Show local and other matters w ZION MONDAYS dars DArg dally dalny MARCH 22 A letter there thero is a letter in the tiie office for mr W who when last heard from by his father the tho writer of the letter was working on the railway in this city judicial this morning a large number of or members of the salt lake bar signed a petition addressed to the governor asking for the assignment sign ment ad interim of associate justice philip H emerson to th tho third judicial district 14 i notice to the sunday se school 01 superintendents of salt lake city you are respectfully requested te to practise the school children in the chorus of the temple song published in this weeks issue of the juvenile instructor both tomorrow to morrow guid and lext sunday so as to prepare prepa re them for a general rehearsal on sunday april ath Gro geo GEORGE itan abst geni supt bupt S S union inquiry answered hooperville Hoop erville march 21 1875 I 1 editor despret news 9 in the last number of the NEWS I 1 saw an advertisement by mr john ray for wm win mathews formerly of or carrolton illinois mr Mathew mathow ii is no more but mrs jane mathews and family reside in hooperville Hoop erville where mr ray kay can obtain any desired information by addressing to mrs jane mathews mat hews 1 I ho barville parville par ville weber county utah missionary appoint appointments bionti the settlements will be visit oddy eddy the home homo missionaries named on sunday march 1875 bountiful elders B R F and S B young centerville Cent erville elders L D young and liw W Nals naisbitt bitt yi armington farmington elders J nicholson Nie holson and D james jamea kaysville Kays ville elders G teasdale mid and G U G bywater elders isaae isaac groo and T V williams south branch west W jordan elders S A woolley and D A swan eals district E elder eider ider lder john van cott the iron bedstead bedsteads A crowded audience attended the lecture delivered last evening by governor axtell many being unable to ob 4 tain even standing room The lecturer commenced by reading notes but soon threw them aside and went directly into his su subject eject which he handled in a lucid and pleasing manner and apparently to the great gratification of the audience he showed how the worlds progress had bad been hindered by one portion of mankind endeavoring to coerce the other part to their standard ar comparatively applying to them then the process of the iron bedstead by stretching them if they were too short and chopping away if too long he alluded to the great teacher of moral 3 socrates as a martyr to that policy and the tho beautiful hypatia of alexandria as another and finally dwelt upon the greatest example of all jesus of nazareth the lecturers lecture ra interpretations of the teachings of those great exponents of truth were exceedingly happy and most clearly explained he treated upon the betrayal of the savior one of his fol foi followers lowera had been bribed to prove recreant to him jesus was taken before pontius pilate a governor appointed by the roman authority which held the tho reigns reigna of civil government in judea while the jews wielded ecclesiastical authority over their own people pilate was naturally a good man and said ho he found no evil in jesus jesup but the cunning jews worked upon his political interests and said this man hath said he is king of the jews or in other words if you do not give us this man to put to death we will telegraph to the administration at rome borne that you are not in sympathy with it and will have you removed the lecturer next elaborated upon the manner in which the iron bedstead principle pio plo had bad been applied by the votaries vot aries of an in adulterated or spurious Rp urious religion called the christian religion how they had sought to impede the march of science giving many striking examples ile he then showed that between the unalloyed teachings of socrates hypatia ypatia Il and an dJesus desus jesus und and science there was wag no conflict truth being one and indivisible the great leading principle of true morality and religion was to do ao as much good as possible to your fellows and no harm A man who did a wrong to his fellow did the greatest injury tobis to his own soul the lecturer was listened to throughout with the most marked attention jaan dead A few days ago it was announced in our columns that elder louis adolphe bertrand had become insane induced by distressing intelligence received from his family at paris today to day it is our sorrowful duty to announce his den de n ise lse which took place about noon yesterday the unfortunate gentleman was kept iu in the city hall a few days after his mental derangement set in but his malady increasing in intensity it was found nece necessary aary to remove him to the insane asylum which was done a we k last stueday day about three days ago sanity returned but with returning reason there was great physical prostration which terminated in death at midday mid day on bunday sunday the deceased was one of the first if not the first native of franco france who obey obeyed edthe the gospel as proclaimed by the tile elders of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints which event took place we believe somewhere about 1850 or ok 1851 soon after becoming a member of the church lie he assisted in