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Show If TIE Jiff Verdict Mmd in Jiden Killing. Wan Who Struck Stone With a Knife Did It in Self-Defense. , This the Finding- by tho Jurors-Moss, Jurors-Moss, However, Again Arrested and Is in Jail. Special to Tho Tribune. OCDEN. Utah, June 11. Judge Howell this afternoon held an inquest in-quest over the body of William F. Stone, who died at the hospital hospi-tal about 4 o'clock this morning as the result of a knife wound indictee1, by Harry Moss. The witnesses at the inquest were Drs. Gordon and Baker, W. A. Conley, Bert Slater James Hancock, Han-cock, Robert L. Taylor and W. S. Wilson. Wil-son. They testified to the circumstances circum-stances of the row as published in The Tribune this morning, with the exception excep-tion that the killing did not occur ir. the saloon, but was outside, between the saloon nnd dance-hall. Both Men Drunk. The evidence also went to show that both of the men were drunk when they arrived at the Hermitage, and were quarreling at that time. One of the parly suggested that all go to the dance-hall and they started to go. A rock was thrown by some one. but by whom ly not known, and Moss, evi-' dently thinking thai Stone was Uiq culprit, cul-prit, charged, him with the offense. The two got into a fight and. while none of the witnesses- could ray that .Moss struck the first blow, they saw Stone roll over on the ground bleeding from half a dozen cuts. Stone was then brought to tho hospital in Ogden, dying-about dying-about 4 o'clock this morning. Jury Says Self -Defense. Judge Howell impanelled a jury and held an inquest over the body, the jury returning a verdict that Stone came to his death as the result of a knife wound Inllicted by Harry Moss In self-defense. The verdict of the jury prr.ctlcally relieves Moss, but no sooner had he left the courtroom than he was confronted con-fronted by an officer, who held a warrant war-rant sworn to by a brother of the dead man charging him with voluntary manslaughter. man-slaughter. He was immediately arraigned ar-raigned before Judge l-lowell and his bonds; were fixed at $1500. He spent the- remainder of the afternoon trying to raise the bond$ but, being unable to do so, is now locked up in the county Jail. Remarkable Circumstances. The- circumstances of the case aro remarkable for their uncertain! v. While dozens of witnesses can testify that they saw Moss- and Stone in a struggle on the ground and saw Stone fall over bleeding from a bad cut underline underl-ine light ear, not one of these witnesses wit-nesses will say that he saw Moss strike the blow. Moss was himself somewhat damaged in the melee, his face presenting present-ing a badly battered' appearance. Ills clothing ii also cut, which adds to the complications of the affair. Moss has heretofore borne a good reputation. He lias been emplovod at the Elite cafe as a waiter, working there on and off for the past two years. It is said he is not a quarrel-pome quarrel-pome man, and has been held In hMi eatec-m by the- patrons of the hou? Stone, on the other hand, it ia said' has been in trouble In several times' and was accreditee! with a quarrelsome quarrel-some nature. The oircumotances of the rase are peculiar and the real cause of the trouble mystifying In the extreme. ex-treme. Pathetic Incident. A pathetic Incident In connccllon with the- case occurred at the Short Line depot In Salt Lake City this morning. Mrs. Stone, mother of the dead bov, had been In Salt Lake on a visit. She went down to tho Short Lino depot early this morning lo catch the 7 o'clock train for Ogden. While waiting "for tho train a newsboy came along crying: cry-ing: "Morning Trubune! All about the murder In Ogden!" Mother Overcome. Sh(- bought a paper and, as she unfolded un-folded It. the ghiilng headlines attracted at-tracted her attention. She started lo read the story and, when she discovered discov-ered that It was hur son that had been fatally wounded she ranic near fainting faint-ing away. Passengers revived her and all tho way to Ogdon she cried and moaned, exclaiming: "Oh. my God' If he will only live until 1 gel there!" Did Not See Boy Alive. The fates, however, had ruled otherwise- and the poor mother did not again sec her son alive. When she arrived at the Union depot in Ogden shr rushed to the first source of Information at hand only to find that her bov had passed away at 4 o'clock this morning. Veliiclo Overturned. The rig that is bringing Stone to Ogden Og-den after the cutting affray of Friday night met with an accident on tin; way down. Striking a rock I he outfit overturned, over-turned, but Charles Fisher, the grocery-man, grocery-man, happened lo be driving down the canyon and took -Stone. In his buggv and brought him K? Dr. Gordon's resf-denco resf-denco In Ogden, - , |