Show THE VE MAL HILL 1 story ofa of a fass casa wh liis his occupied tte he second Di district court toi for some tunis time one llan acquitted and two convicted of voluntary olun tary manslaughter supposed V to belon belong 0 to the that bobbed the Mout bank tuesday Se september ith the trial of matt warner william wall and 13 L B coleman was commenced in ill t the he second district court at ogden for the killin killing of A nl staunton anton near vernal utah on the ath of slay may last the alle alleged ed story of the killing made by the prosecution is a as follows robert swift discovered a rich mining claim but did not locate it a as the winter was well we it advanced lie he intended to return in the sprine however and do so ro mr swift met E r B D coleman and told b him iiii of his discoveries and in the spring both men went into the mountains to locate the claim while there they me met t the St antons and miton milton each told the other of their discoveries the ores co compared favorably and the assays essays it mere ere about the same and it was believed that the claim were in in the same vicinity swift and Cole oleman naan camped at heber priests Priest 8 house a short distance rom vernal and a few days before the shooting ON ed to oDry dry fork canyon the next day the St antons antong and milton fame came over and anc camped near them from conversation that took place between them it became evident that both parties were going to locate the hame bame claims an agreement was then entered into between the patties whereby cole man i as to pay the other party and they were not to follow them faither for ten daye mr coleman went to vernal verdal the next day for the purpose of raising 0 the money to make the ibe payment and dick stanton fol followed lomed him coleman spent tuesday and wednesday in vernal and the shooting occurred early on thursday lie ile I 1 I 1 engaged warner and wall to accompany cum pany him to make the location and stated elated that he was being beine followed by some parties they were all armed and were making preparations to go when someone said eaid you 11 ll have to shoot like h b 1 when you get up there as it at fellow is it a game shot they then started off the rode within about 14 yards of stanton stai iton s camp and opened fire cre there was a ge general and dick stanton was killed mrs russell of salt lal lake a city cita I 1 I 1 was an imbor important tant witness in the first lays days proceedings dings she S i he had it ad heard warner say at vernal I 1 that coleman w was as pi going n to buy a mine mill e from 0 m hi him and nd some men were gc going i ap t to ull kill him colemar Cole Col mao email warner said ho he had gone down there without a sun pun but would not do EO again 1 I think he said ill E go down there now and kill him wall and warner loaded their pistols and guris guns and both had i belts full of ammunition when they started warner said lie ho was going to his ranch and said raid to wall have to shoot like h b 1 for that fellow will shoot at the drop of the bat wall on only v laughed at him witness did not know who was meant the defense tried to show that the shooting was done in self de bense and th that at coleman did not hire wall and warner to kill hill th the e tons the result of the case was that coleman was found not guilty by the jury and warner and wall I 1 were ere found guilty of voluntary manslaughter abslam liter when tie jury delivered a verdict wednesday finding the defendants guilty coleman was pale as death and all hope died out of his face but the foreman of the jury immediately explained that a mistake hod had been made and coleman was acquitted the herald published an exclusive story atory showing that the I 1 gana gang that robbed the montpelier bank were raising money to defend the criminals but nothing certain is knott no n |