Show I tate te Fails to Make I I II stice Beggs Decides Evidence to Show v Probable Cause At At live oclo o'clock k this Friia Frida Friday s e J John oha W. W Meadows l of If the Myton us- us ked out j jusS jus jus- ices ice's S b court room a f free ee man fh Iii h the opinion of J Justice ustice of Ie Peace Beggs the thc state fail fail- t sh show w probable cause that Ie defendant was guilty g of If the order imler r ler of A. A C. C jr Marsh and re- re fed eed d to bind h hint him over t to the theriot riot cou court rt Evidence dence was offered in the I ase c from Wednesday morning b if 10 o o'clock clock until nearly 3 clock o'clock today tolay There was a I glit io-I io 1 t session a 0 of f the court Thursday i e state was vas rep represented e by District Attorney Cluff of Pro Pro- and County Attorney Villes f Heber Chase Hatch of Heber and V. V 0 ODonnell O'Donnell of Vernal ap- ap earod ca d for the defense Tea A outlined in iii last weeks week's Record the state attempted to tot t the motive e for the crime on B Ica Meadows endows by hy offering h evidence ence e f show how that there had been en between him and murdered man mean for man J oaths past that the defend- defend III 1 nhon it on one a occasion had assault assault- with a shovel sho and for Inch h act a criminal charge o oIt of It n with a dc deadly weapon been lodged cd ag against hint him hat a n few days before th the mur mur- murf f Marsh l i Sheriff Wall Vall all had liac n d several witnesses it in ill case ase which vh h would have haye havet t ome orne up in in the county coin court I i Thin lain a few weeps weeks time tithe hese I lese iese circumstances wt were re ill initiated t t rated ed by the testimony of If the that he a had received ventures from his attorney A. A latch who ha had s 's stated t that thal would h be possible to wind windie windle le- le ie Lc matter up by Meadows Meadows' I ding guilty in the justices justice's r urt t to tp t. t a s simple mple a assault au 1 t. t TIr This TI liS liSia ia c attorneys att f for r defense m plainly showed cd tl that at Hire re e was riot not sufficient t motive ve like ike human life mi tt 11 attempting to fix the rune rime on time the defendant the tate late offered yi e evidence that F Firks k irks acks s near the 1 Marsh 1 horn home responded e to tr tracks t made a e by hy f Constable George kirk t testified that lj m measure measure- ensure a- a taken of Meadows Meadows' tracks i the requirements of of- thoe 1 posed to have haye been made b by J g murderer Sl Sheriff Wall Vall and tice stice of f the Peace Dickerson a rt fter er r Meadows had been arrest arrest- tOOK one of his shoes shoes' and all and l col cl it in the tracks near the thee j one ne e of the nl murder order They ere re unwilling to Sta Jt how how- hoI hor a tr r that they co could tnt more rt a I an n one track which had been beell c i in n fh the damp dirt on the then theT therk T n rk k of one of the offs cut-offs into Ch it exactly fitte fitted The Time j ense pointed out that it lense Cold l ha c c been s singular ng that jg 8 tot 1 of innumerable tracks one Id not be found i in l loose lapse IR that a null number per eight g or an aril ht lit amid and aud a half shoe would not notI I into pIto 0 the f he e state tate made but hut little capI cap- cap I out of time the c 32 calibre 32 i br auto auto- tic auto tic Colts Colt's pistol found i iII in ill II s' s a 8 store ore after the shoot shoot- t.- t. lug ing There was vas probably prepo preponderance os testimony oi or orlie the lie pa part rt of the defense to effect that the bullet extracted from the body of the time deceased was a a soft-nosed soft bullet and did Hot miot ha have e a steel ja jacket ket t the i kind us used d i in an automatic gun The st states state's tes te's evidence e showed that when hei the he sheriff took po possession posses posses- sacs sacs- sion of the gun gUll there was was on one t. t cartridge e missing but that the time gun un was clean In his argument argument u arg-u- ment Attorney ODor 0 ODonnell O'Donnell contended con con- tended feuded that if the defendant had had presence ence of mind tole to clean le n the gun gun he hc would also have replaced ced the missing h cartridge earth cart eart- rid ridge ride e or on the other li hand and could ha have hae e extracted them all m and l that therefore this p part rt of j th the he states state's evidence e was value value- y luel lue- lue l less ess ss The Time case was vas set et for trial at Tuesday morning before be fore ore Justice of the Peace D Dick Dick- ck erson Upon request o of f Attorney Attorney At At- torney orney Chase Hatch a change chang hang c of If f venue yente was granted before the he Myton 1 justice C. C 1 T. Beggs and nd the case called in this cou court on rt Wednesday morning at nt 10 0 o'clock J. J Lind lades o 0 of Fruitland was was' the official sten sten-j sten og Wednesday afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon the defense also secure secured the services es o of T. T 1 W. W 9 ODou ODon Vernal attorney who arri arrived eil Ii here ere Thursday y I morning morn norg- morn morn- ing There were comparatively few vital facts brought out during during dur dur- ing the several days the trial lasted d that have hayt not miot 1 ot appeared in these columns A b map drawn by gen EU Hamilton was offered in evi evidence evidence evidence dence showing relative dis distances from fron the Marsh Marshi home rind and and was referred to fr fry by both sides Mrs s. A A. C C. C Marsh and Olive Montgomery 1 told of the d. d atI of the murdered man how Ii h IK was v sitting at the table in Iii hu home playing a game of soli soh solitary tary Lary when the was shor-was fired Bred The report they said was not nut oud loud and sounded as if the gUt gum had mad been muffled in some way The he murdered man exclaimed eo Oh mamma Im I'm Im I'm shot shot au and am fell ell over ovel dead They The did no nol see the murderer or hear henr hits hin escape A n number u of other othel witnesses he heard rd the shot The inlet bullet entered at time the th shoulder blade and emer emerging iu near icar the top of tl tile the e. e heart hen i lodged g ed cd d it in the left arm It was ex cx extracted and nud offered in ill evidence The time of the killing wa wn fixed by br a number numb r of at nt it about 8 30 o'clock on tin th Ii night tight o of April 18 Mrs 1 An Andrew drew Ii aw l saw Meadows Meadows' light go out at the store about that mat tithe time The Time defendant also testified that he left t the ie store stores as s nearly nearl as he could judg judge at 8 30 30 The state attempted to rebut his testimony by introducing introducing intro intro- a Cr conversation e at on he had hadon on Ii the of April with VII V W. H. H I. I Fitzwater in which the later lat lat- latter ter er says Meadows l stated heh he head h had ad d closed his store about 9 fl 0 clock c olk This was excluded however as not being grope |