Show trial of Tl ionin r Illel cor for alic it I 1 or tince DAY DAT court opened at 9 a in HOD floe philip 11 emerson presiding tle alio prisoner honor boner coming int into 0 court I 1 tho the clerk called ilia name thomas B ricks kicks the prisoner bonor rc responded al 11 acro ere 1 william Cha tubers recalled by bythe abo defense for further farthur cross examina by half an lour loar after afier ilia That heri left skeen was wag lying DOT tire west wall cant can t say what tin lb 3 bed consisted rf f it sue iia either blankets or cr quilts ho he wals covered up end and lay oo on his hia side Bido doril donl recollect ln iiii face was the wall or not can t toll tell pit pl ively whether the shots wore bred into the boby or head her id f ced cedilla ilia door surn lie 10 jumped up ahir being shot i liot did not dot wo sea skeen hernia cotil afterwards on the outside gi ahrn fire ricka kick g klot ilia him as 88 ho belay loy outside do not remember muro about ih ib ih escel tilt tiit I 1 think it about two lent feet longer ono one way ibin tho the other the bistok us a by loicl were about tho the kizo of navy anoli fol to the attorney there wei wo at skeen turning over v ilo lying down lie was in apparently grud ii 11 lh ill TESTIMONY OF rolls JOHN joho sworn tra ifield I 1 livo have rest il tit agoo L cache county tinco ainoo 1959 excelia a timo at t mal arild al in 16 lived at logan know kaow thomas F vis never saw ew e w aioo ki on until lie he was waa arrested was wai appointed to RI go rd him onn dun night not dot lie holl ho wa ailed it is BO long since buce that I 1 cant recede ct how bow long before tb ih this was conversed with skeen was as pro pio eat niter after do ceased was killed arose and went to whore where he wai lying hine there were low few people then there deceased lay with lis lia hand to tho the north hia ire feet boetto to tho the south and lace face to tho the wet iiii hn clothes were not then on fire next day paw a wound under tho the breast tod sod now DOW see in WY mind the blood oozing from roid tho the wound there were other boull wounds which 1 I cannot aca do a cribe SAW is t tho a ballet holo in tho the floor and uno ono in tho the side beije of tho the house honic saw or heard beard no firing bring alter after I 1 got up hero tho the prosecution rested their THE alna se mr sutherland slid mid as tho the people rested it is ia proper to state we the theory anil and of the defense it is not that oo on the iho night iu in question was at tho place indicated that hi he canio to lii his death at 0 t the hands of defendant who was t hen she rifT rinks kicks arrested tho the prisoner irin on a warrant tor for felony and pending tho the examination deoca ted was detained in ia the school house A guard was organized to keep sheen who was a generally known as a tt desperate mso man a marauder marander etc cio he ha had boon indicted to 10 several counties counti cj escaping generally from cuk custody tody in those days there no methods tuch its a ivo a havo have now reaching ioto fare the pioneer hi chitry try of utah the gavia a romantic rom aalia of the violo violence oco which pro tailed in that period and related io which be connected conne clcil with the iho night light of the OF 01 JAMES f james being sworn testified that thai ho he is ii county clerk of county which ho be I 1 ia 3 not have the and files 0 of f the county court lived io ia cache county in I 1 1860 these are the hooks aad od files ol of ilia iho co conaty ty court and aad probate Proba andge ill ricks kicks was sheriff sherif fand and bolor daspro waa pro liala hale judge mr LIIM taboo read lead a complaint sad and warrant david bleon charold sith felony too return ol of kicka hicks on ia the ibe variant triant Wt in ia dated juno 30 albeo having thu aner body of skeen to iu belore before tho the pinhole judge coufol proceeded to read irvin iruin rho iho rt cord certain entries touching the ibo case of sk eu objected to by prosecution obi onon tUB tiDed IF or OF it BAU this witness adur atur being sworn was not examined the ad tile the fiats facts proposed to be proved by lim him or OF CHARLES ciui iLis lived in cathe valcy since its brit settlement came to utah with the pioneers ironi from and at I 1 the inter mediano places on mhd wily way know peter maugham Maugh Maug hao nin tire llie judge when skeen was killed yi saw Man mangion manalian glian at and wills ville villa tho day before doing being asked the question it if the ho witness was charged with a message from to bibko relative to 10 an apprehended ended rescue marignan said he be had bad it a message from logan that an aa attempt would bo be made to li skeen witness went to logan logaa that eight pound found ricks near the school house on oa the street in trout front after giving ricks the message remained nod with him went into the school house saw a man inan ayi lying n 9 on the floor believe it was skee n there was afire a firo and the night was oot cot dark remained till alter after skeen was was V as in front ecar nearly all the time tell who one or to five of tho the persons present wore am not sure that ono one of the ha thatchers That chere WM was present the shooting took took place placa about tho the middle of the night eight a little after all I 1 can remember in the talk