyo 0 no lit in satchel the ibe axe hero e ro ln in coult was in y sons its be took it from homo boyna will hlin hill at when he be started the iha grain slicks backs we were bout a 11 t to ino ilia froni from matilton I 1 also alia some omo julles quella and pillow at oreen klyer iziver thin th 3 was on oil in my sevorid trip when still arsen we nas 3 tirre ut at river the IT i low allds and were wera bloody 1 11 ring worn orn by jolt john n I 1 boss I 1 hero 1 i produced r und and by the wit bah allred said I 1 know jo john 11 in turner in film ilia was ua my illy brother brollier lu in law I 1 lived at Provo was wai v ith win him frequently I 1 anew tho clothing lie ho wore quite well sheriff turners description ol of the hie property party lie he took a aft v oy ay was wai correct I 1 left fro brovo with turner and went w with ith him nearly to echo canyon ahe the canion can 0 ha ie a goi sort of camping and there theyron mains of camp urea fires are to boa bee seen all rhoul there la is a largo large rook rock along tilde of the road rou about twenty feet square thus thou fowler and I 1 went her buthi canyon leaving air turner behind we bleached leached the canyon cany on at al 0 0 lock in fit the morning morn iiii we mano a boarch benr aba rod we HO haij bad been told that hut tile body was near A couple of rocks the nun mail who discovered the body told old its 18 location local loii at the coroners coron eru ini in questa we a lound found tile tha body noar near a ismal rock about live lira rods rod from the road it was uns under a pile of brush I 1 recognized bodyl body lila ble ring wita wan on the iba iha b body 0 o ly had on pants and binden lohier and no rock bock jaitly on ills lett left lout foot it pulled half way oil iha body by a tent I 1 recognized it as being the one which blob lio he and I 1 owned t agether tOK og Othor ether I 1 also r recognized tile the body b by the i e foa features tures and 08 tle SIM jolia 11 Hs t taller aller ili than n n I 1 am I 1 ilia ciliak ll 11 bud ad a sort borl of raise on ills his nose which wh I 1 could recognize the body was pailly burned about five or six bix inches of dirt had been thrown over the tha budy body and the canvas ciui vasa of the die tent stuck out nut in places we left the body there I 1 next saw it ai nt Provo where it was subsequently brought and buried I 1 it at provo its as tile one due I 1 had soen seen lit in echo lio canyon the tent wai mail partly burned at wo vvo found the running gear or of juhna m wagon agon tile tongue and it a bull bell belonging to almat wo a found joints johns axe ina in a wagon nae the iba STO axe was here bore identified by tha ilia wittiest thero there wai considerable blood ou the bottom and sides aided of the wagon we 0 o found it two foot oot of blood was on oil the wagon beil bed that Is it was wai stained over that space there was blood on the axe ao when we round roil nil it john jelin turner tinner recalled I 1 Boaro Bour hod chod tho the camping m ping ground voiel heie john had bad cirit cat bulted near inear park Paric found a squall bag slid and a bank which I 1 BI am B I bu loging to lily alny son T ibe he buck back v v as about i twelve loot foot from where the campfire it hurl 1 I bran been built I hemick wai hers here oil by tile it ws was now ten len billu was the court took a recess new until 3 2 clock after afier recess thomas fowlar wi called callad and taij imea ad 8 follows fol lowB I 1 live lit in lahl and knew john turner I 1 was well ao atoil with the doce asod was ai often at the HIB isher firs house being a deputy sheriff if giue a known tile the deceased seven years el 1 ra I 1 mi aiKi aled tiNted in ilia search fur the to body d y I 1 went ih mr air allred to echo 1 canyon sad and moped We reexamined examined the th rocks which lind had been described to us and we a found the corpse lying face upwards wards i rolled up tip la in an old tent I 1 knew the body to be john turners the dechai ed I 1 was wa able