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Show KDIp) FOR IRDEH litest DevelopmentB in the Eecent Eom-ioide Eom-ioide The Defendant in Court Today. $ TAMPEBED WITH THE JTJEY, Judge Zane Hauls up a Witness The Criminal Calendar Up To Date. . . The only feature in Amanda Olson's preliminary that might have been regarded re-garded sensational was tho manifest determination of counsel for the defense de-fense to establish, undue animus on the part of Mrs. Hart, the main wituess. It was developed that Hall had gone east in November last and five mouths later was followed by witness with the children of deceased. The entire party then returned to Salt Lake city together toge-ther and were occupyi ng the same dwelling dwell-ing when death created a vacancy. To a question submitted by Judge Powers to the witness "If it was not tiueshe had given a pistol to Hall's son lince this affair and told him to shoot Miss Olson," tho prosocution objected and was sustained. After several other witnesses were examined, Mr. Eichnor nsked that the prisoner be bound over without bail. Counsel for the defense said ho would not oppose the motion, as it was pretty well established that the grand jury would return an indiotment this morning. morn-ing. The prisoner was then remanded to the custody of the bailiff, and another chapter in the sequel to the late tragedy vies recorded. The inordinately curious who gravitated gravita-ted to Judge Zane's court chamber this morning to witness the return of an Indictment against Amanda Olson and to listen to the recitation of its ghostly chapters were disappointed. Tho jury like the old letter, never came, and at H5it having been announced that the jnror calendar waS cleared up court was adjourned until tomorrow morning It 10 o'clock at which time work on the criminal calander will be resumed. In the meantime however sufficient has leaked out ofShe grand jury room to authenticate the rumor that a true bill has been signed charging the youug weman with murder in the first degree. This was what counsel for the defense intiripated. A Sensation in Conrt. The habitues of the Third district eourt chamber were hardly prepared for the reopening of the pages in the Wymaa murder trial, and when reference refer-ence was made to it this morning the event fell like a surprise. James Kon-nelly, Kon-nelly, who had been one of the regular attendants on the trial, was suddenly dragged from his moorings and brought into court on an attachment, where he was called upon to explain his conduct in the presence ol Ivors, one of the jurors. Konnelly. it was charged, had deliberately stated in the presence of the aforesaid juror that Wyinan was guilty as charged, a declaration that is laid to have exerted more or less influence influ-ence on the mind of the talisman. The defendant admitted to having dis cussed the particulars of the offense with which Wyman was charged, but explained that ii was with no view to prejudicing the juror. The court expressing himself in cold and emphatic language on tampering with jurors, said that wherever it was shown that tho offense had been committed com-mitted the severest penalties would be administered. He would not act upon Konnelly's case, however, until the jurorwas examined, that the effect that Konnelly's conduct had had upon him might be determined. Konnelly was therefore remanded to the custody of an officer, and instructions issued to hring the juror before the court for examination ex-amination at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Mot Guilty. Joseph Dearborn was put on trial "lis morning for tho alleged embezzlement embezzle-ment of a span of horses belonging to John Walker in September of last year. The complaining witness failed to put 111 appearance to the manifest annoyance annoy-ance of Assistant District Attorney Zane, and as the evidence was decidedly 'feak consented to a motion to instruct we jury to return a verdict of not guilty. This was done and Dearborn as discharged. .The taxpayer will settle np the expenses incident to the trial although the better way would nave been to have assessed them to the Prosecuting witness. |