Show LEFT WITH THE JURY I 1 L closing hours of the grantman grant manslaughter case la in the continuation of the manslaughter case against richard grant yesterday afternoon a number of witnesses testified to the good character of the defend defendant an who was at the close of his case called as a witness and testified my name is richard grant commonly known as dick grant have lived in park city since 1875 have a wife and lour four children the youngest younge kt 1 I and agid the elest eldest 16 first came caad to the tae coast in 1851 1831 going to ta california after leaving Call california tornia went to british Colqui columbia tila thence to montana aud and then came came to salt lake from there to pioche nevada thence to ophir and then to park city was night for foreman erhan at one time of the ontario mine but resigned in 1881 went back to montana tor for a while returning to the park the same year I 1 then went into the saloon busin business esp b but T h have a v e rt done nothing since this tren trouble le I 1 I 1 never had any sort of trouble with anyone before this thid time I 1 may hit have been out with the boys I 1 chal challenged edged a man to tight fight once but he backed out I 1 went to the saloon on the evening in question about 5 or 0 6 alclo c k k kne andersen by sight but never kne knew his name had bad never met him until the night of the homicide it was about I 1 when he first came in that ey evening ening when he be went straight ta t the club and gave a terrific yell I 1 told iii him in to toshun shut up he be came out but I 1 then put him out be turned around and ad said you yon s of a b and thep then went aff h be e wanted whisky but I 1 rel to give it to him half an hour after afterwards ards he be came back again and asked for whisky I 1 told it nun to 0 go over to the 1 where he could get all he wanted tor for money he then taen went away soon after he returned in company i with another person I 1 r refused to sell him anything and told him bim to go out oat after a struggle I 1 put him Ou lutat out tat at that time a policeman caige came along and I 1 pup supposed posed he would be arrested became be he came back the fourth time about 1030 1 I was behind the bar anderson andersen rushed in the door it back ack against the wall he be had cometh pi ng in his hand and he be turned round rolind anti and said he would kill the a 8 of af a b I 1 took down the gan and when hen he came towards me I 1 I 1 pulled it on bim he be kept coming and I 1 fired again he be then turned quck and walked toward the door doof where hytell and rolled homr to mr huffman hoffman I 1 heard beard that anderson was 47 years old i anever I 1 never knew anything 11 about him before beffre this occurrence there was plenty optime of time tor for bio to drop before 1 gave baw him the second shots ahot I 1 went right behin behind the bar I 1 knew that anderson andersib was dead baral b he walked alko six or levei seven feet irom from the door after I 1 shot buff I 1 had ho 60 ill will towards anderson An deison and he be had bad never injured ared me i in any way I 1 honestly believed tha t when he came towards me lie he intended intend ud to injure me I 1 was satis fled he had a knife in his bis hand before I 1 shot him I 1 shot to kill I 1 aimed at the centre of his bis body and that is where I 1 hit him after I 1 hit bit him the first time I 1 waited a second or two to see if he would turn when he I 1 fired the second time the prosecution then introduced a number of witnesses who testified that thal anderson the deceased was of a quiet peaceable disposition this morning the arguments before the jury began mr hoffma opening 1 for the prosecution mr snyder 1 followed 0 mr hoffmam Hoff mao and mr dickson then made an exhaustive plea for his client mr clarke made the clotting closing argument which had not concluded when we went to press 0 |