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Show TESTIMONY BEGINS IN ROMNEY MURDER TRIAL Prosecuting: Attorney Makes Opening: Statement for the State and Witnesses Arc Called. THE JTJBY. ; ' ' " ' ' I ' j f C. E. BENNETT,' contractor. ' D. C. BTJBEXWS, teamster. . ; WILLIAM CUTLEIt, liveryman. JAMES K. KNTJCTKET, solicitor. " CLEM BAGLEY, groceryman. HENUY "WALLACE, street car man. HENRY KTRKMAN, musician. "W. B. ANDREWS, blacksmith. The Jury which will weigh the evidence evi-dence in the case of the State of Utah .vs. Miles W. Romney, charged with murder-in the Second degree for tha shooting of Harry Strong in the Oasis saloon on September 14, 1902, was secured se-cured yesterday, and the taking of testimony tes-timony was begun before Judge Hall in the District court this morning. Mr. Elchnor's Statement. "Gentleman, are you ready to proceed pro-ceed with the trial thia morning?" asked Judge Hall of the attorneys.' "Yes, yes, yes, your Honor," were the answers. ""You may proceed," said the court. The clark of the court then read the information, charging the defendant with the crime before mentioned. The opening statement of the prosecution prose-cution was then made. Among other things Mr. Eichnor said: "This case to be tried before you is a case of murder in the second degree. The elements of murder in the first degree de-gree do not enter into it. It is only necessary ne-cessary to prove that there was malice aforethought, expressed or implied on the part of the defendant." Story of ths Crime. He then went on to say that Romney and Strong had been partners in the saloon business; that bad feeling had arisen between them; that Jhey had separated and that Romney was the proprietor of the saloon at 48 East Second Sec-ond Kouth at the time of the sMootir.g. : - Harry Strong, he said, was in the saloon sa-loon the night before, in a somewhat intoxicated state at which time he ! made some remarks about Romney.- On the forenoon of the next day, Sunday, Sun-day, September 14, 1902. they met in the saloon. A number of others were there. Including Komney's son. C. F. Burke, Mr. Manning and a man by the name of McClellan. Game of Dice Played. ' Romney and Burke had been shaking dice when Romney suggested that he shake with Strong. Strong asked if (Continued from page 1.) , :l ' . - V ". v.. -u f V - w t. f ".re- ? beu:-.-.e s - --?r Ir lr :: I the riir.t sr- . . r . ! r. : : r r then e '. 1 ? w . i i t r t the i.t.-.es as there were eoii-e la, i m the' room, who are here at the request of th1 defense. The ladies, referred to were the sister and slater-ln-law of the defendant w,ho left the room imrae-iiately after some' heated words between Mr. Eichnor and1 the attorneys for the defense. Invited to right. Mr. Romney, Mr. Eichnor continue was invited to come from behind the bar by Strong, who said he would "lick", him. Romney then procured a gun and' started to come out from behind the bar. Strong told Romney to blaze away, that he had no gun, and took off his coat and hat. Romney in the meantime had replaced the gun at the advice of some of the others; Strong repeated that he would "lick" Romney if ha would come out and pounded the bar with his fist to emphaslxa his words. Again Got His Gun. The defendant again got the gun and opened Are at Strong; the deceased dodged under .the bar and the bullet v , mlased, but as he arose and started to run out the defendant fired again, the bullet striking Strong in the neck. An- other shot struck him in the right hip V as he continued to run. Mr. Eichnor said they were not trying try-ing Romney for selling liquor on Sun-, day or for having a minor In his saloon. Tfca Missing Witness. Deputy Sheriff Pratt then appeared and found Burke helping Strong out of the place. The prosecution then referred re-ferred to the testimony of the missing witness Manning as given at the preliminary pre-liminary hearing, and said that it would be shown that the deceased did not attempt at-tempt to throw a cuspidor at the defendant de-fendant Three witnesses were sworn by the State and their testimony taken before the court adjourned at U o'clock until 2. First Witness Heard. The first witness to be examined was J.. D. H. McAllister, a deputy county surveyor, who explained a chart of the interior of the saloon which be had prepared. pre-pared. Dr. C. M. Benedict . testified that he was called to attend the man Strong after af-ter the shooting. He told of how the man was taken to the hospital and described de-scribed the wounds in Strong's body. . He said he removed the bullet from Strong's hip on the. following Friday. Two days later, Just one week after the wounds were received, he died of a hemorrhage. The doctor gave a technical techni-cal description of the wounds and the physical condition of Strong. Charles T. Burke, who was in the saloon sa-loon at the time of the shooting, was the next witness to take the stand. He testified to the men who were In the saloon that morning. He said that he and Romney were shaking for the . drinks, while the others watched the ' game.' They had shaken but two games 1 when Romney said for Burke to shake Ji-a with Strong. Harry Strong then said: "Is my face good for the drinks If I lose?" Mr. Romney told him it was no good, and Strong said he could pay for the drinks if Romney would pay him what he owed him. Romney then said that he would have paid that long before be-fore if Strong hadn't put the matter in the hands of an attorney. Strong became be-came "roiled" and told Romney if he would come out from behind the bar he would lick him. Romney secured his gun and started to come out when the witness said, "Put the gun up." - Burke continued his testimony by saying say-ing that , Strong kept up a tirade of abuse and vulgar names, some of which -the witness repeated to the jury. Strong next climbed up on the foot-railing foot-railing and leaned upon the bar, when Romney grabbed the gun a second time and fired. - Burke then explained the relative positions po-sitions of the two men and showed how Strong ducked and started for the other end of the room. "Romney," he said, "then fired the other two shots. Strong started to go up the stairs at the other end of the room, when I. went to him and asked him if he -was shot; he said he was, and we started back to the door. I wanted to notify a policeman and get him. an ambulance." Judge King had barely commenced to cross-examine the witness when the court took a recess until 2 o'clock. The defendant was attended by his brother, and was much interested in the testimony testi-mony of the witnesses. He kept his eyes upon them and paid close attention to everything said. - ' The Royal Blue shoe is the best shoe made. 217 South Main street . Chicago Wheat ' -V CHICAGO, March 24. May wheat opened strong. c to fi-Hc higher at VJ 73T3c, selling down to 72&72c News . r" was generally bearish, and May wheat gradually declined, the low point being reached at 71c Close: Wheat May. 7272c; July, 69, S8c: September, 68c Corn March, 41c; May, 4r43c; July, 43c. 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