| Show PROVO POINTS THE PEARSON CASE on thursday afternoon afier noon J M grover was sworn lived at nephi 14 years vears am a stock man first met defendant last fall in the latter part of september met mr green with the defendant and they seemed to tb be friendly know a number of persons who knew defendant prior to june and with all tile the information I 1 have defendants defendant a general reputation for peace and quietness is good henry adams was swarn was justice of the peace at nephi last year t the he examination took place before me know that the depositions were read over twice to painter and Borrow borrowman mau have lived at nephi neobi for the last three years work on a ranch met defendant a few times prior to january ath am acquainted with others that knew him I 1 know his reputation to be good to the prosecutor I 1 have associated and become an intimate acquaintance with him since H mccune have lived at nepal 24 years was born there am a barber I 1 beard mr pearson talked about within a day or two aftertime after the tife shooting a good many ranchers come into my shop I 1 know john johns S painter I 1 remember him taking a paper around doir people to sign I 1 did not sign it and tol told him he had jetter drop that kind of business prosecutor do you know wh what ai that paper wm was A it was a petition to the jud judge jude e not to give bail to the defendant Q Is it not a fact that it was a petition to raise tibe me bail from tA WU A no sir I 1 do not know that I 1 saw the paper 5 I 1 did not know the particulars or the defendant is why I 1 would not sign H H pearson father of the defelic de defendant felid was sworn as a witness I 1 am the father of th the defendant I 1 was at nephi on the that was my first visit there hoge haige and ancl foote were at the union hotel and present when I 1 had a conversation W with th mr cazier I 1 saw mr air cazier and arl conversed lv eased with him as sheriff he said that the defendant my son was so drunk drank when they pulled him off the horse that he fell to the ground sad and he had to lift him into the buggy and to fix the blankets on him to keep him from freezing as he did not seem to realize his condition he repeated the same statement during the day and I 1 am sure those are his words E D hogy hog was sworn sad and testified to the same same facts that cazier said he went to the cell two or three times to cover him up that he was so drunk he did not appear to know what he was doing mr air john deal was sworn said that cazier cazer was at his hotel last spring and related the same to him and that pearson was drunk and supposed he be was in jail for being drunk and when he informed him he wes was in for killing forrest green be seemed to be much affected and cazier camer thought he would faint away on friday irl y morning s some ome discussion took place 1 with the bourl and attorneys ue s as to the slowness of the pro cec dinas and the court expressed bis big fears of not concluding the case before theand the end of the term counsel assured him that it would be finished and that by next wednesday or thursday the last week of the term the do position deposition of hir Foote was read testifying to the defendant being I 1 drunk drudik on january 19 and aba cazier had said substantially su bastan bially the same as previous testimony james bigler was called am a resident of nephi was born there am 20 years old a blacksmith by bv trade I 1 first met the defendant sunday morning january riding a mule he acted like he was under the influence of lequar was riding fast and swinging 1 y 9 to and fro in his saddle 1 I aw him again about five about two and a half miles from tawn Is I 1 and mr ord were riding towards nephi on horseback horse baek defendant de came along the road and continued towards us he e seemed verv drunk his hors ewas lame 11 he would start icart him up a little then pull him with a erk be had the lines in his hands hainds and slapped the horse with his nat and would drop over on the horn ot of his saddle occasionally sio nally naly he stopped when near us talked with a thick to iague said how dado gentlemen have yott seen any mares mare s down this wiy 1 he did not talk very sensibly we called his attention to a couple of horses horse 8 up the he road but he said they were not ucb his I 1 soon after he finished talking he be made his horse whirl around and jerked him we started edon on and he wanted me to take his horse saying he himself was tire tired w when en I 1 won would d not take e his s horse he got ot mad and called me names we ha had got on ahead a little way when he came up and struck me with his bis fist he hit at me with his hat bat and slashed his horse with his bis hat bat we went 0 on n and he would ride around us said a ia once will you take it he rodd rod around us the second time and said another will you take it he did not speak these words as a sober man would he rode aroun around d us five or six times repeating the same thing abing we were riding on the walk towards nephi we were returning from thoo shooting in the meadows others passed us on the road we saw the officers mr colt cole was on ahead of them ord said there comes your partner I 1 as he hb did not know that it was green ca awe e said to the officers I 1 theres there Is your man the defendant then started his horse across the ditch into the field and rode one or two hundred yards before he again came into the road his horse wis was going as fast as he be could was lame in one front leg he was about ten yards from the officer when the latter fatter leveled his gun gau on him he seemed to pay no attention to it the witness described the arrest about as heretofore related when defendant was told to consider himself under arrest and to throw up his bands he h asked what for the officer told him for killing a man the he defendant then uttered with a thick tongue ive killed a man man he w was a 3 pulled off the horse searched and put into the buggy baggy did not have much use of his bis limbs I 1 thought him about as drunk as any man could be and ana S get around to the prosecutor I 1 have met the defendant several times since then drank with him aim once in gages saloon the crowd was called up this about six months after I 1 wis was not very friendly with him j kne w him as one of the boys samuel ord was the next witness reside at nephi was born there am 18 years of age first saw the he defendant jan 10 he was riding d down 0 wn the streets of nephi about 10 alel D ck saw him a again ain in the afternoon his testimony was as about the same as astige bige lows the witness E 1 J clayton was was called lived li vedat st nephi five years was born about 30 years ago at salt lake I 1 first knew defendant jan 10 1886 1 I was with the skating party that day arlove mr love was driving our team was in in the road when we met the defendant he was somewhat intoxicated the testimony was not substantially different to what has already been giyen given |
