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Show THE OCDEN MURDER CASE. Details ot th Tragedy as Mnnti bj aNonibir of Witnesses. TllEIIECEVIEUMWIIIon TMTIflES The lrlil li RiptJIy Dranlog to a dote. Th. trial of J mora L. Orluln was resumed In th. First District court at Ugdcu yesterday. Mrs. Nellie 1 lamer, wlfo of John llamer, testified tint her liuat.aud left lib homo about S o'clock on th. afternoon after-noon preceding th. tragedy, II. did not riturnt? supper. H. waa dreaaod lu dark clothes, .he thought, flliu did not pay any attend u to tha cut of th. coat and vest, but had th. coat and vest horror, at home. Hhe wai In atrucledto examine tho coat and veat and Hut she woull to recalled- Hhe aald her liusbaud was year. old. Mr.. Hamer wa. thin excused for the A. '.. Waeliuurne, upon eiamlna. tloti by Mr. JWana, aald I have lived four jura In Ugdon and am ') year. old. Know Johu Hamir nearly four years and worked for him In tho abstract business. Knew Jamea Clrininforth. .vt viarandahalf, or liiooh. haa becnlnOgdcn, I waa at Maden'a Mloou Auguitlat between 10 and 11 o'clock at night. Haw (Jtlllln theronrrcr IS o'clock about 1 o'clock. He cam. lu with Will Young, I think. They cam. In about th. turn, time, though ldld not.oolhoincomvlu. There had bteu a griat many In during th. ovenlog. I rerasmbtr Johu rhllll, Myron Hume, A, C. i:meraon, Will Young aud Jamea Urlfllu. There was a good deal of talk about the caudldatce for recorder lu the county election. I tnld I would supiwrt Dan llamer, and Young aald lie thought It wo. queer tioeltion for in. to lake, havlog been a candidate for nomination to th. same ofllc. on th. Liberal ticket. Urltllnmada a similar remark, and he Hashed up $:o and aald he woul I tot thaton John Tylir. I put un$loaud aald I would bet that much, which wa. all 1 had, oxcer, t some sliver, on Dm Hamer. Th. barkeeper banded m. a piece of patr and I wrote: JamoUriniulitts$ISthatJolinTyler will to elected county recorder on Monday next, and A. ' Washburn tta that Daniel llamer will to elected county recorder on Mof day next." lie BAldl That la not my bet," and (reposed to tot that Daniel Hamer would not to elected. I aald I would not bet Dan Hamer ngalntt tb. world. 1 tore up tb. bet onjariorwarda Will Young too tho .am. tot. Triors was aom. further talk about totting and I Mid I had no more money but that I could get It, aud went and found Johnny Hamer In on. of tb. win. room, and asked him If ho wanted to lake a bet, aud ho aalj ho would not accet ta wager for less than $100 aud from that to $oo. Will Young aald he would tak. a bet of $10". II. and Hamer went to th. desk behind th. railing In th. east end of tho saloon and were drafting a check anil an agrcemint. I v. tut lnl Jo tbo railing. (Irltllncanietitliuclgtr tl. aud aald 'My$J0stlllKOa,"JacliPhllllataldh. wouldtak. llanl Askinl me to draw un tho tot, which I did, and Urilllu objected ob-jected to that. 1 aaldi "I iloul' think you want to tot any-wny." any-wny." He made noma remark. We had eomu worJe and I !uped him. Hit was standing almost against thu wall near tho front door. He struck tit mo but did' not lilt me. Mr. Young add! "Don't havo any trmilile," ami 1 uld I did not want to have any trouble. Griffin went out of the front door. Wo went lo the bar and were ttand. Ing near the ba.r when somebody aal I, "urlQln haacomelu and I guee. hu ha. got a gun." John Hamer walked around to tn.enstnnl nut Urlflln rvi howacomliigarouudthecrreu. He tuildfJIm, lei'.takeadrlnk." I Mid lo Urilllu: "I understand you have gone out and got a gun. Yon were foollah to duthat; yen know I nortr carry a guu, I will show you I bavn't got one," and I took my coat paillally oir. Ho atepped back and togan shooting and I heard