translating 9 into the french language the boob book 0 0 of Ar normon mormon ormon he ile gath fath gathered ered to utah in 1856 leaving his wife wire and family in paris where they still reside in 1860 ho he wen went t back to frane france 0 on n a mission from which he returned to utah about ten years ago deceased was an educated and intelligent man having formerly been employed on the staff of well known paris newspapers he left his native land when nineteen years of ageana travelled extensively for many years in the far east also in south america he was the author of a work printed some years ago in his hia native language entitled les les lea mormons cormons Mor mons ons giving an account of the religion and social customs of the latter day saints gathered in utah As a member of the church his integrity gasun was unimpeachable and his falth faith unwavering belief in the gostol of jesus christ and in latter day revelation and priesthood seeming to form a part of his very existence rendering him almost an anomaly among frenchmen but few of whom have ever received the gospel elder bertrand berirand bert Berl rand was in his year at his death ho he was widely known among the people of this city and neighborhood 1 9 and was as widely esteemed e d because of his unobtrusive and upright character his funeral services will take place in the ward schoolhouse at 12 tomorrow to morrow on which occasion it is expected that an address will be delivered by elder john taylor with wham jhc m he was formerly intimately associated in the ministry in france the ricks hicks trial proceedings on saturday after afternoon hoon boon I 1 M W birdno bird no was sworn on the part of the defense at request of sheriff witness guarded on the 2nd and of july 1860 1800 on 0 the night the latther was killed heard the shooting he got up and ran to the door which was open the tho shooting be he heard was all done inside of a minute saw a man running from the direction of the schoolhouse school house witness called several times to h him im asking what was the matter bu but t a the ie man gave no answer and kept on running witness dressed went ment down to the schoolhouse school hou bou house se and saw the body of lying on the ground first man witness saw was sheriff ricks there were from five to eight men around there george watson and C 0 card were there did not see aaron de do witt there witness helped to carry the body into the house he remal remained ned at the schoolhouse school house till daylight did not recognize chambers as having been there witness testified at the inquest which was held before E justice of the peace he gave the names of the jurors at the inquest A buhe bull had struck the floor of the seli seii 4 I house neap near the middle of the room which had ap apparently patently glanced aa a there was a bullet mark on the sarh sash of or the he north window the bullet mark on ott the window was not in tit a line with wilh the door examined the bedding but found no marks marka or bullet holes on the blankets and no other bullet marks about the room than the two already described one of the same blankets was spread over the body at the inquest there were no marks of blood on the blankets or on the floor further than where was placed after carried back into the schoolhouse school house did not see any logs where the body of lay where it fell the witness was cross examined by the prosecutions but nothing new was elicited george watson was sworn for the defense heard the firing on tha tho night was kille killed hear heard four shots took his rifle and went out saw two men at the schoolhouse went over and saw lying on ott the ground with his clothes on fire firo at the back he ile put but the fire and when lie he looked up again several other men were around the defendant surrendered himself to justice landers Lan ders dors the tile defendant was nearest to tho the body another man he did not recognize was also there there was no pile of or wood near the building did not see aaron de witt there did not see any fire on the clothing of deceased except on the back the body was from twenty five to thirty feet from the front door william 13 preston was sworn for the defense remembered behig shot was the jur jurors at the flie inquest did not see the body until then at the inquest those who purported pul pui ported to know anything about the killing were sworn and testified there was a ball mark in the floor the ball did not penetrate the floor but ap up feared to glance and strike the north east part of the room dr dille examined the body while the jury looked on according to wit hesss recollection the balls passed through the body from back to front A man named chambers was sworn attebe at the in inquest nest and testified that he feigner feigned to be asleep and when thought helas asleep jumped up and rushed rushed at sherlf sheriff ricks fRicks and tried to get his pistol also that a noise was heard at the back of the house mr bicks bleka testified at the inquest and chambers said his statement was correct witness was shown the record of the inquest he thought it was the document it purported to be being in the i handwriting of george L farr barrell parrell ell eli the clerk who took an account of the proceedings at the time D B dille was the next witness for the