Deseret Evening News | 1906-08-22 | Page 1 | Alleged Mob Leader Testifies in Own Behalf

ALLEGED MOB LEADER TESTIFIES IN OWN BEHALF Mo Io Aug UJ DOM fUl Gel one 11 tic of ot the th alleged II U 11 mob mat leaders on oil trial charged with degree murder look took the stand today toda In n tile hili own Gun 0 D behalf to prove pron that he h wAs of 8 not active In III till the t hI lynching ut the th three ne III roe taken from the Jail jati here III In April last lut and 1111 strung up UI In iii thin the public square emphatically declared declare thAt he hI did not 1105 reach the Ih public equate un until tit Ill after the th first lit negro lIero laud hud been hang hanged ha ed pd and cud while member of or the mob were drawing up III the Ih second negro The Th spectators spectator loudly applauded when hen henhe he h left the stand Ind I