| Show WAS IT MURDER on saturday march 15 the hearing of W 8 reynolds charged with murdering soren madsen was begun before justice laney the testimony for the prosecution was in substance that mr madsen had fur for about five years been in the employ of the utah nursery company as salesman and enjoyed the confidence of his employers he had been at ogden recently and stopped at the central hotel about two weeks ago the defendant came into the hotel office and asked for aap W but was informed that there wf none vacant vaca nt madsen who was standing near offered to share his room with the stranger the offer was accepted and the two retired at about abou 10 reynolds conti continued rued to share mad sens room for several nights and they appeared to be friendly until one night the defendant went out on the street two or three times the clerk noticed that he had skinned his bis hand and he stated that lie he had hit madsen the next day he went to the clerk and asked him if he thought madsen could be worked for money and finally on friday march 7 he went to the of the hotel and told him a eav 1 reflecting reflect ug on maddens Mad sens m morality it i y and the latter was requested to leave the house which he be did and went to the chapman house reynolds called on him there and in on saturday afternoon they both started for salt lake mr madsen was quite ill and went to the house of a friend in the sixth ward he soon became unconscious and shortly afterward expired from the effects of morphine poisoning the examination was continued again this morning when the following found in mr maddens Mad sens possession and in his band handwriting writing were introduced in evidence on the face of an envelope was written I 1 i am dying wm win reynolds think that answer for the consequences are you satisfied going my heart bearl will soon cease to beat on the reverse side of the envelope were the words if anything lis happens opens to me I 1 am in dauger danger danor or tole telegraph aph to P dix 8 south east salt acke lake an and icer I 1 B R Mie Micke kelsen laen lot east south below ard 3rd ward chapel salt lake city on a central hotel the deceased had written J r A tj if dix dear sirs be good and just to my dear wife and boys bo when I 1 am gone forgive my faults as md god will forgive my course is run ran god preserve you and bless you your r departed friend A mr william reynolds is the cause he led me on he is as much to blame he bleeds me and will follow me like a vampire goodby god bless you and yours years comfort mine S M this was all the evidence for the prosecution and the accused was sworn in his own behalf he gave his name as winfield scott reynolds and te testified stifled I 1 am the defendant fen dant was acquainted with soren madsen knew him for about 10 days belfre before his death I 1 came from denver seven weeks ago first met madsen Mad senat at the central hotel hotel ogden I 1 went there to get a room anti and could not finally mr madsen told toh I 1 me ine that if I 1 could not find a room to lodge in I 1 could go with him I 1 accepted his offer this was the of february or lot ast of march I 1 continued to room with him about a week on the ath of march I 1 had a difficulty wilh madsen and struck him in the eye I 1 was sorry I 1 iid did so and got a piece of meat to put over his eye he be asked me not cosay to say anything of the difficulty I 1 told both the clerks and madsen was ordered out of the house he told me his friends would not speak to him he also said he be was sick and offered to pay my expenses I 1 if I 1 would go down wa with him to salt SaIt lake and help him with some things he had to carry we then went to a room in the hotel and played cards for a couple of hours this was on saturday night madsen gadson did not play but some 0 his friends did on sunday afternoon I 1 went to maddens Mad sens room he was in bed and said he be felt awful awful sick eick I 1 toll him he ought to get up and he decided to go to salt bait lake on the next aral train n he w was as very sick and staggered about the room I 1 helped him to carry his parcels to to too the train he staggered like a drunken d ru man and was very ill we came down on the train and in salt lake I 1 took him to mr hansons dansons Han sons as he told me I 1 was there about twenty minutes and madsen gave me 2 which he said would be my expenses I 1 then left next day I 1 went to Han hansone sons and was told that madsen was dead I 1 learned there was waste to be an inquest and waited about to attend his brother in law kept asking me why madsen had committed the deed I 1 did not like to tell him of the trouble we had in ogden so said I 1 did not know I 1 told him I 1 had asked madsen to go to a gambling house and he refused the day of the inquest I 1 left maddens Mad sens brother inlaw in law telling him I 1 would be back in a few minutes but I 1 did not return as I 1 thought it if was no affair of mine on monday night I 1 took a freight train to ogden and on tuesday night I 1 was arrested arr sted I 1 asked mr bacon if he thought madsen was worth money I 1 thought I 1 could sustain an action against him for the trouble between us this was my reason for asking if he had money he did not owe me anything f I 1 thought he had injured my reputation I 1 told of the trouble madsen did not but tried to keep it secret sa saw w him h I 1 in with a little money but did not know his financial standing to mr eich eil r i nor or before coming to ogden I 1 lived in denver chicago azo philadelphia and norristown pa when I 1 first r t met madsen it was when be offered to share his room with me as I 1 said I 1 could not find a room in town witness then detailed the affair alleged to have taken place between them when reynolds alleged that madsen attempted an improper action this was the act referred to as immoral the statement is unfit for publication witness continuing madsen asked me if I 1 had said anything about it and I 1 said no I 1 slept with him the night I 1 did not wbk ah mr bacon if madson could be worked for money mr bacon is mistaken in his statement madeen paid the expenses of the room he always got up before in me his habits babits were good so far as I 1 k know now never saw him drunk nor heard him make a suggestion of immorality when I 1 asked him to go to a gambling house he said he had no use for such things before we came to salt lake he moved from the central hotel to the th chapman house and I 1 called on him there that was on saturday when he paid lie ie was sick I 1 went to his room at the Chap chapman maii house again on sunday afternoon and he was feeling still worse I 1 stayed with him till we got to salt lake on sunday night he never told me the cause of his sickness after his death I 1 thought I 1 had neither time nor money to hang around for the inquest I 1 thought that if they wanted me they could send to ogden and get me I 1 aid did not tell sheriff burt th it if I 1 had known they were coming after me I 1 would have taken the first train I 1 paid no fare to get to ogden to the court after madsen left the central on saturday I 1 slept the night in a chair madsen did not pla play cards I 1 never made any de demand manyon on him for money he be never used morphine or opium iq that I 1 am aware of I 1 cannot explain the statements in his letter only he be said that he was ruined for life because of the trouble we had had and because I 1 told of it I 1 told a number of persons about it I 1 promised him that I 1 would not tell but he found out that I 1 had related it to the clerk then I 1 told him the clerk had hearl heard our noise and asked what was the matter I 1 gave th this Is as an excuse for the clerk did not hear bear us madsen seemed greatly troubled about it for it became the talk in the hotel he never told anybody of it that I 1 know of I 1 told several persons during his big examination reynolds admitted his own immorality and stated that be was suffering from a loathsome disease he admitted telling a number of falsehoods to mr madsen at the close of reynold Is testimony a recess was taken to secure the att nuance of other witnesses |