defense saw rhoene soon after his arrest told witness that he be would not wait to be tried but would make hl hii his i escape that the sheriff was resolute but he would have men to assist him who would help him out if he could get one foot the theT start he could get way away he also told witness that he had bad escaped before in utah county when lie he was shot at but not hit and that if he be was even cleared of the char charge genow now preferred against him an officer would be ready teady to take him to utah county and he would rather die than go there witness madean examination of the body the bullet holes were larger at showing they went through the body from back to front witness examined the blankets and did not see any bullet holes in them there were no marks of blood on them nor on the floor except where the body lay at the inquest chambers testified at the inquest that he pretended to be asleep but that he watched 1 and when the iatter latter r thought he w was s asleep he jumped up and made a clutch at ut ricks bicks as if to take his pistol when the firing commenced mr ricks bicka made madea a statement at the inquest which was borro corroborated borated by chambers A young man named pearson testified at the inquest and said ha ba saw two men mea running away from tho the schoolhouse school house home witness was one of if the jurors at the inquest on hearing the firing witness went to the schoolhouse school house and arid mw faw lying lalu 0 on the ground about twenty feet from the doer door SAW mr ricks bicks there thought he daiv saw aaron do witt and charles bolland rolland did not seo see any pile of logs or wood near the school house cross examined by the prosecution told witness that if ir he could get h a foot the start and get to a clump of willows at logan river biver which was wits close to the town the there ra would be assistance there with two liones and lle ile lie he would net get away witness believed that one of the confederates of alluded to by him was a young yoting man inan named berrill mer Xer rill four or five others had talked with witness expressing themselves as being anxious nor for to get away A persen person named adams adama talked iu in that way before was killed he told witness that he hb was wag guilty witness did not com cam muni cate to mr ricks bicks the fact that intended to escape because made the statement to him as his hia legal adviser some of the parties who he supposed intended to aid him to escape visited at the schoolhouse school house did not express to witness any fears that he would be killed TO DAYS DAVS court opened at 9 am when milton B hammond was sworn on the part of the defense had been acquainted with the defendant since 1850 and especially very intimately for the last eleven years during which time he had lived near too and been closely associated with him his character and reputation were good during the whole time of witness acquaint ance with him lie he could not call to mind any occasion when he had ever quarrelled quarrel led with anybody W NV ballard was sworn for the defence at the time Skee was hilled killed he lived in a log house abut fourteen rods from the schoolhouse school house aaron de vitt witt lived with him and slept in a wagon box when the shooting was heard de witt said that ellow fellow has got away de witt got up and as he stepped out of bed put his foot in a bucket of water did not think there was any shooting after de do witt got out of the house the shooting was waa done within a very short time witness went out himself to the abool house and saw the body of upon the thi ground with his head towards the building did not see any pile of logs or orwood onwood wood in the vicinity did not recollect that de witt went out and came back and put plit on his clothes clothe had been acquainted with mr ricks fifteen years and had a always wa Y known him as a good and peaceable man D B dillo dille was rec recalled ailed alfed and cross examined by the prosecution never saw raw till he was arrested he told witness that the horses lor for sor the stealing of which he had been arrested were southwest south west of cache and beyond the reach of the county off omm meers officers at the inquest witness examined the body did not nott think bink any bullets had perforated skeenes keenes elo eio clothing thing that had not entered the body the reason why witness examined the bedding in which lay was because ha ba understood it to be the duty of ofa a coro corb coroners ners juror at an inquest to be very particular in all the details W B preston another juror was aiso also very particular in his investigations did dill not know that any of the guard had any blankets at fhe the schoolhouse his hia son guarded one night and witness had been told by him that he carried a blanket with him mr baskin here questioned questioned the witness in a rather boisterous erous and vehement manner a condition assumed by him several times during the trial but mr dille remained undisturbed and was decided in his answers witness described the tho wounds on the body of there were three bullet holes near the left shoulder within a radius of probably nive five inches one he believed passed directly through the heart A fourth made a scar on ott 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