Show A FATAL witnesses for the prosecution TELL OF THE KILLING of palmer at on sunday march bad blood the mcpherson murder case was continued mr zane made a statement of the case for the and mr sutherland asked that all of the witnesses be excluded from the court room except as placed on tho stand granted with the exception of mr L M palmer the father of the murdered man and one other who gerej allowed to remain to confer with the prosecutor there were polled fourteen witnesses for the prosecution dr henry neill was the first witness called I 1 am a physician and surgeon have had knowledge of gun shot wounds knew luther C palmer saw him on the evening of the of march at the house of raleigh jones found him suffering from a gun ahot wound discovered a wound near the epic gastric region below the breast bone he was in charge of another physician and I 1 asked for permission to examine the wound but the wounded man objected to being turned over from the nature of ane wound in front I 1 the ball had penetrated the back and passed clear through the body examined the body more closely on monday morning uhe bullet had entered the back below the right angle of the shoulder blade and must have passed through the colon or large inthis tine and had possibly injured the biyer I 1 considered the wound fatal palmer biad seven days after cross examined by mr sutherland probed the wound for the ball but did not find it used a five inch silver probe in searching for the bullet did not use any other instrument found some scratches on the mans forehead have practiced surgery for 13 years have had empei ien ce in relation to gun shot wounds the point of entrance of a bullet is generally smaller sharper and more clearly defined than the exit the point of exit is larger and more loose in comparison from my examination of the body I 1 was of the opinion that the ball had entered the back and passed clear through the body an anatomical cliart was produced and the doctor explained to the jury how the ball passed between iasi nath and sixth ribs through the liver the upper portion of tho lower transverse colon making its exit through the epic gastric regio below the breastbone could not have touched any of tho vital organs in probing the heart and lunga were some distance from the passage to the beat of my judgment the wound was necessarily fatal palmer waa a man of about or pounds weight be direct heard that a buton had been shot from halmers palmers Pal mers vest and carried in with the bullet but do not know anything about it to mr sutherland pus was formed and drawn from the wound this would be formed whether the wound was fatal or not the course of treatment is to draw on this pus eleanor isabel live in eich celd know caleigh jones and his wife know cheri their house is went there at 5 30 on sunday evening march went in with raleigh jones wife luther C palmer came in know mcpherson by sight he came into the house and got a drink of water dont know where he went to heard two shots fired that afternoon anere is a wood pile close to the house on the east side could aee through the east window the two agoti were fired by at mr palmer mc was east of the wood pile and palmer was south cf the wood pie palmer stood with his in his pockets hia right aide toward mcpherson I 1 looked out ol 01 the window and when mcpherson fired palmer fell the shots were fired close together after palmer fell ha got up and started towards the house I 1 ran out of the front door into the street I 1 ran east turned around and saw mcpherson aon mr jones had hold of him la 15 or 20 minutes I 1 came back house palmer was alyin on the floor in the front room ro mr was then chopping wood halmers palmers Pal mers acae was towards me P bean live at richfield Eich field have lived there about 17 or IS years am a merchant know donald mcpherson slightly on the of march saw me pherson in richfield about eun down I 1 hearda two shots fired I 1 waa liht in front of my store in my judge ment the were fired in jones lot saw a man around jones house after shots were fired he come around the southeast south east corner of the house this was L J palmer As palmer came around be said for gods sake dont murder me dont shoot any more As he went out of behind the lumber mcalier son came running and he went out of sight mrs jones came out of the house and said for gods sake stop this racket mcpherson came back and mrs jones put her hands on bis shoulders they ware talking about a i uain ute but I 1 hear v hut was said mr jones also came out of the house hollowing and stamping in an excited manner some one hollowed get a horse mcpherson ran towards the corral two buildings hid him from mv sight next I 1 saw him crawling over the fence and he walked down the street at a pretty lively rata he stopped and looked around a while and then started to walk south A man by the name of hawley walked down the street and overtook mcpherson william ence came out of a harness shop marshal bean came south down the street and was met 1 y who was coming back said heres my gua mr bean ive done it but I 1 had to take me and lock me up he then gave the marshal his gun aud a small dottle of anane gilbert am coroner of county A bloody vest with a detec nivea badge on was produced got ahe beet from the justice of tap peace william J atan am city marshal of richfield oa the day of man h of athla year at 6 0 m two f hots ft ere fired at richfield I 1 was at home I 1 started in lie direction ot the froot mc went into mr jones hons i abod a iw palmer lying en the floor went aut and down the street met mcpherson when he got 40 bards of hs hollowed and said he effae himself up tl e pistol conla ioe two loads was produced identified and at the earnest solicitation ot the court and the attorney the lo 10 ds were removed by the the phal was halt cocked hen I 1 kuok it from mcpherson the handle ws boken he told me it was mr jone and asked me to give it to him when I 1 got through with it he had also a bottle ot alcohol have had everal conversations with me since on cassion he asked me where palmer had been shot I 1 told him that would come out in time he said palmer naji his side towards him and his hand on his hip the gatta were fired on another mcpherson said if had known palmer was such a coward he would haye taken his fist to him he once referred to hia having been arrested by palmer and taken before a justice of the peace at fayette san pet counte tho sanpete sheriff had turned him loose