Show MURDER rtlOST FOUL An Ungrateful Xeiihpw Kills His Rich Uncle The case brIefly stated is as follows fol-lows James Glendenning allege to have been living near the temple in this city not far from the residence of his uncle a banker has been arraigned before a jury of his peers on the charge of murder Dr Erwin who has been visiting the old gentleman for some time was about to retire the other nichE when u = 00 he was startled by what he look to be I the report of some firearm Subsequent Subse-quent events have proven the truth of his conclusion I The doctor had hardly recovered from this shock when he heard a groan and then a sound as if some one had fallen to the floor of the dining room below Hastening down the stairs he beheld his old friend the banker lying near the window with a bullet in his heart It needed but a glance to show the learned gentleman that nothing could be done for the victim of the crime and accordingly he set about to discover dis-cover the perpetrator A policeman WPS called in and every detail of the crime and every surrounding circumstance circum-stance noted It was observed that the bullet had come through the window The way the glass was broken indicated as much Then fresh tracks were seen in the soft ground opposite the broken window They were measured by the lynxeyed official and formed the subject sub-ject of another note in his memorandum memoran-dum At the doctors suggestion the officer went to the bank to notify the nephew who was in the employ of that institution institu-tion and was often there at a late hour When the officer entered the young man showed considerable agitation agita-tion This excited the officer suspi cion Besides a revolver lay on the dealt beside him This the officer secured to find one chamber empty and although the young man protested his innocence he was taken in custody and tried Monday Mon-day evening at the Agricultural college col-lege before Judge Kimball a young man frOm Ogden The prosecution was ably represented i represent-ed by W B Dougall of the college and T C Ford of Ogden The prisoner pris-oner was defended by Thorwald Larsen Lar-sen of Ogden and W J Travers of the college The jury was composed IPC 1 twelve college boys and the case was well conducted and consumed about five hours of time Larsen made the effort of his life and all concerned did well Yet there was no one hung but the jury It stoqd ten for conviction and two for acquittal acquit-tal It is the general impression that the prisoner is a victim of circumstances circum-stances This was the first of a series of moottrials which the boys expect to engage In for recreation and advancement ad-vancement All enjoyed the trial very much Logan Journal |