Show TELLS Defendant In Negro Shooting Case Casc Cas Shows Cause 1 t HILES JULES TRIES TWO CASES CASESI I ORDERS MADE H I IN COURT ANI 4 IN I LAW LW BRANCH BAC BACIn 1 n In the t criminal court count COUtt all al of oj O yester yesterday yesterday ester day daJ WES was Wf devoted to the presentation of state the defense defens in case of the against William Maddick The defend defendant ant at took the he witness stand at 43 to give his version erion of the of ot Wil Willis Willis Vi lis a colored man in front of ot Js the at the saloon of the elder Maddick corner of State and Second South correr 14 A Afew Afew Afew streets on the evening of May MaP a few minutes before adjournment As Assistant Assistant County Count Attorney Van Cott tott commenced the of or defendant defendant The defense called a number of wit witnesses witnesses nesses to prove cale that the negro soldiers from Fort Douglas had made threats that they For would make mae trouble at Mad Maddicks lad Maddicks dicks saloon slon where a notice was as post posted pst posted ed to the effect ef t that drinks served to colored folks would be charged double price clore George Gerge Swan and H J 3 Sher Sheffield Sheffield field of Kaysville and H H Blood of ot feld Farington testified to the good god char character character character acter of defendant while he lived In Davis county count countIn In reply to questions put by Attorney Wilson Wison young Maddick told a a straight straightforward straightforward forward story of the trouble on ott the evening of stOr the shooting He related how the colored troopers called caled for toJ drinks and ad then refused to ta pay for them at the price charged in order to discourage the patronage of negroes He said sad they abused his father father who then handed defendant a pistol with which to defend himself and to te hold the soldiers until the old gentleman genteman could summon the police The he defendant proceeded e to tell tel that the soldiers cursed and abused him and und that two of them made toward toward him himIn himIn himIn In a threatening manner Not until he felt a shot on the head hed did he and then only after his father told him hi to pour it into them Maddick said sId he tried to shoot the man who ho shot tle him because he believed his life was in danger Pearsall the colored man who was wa coming across the street and had no rio part par in the thc row 10 was shot by b him and ad so 50 also als was Andrew Andre White one of the soldiers but Maddick de do declared d dared cared he had no intention of shooting any anyone one but his assailants collar coHar tie te and an d shirt blood bloodstained bloodstained bloodstained stained that night from the th glancing dence shot he received were admitted in evi evidence evidence |