Show WITNESSES ARE AGAIN IN in MISSING Prosecution in Walker Case I Said to Be Looking for forthe forthe forthe the Hulls TESTIMONY IS ESSENTIAL MURDER TRIAL BEGINS NET WEEK IN lf OGDEN Once again the Hulls the states star witnesses in the Walker Valker murder case soon to begin in Ogden are reported miss missing Ing District Attorney George Halverson of Ogden was in Salt Lake yesterday and It was rumored that his visit to Salt Lake was In an endeavor to get some trace of ot the missing witnesses Mr Halverson himself declined to state just what his business in Salt Lake was wasH It H was rumored last night that the rail 1111 railroad railroad road detectives have been notified of o the disappearance and that they are now look looking looking ing for Mrs Bertha Hull Hu and her daugh daughter daughter daughter ter Bertha Berth Hull Hu whose testimony as against Fred C Walker IB is considered es essential essen sen Mrs Hull and her daughter occupied apartments above aboe the tile store of the Salt Lake Electrical Supply company in Ogden at the time of the tragedy and heard the greater part of what was said by the par participants participants participants in the fight that occurred below them In the rear room room of thet th t supply com corn store stor after the death of Dr Beers tIle the women disappeared Every effort was made to locate them In order that they might testify te at the coroners Inquest but they could not be found Later through the efforts of Special Agent Curtin of the Southern Pacific they were found at AVa Wa Wabuska buska Nev Nov and brought to Ogden to tes tea testify testify at the preliminary hearing Testimony Is Important At this hearing the tile story they ther told of the fight was decidedly damaging to Wal Val Walker Walker Valker ker Both of them said they heard Val Wal Walker Valker ker repeat the exclamation I have got you now and I am going goin to kill you ap apparently apparently a addressing this to Dr Beers Beer with whom he was struggling The evi evl evidence evidence dence of the two tended to exonerate Lawrence from any an actual participation in the fight and went to show that he was trying to mace matto peace the two Although reluctant to attend the hearing the Hulls made willing witnesses after they the were wen forced to go stand The story 13 tor that Is now given some cre credencE dencE is that at the time of the hearing Mrs Hull told several persons persona that sh should she would not appear to testify at the trial and that shortly after the hearing heating the Hulls disappeared and their present whereabouts is irot tf Jt known The trial of Walker Valker will begin one week from this morning before Judge Howell of Ogden Osden The charge against Walker is murder in the first degree for the killing killin of Dr Earl S Beers Edward Lawrence faces fanes a similar charge His trial will wilt occur later The probability is that In case caS Walker is acquitted the case against Law rence will be Defense Dislikes JUdge District Attorney Attorn Y Halvorsen said jester yester yesterday estEr estErday day that the thc defense had intended to ask asIc that some judge other than Judge Howell be appointed to try the case but that It H was discovered that If this motion were granted the case would have to go over o r the term The defense favors an Imme Immediate Immediate immediate diate trial and for that reason it is said consented to Howell presiding at the trial The objection to Howell is said to have been due to his refusal to admit the tile pris prisoners prisoners prisoners to bail in spite of o the consent of the district attorney to such an arrange arrangement arrangement arrangement ment The prosecution In the tile case will wilt be con conducted conducted conducted ducted by b District Attorney George Hal Halverson Halverson Halverson verson and Special Prosecutor W V L Ma Maginnis Maginnis ginnis secured by Mrs Beers BeHs to assist in inthe Inthe inthe the prosecution of the slayer of her hus husband husband husband band The state st will trill try to prove that Lawrence and Walker conspired to entice I Beers into tha th rear ar room of the building for the purpose of f beating him bin to death will undoubtedly be pleaded by the attorneys for Walker Valker They will attempt to show by the testimony that the conversation In ta the rm the thu three was relative to the relations be between between tween Beers and Mrs Irs Walker that neith neither er of the defendants anticipated any trou trouble trouble trouble ble that the quarrel was precipitated by Beers as much as aB by Walker Valker that the fight was fair as It was desperate that Walker Valker was also Colso Th Tho defense will try to show by y expert testimony te testimony tI mony that the blow on the head which re resulted bulted in death was caused by an acci accidental accidental accidental dental fall and not by b a blow struck by Walker Valker In addition the defense will take advantage ad advantage van tage of the peculiar Utah statute and show justification of o the homicide bj b es establishing in various ways the relations between Dr Beers and Mrs Walker The wrath of Walker will be shown and the contention made that the fight resulted from the arousing of an Intense passion that bordered on temporary insanity |