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Show IS MIL? Defendants to Wait in Jail on Charge of First Degree Murder. Witnesses for State and Arguments by Counsel Are Omitted. (By Staff Correspondent.) XEPHI, Aug. 13. Mrs. Alice J. Harris, her sons, Eugene Harris and Eeland Har-1 Har-1 ris, and Edward L. Tackman, were or-I or-I dered held for trial by the Fifth district court on a joint charge of murder in the first degree, at the conclusion of their preliminary hearing before J. E. Cooper, j justice of the peace, at Nephi this afternoon. after-noon. Justice Cooper ordered the four held without bail. The woman, her sons and Tackman, an employee ou the Harris farm, are accused of slaying Jesse H. Cone, a neighbor, at the Harris ranch on Trout Creek, July "2. Mrs. Harris was taken to Salt Lako and will be held at the Salt Eake county jail until the trial. This was decided upon, as the Juab county jail at Nephi has no matron. Mrs. Harris v. us taken to the state capital by Dan Martin, sheriff of Juab county. The three men will await trial in the jail at Nephi. Testimony of several witnesses for the state was omitted and rapid progress i h the hearing Mas made during tho day. The cross-examination was less t eve re, ; and counsel for state and defendants did , not mako arguments at the conclusion , of the testimony. j Cooper Regrets Oratory. j Witnesses heard during the da' were: J Peter R. Jenson, Trout. Creek; Paul J. i .Stewart, Salt Eake; William F. Kearney, ! Otto G. Kearney and William A. Parker, j Trout Creek. Stewart and William Kear- ! ney were members of the posse of citi- ! zens who held the defendants until arrival arri-val of officers alter the tragedy. William Kearney testified Eugene Harris Har-ris asserted that he killed Cone. Otto Kearney told of threats against ' Cone made by Mrs. Harris previous to the shooting. Before giving his verdict Justice Cooper made a talk of considerable gravity. He expressed regret that the lawyers had not offered arguments. Justice Cooper expressed his regret at not hearing the counsel give arguments, not, he said, because of their possible influence on his judgment of tho case, but because, he said, "I always enjoy hearing forensic oratory." Although arguments were ondtt cd, AS'. C. A. Bryan, county attorney for Juab county, made a brief rf sumc of the state's case after Mr. Ecal Jut wood had summed up for tho defense. Mr. Bryan stated that in his opinion sufficient evidence was produced to indicate in-dicate strong suspicions that the defendants defen-dants were a party to a conspiracy which resulted in the killing of Cone, and that for this reason alone they should be ail held without bail for trial by the district dis-trict court. He was called to his feet by statements state-ments to the court made by Mr. Eeather-wood Eeather-wood in which the Jai ter said the evidence evi-dence had not shown strong enough pre- j sumption of guilt on the pa rt of Mrs. I Harris and Tackman to warrant their , being held for trial. Tho presentation of evidence was completed com-pleted at the close of the morning session ses-sion of court. Attorney Bryan and bis associate counsel for the state, u. A . Murdoch, district attorney for i lie Pi ft h judicial district, omitted from (lie list of witnesses four or five men who will probably prob-ably be called when the trial proper begins. be-gins. Defense Rests Case. The defense offered no testimony, resting rest-ing their case when the last wit hpss for the state had appeared. Neither the stale nor tho attorneys for I he defense played their full hands during the preliminary hearing. It is regarded as certain that much additional informal ion eonierni ng tho case will be euiuuii ted by both sides when the trial begins before the district court. It is expected that much of this testimony testi-mony will deal with the relations of the Harris family with (our prior to the shoot trip, and p.' so with the question of j the laud fight bctivn Mrs. Harris and I Henry Miiler of Nephi f.r pos-ssion of I the property which Mrs. Harris lias occupied occu-pied for mure than two years. I The defend ants, especially Mrs. Har-! Har-! ris and 'back man. appeared in excellent 'spirits today. Taekman at times h-.jj fgr.