he said palmer bad been dogging him around ull tha time lather M palmer live at Richfield knew lumbar 0 palmer he was my n he came to my abouo from faye te on saturday evening march between 10 and 11 in tha evening tie came down to richfield Eich field to rent a house which I 1 had written to him about he stayed at nay house that night the next morning about 10 we went ta see about the house after visiting two bouses and at about 11 be said pa if you will walk over boma I 1 will go over to raleigh joness my house waa only a block away hu waa gone about an hour or an hour and a half when he came back he stayed acma until about 4 ahn he went over to a Danish mana to get aam grain he came back without getting any grain when I 1 next saw my son he was at raleigh joness he was partly lying and partly sitting on a bed i he had been wounded and the doctor was bandaging his wounds my son died on sunday evanine eve nine march 22 between 6 and 7 my son made a statement of the shooting to me previous to his death it was not rei deuced to writing tine I 1 went into the house and he said pa pm dying ill live out seyen days by inches I 1 want to make any statement to the justice of the pace because theres a conspiracy I 1 want it known for fear I 1 would b put out of the house on the day of the shooting raleigh jones came to the door and called me out and said jim wants to talk to you you must be good to jim because he is a relative of mine I 1 said 1 cant bo good to a thief and a mail robber I 1 then went 1 out and said jim I 1 understand you want to talk to behe said yes but not now particularly I 1 then turned around and he said look heie lu what did you publish a piece about me in a paper for I 1 said I 1 publish any piece about you he said will bean says you aid I 1 then turned around to leave andee said oh im healed for you G d you I 1 then partly turned around and caid for gods sake doni shoot aae he fired and I 1 started to run he ran after me I 1 fell and he came up and struck me over abu head with his revolver and said pm fixed for you G d you some men then came and carried me into the my son was about 5 feet and 7 inches high and he weighed about pounds he bad a wife and three children gross examined by MJ sutherland my son did not say to me that he would get better if he had better nursing on thursday I 1 was forbidden going to the house of the jones family he did put in a few words of a written statement the first evening be was shot whenever mrs jonea would come into the room he would quit talking dont know any thing about my son being convicted of larceny and skipping his bonds robert bruce morrison live in richfield canyon was in richfield on the loth of march last was in mr borgs lot when I 1 heard the shots the first shot attracted my attention and I 1 went to friera I 1 could get a better view of what waa going oni saw mr Ms pherson with the pistol in his handa saw mrs jones come up and grab mcpherson by the arms and say for gods sake dont mrs jones went back in the house and he started to run for the corral he jumped over the fence and started running down main street that is the last I 1 saw of him then went in the house saw blood on halmers palmers Pal mers forehead and clothes I 1 raleigh jones live at richfield was there on march the first time I 1 saw mcpherson way in manti i i known him long know luther K palmer he was at my place i on the day of march a shot fired it by I 1 was standing on the east side of my house mcpherson McP berson was chopping wood ho bad the ax raised and as I 1 came up he threw the ax and shot palmer said something eom ething but I 1 bear what it was II 11 was done so quick that 1 dont know whether mcpherson made any gestures or not palmer fell after ne was shot and then got up and ran for the house and so did I 1 I 1 was excited I 1 and intoxicated I 1 supposed from the way the anen were gesticulating they were quarreling palmer was shaking his hand and mcpherson had hia ax raised told mcpherson once that palmer had published a piece in the paper about him to mr sutherland do not recognize recognise that revolver in reference to the revolver produced in evidence it is not mine my wife took a revolver like that from the table one night when I 1 was playing palmer first gesticulated with bis right hand and then with his left his right hand naturally fell down by his hip mcpherson had his ax raised as if it was his intention to to cut wood Mr Palmer was recalled my son had a revolver on the sunday he was shot he left it at home before ho went to joness camuel F mount am a deputy states marshal know the defendant ho came to my housa one evening and said a party in manti had told him if he would kill palmer he would see him through th roush I 1 asked him who that party was he said he tell I 1 told him be consider such a thing hamaid be know that ha wanted to kill palmer mary I 1 jones knew luther K palmer last saw him alive on the of march last was home at eich field on the of the of march last came home at about 5 in the evening palmer and ed balph there see son there he have been in the yard heard some ehlts fired at about 6 on the east of the house was in the kitchen and when I 1 heard the shots I 1 ran through the front room out aide palmer came me came up and I 1 took hold of him and aard for goda lake dont dhoot you cant go in ane house quit I 1 was excited and thought he was trying to follow palmer into the house he said 1 I wont I 1 will respect a lady when I 1 looked around palmer had cone in the hauae I 1 have seen that revolver the one produced in evidence loaned it to mcpherson on the thursday before the shooting he eay what he wanted it for to air sutherland As near as I 1 can wax hihanda on and knees mcpherson was walking redirect thought at first that palmer had been shot in the head because there was blood on his forehead his head was slightly scratched there was not much of a bruise mr hawley heard the shooting efaw jump oaf the fence he said for goda sake jocic me up ind dont sit on your horse there and watch me I 1 told him I 1 had no right lo 10 lock liim up he slapped his breast hia left hand and said he was a man and be was not afraid of any man or any tt of men I 1 told him think any one was afraid of him some one else then came up and joined in the conversation and I 1 rode off the revolver and tho two cartridges and the coat and vest were submitted in evidence the prosecution rested court adjourned until thursday morning atlo |