Show ABORTION CASE strong evidence by the prosecution OF THE VIty iTI two persons heard them otic one identified a photograph of the deceased girt girl william mccoy charged with murders murder as the result of a criminal operation performed on eveline bonnett was yesterday placed on trial in the criminal divi division of the third district court sim M dugins and frank J carter are also charged with the same indict mint but their case will not come up op until the next term of court miss bonnett it will be remembered became enci ente went to salt late and to bide her bar disgrace underwent an oner operation stion which the prosecution believes dr accy performed at the instance of his co defendants between febuary and miss bonnert died at tuat mat city on march lit 1 it and a day or two later the defendants were arrested charged with murder owing to the ahe nature of the case CASC the calr mar part of the t testimony given yesterday is unfit for publication aside from experts who conducted the postmortem post mortem examination of the girl and expressed the iha opia opinion ian that a criminal operation had been performed upon her the only testimony many directly connecting dr accy with the matter outside of his attea danca dancs upon tha girl in her last illness was given by mrs bettie smith mrs birs smith who Is a buxom looking woman and quite emphatic in her declarations formerly lived in the house where mccoy had hia his office her ber testimony was to the effect that a youn woman who answered miss Bonne B onneita bonnetts its description called upon dr mccoy on february and and remained in his hia private office for some time on each c occasion upon each cash of the three days mrs smith heard a womans comans screams issuing from the office and could hear an agonizing female voica voca crying oh oh dont 1 mrs smith explained explain sd that she aha was not cot acquainted with 1 miss adlis 9 bonnett but she identified a photograph in ia court as being a of cf the girl who visited mccols mccoys office on the days on cross mrs mra beith admitted that she told mccoy malloy after his bia arrest and release from jail that she wish to appear as a witness in the case and that she would leavette leave leavet the be state if he would furnish her with means she also went over to Hegne Heg vs drug store etore where mccoa stated to sey eral other persona person the proposition w which b i c h she adya adva aged now you say queried H 0 edwards of counsel for the defense that you intended getting married and that yon wanted to go to Den denver verona on a wedding trip with the money no replied mrs smith with a great deal of spirit if I 1 wanted to get married and go on a wedding trip I 1 ask aak maccy if the man have money enough to take me I 1 would stay at horns boms 11 biant diant he esy eay that he would have hate you brought beck back it if you let was then ased yes yea was the reply mrs mra smith also tsai fied on cross examination tat oat mccoy showed her a nickel when they were discussing ilia iha matter in the drug store etora and said that it was waa all the money he had bad adolph smith a son of mrs airs smith also testified aa to hean bearice cg a comans womans screams issuing from Ale mcgona Coys office on one ot the tha dates mentioned ty his bis mother lie had not seen the woman however bu before fore mrs smith took the a number num berof of other witnesses were examined to show that miss mies bonnett had been in perfect health up to the tha time of her visit to salt like and that she wis was the victim ot of a criminal operation drs dra 8 H allen alien and fred W taylor who assisted antho in abe postmortem post mortem examination of 0 miss mias bonnett bonnetts ls s remains both testified that they were convinced by the which they discovered tant a criminal operation bad been absen performed david J bonnett a brother of the dead girl testified with relation to his hia visit to salt lake on tha evening of miss bonnetta Bonnett 3 death and of conversations which he had with mcgoy mccoy mr bonnett exhibited a gram graat deal of feeling in the case as well as an overwhelming whelm wh elming inz bittern bitterness eee against majoy several times in the tha course of his hia examination abea it became nece necessary sory to refer to mccoy he would say that that but ciunel for th tha defense would interpose mccoy and thus prevent an out outbreak brcak mr testimony related principally to ha big sisters condition and to as assurances su rances as aa a friend and a gentleman that she was waa beyond the hope ot medical aid and that it would be ba useless to call in other iana dr drof J F noyes moves of provo who was called to salt bait lake to consult with mccoy shortly before ilia hs girls death told of her bar condition when he be first saw her and the treatment that was afterward given her dr said told tod him that the girl had a vile vila disease and that he ha feared she had been doing something wrong 1 I thought dr noves further farther said that perhaps a criminal operation had baen performed per formea shortly before her death dr denoyes noyes asked her it if the he want to nike maka a statement as it would be her last op tv to do so but she sha answer presumably because she could not talk the only otier testimony of import inca elicited during daring the tha day was from mrs anteal a who rode from provo to salt lake on the same trian with Due gire carter and miss mis bunnett bonnett about bolh they all rods rode up op ta lowa a on a paned on main street at miss bonnett and tle men g DR north and the witness irbing boins with to ith alter after these witt ienn and aad ethers bad bec exam ald the earing wag post boned until tuesday to eye the pros pro elution time to secure the attendance of an t witness who is in the vicinity of park city mccoy is 53 beius prosecuted by 0 0 ocre cre and D 0 eichnor and defended by F E t woods and H 0 edwards eil wards |