-at difficulty in suppressing lauirhs at I the sallies of the attorneys. Mrs. Harris, j i o-j. tniii'-'i frequent ly. The t v. Harris j bo; s maintained Their 1 aji urni y and thi'ir composure, but th'-y foj iow - the proceedings closely at ev-ry M -p made. ! Session Informal. The a ,V rri'-on session v as S"ii.e-.', hat j inform. ', inasmuch a--. The a':om-ys. I epeciah; Mr. Leatne.;-woo'J and Mr, Mur-doek. Mur-doek. Oi.gJjg'-d in cm.- .o-a hie frnm'y repartee, whK'h the d-fe-nmrnrs and the audunt-e ecjoyed. Th' ruai:';. of t rlosing hearing came to an anrupt enj j v.-j-.en Justi'-e Cooper marie b; pr-l;m-j ir.ary statements ;,rior to redoing Ins q.;-I q.;-I cis. on. ,l')s:;''e Cooper n ark hip: rni;ir!:s in a j rle! .be rat e. om- -j.M . d v.j --, v r. i. h pt. ! OI.ee imiTC". r all ti'C p r 1 , T in t) e j ('"'iilr-'om -.vit'n t)i f 1 1 r 1 1 " 'f r:;s vor'is 'and the st renp-'n of h,.- ';;, i ; a - I .. j ram- the de.-i.-:o.4 b n a Iv,; r,.)r j Ce'.-T-.-e ' ::':'.' I ." K ' r hman rj Tr,,.,, 'the e..;" 'l.'-'n -d v ; 1 n t:;.,- j..a-j(Jr- f-f ' j("nr,e a:vi ti.e Harr;. f.imn;-. i i - r-. ' ; . n (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) 1 4 HARRIS FAMILY HELD 1 TRIAL (Cor.Mriued Frci Page One) j Harris, In v. hich f-he said phe would p.s ' leave kill C-T.e as Jook at him. on an- i otner ';. io;i h- met Mrri. Harris, po ' j he te'Uied on the v.ltr.e- f-tand. ;-ru ion r;''i:'-:r-,' a lif-i:.'un y'ur- had wi'n h-r. ; i ?-,l mat Jt h"j-d l:x: a good gun f r j rabbit". To thi' Ke;.rn-y t.-,-; i f ;d that ' i Mrs. Harr.s u a.:vrT'-l fine v.a Having' that gun for two-egg. d rabbits. ! Judgment Not Unexpected. j It appeared durlrif the day that there 1 was conflicting testimony by ti.e wit-!n wit-!n "'-e.'i a:; to v. nnt Ilugene Harris had to ; Fay concerning hi.s pon,on at the time 1 he f ,red t?" e second t .hot at Cone, r ne , witness Raid Kugene had run forward toward to-ward Con- beff.re finrig tin; yer'-r-.t thot. and anot tier t if d ilug-jie had mo ed ! but a few f' f-t b' t v. e n f-ho'ii, j I'aul .1. Stew art t erf if led the state- m'TitH rnride to the p':--e. of which hr : wa.-i a m'-mber, by tiie Harris family ' were gi-.-en n; th rn voluntarily, and I without tiir'-rn.'. proiuhes or prep-ure fn i tlie part of the- Siev.-urt went with I Fai;;enburg ar:d orheiH to the Ham : rat:e'i on the day of (h i- h-,ot ing. and f 'uod g j;. rd tin il the- t-U'-ri.'f arrived on the K-'-rn. Attorn y J'.n:hcrv.'Oofl l:i!-;t nl-lit said i the j'lrij'M of tne jun-lee of tll(. p,.H. -e v.ar, i.ot uri'xpo-ii-i, and that the nef-n- da tits had no'hii.'g to j.-r(y .n- rning It. j County At'orney I'.ryan e r i -res.---d My,, 'ompie'e v, 1 r-f.ici jon with the outcome of the he:; i is; if, t-.i-ii,g he had rxpe'-f-d noth:i,g tiM: In view of t be evidence wh.'-h 'he B'ate had jir . nt "d . The Fifth d.r'rh't cr.urt wnj convene ftt Nephi on 8'-pt erri ner and it in understood under-stood tba t the J I ;irr1rt murder '-.'iM' will come early n the ca,eii-l;ir. M-anwMJc the three young in'-n -. ii remain in trie county ja .1 h t ;-' phi. whi!" Mi.c Harris wiil be held in cu: woy at the iSalt 1-ake co iMy Jail. |