abla to identify it by the ilia felt er tures lures by his bin ring by hla his clothes and by tho cauko cut of bli hor after e lied fled the hotly body we wont vent to aej am found one of johns v als alao 0 tile the trail tongue and souie some chains which we identified we iva found tho the new wagon and t team sin at oreen river we found blood smeared em eared over the bottom of tile the wagon and aso io some mome straw matted together ether johns axe aie sm as la in the wagon kv ivhon fi n w we a boand the body one foot was waa bare and a aock partly on the other lore here a rock was wai shown the cho blob ve he identified as a the llie mute mate or at lenat least one ona similar in appe appearance aranco I 1 recognized the llo tent which was bloody and partly burn ed leonard maid I 1 found the ibe body it waa to the left of the road bohmil a rock roch I 1 afterwards erwardi aft wrapped bo body up it to ilir turner arnor in a this was on ju july 1 y loth I 1 found wagon tracks about fl the place showing that the lie aegon wa on had been driven away from the I 1 picked up a 6 piece ia of ottha the icly scalp with hair on it mattei real teil 1 ft ill h blood it we WIK whore ilo body bail bad twin been thrown out T tho la bol body vi wan itly ai vp wrapped poll up in ill an 01 old tent c and sever r al r rucks I 1 0 its were wera thrown on it ono rork rock 11 weighed c hed about b ou 1 1111 ally y bend there were are div allro arac rocki on an alio 1 b body j the fuel feet were exposed and ono was wai bore bare tim ilia other oilier had a mock back partly on and a od it 11 MI ilka 11 ke tile ono one produced reduced h hero eri on in court I 1 put 1111 lie body lode P n ket bout about a week after II 11 I 1 found und it or w within a wel week charles jonos I 1 reside mu in park alty fly 8 baw v lur or about garlt city at different if 1 1 1 0 s he camped jt wi near tile the Mol lentry millo about fieden Bo venty t y live feet from roin the hie road I 1 based the iho 8 spot pot frequently early lia la july I 1 taw saw two wag ons DIH and four horses at turners camp a grays and two brown bron or black liora oi panned alio llio panco oil tho the Inight of 0 the ad 0 july ribilio lit 8 it wi was getting dealt my horse bome stopped slopped near the grgona I 1 spoke to turner and mild good evening lie apolo and I 1 saw welcome and with him about an hour and a ba half flater later I 1 saw iw them both at ailbe the loftlee lit in about halvari naif n hour I 1 saw them at nlelio the office anilu I 1 had gone to tho hoel ho el in the got back b ick thoy ern ere at ilia bridge near tile ilia office had a bundle of blankets under ills arm they were v walking toward lila botn bosn it was about half pat past nino nine or a little later I 1 passed tile ilia camp amp next mining about 7 mw haw three boises tied 1101 to the hie wagon one buls lauist was wai grazing no do one wm was thero a 11 v agon albect covered up tho the bed cofone or of ito ihu Wl wagons iRons paired again that evening about dark einerson Ei neison all and wt acome A ore lit in rat ramp but I 1 I 1 never saw turner ip u r tier after the evening or of the 31 oil priday I 1 again the camp about 5 lit ilia afternoon and found everything overa thing was g gone tie georgo I 1 knew john kinerson R Kine merson raon and also welcome Wele I 1 saw aw nihl and welcome tit in a saloon on the iho morning of the hie ath in ili park city lim e orion ched seen been thet about town together I 1 saw blood or on welcome but none lione on it was vaa be bertoen toen 0 and 7 it in the inona ing lil I 1 know knew thal tuiner tinner had camped cain pot near dear the ity fly ilia night belore before alios 11 I 1 live at park city wit ivin it there her when turner waa vas killed knew th the emerson about a before the lalling and with lili him in bay dpra ders built we slept thore hors on the ilia and W or july using l ile ho did not come thel bliele a to sloop on tile the night ortho sid but cattle in along