Show COURT thial of adams and potter for tha wellsville burglary judge hirt hart tendered len dered a decision in the caie case of blath vs v 0 lit yesterday awarding the he plain plaintiff tiff damages in the urn of 75 the case caise of tile the state vs john adams arid and david potter was called afler afier tile the examination of tal esmen had been beell completed and the lol lowing jury was sworn to lo try the case 11 C ide on ko jens jena ill BI ll 11 IL toan en robert kewley robert mcculluch robert hubert A bain jos hancock IIa jos nielsen and hyrum davidson county attorney Alto ruey prose proad buted the case cage e J C wallers alters NV had chaice of the iLmers interests te ft after a statement ala of the case to the jury by the atio ruey atie exall aiu aaion of witnesses was preceded proe pro eded ceded with norman noru an allen alien a bleik in the wellsville coop co op the institution the denare men iare accused of burglarize burg lariz ing ashira sworn lie he t testified es tidied to potters Io liera entering the store on the day of the burglary 0 and purchasing soma tu biCio cco also of I 1 and finding 1 the lie front d door broken I 1 open an and 1 1 alic ah safe fe broo droo demolished dished when he opened the ie store next morning lit he ht ahe tile building must li ve be I 1 entered 10 and 11 in thie iba evening because a clock standing on a cupboard near the safe had stopped at 1010 1040 10 10 20 in silver and three 5 bills had been taken from the eale in addition to some checks and notes the money found on oil the prisoners he be thought was that taken from ill tha safe because it was greasy that being the coni condition tion of the money stolen they having ived it from a ily hyrum rum butcher lie ile did not see either of the defendants after the purchase of the tobacco by potter william murray testified to seeing potter examining the tha telephone in the store between 8 and 9 0 clock on the tha day of the burglary manager joseph howell of the co op oo testified as to the resemblance between the shoes worn by potter and tracks he had noticed around the store mrs E R owen eaid she ebo heard the explosion which according to her statement occurred about awo two in the morning mornin mrs isaac green tile the next witness had exchanged some food for a ring m fligh ith the accused men on the morning preceding the burglary which proved that they were traveling in company sheriff davis county said that when the arrest was made the men sail said they on the way to ogden from butte but afterward they varied the tha story his attention had been called b by 7 sheriff turner to the gre greasy a sy condition of the silver the emen men had in their pockets 11 II 14 S jensen of brigham city met the he men at a vacant cabin in the hilla bills between Box boxelder elder and ogden canyons arid and their stories varied as to where they were from and where they were going A mrs hardman ardman II of mendon testified to extending charitable aid to the two prisoners on the day previous to the bur burglary larv mr hr isaac green al also so ga gave vs testimony corroborating that of sirs mrs greo green n an and d stated that the prisoners told him they had bad come from butte and were going to park city frank wyatt said raid lie he saw adams adama and potter about seven in of the night hf be I 1 burglary ur glary puss pass his place on oil ih he county road between login logan mit kni i wellsville going toward tile the in fit afi I 1 lave lace james lamont was called aim refused to bp be sworn upon thu ground that lie had been sworn before and aid had then been interrupt inter rup elf ed in the giving of his testimony he apar approve le of the way tle me attorneys have of examining e Xa Milling witnesses il it and so faustd to be iwori ile iio was adjudged in contempt conte ol 01 court arld and com committed witted to the county jail fur for five fire days daye jas II if irett testified as to the I 1 he delivery of atso 0 in silver ilver to ail ailen at atthe the wellsville co coop op a chort time b fore the burglary took tonk lie ile did not know whether it wa greasy or not but thought b ht money monay he usually handled a greaby miss matilda sorensen So reneen of col eze said eaid thai adams and botic had bad called at ler her parents aou ou e and asked for food about 3 1 p in f the lay day preceding art ceding the burglary a they said they ha had d no money anil food w was as given them lars lara saren en gave evidence showing the presence of