| Show SIIERFF IS POSITIVE I Gordon That Abe Majors Shot Sheriff Brown Firing at Him Twice the Second Time With Deliberate Aim Shooting iiinr Through the Heart Logan Sept 21A throng that completely com-pletely fills the courtroom and the corridors cor-ridors daily attends the Majors trial now in progress here In the District court and the greatest Interest Is everywhere manifested When court opened this morning the examination of Deputy Sheriff Frank was finished and then he underwent a thorough crossexamination at the hands of Mr Weber of the defense During this examination there were some exceedingly exceed-ingly lively tilts between counsel on both sides The defense was evidently satisfied at ho I result of the crossex amination of Mr Thompson Sheriff Cordon then went upon the stand and after relating the Incidents leading up to pursuit of the two Majors for robbing Fred Hanoen began be-gan his recital of the events of the tragedy In which Brown was killed His testimony was not materially different dif-ferent from that he gave at the former hearing Ho swore positively that Majors was the murderer of Brown and left the Inference that it was Joseph Belnap who killed Archie Majors He said when the Majors were overtaken they were 100 yards below the pursuing party Cordon and Belnap ordered them to halt They refused to do so until Brown who had rUn down toward them fired Then they stopped with their revolvers swinging In their hands Cqfcflon fired at Archie Majors but did not think lie hit him Eelnap fired at almost the same Instant and a moment later Archie Majors fell As he did so Abe turned quickly and fired at Brown missed then took careful aim and shot Brown through the heart Ho then sought refuge behind the rock upon which the body of his dead brother was lyings Three shots were llred at him as he lay there with parts of his body exposed Then he put up one hand as a token of surrender quickly withdrew It then put up both bands and more shots being llrcd finally obeyed the command to get up and surrender Cordon watched him while Belnap went down to seize him Aa Belnap approached Majors mid You killed my brother and the officer answered Well you killed a damncA sight bettor man than your brother Witness also told of Abe Majors walking walk-Ing round the courtroom In Brigham on the occasion of the last trial and when near the revolver usodn cadence ca-dence of his taking a step toward it Attorney Allison asked Majors if he seeking to get ono of those guns was and Majors and the cartridges near by smiled and walked on This action construes as an at the prosecution tempt to escape Cordon was very positive In liie testi and iiiutrated to the JurY the inony hots Abe tWO MiIJOIZ positions pf the held his pistol when h t klii BraWil Webr Mr Jatter fell and how the had just begtin the |
