Show VOLUNTARY M manslaughter SLAUGHTER AN the offense for which rich richard d grant is being tried fried the ease case of the people vs richard grant for manslaughter was taken up la in the third district court today anc and a lury im paneled the defenda defensa is conducted by Dickson McKay sod and derand the prosecution by clarke and hoffman the jury was nut completed till this afternoon in the examination J D pancake stated that W P rowe who has a butcher shop in park city approached pro ached him in regard to the case knew Pancake Mr was on the jury made statements that left an impression on his mind but thought he could find ft 4 verdict in accordance with the law and the evidence althe tact of the juror being spoken to under such circumstances passed by unnoticed though time was when such an event would nave have thrown the court into a state of excitement as has been evidenced by actual occurrences mr pickard said he had bad formed an opinion in the case on being pressed to answer whether he would be wil ling if he was in grants place to be tried by twelve meu men to in the same frame of mind as he was be ak answered with a smile 1 I certainly would there is one thing unusual about the case to a casual observer and that is the vigor and success with which the defense is being conducted and the seeming the prosecution the off offense icse was committed on the third of last when a scandinavian n din avian named peter andersen aged about fifty years was shot and instant ly killed at park city he had been on n a spree and on going to grant darks clarks saloon made himself offensive three times richard grant one of the pro prie rie tors put pat him out andersen came in n again with his open pocket knife in his is hand band and advanced toward giant in n a threatening manner when the latter drew a revolver exclaiming get out of here and keep out or ill kill you at the same time snapping the hammer the weapon was not discharged and grant drew the trigger again and fired twice in rapid succession both of the bullets took effect near Ander sens j heart and lie he turned partly around and fell dead he was standing in the doorway at the ame of the shooting and fell on to the sidewalk too coroners olur jury found that I 1 peter andersen there lying y dead came to his death from wounds inflicted by richard grant with felonious intent the defendants story as told by himself at the preliminary examination is as follows after giving an account of how he put andersen out of the saloon twice said the third time andersen came cam in ii wilh wih a mn mio from gerraty h a udine baw was MIS evans andersen asked fur for drink told him he could get all be wanted outside and give him any I 1 again went from behind the bar took hold of him and put him out he resisted and I 1 used force he placed his bands one on each side of the door and braced himself I 1 loosed his bis hold bold and he be fell down lie be caught me by the legs I 1 loosed his bis hold bold on my legs and catching him by the legs up ended him out the door it gasn wasn t much trouble n no one helped me have put out oat lots atter otter men when asked officer weber ask you if you yon wanted the man locked up and you tell him no that you had put ut him out three or fout four times and think lie be would trouble you any more witness said no prosecution said if that answer true then none of your testimony is is it 9 1 witness became agitated and dat hardly know how to answer he finally said it is true I 1 lam am on my oath 11 the fourth time be came in was about three quarters of an hour afterwards he be came in mad slammed the door open towards cowards the bar thought he was mad he looked like it he had bad a knife in his bis hand band I 1 again ordered aim out and told him to stay out lie he go I 1 took a pistol from a nail and went around the end of the bar thinking the gun would scare himi him he be said yog yoa s of a b ill kill you anyhow and started for me I 1 pulled on him but the gun snapped he kept coming and I 1 pulled again the gun went off but andersen kept coming hought I 1 had missed him so eo pulled again had I 1 known the first shot struck him would not have fired second one did not see him raise his left ones band ban was vas about six or seven feet fromme from me he walked to the door doar and fell out on the sidewalk at that time the defendant was admitted to ball bail in the sum of in the opening statement to the jury the prosecution stated the case au as given in the first account regarding rg this mr dickson said if it were true that mr grant should have been indicted for murder but it was not true the killing the defendant clai claimed in ed was dooe done in self defense the man whom grant shot was a dangerous man when under the influence of liquor which was the case when he be was killed at the time of the shooting peter andersen was making an effort to stab grant who fired in self defense killing andersen instantly during the gimi mi nation of jurors hon john clar Clarr wai called and mr dickson asked him if he could take the test oath mr dark clark I 1 can take the original oath not the amended one court why cannot you take this mr dark clark because there are additions court coart this only explains more fully that it relates to the future mr dark clark I 1 cannot take it court notwithstanding standing the legal force to is the some same mr dark clark yes sir court I 1 understand auto wu to sly under oath that you conscientiously take this oath though it means the same mr dark clark I 1 differ with the couri court asto as to that I 1 dont propose to enter into an argument with the court but to me there Is 18 a material difference and while I 1 can and have taken the edmunds tucker oath I 1 cannot conscientiously take the amended oath eath with reference to revelation etc after some further discussion in the same line mr clark was excused |