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Show i1 WILUAM HBWELl rIKESCfES!ii ,. je Was Driver of Automobile That Caused Death of til Parker Faut. A i i TESTIMONY IS GIVEN W ' BEFORE CORONER'S JURY SI 1 1 Elliott Kennedy Finds Hat of Ml Faut and Throws It. ill Away. fi special to The Tribune. jSfj oGDEN. Jon. 5. That William How-43; How-43; til's White Steamer automobile, which 4m'' V3f occupied by Councilman John II. intern, his brother, Gcorgo Larson, and ' jjjjoti Kennedy, with Howell at the I iliecl. ran Into and killed Parkor Faut, t horseman, at the corner of Washington h lVCnuc and Twenty-third street, last Saturday Sat-urday evening, between G and 15:30 ydock, was amply proven at tho cor-j cor-j oser's Innucst, which was begun here I hat Elliott Kennedy, one of tho oe- tupants of the automobile, found the jrht of the dead man on the fender of the f tiitomoullo when It was returned to the .? tarase. tossed It Into a White Steamer ' at, belonging to Hugh "Wood, an Idaho ' "cattleman, and afterward returned to the " fjracft "id threw the hat Into an alley, .-. pas admitted by one of his attorneys be-; be-; fore the Inquest was begun, nnd later was testified to by Kennedy himself. The ' s50ii for this action, he said, he could -rot explain, tinlcsit It was that he was unnerved and excited after being told by pstrolmiin Orcn Hndlock thitt tho ma-chine ma-chine had run over a man and killed him. .S That none of tho occupants of the au- tomoblle was drunk, but that several f drinks Imd heen takon at different sa-; sa-; loons whore they had stopped before the . tccMcnt. was sworn to by Howell, the ; lo LRrsons and Kennedy. Howell on Stand. Wllllnm Howell, the driver and owner (' ef the automobile, was called to the wit- nfss stand late this afternoon. He said (..that he took, his machine out of the jirage about 3 o'clock, und that the other occupants were his guests. After Hopping at the Falsi a ft. Crystal. Grill, .SayuYs and Murphy's saloons during the I afternoon, at which time, the witness ViaM, lie cither took mineral water or a (Lrigar when each round of drinks was i Krvnd, the members of the party started Lnst on Twenty-fourth street until they rtachud Washington avenue, when they .' lurncd north. Mr. Howell says that his ' machine was going along the street at from eight to twelve mlle6 an hour, and I hen Twenty-third street was reached t, the automobile suddenly skidded onto kits east streetcar track. Tho speed was then slackened to six to eight miles an kT .hour. Immediately In front of the auto-t auto-t mobile were several poles, which tho i? witness said ho was compelled to avoid by turning upon the loft side of the street, i.ifter proceeding a Tew foot further there ras a perccptlbc jar felt by somo of the occupants of the automobile, and v Councilman John Larson said, "Didn't iac hit something?" Howell says ho rc-i rc-i tiled, "Did we.?" He then declares that A. be slackened the speed -of his automibllc , until he camo almost to a full stop, tho ': automobile running along slowly under 1 Its own momentum with the power shut J ol Looking through the back of the Kplclilnc, Larson sa'ld. "No. I don't think jiW have," and tho witness declared that f.,' continued on from that. spot, which Ats about 250 feet frpm the Intersection ti the streets. t Thi witness denied that he had any , knowledge of having run, over a man. In' tVPW to cjuostions from H. H. Hondor- !(,(Mn. who Is representing Faut's widow. Mte didn't notice that, his automobile lamp ttnthe right side had heen smashed until tte noxt day. he said, and couldn't say iny he told Kennedy to go back -to the Inraso and get the hat which had been ; found In his machine-f machine-f Pertinent Questions. "Is It not a fact that you went down tj'hlngton avenue, ran Into a man and Mft him; that you Know at the time iLt -Vo" T-HCi klllc1 Mm- that you dc-jVAu dc-jVAu to keep It o.uIct tmtll you found 'lll f',e cvldcnce was too strong, then X ftm employed attorneys to represent tMY asked Attorney Henderson. The m,?c7s .yP,eJ I" a Positive manner that ho did not know thnt he had run Into anybody, but believed that Instead or striking Faut squarely that the buggy shafts which Faut was carrying over ills head received the force of the collision col-lision and threw Faut to tho ground, causing hln death. L',hi,C. lestlmony of tho other occupants or the automobile was practically the same as that given by Mr. Howell. Be-foic Be-foic the Itiqiiest began this morning. Attorney T. D. Johnson, one of the attorneys at-torneys for HowclU made a statement In which ho outlined certain fnctn which would bo admitted. Including the Incident regarding tho disposition of tho hnt -which belonged to Faut. In making the statement, the attorney said ho did so because he thought It would narrow tho Investigation considerably. Ho also told uic court that he wished It distinctly understood that the sllcnco which has been maintained by William Howell and the other occupants of the machine slnco tho tragic occurrence, had been advised by him and J, E. Baglcy, the other attorney at-torney employed, and that they assumed full responsibility for It, believing that they were protecting their client's beat Interest by so doing. All of the occupants of the automobllo testified that they had no Idea that they had run over a man and killed him until they came back to tho city, when Patrolman Pa-trolman Orcn Hadlock accosted Howell and told him of the occurrence, and advised ad-vised him to call up tho police station. The automobile was first driven to tho garage, and then Howell and his guests walked over to the station, called, in Uecse Howell, the father, and District Judge J. A. Howell, the brother of tho owner of the automobile, to take part In the Interview which followed In the detectives' de-tectives' room. Testimony as to Speed. Caleb Perry, a farmer, who was passing pass-ing the automobllo at the time of the accident, testified that In his opinion the automobllo was traveling about twenty miles, an hour. He also said that he saw Faut as he was struck by the right side of the machine and doubled up as tho wheels apparently passed over his prostrate form. The witness said that no didn't hear tho automobllo horn blown, although Howell says that It was sounded several times. After the witness, wit-ness, with others, removed the dying man to Cave's drug store, ho moaned several times before ho expired. Dan G. Drain, an eyewitness to the tragedy, told what he had seen when the machine ran over Faut. To the best J knowledge of tho witness the automobile was running about eighteen miles an hour With the conclusion of Mr. Howell's 1 testimony. Judge J. D. Murphy, the acting act-ing coroner, announced that an adjournment adjourn-ment would bo taken until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, when the Imiucst will be concluded. County Attorney David Da-vid Jensen, who Is representing the state, announced that he had about a half-dozen half-dozen other witnesses to testify James IT. Douglass, who was drawn on tho Jury yesterday to take tho place of John Cullcy. who was excused because be-cause ho Is a licensed druggist, was also excused this morning, and J. S. Carver, a retail merchant, wns sworn In his place. The reorganized Jury is composed of S. H. Browne, Charles P. Carlson and Mr. Carver. When the hearing was begun this morning there was an array of attorneys In the courtroom, which was also crowded to the doors with an expectant crowd. Miss Eva C Krb. the official stenographer stenog-rapher of the district court, was sworn In to transcribe tho testimony. II. IT. Henderson appeared on behalf of Mrs. Faut, Attorneys T. D. Johnson and J. E. Baglcy . on behalf of William Howell and the occupants of the automobllo. and David Jensen, the. county attorney. Is representing the state. The lmiuost will bo concluded some time tomorrow There appears to bo no doubt os to what machino caused Faut's death and the Jury will probably find its only problem to be the fixing of the liability. |