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Show BURNS 01 TRIAL FOB MURDER OF JENSEN Effort Being Made to Show That He Acted in Self Defense. v -r Special to The Trlbdne. MT. PLEASANT, April 7. The preliminary pre-liminary hearing of Archie Burns was begun today, the hearing taking place In the city hall. Judge King and Attorney J. W. Cherry arc in attendance, looking after the defense, .while County Attorney Lewis Larson and District Attorney Woods aro prosecuting for the State. Two witnesses were heard during the afternoon, viz.: cx-Sheriff H. P. Jensen, tho bartonder at the "Old Jim Flsk" saloon, sa-loon, and Francis Jensen, a brother-in-law of the murdered man. The testimony of most of the witnesses showed that before the shooting tool-place tool-place Jensen called Burns a vile name, nnd that hot words passed between the two men. Burns then made a lunge for Jensen, and grabbed his right hand and fired two shots. Jensen fell to the floor. Bums then walked a few steps and fired two more shots at Jensen. Doth taking effect. The defense Is "trying hard to show that Burns acted In ' self-defense, and that It was only a question of who got In the first shot. The defense rested this morning without with-out calling any more of their witnesses. Judge King expressed some sui-prlse. and court adjourned until 10 o'clock. The defense de-fense put on John Nicholson after court convened. His testimony shows that Jensen Jen-sen made a move for his hip pocket when Burns made for him. Burns was bound over without ball to await the action of the district court. |