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Show THE DUTRIE MURDER CASE. A Lar0e Komter cf Wlln-ss Examined Exam-ined on Both Sides. Al'UUMMTS JMlli: THIS Al'llll- The t'aae Cloaril an I sulnnlllrd lo the Jury. Thoclolngargumenta In tho Trefl) Uutrleinuraer Cfteourro maJu In the Klul dlilrlct court, at l'roro, trxlny. Tbo proiecutloti wet rtpriitulol ly W, II. King on J John M. Zanr, and IhedrfeiiM, by Judge l'owcre aud A. a.Butlierland. At IhoouhtetJohuM. Zinemailean aJJriM la tho Jury In wuh.li he tlatid that tho eldenco would bo lllof, at (hero WA1 but one ejewlliitMtothokllllii;. AtBnnko Talley on the date named a dlr ute arov Utween defendant and dccciacl at lo whs hail n right lo certain water, r.lther Itholee or Bteihena told llutrlo ai Ihey were walking nloug a lilllelde that tho difendant lial no right lo the water and kniw It, at the adelce of an attorney lied been Riven him on that polut. Dutrle rei.HrJ: " Vou nron 0 d liar," and pullnl a 1 lltol, eneped the trigger, but It failed at llret, but arierwanla a fatal ehot waa II red Into the body of Blepbene. A dying etatetnentof theiliadnian would agree In every aillcular with what the wllnrtsca would relate. Blelhrn waa au old man of aihh diepoaltlon an I of high rtileclAbllll) wherever known. Judo U. W. Towert pronounced Mr. .tne'a eutement a very remaik-ahlv remaik-ahlv one, Ucauie It waa an argument llietead of n alateinenl aa to what lie would altera) t to rove. The defonie would rove Hint lhltrlowae a peace aide man at work upon hie own farm, but that there had been trouble browing for eotnotlmo, nuny thresta Itavln2letii madengalnit Dutrle anl hie broiler. Alex hlrphena anl IthoJea confronted Dutrle, t their hattdi uikiii hlut and deniandedtlltt he turn the water baok, or ho would kn ick hie Iwoeyea out. Ilhvlia aald, 'Vou have been to Bait Ijike and found ytuhavo no rliiht to tho watt r." lheyadtanied toward Djtrle with a ehovel and Btepheue (truck at him with It, etrlklug atiolhtr ehovel In tho hand ot the defendant. They purine I him with Ihrro ueapona and Willi tho eipecUllou that Ilia heal woulJ le ri lit oien n revolver waa pulled out mid fired, Jaklng tllVct upon Btepheue. ADiosu niiunu, the llrtt wllnen, Uvea at Warm Creek, Millard county, tiafarmtlii that oi Hon and haa a long ai'iuuliitaiae Willi rlelien. tin January It), 160.', at about 3.3), aaw thu decea-ed at hie plate an 1 went up together to turn the water In a rcrlMti creek. Mil Trilley Dutrlo on tho north aide of Warm creek and rcquialed him lo go and turn the water back In the rreeK. lie nhueJ, moed oil nlout fliteeu (anil, told him hu had Ucu tu Bait ,ake, coniulteil a lawyer an I found he had a light to the water. Until ld, "Vou Bio a CI d liar." Btelhene moved towardi Dutrlo with a ahovil. Dutrle then pullnl hi il.lol and at-triu at-triu iled tu ahool, I ut hie linger flipped off the trigger; liuagalu miJollioef fort lo ahoot, and lha pletol went olH the I all linking tho uWaicd, aa lo remarkeJ, "llhode, eld boy, 1 am kill. J." HteihilH had remarked Ju,t before thla ehot waa llred, '4'ut )our plttul up, Dutrlt, wa want none of that." llhodea mid the wounded man walked to B Itlicr, aud Blerheua l-came l-came eo weak henlniot fell, and waa carried to Ithodel' hcuie. IHath en eued neat day at about 10 o'clock. Ur. Campbell, of Taylor, Nevada, inadu a pot racrlem examination. The wound whl h roved fatal waa a little hi low theheart. No other wound wai found on the body. JiKJ. I LI7AlirTII BTI l'IIU.1), wife of the detvaaed,tald alle had lived at llhodea' place for aome time prlcr to the killing other huibaud. Upon bearing that he waa ahot ahe went to meet him and naked who ahot him. Klepbena replied, 'Trilley Dutrle." The wounded man remarked, "AI way remember. Utile, that TrclUy Dutrlo ehot me without oaueorJovocatlou." He aald alao that ho had nut even nuarreled with Dutrle, but that Mr. Illiodea had quarreled with tho defendant. de-fendant. v. c. mum, of Bnake Valley, had known Blopheua for n numbtr of )iara anJ atateil that hia reputation for peace and quiet waa aigood aa that of any man In the country. He ha J heard ofrjteihena bring ahot and went to him. When aekod ir he hat received a mortal wound, the wound waa examined and thought to be lata). Ihedylng man eremed to know that hla time ba 1 1 onie although he enleavorel to ahleld It from hia wl'e. ). Ill 1 you ait; B'cnbena who ahot him? A. V, air, anl he anawertd that Trtiley Djtil. hat ahot him without provocation or rauie. Q -Where did the tall enter? A. At U eighth left rib and pamed throuth tbeetoiuacli,llvoraiil out al the avenih rib, ahowlng the comae to be dvwuward. WII MAM IIKMD1IIK, Juetlee i,l the ia(e at White l'lne tViLty, Nev.,ataled that on thneleu Ing ot Jiuuary 17 he waa at the poit uiortem examination ovtr thetrndy of Kiel bene, and decrlbed thu wound whlchirovid fatal. Hie bullet una Identlhed. The grouuda about the place of the troublo were looked over, and a cut found lu the ground whtre a ehovel might havu been plaoed lu the ground. JOHN A, Ulll II, n ttockral'er, Uilllled to the good character char-acter of Htephena and alio that the dy lijg tuau had toll him he waa ahot down without rovocallon. JOHN AllAIIS. JohuO Adana wai at Warm Creek ouJanuar) Id, u ileaw Blepliena ulior he waawoutdel. tie vtrBl other weto with him. Ulr bona eald lo him nlio tbnl he had been ehot dawn without caueo. Alvitl Adam tild the aatue tale. The veil ilh truth t hi I,a lb rough it waaldeulllled by Mia, Blejheue u that worn by htr huaband Ihu diy of the ehuotlng. A number of wltneiAei wero txatn Itioddurlngthvday both aato tho bul tliaraclir of Ihu Dutrle boy and the good clmaott r of the dectaaid Ihu cloalng Br,:unienti wero nude thla Bftetnouu, niter which tho caao waa aubmlttvd to thejurj. |