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Show BREHNAM HELD FOR KIltlUG 3dm REX Declares He Did Not Pi re the Fatal Shot During- the Saloon Sow at Frisco. FRISCO, Utah, April 2L The preliminary prelim-inary hearing of Patrick Brennan, charged with the murder of John Bex, was to have taken place at 10 o'clock yesterday, but the defendant waived the hearing and was bound over to the District court without ball. The defendant claim to have acted entirely in self-defense. He states that the Finns were running the town that afternoon. They attacked him in Rush A Brown's saloon and threw him out Ha then went and armed himself for the purpose of self-protection, 4 Later, when going up the street fc passed the. Andrews saloon, when An drew Madsen stepped to the door, applied ap-plied a vile name to him and commenced com-menced firing at him (Brennan.) Brennan said be then drew his gun and fired two shots af Madsen. He further states that the shot that killed Rex was fired by Madsen, who was drunk and was nourishing his gun In one. hand and a glass of beer la the other. He states he shot Madsen In the fleshy part of the leg and that the Utter was allowed to bleed to death-Judge death-Judge W. T. Knox of Beaver has been retained to defend Red Brennan. |