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Show TJiA J ED Y IN COURT. THE MALACHI DILLON MURDER CASE REOPENED THIS MORNINC. 4oftitp Hill, Lottie Miner and Others Appear for Examination Before I'omuiil'Nier Grecnuukii-Orders Hy the Supreme Beneh Court Notes. ( It wa essentially a day of tragedy In ourt circles. Before the supreme court bench, which was occupied by Chief Justice Zane and A--oeiate Justice, Blackburu and Anderson, the Dillon tragedy was reopened on an appeal ap-peal from the First district. The ease is one of the most celebrated iu the pages of the criminal calendar. The trag.idy occurred on the morning of January '.iO, a year a'o, and was enacted in afcrfoOB) at Ogdeu, at which time Ceorge A. .Mitchell, a bartender Was shot down by Malachi Dillon. Dil-lon. The slaying of Mitchell awakened the I Most bitter feelings of resentment. An Vtagtng mass tnirsted for the life of the lioiuocidc and it required the. utmost viui lance on the part ot Sheriff Belknap and Marshal Metcalfe to thwart the purpose of the avengers aud let the law take its course. The. excitement abated in time and Dillon Was brought to the penitentiary to await his trial. Tho services of the best, and at the same time the most expensive, lea! talent Was procured. Judge Powers and Judge Dickson were retained mid oa tho trial which lasted for two weeks the theory of Insanity was set up. It was shown that Malachi Dillon at the tint of the homicide was nt leasi :u ,i drunken frenzy. That period- IcaBy his faculties were deranged and that in his cups hu became momentarily, nt least, a maniac. Thedefunse made no other eiTort. If Dillon was insane ho was not responsible. re-sponsible. They admitted that the madness, however, was followed by a period of perfect mental composure. Dillon betrayed this la the tierce spirit of remorse to Which he sue. combed upon awakening to a realization of the awful a : he had committed. As a recompense he offered his eu-tire eu-tire life's savings to the widow of his victim. vic-tim. The law look ils course, however, The jury arrived St a verdict. Judge Powers a day later said lo a TIME reporter that It was a "coinpi oniise'' verdict. At all events they found DUloa guilty of manslaughter, and appearing before Judge: Miner he was sentenced to imprisoiuuentfor nine years in the penitentiary. From this counsel for the defense took an appeal demanding de-manding that the judgment and sentence of the lower court be set aside and that a new trial be awarded. This demand was predicated predi-cated on the insufficiency! of the evidence and the errors in the In traction. The case was exhaustively presented by Judges Dickson and Powers for appellant this morning and by Assistant District Attorney Allison of Ogcb n for the territory whereupon the matter w as submitted. The Callahan Murder. The curtain in Commissioner Greenman's chambers rose on tragedy at 11 o'clock this morning, the principle characters to the last being Lottie Miner, Josie HIM, Syd I.arkins and Richard Edwards. The Banquo was Edward Callahan a well known sporting man whose home was at Snlida nud who came here to full before the brutality of the PhlUistine. No need to repeat the details of the atrocity. "The act that roars so loud And thunders in its index" at this time. The troop all looked faded. Josie Hill possibly presented an improved appear-once. appear-once. She was dressed in a light cachcuiere with a turban Unit corresponded. Again at 11 o'clock Captain Greenman's court ueeauie the center of gravity and the center of curiosity. There was also a troop of witnesses wit-nesses iu which "colors" were mixed. Finally Fin-ally the lawyers reported. County Attorney Murphy and bis its,-JstLj--liooyi aw"""-"" Glenn A. in utiier for the prisoner. After bome delay, counsel for the defense gave notice that it was not ready to proceed and the cxamlnetlou was continued until Tuesday morning next at 11 o'clock. The troupe in the tragedy and the troop of witnesses again tiled out, and mounting the ambulance the prisoners tie parted OS their way to the penitentiary. Court Notes. Edwin Dix of Plain City was this morn lng appointed a United States Supreme court commissioner. Frederick IV. Hoyt has been appointed a Supreme court commissioner at Park City. in the ease of people against Evans R. Owens, the petition for rehearing was de-uied- A stay of proceedings has been allowed in 1ho ease of the Siilitm Creek Irrigation company com-pany vs. the Sulina Stock company. Volncy C. Gunneil of Colorado was this morning admi'.tcd on the motion of E. M. Allison, Jr. A decree of divorce was entered in the case of Lorena Bates vs. Albert Bates upon the ground of desertion. |