adalis and potter in Col college letre 0 oi 01 the denive day sheriff turner was then beirn and testified as aa to the capture ot of the prisoner prison erf lie he first hit a clue alter being beina called to Wel wellsville kville from froia noticing a foot print near a I 1 window in the rear of the store he flu found foot prints later outside of mellville Vell ville which exactly tallied with thaisa around the store ile he measured the track and ieter capturing the men measured the shoes worn by them those worn by potter being identical in meas ur emerit with the footprints rho sticks slicks with anich the measuring was done were offered and admitted as ile he examined the in and they chev claimed to have come from butt and to jave followed the railroad all the way ile he said in searching them he took from potter and from adams adama and the coin was introduced in evid evidence enco part ot of it hall had been submitted to prof for chemical analysis prof J A was then called and testified to the chemical examination of some bonse coin which had been submitted to him by sheriff turner he found what appeared to be some small email of tallow upon upon two ol of the 50 cent pieces anaf and upon one dollar piece lie he made coada a thorough tet and reached the conclusion that the specks upon the half dol lars were mutton tallow and that upon the dollar beef tallow lie he was not positive that the substances were tallow as there was not enough of them to make the proper tests the prosecution then rested its case slid and attorney walters outlined the defense to the jury after which john adams adama was called anti and testified in his own behalf he said eaid he be camo came from montana arriving in cache junction on the 2nd and of nov was in mendon on the ond has been engaged in selling cheap jewelry for a long time lie he said lit he had lied dieci to the people about not having money in order to excite corn com valmi val lin mi in the braai te ot probable pro bible i erss or afi jewelry delry fill eo r iii into th cerier c birr of al i ii i ire rv v I 1 ir 0 11 ill and pot ter cr amter vf mix at I tf fr mi ial eight wini nine line on oil tile the norri ing when murray said he saw laa xam exam iiii the ephone telephone ep honc they went liro brough ugh 11 ells vili durio during the afternoon toward the binyon staved in ill mantua tile thu bight ot of the burglary b arg and sta stirling fing out early in the morning took the wrong roti roid ro id which led them to tile cl aaben t n where jensen saw them jensen jell gen he said advised thorn them ti t iu Bl raight bt iver v er the hilla bills to ogda ogdan pointing point ing I 1 nil it the road for thern them ilk iiii account account f bis big arrest din md but bittis from that of sheriffs turners Turri erja a and nd davia on oil his hie cros examination adams adam made a grand spi eill ill regard to being ill with an affection of the lungs lie ile was amure and meek 13 3 a country nn M knien laden ien it absing ban 11 quite u i te evident tha that t ho he was tr trying y ing t to 0 make a good I 1 impression r 11 pr s sion on the tha jury ile he is evidently evid fitly a very shrewd fellow potter foter was then placed on the witness stand arid and gave leave evidence corroborative f aliat given by by adaa when he announced him elf a welshman A big smile of childish prin eat oer spread the countenance or 0 judda Th thoimas orias and was ri fl eipl ati d to in the face of about seventeen s bentee a other welshmen Welsh men who viere here in tile file cout court room he claimed to have worked in anaconda Mo Mon lani olana all summer and had met adams in butte was a ma malind ri it iid formerly a soldier of the 16 h r gimant sir it J 1 gill of summit co abo vho had employed potter several times time testified as to his bia good ehi nh having havior known him for the piet six 0 or r seven years yeara J E shepard teller of the first national bank testified to receiving in 1 greasy money in the bank occasionally casio coio nally such as had been introduced in evidence ls de l s fadse then rested in rebuttal W N thomas was called and testified that hall bad said at the preliminary trial that they started from wellsville Veli Well vilIe iville ta go through the canyon ci nyon not later than I 1 p v ui whereas he now swore that it was between two and three pm this closed the evidence and tile the arguments were commenced being in progress at the time going 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