| Show FIRST DISTRICT COURT the hall murder trial ten persons sentenced TRIAL ot of mark hall tor for killing wm M X bybee was continued in court at ogden yesterday frank dark clark was a witness and testified that he was twenty seven years old and lived in ogden know knew william M bybee in his bis lifetime was his cousin had known the defendant about sen even years he be saw bybee after the affair was over also saw hall about two or three hours after asked him it it was true that he be had stabbed bybee defendant said it was and showed the knife with which the stabbing wa wan wais is doue done hall told the witness that the first time he struck he was on his bis knees and did not believe that it hurt Bybee but the next time he be was on his bis feet and that last blow hurt him the witness was shown the knife and identified it hall said he be had stabbed bybee and would own it like a man defendant called deceased a lousy 8 n of a b h 11 and then bybee struck him had bad examined halls head bead and found one lum lump bybee died about three wednesday unes at the house bouss of J M dark clark cross examined i heard eard of the difficulty about two through john T clark called athalle house to tell him to go to C 0 richards office that evening when the conversation took look place defendant was standi ofTon wason was on horse bores had stated this same story before the grand jury hall told witness that lie he would do it again under the same ame circumstances did not examine the lamp carefully but thought it was bout the size of a walnut there might have been other lumps but witness did not feel them saw no marks or bruises on defendants face did pot know why he had bad not been a witness in the case before it t was not be danke he did not know ile the facts mr hall said he was on his knees and truck struck back defendant told him that the first time be struck hewison his bis knes and the second time he was on his ble feet hill ball did not tell him that he v vas on his bis bands and knees and struck up under his left arm his bis brother john T dark clark had bad not detailed the occurrence to him dr H J powers testified that the knife wounds caused mr byrees death jesse stevens and others testified that there had bad been some feeling about r t 1 es herding their stock near mr birties ta alls i i la hay land which was not fenced in brigham Brig hara stowell testified that on the of april 1888 he went to J M clarks residence where mr bybee was on the lounge bent over on his knees cje was suffering considerably from the two knife wounds the in jared ared man said we did not such a thing as this when we were here on saturday evening it is unnecessary to send for a doctor except to dress the wounds I 1 realize that I 1 am entirely iu in the hands of god and it I 1 is a beyond the power of man to help t bring me to my health again I 1 am u unable in ever to recover I 1 regret ve very much that I 1 have neglected my chur church works which blaich I 1 will not have the privilege of attending to now I 1 ask aak you to see that my wife attends to them if I 1 do not live to see her send tor for my family sa as soon as faey can be brought I 1 lam ain afraid I 1 cant live till they get here I 1 want you to take my interest in the sheep herd and property and pay oay my debts if thye there alef Is any left t let my family have it an and do what you can for my family that they might obtain a livelihood assist them in attending to the church works I 1 would like to be administered to and prayed for the power of god can alone relieve me from my pain no physician can do anything for me I 1 wish you would pray for me that I 1 might go ao in peace bace I 1 regret the condition in which ram I 1 am leaving my family it is harder tor me to leave them so than to meet death 11 mrs bybee arrived before her husband died lucinda bybee widow of the deceased was called she married bybee 7 17 years ago had three ca children ildren livin living 9 and one dead was living in hoo hooper r at the time her husband received bro bis in luries juries as soon as word was brought labe proceeded to the house of mat dark clark where she found her husband in a very low condit condition iob he be said at the time that be did not think he ever would get well he thought bethought he had a death blow he wished witness to perform the church works had not been sealed to her husband was married by it a justice of the peace pending the production of another statement of at the dying mau the case ws was s adjourned till today peter A forsgren foragren came up for sentence tor for unlawful cohabitation fl he said he was 63 y years ars old and had very little prop property eity he was sentenced to three months in the penitentiary and to pay the costs of the prosecution jeppa jepson had pleaded guilty to the charges ol of unlawful co habitation cohabitation and adultery he was 86 56 years old he married his plural wife in 1863 on the charge of unlawful cohabitation he was sentenced to three moats im and to pay the costs the sentence on the charge of adultery was deferred until the aih of february peter anderson came up for sentence on the charge of adultery he was fifty four years of ago age and has already served a term antho in the penitentiary tor for unlawful judge hen derson was quite se so vereon him and made the sentence two years imprisonment garrett wolverton Wol verten who pleaded guilty to unlawful cohabitation married his plural wife five years ago his hib first wife became insane twenty one years ago and be was too poor to hire somebody to care for her the county had aad refused him aid he had married the woman who took care of his first wife sentence was suspended henry charged ful fal cohabitation was married to his plural ural wife about seventeen years ago B had ad but bat very little property the sentence in the case was tour four months imprisonment and a fine of and costs james keller charged with unlawful cohabitation said he be was sixty two years ot ol age he had three wives alive he married bia his last wife nine years ago when she was twenty three years old he tied bad had bad tour lour children ildren bb lay ay her the youngest of which was about two years old he was an sentenced to six months imprisonment and payment of costs peter C jensen came up lor for sen tence fence on the charge of unlawful cohabitation he was sixty one years old and married his plural wife fifteen years ago his youngest child was two years old he was sentenced to six months la in the penitentiary and to pay a fineff fine of and costs peter Jorgenson convicted of unlawful f ul cohabitation was called tor for sentence he was forty three years old and married his plural wile wife in 1872 be advery very was sentenced to three months imprison ment and to pay the costs of the pro se cution monroe wade came up tor for sentence on the charge of unlawful cohabitation of which he be had bad been convicted for the last three years he has not lived with his plural wife the only time he had been in her company was when he went to see his sick child he bad no means whatever he was sentenced to tour four months imprisonment and to pay the costs john andrews and john kelly convicted on two indictments of bur burglary glarys were sentenced to ive five years imprisonment on each conviction the nerving ingot of both sentences to begin way today the court explained by this son aw tence they would get more mord benefit from the copper act than if sentenced to two and one halt half years for each of fence 4 byrum bowman was arraigned on two indictments charging chargin unlawful fai cohabitation and adultery he e pleaded net guilty to both in the case of amden city vs julius ce sentence was postponed until today thomas H turner a native of england was admitted to citizenship |
