| Show lagl AND OTHER au emm FROM EMU MONDAYS DAILY dainy FEB 21 21 ael aei accidentally Acl dentally shot the Seni ner nei states that alonzo huntsman son of G huntsman going from filim ore to frisco in in company with the county sheriff chas cha mcbride and anil W V dame when near twin peak spring about porty forty nive five miles northeast of Milf milford oid bid at about five last tuesday evening met with a painful accident he was attempting to replace his shotgun in ard when it slipped from his grasp and striking the wagon bed ex explode plod ed knocking him senseless and tear fear te ar ing g thumb of his left hand band the contents passing through his hat brim scorched his eyebrows and blackened hh shirt bosom but did no farther further damage 1 1 fatal poisoning A lady named blizzard a resident of the ward and sister in law to mr ihn sly hill at rt whose home she was living committed suicide by taking poison polson saturday evening As soon as it was as ascertained what she had done a physician was summoned but all efforts to restore her proved unavailing she died about hair half last sast 7 the TM coroners verdict was that she took poison polson oison du during r ln a 1 fit I of temporary Ti si anity sanity T the h aa d is is said to have been kerylow very gery low spirited for some t time ime previous to her death and that her despondency occasioned by her husbands decease deepened into insanity during daring q which she put an end t her sufferings as stated hopt round guilty at the con I 1 elusion of judge van vau ziles eloquent ancl and argumentative address to the kiy in VL the hopt murder case sat bat arday evening judge emerson charged the jury and they retired to consider upon a verdict they were i gone about an hour and 15 minutes and came back with a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree the prisoner betrayed but little emotion it being evident as stated in a farm former er issue of the NEWS that lie he expected such a result he was remanded to the jab iab Al JaM arshal hal hai poss ed the night in the city jail and a n cawa was 4 then taken to the penitentiary where he will remain until the day of sentence march his attorneys tor in the meantime will file a bill of exceptions and move for a new trealy which motion motton of course will be argued and disposed of before sentence is pronounced elliott F she shepherd herd will be nom nomi bated for united states slates district attorney ol 01 the southern district of new york wah was fixed I 1 found on that wagon the markin my own name I 1 also aiso found on a subsequent trip a couple of quilts and a pillow I 1 did not find any grain sacks there The these were sent me from evanston with my brand on at green elver eiver I 1 did not see the other teamon that t trip rip th thu the a I 1 quilts and pillow I 1 identified as belonging to my son I 1 believe belleve it to be the pillow the pillow case had been taale ta eh n off it was very bloody I 1 went on from there I 1 know the defendant I 1 have know known nhim him over a year I 1 have had him in my charge he lived about my place he worked for me this trial is now fairdy fairly under way at noon yesterday the e empanel m an el i ling of the jury was wag comple compie completed tei tes an and d in the afternoon as be seen seea from the NEWS ot of last evening the prosecution proceeded with the examination of witnesses the courtroom continues to be densely crowded by the public and at midday mid day when the court rises for recess and in the evening when the court adjourns the grea greatest test teAt curiosity is man manifested infested on the part of the crowd to catch a glimpse of the accused as he be is conveyed from the courtroom to the penitentiary wagon the prisoner who is seated atthe at a the left of his attorneys pays the closest attention to every question that is asked asked and to every response that is given he occasionally relieves the monotony no of bf things by indulging in in a chew of tobacco but is never noticed to turn round to look lookyat at the spectators the prisoner cannot now as athirst at first be said to display an all aloof air of indifference on the contrary now that the tri trl AI has wis fairly commenced he seems to feel acutely the position tion in which he is placed his attorneys lee J sharp and john A marshall watch the case very closely on his bebak behnin behalf while the prosecuting attorneys van zile and beattie lose no point in tion tiou S resenting presenting esou their side of the ques qu eson when we went to press yesterday evening the examination of mr JohnW john W turner the father of the murdered boy was in progress he was affected to tears once or twice during duning the examination more especially when asked to give a description of his son when he left home on the of june last part of mr turners evidence cewe we published last evening we now give the remainder as also the evidence of other ather witnesses who were examined in ed up uto to the adjournment of the sast last court last evening eveni ilg tig at half past aj 5 mr john W turner continued when I 1 arrived Cheyenne at I 1 medi mr T J carr detective within five minutes after my arrival I 1 saw a man looking into the car windows that man was welcome he was arrested by mr carr there was nothing said then about my son I 1 had no talk with the accused amused on the subject I 1 came back on the same train with welcome I 1 afterwards made another trip to green river I 1 omitted to mention that I 1 found a satchel in dyers hotel on my first visit to cheyenne and a pair of pants I 1 could not swear to the pants in the satchel I 1 found two pocket knives and a ring belonging to my son bb between the ath and of august in park I 1 a sock t found it about 40 rods above the mchenry mill null and within four cods of the main road ro ad from park city to heber city I 1 know the general appearance pe arance of a camping ground I 1 found it near to such a place about la feet from a pile of straw and probably about 20 feet from where there had been a fire I 1 also found a calico sack and a spreader which I 1 recognized alythe as athe property of the deceased document was shown to witness which lie said he had re from a mr moss contents Conten tsi of the document were not stat stated eq cross examination by mr sharp I 1 saw the defendant in salt la lake a city on the and of june last I 1 had some conversation with himm him on both dates I 1 told him that I 1 had purchased a wagon for myson my son bon I 1 do not recollect saying anything to him about getting work in parke park city it was on the that prisoner and I 1 rode out to the i biary I 1 may then have spoken about employment for the teams but I 1 do not recollect it thomas fowler sworn fald said I 1 knew the deceased I 1 know the tho property that it is alleged he took away when he left home honie I 1 last saw thole thele ceased alive in may I 1 saw him dead in echo canyon on the of july I 1 found the body lying on the upper side of a large largo rock tock close to the main road continued on page 69 60 |
