Show AT TiE INQUEST I V Verdict Exonerating Westou foci Blamr j HE IS HELD AWAITING THE SECOND SEC-OND INQUEST Werner Nlnklns Hl Death Ea peeled alAuT omnl 1esterdoy afternoon Coroner Taylor held an inquest over the remains re-mains of John Day the only name yet found for him the robber who was killed on Monday night The itnests related Iho story a given in yesterdays NEW 8 Mr Weston gave bit version as rI1 I was In a saloon ycslcrday buyIng buy-Ing a bottle of blackberry brandy when tine man who called himself Werner cama In nud said hl knew me I convinced him that he didnt and gave him a drink oat of the bottle lie then treated Ult beer and we went out and he took me into another saloon and got o We quart of beer which we drank then went up the street and In iaing a house tee semi there eye aouie gils there and he would take me there In the evening eve-ning I told him that I had arranged ar-ranged to go to Alaska and was goIng go-Ing to the depot t see my partner On the way we went into nnoUlr salon to have a pint of beer I t Ilnt then started for the depot and he asked me to go t 1 saloon where he kO 0 was acquainted I went In with WI him and we went Into a back room I went and Seoul more beer Then outside and relived my stomach ana cable back I seal feeling sleepy by this timebut I saw another anoth-er lan come in nnd observed thcmwinklng tem got more beer and I crank st 1 and In a little while Werner said I was feeling sick and I went out In I the wa rear with them and went Into the > innO I laid down and they butn back One went cut seen comes olk nie of them Bald Letssee 11t mbney Imncot we will take care of it for him I told them to getaway get-away aS I could taInt care of my own rooneyi Then they jumped on me and I raidGd Jump dont nW I will you i you get away wi shot you They kept on searching for my purse when I got my r volver out and flred twice Then one of Uiem got out and nn Into the yard and fell 1 got out scuttling I wiUiUiooUierman He bad a revolver volver In his hand and tried to shoot me blt I knrrkwl hl nrm up and then limed once ron 1 think that he started to fall Ihen at least we released each other and I ran Into the barn I thought that I was wounded in the head and that I could feel the bullet 1 first felt this wound In my head when tho man fired They knew I had some money on me but I dont think they knew how much The object of their attack at-tack was robbery and they succeeded succeed-ed In getting one icirse from mo gcttn l11 which contained lce l s than 10 I I halo no Impression that I silts drugged Ihlnk I hottiree tlH twice In thebus and once outside MJ folks lIve In Missouri I am a laborer mid am employ D cook at laLrer cmjloyW tine quarry at Thistle I came hem yesterday and expected to y terY morning eptc leave last evening I am unmarried unmar-ried riedThe foHownj dying slfttement byWerncrtvas cadby luttlceLamj I am from Omaha born lu tier many came t Philadelphia QWiiat were you doing A Nothing Q Robbing any one AXO sir < 1Did you 1iao a gun i nlun AXo sir One shot In bus Stronger fired one shot Dint know about robbing I only had com lodollars The other partj had cujledolr money u My I jarenls live In Germany Don t want any word rent to them wor this wltno would not testify in English 3Ir Eichnor was at thi time sworn bj Judgo Laney t act as Interpreter In German and the following statement was taken down The friend had I gun a self cocker cock-er and was trying to rob a stranger Irln f He wanted to shoot him for his I money he fired one shot at the Mranger Hedocs cot know what the friend did with thins weapon Had known the friend about a week QDhl your friend speak to you about robbing thcstrangcr nout ej I got acquainted with my friend IU i city mfl 1bid you help to rob the stranger QWereyDu present when be was attempting rob bite stranger AYcs his friend bad on a red shin QWas your friend a German ASo an American do not know what state he was from QShmil we send word of this shnoUiiit to your mother or father ANet < slX balls your trade A Cement laver IShan we send for a minister era priest ANo Mr Eichnor Shall I 1 hlmIf be is dj lug Werner I am dyimr QiIow old are you A Thirty yearn Coroner Taylor asked Uiejurors I they wl hOn lY furUicr testimony but the all stated they were sail fled and after a brief consultation the following verdict was returned TraarroRT or UTAH I f nl Caasiy on Salt ikI An lMnl lUon bulnisoit L the once of phKTa e n Une F e l t u peeciece of ode Lake Cty cu tie tHI day ot uh AI > JottefSe GforCT J Talor rrur or laldeonnty upon the body of ekeoao jaereiylegdesdbyelnoloaera5seooec mere Iflnic 1 an DmU tl are btuot nboibed nd Juror j onlbelroatbs < 1 > 007 from the enderee rreitntrd tnatbcdiMlntberttrjnt Mor fee paint hopOBn tTemne Street In il t Lake CUT at tbe boor ot I pjn llirrh ITUi Lte tree etc effeetiot a pistol I tOot flrVd br Jobn eiton In lelf lefeDfe In teiUmony wI < er the said heroes hat berennto et tbflr hud iSo day and btltUuto year fist oboes writereve rer Int WH o InLur P u ncirrm JaMU L lau Jnror Crones J TATtOO Coroner s Mr Weston Is still in Jail and will probably be held there till the wl inquest over Werner I concluded This afternoon Dr Hall sold that Werner could not last till morning Tills forenoon he tank Into a cm toe condition from which It was Impossible i to arouse him At 330 ho was just alive but wa sinking and the end was not far ol |