between the sheriff and myself was that wo must not lot him get away heard a tap on tho the window in the rear went ground around and saw two men if not dot throe three run mo in an eab easterly direction they were tight or ten tea rods off when I 1 came back skeen was 1 li i g dead six EH eight or tea ion rods away borne four or five shots were fired skeen ran in in bigot a south athera cra direction went to the right and north borth of wot when I 1 came round from behind the school house bouso there hero wore were ono one or two persons bent tho cheriff arid and thatcher alot not sure euro that thatcher Thatch cr was there cross examined by mr it babain bablin I 1 judge maughan told me ill io tho the eye ning ding about eight about the plot this wa at my hosse ten fee miles off ob I 1 lived a at wellsville the conversation between me occurred mate whether the time line was altoe eight nine or eleven when I 1 arrived at the achord house home thomas there and others whom I 1 know I 1 win was BICCI mao man Manic tian dilot explain tome to me huoh about mutters mali eri immediately started lor for rho iho school house hoane reported imported to R acks acks told him what to d uie I 1 told rioka that peter maughan MriK lian told me to report to him kicks flicks that there was waa a plot laid fur for 1 the ho said that we ire must not lot skeen got get away he be baided oo oa guard in front of c tho the houe say that I 1 told ricks lucki ia private or poke out in pre once of those tt et an ling by of the plot dont know kaow that any one was wa iro suot when I 1 delevere de livere d the message dacre might have been two or three I 1 do not know thoro there was any person there or vot cot dont think I 1 testified fid that ibal there wait w ubo ly pres ent uhn hn I 1 delivered ilio lie niG me melago sno sago there might lava lieto but jaw I 1 antu not able toady ilio sli ali olitia occur oc currid rd at or one after my arrival irom from ana up to thu the shooting ms was waa ia treat aroot with the ili enlY baw two or persons run rim thorn there might livo havo been two iwo or three gersoni present but doot dont re rc whether thero was wa any dy per BOU anti there or not boido baido bo ba ido WAS kicks nod myself wo we talked about tho the pris oner ge way didat shoot hoot my lay revolver volver ro dunt dont know that tbt I 1 was armed blyeu eu wi was iu in tho the school house went in arid and saw bira dont know whether rieke wont in Q with me or 01 not il if ho be dij it was wag edmo littlon timo time before the shooting hooting think I 1 went in once or twice tico cant say whether rinks and I 1 went in to gollier ot or did not I 1 believe ho he did RO in with mo went in to loot look at the iho prisoner ncr ilont dont know why the prisoner was lying on the floor door witness hero here da bribed oo on tho the din grim gram how bow decco cj lay jay in rho iho room when the top tap WAS mado audo on tho the window I 1 wa in front aront j ibo night oihi w was noa not dark one acard n no 0 foot tapa steps until thu the rap was made and hid had not gono gone around the building before they ba had d run nin off before I 1 went around think 1 went around rapid ly IT the retreating party parly were then ilon bix or ten rods OIL there might lave lato been bcd one three or six raps in made tide ricks ilick move or say any tiling thing oo 00 might have told mo me to go around see eco idiart 1 I fire never saw the think thick there wore were about five shots fired did lotney say ny pistol fired cant tell whether any were hod fed in the ihn louse honse or not dido t hurry buck back to tho front ol of the iho house where tho the firing was done for lose I 1 might got get shot myself heard voices whilo while I 1 awaa was ping round and they ley were in ill the louse oron or taide je looked upon the budy tan knoor or three minutes butt but not after beards tivo five minutes afar tir log went find and got my borse and to ro turned home borne dont know unit that I 1 know william chambers mr chambers being brought forward the 4 parl hs he recognize him never examined this the kchodl house houam for bullet ballot holes alwa was wan shot eliot for fr trying to get away decano it lookeb su so I 1 thought lo he was shot on ilo etc outside havo alavo no doubt now that I 1 bail a pistol instasi Ins tesi ol of carrying a mee saget of danger you yon carry a oc of death said I mr buskin baskin OB as the iho house in solemn stillness awaited the witness ROOM answer tho reply relay was N no 0 I 1 baes did you yon not by command ofal hop Maugh tin escort the brother of deceased out of choho valley anti linow of the witness was il ked il if when stopping nt at the ibo house or of brother at plain city bo be mide m ide the following lol lowing statement er lad bad been striving to build in the kingdom Kion dom it would have been all ol 01 sell all with lim but as ho be took tho the opposite course his days day were numbered b or cal I 1 ered ir if I 1 did I 1 I 1 do not cot remember it and not cot in in that recurring to tho the main witness my eay certain that he bo saw bl SIao aughan ghan next me morning when I 1 abd reached the school bouso lt that night eight thoro thero may have hae been hall half a dozen men there and nd there may not wit non neu impre rion is ia that ho he knows