| Show THE TVITES STORY 31rs Perry at Provo Tells How Her Husband Was Shot PHOTO Feb 21A large and eager crowd gathered at the county court house this morning to hear the preliminary examination ex-amination William Halstead who shot W E Perry in the lace last Friday Justice Jus-tice E A Wedgewood heard the case and County Attorney A D Gash attended at-tended to the prosecution Halstead was represented by E E Dudley and Elmer Corfman Witnesses were excluded from the room and kept separate from one another during the progress of the trial MBS PERRYS STORY Mrs W E Perry wife of the wounded man was first caled and testified I was at my home Feb 17 and saw Mr William Halstead there Two men came to take papers from the house which were refused them James Hickman laid the papers down willingly but Pillsbury the other man insisted in taking them and was pushed from the room Ed Pillsbury then said Ill cut the d hearts out of you if you dont I jumped between him and my huband and as he came up I struck Pillsbury on the hand with a rasp My husband grabbed his gun and followed Someone outside said why dont you shoot After that I heard the crack of a revolver and that man shot my husband pointing to the defendant A second shot came as I was dragging my husband in the house and his shotgun went off on the floor I tried to take the gun from him at the time it went off accidentally but he reloaded re-loaded it again after which his strength was gone James Hickman was fleeing through the window the second shot was fired CROSSEXAMINED Perry took up the gun when Pillsbury came in and said hu would cut our hearts out When he resisted my orders to leave and while I was pushing him out I said I would strike him and I did The first shot hit Mr Perry and then the shots came as fast as they could two in succession and then a third a little later Halstead shot three times The witness positively denied any other version of the story of the shooting and also denied having any ill feeling against Halstead until the shooting took place At the time of the fracas Mrs Perry saw Pillsbury and his wife George floss and the defendant on the scene of action Hickman was in the house as was also the younger Mrs Perry The paper these men came after was what Is used to wrap laundry and was partnership property In the afternoon Mrs Perry in her testimony stated that in all five shots were fired three from the revolver and two from die shotgun Mrs Edward Perry was next called and gave similar testimony to that given by her motherinlaw the former witness She did not see Halstead fire but heard the report ofa pistol and afterward saw it in Halsteads nand Believed that the first shot was the one which struck her fatherTff TUB WOUND DESCRIBED J Doctor G W Shores stated that Perry received a wound in the side of the nose and the baU which entered that place came out near the lobe of the ear showing a downward slant which indicated to him that the head was thrown forward In this connection it was found that the ball from the body struck the wall three feet and a half above the floor Two teeth were knocked out and the jaw shattered OTHER TESTIMONY I Marshal Brown arrested the defendant who was found to be in possession of a revolver which contained three loaded shells and three empty shells Soren Christensen heard Halstead say he shot Perry with his pistol in the left hand Mrs Daniels who lives a half block away said there were not less than four or more than six shots The first two came close together and the rest came at short intervals John B Twelves examined the bullet marks on the house and found three bullet bul-let holes indicating three separate shots from a pistol or rifle from the direction of jl the laundry building toward Perrys indentations in the house There were I floor showing a shot from a shotgun had discharged on the inside near the floor No other marks were visible James Bean thought he could trace five shots one more than the former witness Fredrick Haile heard five shots One was rather louder than the others This wound up the prosecution and the defense called Mr Graves who stated that the blackboard drawing of the premises was correct and an expert stated that the gun used by Perry would scatter considerably consid-erably ANOTHER VERSIONEd VERSION-Ed Pillsbnry testified that he was present pres-ent at the shooting He went to the kitchen door Mrs Perry came to the door and a quarrel ensued Perry came up with a gun and said Get out of here Mrs Perry struck with something some-thing and witness said Shoot if you I want to Perry said I dont want to shoot you its Halstead I want and thereupon shot twice in quick succession Halstead then shot two or three times Two shots were also fired in the house by Perry Blood was seen outside the door Threats were said to have been made by Perry the day before the shooting and a knife drawn on witness A great many witnesses were examined for the defense all of whom assert that Perry was the aggressor and did the first shooting At this writing the case is still on there being an evening session |
