Deseret Evening News | 1904-01-12 | Page 3 | Thomas M' Kean is Discharged

THOM THOMAS S M f fIS IS mS S Man uaIl l l Who llio Killed C A Wester Tester luau ilin in a Quarrel Last August Goes Gocs Free CASE AGAINST HIM DISMISSED Important Witness Winess Is lo l Missing Con Coit Consequently District Attorney Moved That be e Turned fumed Loose Upon motion of ot f Diet Ally Atty t Eichnor Judge Morse this the case of ot the State vi vs 1 Thomas Me Melean lean charged with Involuntary man manslaughter slaughter for Cor the tho reason that an nn Im lot Important witness In the Is missing and nut 1 cannot be bo located mind wIthout his evidence tho the would be un Unable able ablo to convict defendant deC McKean Icca who has IJ been held beld In Iii II Jail mu Jul since sittee being bound over to the tho district court on Doc Dec VIC 15 JG 1903 was tas ordered discharged from custody On Oi AUK aug 0 G 1003 became In inVolved In iii a quarrel with C A Westman In lii II front of o the on east elat First South Hauth street anti 1111 struck the lat la ter n it I blow with wih his lila lIst lint antI and knocked him to the tho pavement head hf struck struel on the tho t Ie sidewalk with sIth such tuch fuch fore force that concussion of oC tho the bruin brain resulted I and auth ho he died IM shortly after tho the assault i McKean Mclean was charged with wih murder In II the second degree hut but upon his pro pre hearing heRrIng ho hue was wa bound over ocr on the charge chargo of oC involuntary ter Xo No so information was as flied filed against him hun by the district attorney fed In Itt II the die Ils triet curt lurt for Cor Or the tho reasons stated above by hy tr Ir Icor In asking the tho dismissal or ut tho thin case Cle Upon the statement made by Mr tho court ordered the rUBe nine dismissed and tho the defendant ills dis discharged Ils charged front from cu custody tody