wmeouu a.y: "Oh, m Uoill I am shot through the hrarl!" It wa. Johnny Hunfir. Ho waa standing to the noutlulut of me. Immediately Im-mediately alter that the second .hot was tired and Haraer staggered ovir to the mirror 011 the eouth sldo of the room nearest the east end. HI. left arm was over tho crou railing, and bla right hand on Ida heart. I started over toward him, and Just as I got there auother ahot waa llred. Then 1 .topped Into a llltlo closet to tho wilt of tho mirror and under tho stairway. Alllo J.uierson citue Into tho closet and Mid they had .hot him. I then went cut after tho .hooting wasuveraud fount Will Young holding up Johnny Hamer, and Just about to .et him on the horseblock. I helped him. Hamer aall ho waa ahot through th. heart aud I said 110, that ho could uot to alive If h. had been, and I alto aal J. "You are too good a man to to killed lu this way." After tho doctor, cam. wo carried hint on a loutue Into on. of the buck rooms, and 1 went aud got a carrlagu and told the driver to drive me to Wluslow'a In Ogden canyon na fast as h. could. I went tu tell Dan Hamer and fetch hlmtotown. Johnny waa still 011 the lounge In thu back room when 1 returned. Witness then went to th. diagram and explained thu positions occupied bylilmseiraudlh. other actor. In the tragedy. Upon returning to the wit-nose wit-nose aland he stated that three shot. were all hu saw llred and thoso wcruhy Urilllu, the last as Urlflln retreatvi toward to-ward the back door. He did not .110 a pistol lu Hamer. hand at the time h. leaned against tbu rail and thought he woulj have seen It If h heldone. Hamer wa. In the poal-Hon poal-Hon nani'd when tha third .hot waa llred. Wltnotadld not .to any other hot fired, though h. heard some aoveu or eight shots llred, but could not loiato them. Thought two or throe weru fired from near where hu was. Did not .co Hamer make any dtmonstrntlon of pulling n pistol. Mrs. Hamer waa recalled and Identl tied the cott nn I pints worn by deceased de-ceased at tho tlnio of tho .hooting. I threw away the vest; ha lit burial about two months ago. I remember the statement made by Mr. Hamer but did not hoar It. It waa made about 11 o'clock a. m. Hu knew he could not lite. r l.Iwood M.dou tntlfledl I cam. to I j Ogden .two year, ago last February. Was Interested In a saloon and In real estate. Knew John llamer almost ever elnee I came here. Knew Urlflln DM In i:i IW Del Norte, Old Mexico Mexi-co In 183). lie was In my employ for about a year a. bar tender In Ogden. I waa at the aaloon on the night ot the .hooting, tot waa playing usoclaltrameofwhlatlna lack room with Mr. Koch, John Hill and Mr. Temple. Mr. Itenahaw came lo m. aud .aid there wa. likely to to a row. I erne out and raw Waehburne with two or three pcrsoni holding him towards the south wall opposite the bar. Urlnln and othera were standing near the gale leading behind the cigar caee, I saw there Wk. no .row. Koch said he guessed the war wa. over; we would rtsum. our g.me. Inabcut twmty minute. Itenahaw put bis head In lha window and .aid: "For God'. Mko com. out: there la going to to a row." IJutnpedoutand there wa. a rriwrt of a gun and I Jumped back. Koch started out anj there wa. another gun report and he Jnmped back. Urlflln kept backing out and .hooting. .hoot-ing. I shouted to hint to .ton .hooting, .hoot-ing, but h. turned neither to tli. tight nor lert, tot kci t on, Ueorg. Huotl, torten Jer for Clayton A Mctlee, leatltlud that h. let Urlflln have a pistol that morning and h.ld.u-lifted h.ld.u-lifted Ihollslol. (irinirf said ho had aom. money on him and wa. afraid to go home. A. i:. Koch teatlflel lo about tli. same facU that Klwood Madendldand that he saw Yvuugexamlue the llamer I Istol In the bar room. |