nothing about it question by mr caskin aronou aro you not certain that instead or of a mo sago sage ol of danger from bishop Mang manaban SIa ngum ban yu you carried a message of 0 death 7 answered Ana in ia the ho negative mn and manifested much cou confusion coatus fusion loii in m LIS bis replies while undergoing tho the severe cross examination of 0 mt mr chalin Ci alin this bis wit D nesa ess was waa evidently much and groat great drops of perspiration rolled from his face Is as he bo gave answer to 0 o the question nesti oEM ii put pat to him TESTIMONY or N IV BOL lived in logan july 3 EC be gombor in tho death of skeen akcen first siw deceased on the 21 of july was waa then thee asked to guard next time on monday evening the ilia ad heard beard a shot when second shot was fired got ont of my lease houm then several beveral shots when tho the firing ceased at my 9 gate 0 tc when a man camo came rapidly ruc running by asked him what tile shooting was for he mado v no answer sod and pai passed ed out ont of eight I 1 went up ill to the iho school house bouse skeen was there hero dead about twenty or twenty five ane foit feet from thel the door of the house was at the did not ebano 0 the body aaker tho ilo sheriff sher lff chero the ho prisoner pria A or was bibko pointed to iho he body B 1 ying thoro there he be ij ii cant dome damo e all it who wore were prescot proa pre ecot but there were rieke ricks watson card and several others didah see do vitt four fear or five fio of us na carried tho the body into the louis home and laii it down dont reme arber seeing chambers thu that sight night knew now th the 0 namo well only saw raw one man running away wag voi it a witt witness less before the inquest tile tho jurors were named by the iho witness was waa present all through the but examine it there were some holes in front anil and in tho the b bick cl dont know or remember anything about chambers cant tell whether ricks ricki was sworn booro Exi examined mined lor for balls ball and found that ono one strool the floor and another the window Could 11 toll tell whether the ball wont went through the floor or er not could see no sign of a ball in the bedclothes which wore composed 0 of f blankets Is tholo be the L diagram and locates the different incidents such as the holes boles in tho the floor and wall the position of it iok eto Turn turned edthe the blankets blankets over as I 1 supposed 0 sed they sera nero when tho the man lay in in them and saw baw no ballet holes if there were any I 1 sea them it was a warm moonab iny night ana nl could tell a man a block off dont beli believed evet there was a log whore tho the deceased docca aed lay outside saw no woman in the tha crowd while I 1 was waa there cross examined tia mined by mr baskin have been in utah since 1859 moved into login logan in ia february 1860 skeen was killed on the ad of july knew the time tima from the fact that the next day was waa the ath of july was aroused by the shooting between twelve and two in the night was in bed getup got op and wen went tout ont the glint ceased Ite turned anddrea and creased ea myself wont went to the schoolhouse wife awakened witness all the shoot hoot ing occurred inside of a minute she ehe told mo me that was the first shot was getting off the bej bed when the second shot was waa fired after I 1 got outside outride heard beard one or two other shots do not think I 1 am mistaken about the remark of my wife have heard beard it talked of since rick kicks 8 was indicted aitto it to many marly persons ulve not talked about ho alo case caio with the attorneys for defense since I 1 came to the city spoke to mr at r bates at logan loan in n my shop sly my in neighbor abor introduced mr bates to me linen thou talked of the ease to bates did ot tay fay to bates what my wife said say bay whether bates att showed me any papers or not dot think bates called on me in february saw anoman one man run ran as I 1 told you voa before on the night of the killing ile he turned north the noise of his bis feet was in the direction or of the school lions was then bLand log in in my own yard at homo home not more than a minute or two after the thit chisman thu man P srul by when ho first s came in sight eight ho he was thirty or thirty elx bix tode roda from the schoolhouse called to him to tell what the shooting was waa about the luat lal time I 1 called hu he had bad based three roads by MO lao mado oo 00 answer but kept on run running abbed up up there first brat paused a little and thou twice more zelica repeated ted tho ilia queaa n saw no other person running by rickia lived in an opposite direction skeen lay with bin bid head bead to the west wese feet towards toi the door portly partly on oa tin lide should think it was isailo of five fio minutes from tho the first hot that the tha man pined passed ine die went immedi abely to aitio llio there wiro five avo or ii bersma preg eDt daut tco see any duj 1098 within ot fuel foot of the th 1 dy am wit nut positive poa ilita tivo whether there was wa timber at ano back of tho the house tho rho shariff was the gret first maa I 1 saw spoke to urn him and ked io ellart where tho the prisoner boner was idaka pointed went toying saying he lies lias thero there did 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