Salt Lake Tribune | 1907-06-30 | Page 1 | Alleged Murderer Takes the Stand

ALLEGED MURDERER TAIES THE STAID Mcsich, in Judge Diehl's Court, Gets as Far n Testimony . - as Killing. The preliminary hearing of Staniaa Mesich; "charged with the murder of Herman Obrndovitch, will be cbnolndnd in Judge Dichl 's court AJonday morning morn-ing in all probability. The defendant took the stand Saturday and began the telling of iiifl story, but did not get to finish that day. He will complete, his testimony for himself Mondny morning. Mesiclrs testimony docs not differ materially ma-terially from the other evidence submitted. sub-mitted. He told of events preceding the killing, Saturday, and- will take up the shooting "Monday inorning.vNo other witnesses were examined by the defense Saturday. a . August Stoker, an automobile repairer, re-pairer, arrested Friday for driving an auto across a sidewalk at Pirst South and Main streets, was fined $10 in Judge Dichl 's court Saturday morning, Fred Grant pleaded guilty on a charge of selling fake .iewelry "and said he might have escaped the arresting officer of-ficer if he had not. tried to throw thc fake ring awuv when he saw thc officer offi-cer coining, lflo was sentenced to fifteen fif-teen days in the citv jail. George Long and A. S. Edwards wore fined 4J0 each for disturbing the peace. , v George Welling, up for drunkenness, denied that he was drunk, but said he wns just intoxicated. .Judge Dichl imparted im-parted some information to Welling by telling him that "intoxication" is a polilo name for drunkenness. Welling was discharged.