toward morning orning in I 1 ram welcome find and L on alio llio andi ard 3rd and ch about town lin em easm did not come to ilia file burn barn on the nigh t of tile ath or the ilia morning oft of lie bill ito i 1 M as not tit nt the burn barn on lit the t of tile tho cIla bill ath I 1 went to lied oil about 1 2 en 1 lie iia came about ligh tand and asked for hla fill blankets LlAn kolB and aai aings iL liisi and salt lie he was go eo log rvay ile Hotl then teil said bald he hi did not want ills bankett but would send fortham for thom I 1 win where he ins ai going in such it n hurry burry lie said lie he was nas going up to canyon the 1 I he next night the blankets were gone lie ile said lie ho ana as going to drive a team with welcome and ighut that young ff follow illow over there Vo pointing intIng over toward the Mol lenry mill lt lison an d I 1 I 1 am Summit county I 1 went to t park alty on Ial ilia evening ot of tho the ad 1 I saw 11 soul anti Wol conie on that night about ilia be mit loons I 1 last saw them I 1 leveling on ilia inabin inn inroad road with two teems it kray gray team and it a dark terin ten in I 1 think thit llie ilia two tile front wagon both wagons ii ore eru loix lad tho the first nid some loose can tass tasa thrown over it saw no ono ulo else with lie teanis teams next davv abo de dependant in this city I 1 afterwards found a at piedmont which I 1 supposed was tit alio llio a saine one that I 1 met on ii the road but could coil til not faour positively siri mr reynolds I 1 live in ond and my business 14 isn a merchant I 1 saw ill ro cuson on olt the aba eth ivelio Wel conia llie nag ives walh him anti tolu sold mo me somo same grain flon the wild wagon emerson A H lying in the llie front wagon nud and appeared belp helplessly lemly drunk I 1 attempted to take soine savka backs or of grala grain ont of till ilia wagon but welcome said naldi not kot that one ona each timet and talked asked me to take beta front tile tha rear real 0 of r I 1 ilia it a wit wagon go ani they were goin going toward piedmont div id M floores I 1 reside noar near echo can yon yen was tacia on july oth alding till the canyon on oil a horse I 1 naw havir a tean team dave up anil and I 1 stopped hopped to talk wit with tile ilia driver ul fred i r e d Wel Welco comil uio ile ai asked nio me it I 1 wanted to buy a horses slid and I 1 declined there wait wai another man rear tile the wagon I 1 all prod lie he was war asleep in a bod bed on oil tile aroun i I 1 was about thirty feet away it was as about half enst seven this was near the hie rock where tile the body was wag found tile tha horses were hod to ilia wagon AJ A J moore bloore iam I 1 bra deputy sheriff of Sui summit limit county LouD ty knew Yurn erand knew ofala of his gimp camp near park city it was forty or leot leoin he euln in ro road ad I 1 found emerson in cairon La ibon wyoming in a sa saloon lotin R lad had been after him several B varal weola arrested Ai rosted him bill luthe in maloon co coming klingback back lie denied knowledge all alI know lodge of tile the murder find and said fald that he did not know that tj tho to cor corpse 8 wai in alie wagon at green river S b e if if turner tunner came cama lit in and on teeing seeing emerson said lie had murdered his son bon and was wai wearing ill ahli clothe clo thoa I 1 out of 0 tho the room for I 1 feared that lie ile might kill emerson emerson inc raon said that byet sl come com had invited him film to RO go with him to the iho gunnison country lie iia fald limy tho had ha sold the agona v and horses and that wel come had lili lift him at tre green cn river it Is about miln from park city to green river arwe As MB passed echo Cai Cs cayon ion yon lie he looked out of the window anti and beulig UK tile rock mar ahoi a the iho body had been found pouted to it anti am said mild there hiero li Is tho ilia place place whoa tto 11 lad and then turned lila blind away on cross crosa examination said 1 I 1 went ent to carbon on |