Salt Lake Herald | 1900-03-13 | Page 5 | Haworth is Stubborn

HAWORT RA IS STUBBORN Refuses to Aid Attorney In Securing Change of Venue Special eSpecial Correspondence Farmington March 12 Attorney A J Weber who has been engaged to defend Nathan Fisher Haworth when he Is tried trie on the charge of Q murdering Thomas San Ban dall daU of ot Layton came down from Ogden today to consult his client The ney ne desires to secure Cure 5 a change of venue from Davis county in order ably that local prejudice may not have an effect on the verdict of the Jurors He armed himself with wit a blank application applications for the t change In which the allegation was s made eJ that t the d defendant could jj not got get a I tall Salt trial In Davis county This he desired to have Haworth t sign but the defendant declined to do so dismissing the matter with the assertion that he supposed he could get as fair fall and satis sails factory a trial here bere as anywhere else Then rhen Mr II Weber produced pr an affidavit of ty setting forth f that the i J rn ne h U I 1 defendant f a had no means wherewith i h to secure witnesses that would be necessary I in the trial Here again the attorney was as met with a rebuff for tor the prisoner declined to swear to the affidavit It seems he has an idea that there is con property coming to him In the east and he be feared there was a scheme s Mno on foot to get him to swear he was without means so as to deprive him of oC w what hat was his due He told Attorney We I I ber her that he would take the matter under advisement I I Im Is Ia i It is s understood that there will be as many m as a forty witnesses t subpoenaed p for f i the defense in the case ney Weber has as the case ease alone the firm of ot I Powers Lippman having with drawn Haworth will wUl be required to plead to the Information charging C him with murder in the first desree derree de on March I C 26 at the opening of the tim March term of or court cour The case will not bo ho tried t ed during this term tens 5