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Show Ip jj JURORS ABESEGORED, V RICE TRIAL BEGINS ; i , Witnesses for the Prosecution. Givo i I Evidence Against the Defendant I in the Case, i i N 'j 4- -r 4r4f -r )' ; William Quick City ; ,1. -f David B. Jone? Union Ij, ; j -f IIIIo Andrusi ......Big Cotonwood i .1 W. P. Gillespie City ' '3 ,i -f W. H. Atwood Murray -f i r 'i 1IJ'rum s- Scofield ..' City It i John Robiiifc-on City h , ! ( George T. Marsden City V , i. j 4 Frederick W. Walker Union J ' j Jonn s- Kd wards Sugar -f T ',,!;; -- T. H. Latimer City -f , ' I L W. S. Barnes City I '(&'' TpARLT yesterday forenoon the ( ' '') i W panel in the John Rice murder i ) cat?e was completed and the , j remainder of the day was i , ' Af devoted to the introduction of testi- I , j; mony. Eight witnesses were called by i (( i , ' ',f the State and a fair start was made. j ; J i j Assistant County Attorney Whitaker f"tj ,jl l ,! 'J j gave a brief history of the case and- I , the facts leading up to the murder in Ji i! j'; the opening statement to the Jury for i ; ) the prosecution. The State, he said, jj ' , . would attempt to prove that ther de- t, i , i.jj fendant, with Abe Hunter and George ii ' ft W. Muncey, went to a grunary situated' X i X at about 628 WesL Xovih Temple Tu p on the evening of the murder; that U i) ! !j , there they prepared masks for their j jjl , i;1! faces, and about S o'clock went to Fred U i; i i1 j Keutlcr's cabin for the purpose of rob- ; j jl , ; bcry. Mr. Whitaker said that the wit- jj . ,il jj ' '' i newes for the State would testify that " i-' i the men had been seen about Beutler's i Yl j)lace, and that they were heard. V.hll'e K I fumbling, at 'the door. With - this, ovl- u I ' dence and the' confession of 'George" if ' ' i Muncey theState hopes to prove its l II ' i case. ' ; i! ' t County Surveyor Joseph B. Swenon, m . t j , , -who had prepared a diagram of the v H ' 1 cabin in which the old umbrella- 4 f j maker was killed and" of the surround-i"gs surround-i"gs near 1-18 West Temple street, was -ji the flrst witness called by the State. i ; V He explained the locations about the V t1!' scene of the old crime and testified as i j r, to the correctness of his diagram, r, ji. f ' T. E. Taylor, the llrst witness in the ij ;;j afternoon, avos called for the purpose f j , of describing the premises at and about ,( !' , , 1-1S West South Temple street, and the I A i) changes that have been made since fl ' r i February 'lo, 1897, the date of the r I ''ji crime, fl t Attorney J. M. Hamilton, for the dc- ; ' fendant, questioned the testimony of ji ' ' i the next witness, Deputy Sheriff W. B. Rr i 1 j Booth, who said he had walked from U j . t 1 1 the granary on North Temple street to ' J" i ! i the Beutler housa in loss than thirteen minutes. On cross-examination the defendant's de-fendant's counsel tried to get an expert ex-pert opinion from tho witness on whether a man bent upon committing a crime "would walk slowly and cautiously cau-tiously or fast and impetuously to the place of operations. The objection raised by District Attorney Smith to the question was sustained by the court. Dr. W. F. Beer, who performed the autopsy upon the body of Beutler, testified tes-tified that there were slight dlscolora-tions dlscolora-tions on the- skin of the throat and that there were abrasions of the larnyx and posterior portions of the mouth. From j the abnormal condition of the brain he j said that In his opinion Beutler had . died from apoplexy, induced either by i fear or strangulation, or both. Other witnesses examined were .T. A. Silver, E. D. Holt, Patrolman R. L. Shannon and John Eslinger, who was captain of the police force at the time of the murder. The officers testified to receiving word of the crime about S o'clock In the evening. They found Beutler lying on the floor of the room with his throat choked with a rag. The condition of the room indicated that a scuffle had taken place Court adjourned ad-journed until 10 o'clock this morning. The case- will likely take several more days, both the State and the defense having subpoenaed many witnesses. |