Show HE 18 BOUND OVER reter er athilson held s bail FURTHER TESTIMONY what the defense has to say defendant on oil the witness standi I 1 I 1 correspondence court convened today promptly at a 2 jacob johnson was the first witness called for the prosecution Drose cution in the nielsen case care I 1 am vice president ot of the bank Daien dant is assistant cashier was wag at the bank on the instant I 1 made an investigation ol of the gun while defendant was pree ent I 1 buggered tact to min him to keep the pan gun in the vault but he be ered it under the counter count tr the gun was loaded and wax was sup supposed posea eed to oe be all th time jas burns was recalled and d defendant asked me ma on en tuesday who had been bean inter ferring with the tha gun a sm it was wag not is aa he be had left it mrs elem elate ericksen Ericks sn testified on monday evening evenin fl I 1 came to the storn store from nay my daughters elace opo osita the bank I 1 saw some borne one come come out of the bank and go around the corner comer return and loan lean against the door frame some j ome body was conning coming up the and the aerson who tood in the door entered en the bank af ha had on a grey overcoat soon afterward I 1 noticed a man cross the threet from tha bank goin going in a hurry I 1 do not krow whet whether lier it was defendant defend anc or not it was soon coon after 7 clock 0 the court at attorney tomay defendant defend ait and reporters retired to t mrs neilious Neil soua sous where toe ane wounded man is sta staying vinz sir is a feeling well aud aad was sitting in a cb chair air and able to shake hands with his bin friends in answer to inquiries mr nielson kielson said he be had bad had no serious trouble with his bis son except a IS few worda ile he had bat reproved his bia son a few fany days before the tor for remo removing vini the run from the vault when he be had placed it there the gun can was supposed to be loaded nil all the tha time he and his hia son were the only persona holding keys keya to the bank that evening he hid had heard that his son was waa aroused of raising a chair to strike him which was untrue he had told peter to make out a stat mert for the bank that evening he had retired to his mothers that thai evening about 7 as was his cus torn tom on returning to the court room the prosecution rested win averett was called for r the defense he had bad had considerable experience peri neri ence with firearms A persa amigh be ba able to tell fr three fourths of an a bou after rafter a gun had babi F hot not longer I 1 if f abe gun had been cleanie cle clean anbe be fore shooting it would have to be cleaned again or it would smell mell r and would be damp for an hour or more tho the mazzle would be black if recently shot and there was some difference in the smell amell of dowder i recently burned and that of burped a few days dais several witnesses were sworn for the dalesso and excluded from the courts court room ira wilcox was waa examined on the use of firearms but seemed to be little acquainted quain ted with them his testimony was contradictory elisha wilcox ab also to was exa examined mired on hia know knowledg led s of firearms but nothing now was elicited he could not sav may how ilog it might be ba possible to smell powder adhering to a gun gum james gunderson Gun darson said I 1 live across the street from the ozene ezene of ahn shoots ing heard a shot about I 1 was called about 10 minutes later I 1 went to the borna of mrs nielson Ni alaon from there ibera I 1 went to S J Ni elsons and re turned to mrs mra Ni nielsina Niel elsons sona again and then I 1 w went ent to the bank to set get peter I 1 called on the way at the he house I 1 got to the bank about 20 minutes past 7 I 1 rapped on the door doer and boid peter his father bad been shot peter came out and nd asked him what ba had said twice but bul be lid did not tall him again tha defendant fell on the side walk and had to bo be assisted homo on cross aaion lie he denied telling his brother that he had not told peter what was the ibe matter 11 sa siw w peter nielson in in the bank about writing ile ha saw him through the dor door G C jensen said isaid I 1 saw delenda nt in the bank SO through the window I 1 lid did not notice that tho il 0 on oa the door were up I 1 did not see then hen heard of the choo shooting ting about bor 5 or 10 m minutes after leavina the tha bank corner A H B williams heard beard a rapping on partition between the bank and tho the pyramid office and sald said be lied had a bark statement for publication tilt that week it was about 8 hal hai heard some borne ono one in tho the bank for about I 1 10 0 minutes but bat did not notice any on cn entering en tenn peter watson saw defendant in bank about 7 while on his hig way vay to choir practice ce A wall saw law defendant defend aist in bank about mr brooks paid eaid my business is bank teller the statement mad made by defendant on is correct court adjourned tilt till to morrow at a ina z ex mt Plea pleasant saut doe doc 27 1892 US HE IS BOUSU BOUND OVER peter petar S Nell neilson Ne ilsun suii the defendant in the hs case testified in ia me his own behalf nt itina that on the night oe 0 the tha traced ha went to the bank about 7 and remained there until called fr fir H he stated that when be went to the bank hs he draw the blind to the window which exposed him bim to the tha kiev of laisers pae aers by to eo as aa to not bo be Jia hut but some time afterward remembering remember in ina that one oca of the directors had bad objected object cd t v the blinds to ing drawn raised them that be had bad extracted the cartridge from the abe atin three or four days dave a i ito to the shooting aug expecting to clean tha wear gearou on ant as it was near cupper time tima defined deft i cleaning and dad not remember whether he put the cartridge cartr back this cload t the e twi for defenso defense and the tha prosecution pros cution ri biked ked that thai arthey had bad another berv impo important th thi testimony mouy h arf 4 af a I 1 lowed to be viven riven thia Thi thisba swa waa kran krantos tod and aba wit witness nepi in anif f 15 5 yeara tears saul said on the iha of tie shoot ine fhe was lime ral ni ina and recognized th rit i att s st rl t A i block from the bank hu ring tow r i 1 I 1 sma it ile he was wait dressed in a large overcoat efforts to confuse tha witness were unsuccessful and her evidence formed a vary lii r y 1 important P artent link in the tha circumstantial 1 ch chain surround surrounding inz the defendant evidence in rebuttal was waa then intro da dusta td after which aren menta wore be biti feidinand erickson prosecuting prose proa cutine attorney for this bounty opened for or lue prosecution and briefly rg reviewed ad the evidence daniel houtz of provo the defendants attorney followed with a strong atron on the evidence c I 1 the prosecution as bc being ing only circum tan atiat jocob johnson Joh neon probate judge closed lor for the prosecution cummin up no the evidence evi danco in lull and drawing irom from the defens defenses ea testimony facts almost equally unfavorable to bialson Ni Igi alson the case rested with the court couri which hold held that the evidence warranted the binding of the defendant over to await the action of the grand aua ana bait bail waa placed at which rt at this thia hour had not been secured se the knoner pi oner remained composed sout ut the whole trial and d reined recai re ived the verdict with in 1111 disturbed laatu features rem tribune |