Show PROVO POINTS P THE NE PHI HOMICIDE on friday john rollow was the next witness was born in scotland lived in n nephi the last seven years am 22 years of age a school teacher by profession f fes sion got acquainted with the defendant the latter part of january witness was one of the skating party on the way home when they met the defendant after the shooting defendant was pretty drunk and we looked every minute to see him fall from his horse he would first throw himself from one side to the other and the horse go in the opposite direction according to the motion of the body without any other guiding tile the defendant did not not seem to know anything auddis and his eyes were heavy aud and his hia tace lace was bloated he seemed to take good rare care of his hat bt was playing I 1 n with w thit it at the time he did not nave have h hold old of the reins at all and leaned on the horn of the saddle a good deal we next met the officers and learned what was up lip I 1 told them we had met their man and that they would have no trouble in arresting him as he was crazy drunk I 1 saw the arrest then hurried up and saw the body of the dead man lying in the yard then I 1 went to the jail and saw the officers taking him la in I 1 next saw the delen defendant dant next day in a store buying some canned goods it was after noon on saturday morning mo 7 1 i 1 g don N III bigley w waa sworn live i e at nephi li had d seen the defendant before january mth 1886 and saw him january irth hejnas somewhat intoxicated I 1 was out in the street about a hundred yards away when the shooting took place saw the smoke went over there the man was not dead but died in about ten minutes after I 1 got there remained there about half an conw ais head lay in a hole I 1 proposed to litt lift it up and put a coat under it would not allow him to be touched until the coroner came I 1 thought he ought to be raised up so as to have what show of life there was and that his boots be taken on off so that he would not we die with his boots on OB no one touched him but dr don who came up after I 1 did and felt his pulse I 1 saw the defendant again coming up in a wagon he was leaning in the seat on one athe men I 1 edid idid did not see him again jfrank frank R rushton was called us as an expert lived in provo a gunsmith by trade had made experiments with the pistol it took two and a half pounds pressure tre to pull the trigger the I 1 lead ead in the cartridge contained grains the powder 40 grains I 1 doubled a gunny sack four times to denote the jes resistance istance of the human body then tacked two pieces of flannel over it the thickness of an and then shot the pistol two feet away the powder spread about six inches over the fl flannel annei and some penetrated the second at four feet the powder spread seven inches the pistol and appendages were produced in evidence it was a 44 Colts frontier shooter this is defect ti tive ve the nich is broken off and eteoe off talf half cocked ordinarily it wo would uld take 89 3 pounds pressure to pull the mrs elizabeth pearson was sworn rave have been married 28 years am the 1 mother of defendant he is 24 years f old lived in california till IT 17 years old then went to arizona was there three years then returned to san francisco was home about two years and then went to colorado then to utah witness testified that her son received a slight injury when quite a young boy ays adya dya window sash fallin falling on his head but a more serious one olle when between ten and eleven years old he fell frojm the top of a stairway and produced concussion of the brain this thia was in 1872 at the cosmopolitan hotel he was brough tto me immediately and was waa unconscious unconscious had a wound over the left eyebrow he was delirious for about six weeks and the physicians gave him up set in and pieces oi of bone were extracted ted a change of climate was recommended and he was taken to vallejo akl ca with mrs grow a dear friend df outs he helas was there altogether about three months it was about six months before the bandages were removed remove dhe he had a tendency to delirium dehr fum whenever there was overexertion tr tion he has been occasionally afflicted with headache since and ana twice has beeri quite sick brodu produced ceat cherl b by over exertion as a night clerk in the hotel during the conclave 2 r fl know forrest green he wai was at our home in san francisco came there as a guest euest of harry our conj son he remained about six weeks week got employment there and was not at our place until he quit his position aud and was about to return retarn to te utah my son ron and he were very friendly and sociable and they were on the most intimate terms I 1 she deposition of a mrs walton was read she was an Oten attendant dant and nurse at vallejo when mr pearson was ill with bis ais as related by mrs Pe arspn stated that the boy was in in intense pain was delirious and in great pain became delirious atter after the dressing of the wound was not much better after being with us six weeks and after a visit home again returned and re remained a ne most 0 of il a year he was as a di different rent boy after the acci accident ent it was as 0 onlan ly an hours ride on the boat fro from a francisco ran cisco to valle aa H A pearson sen w was called Te testified stifled to what has already been re that forrest green came with b his is son to san francisco and they were very intimate we found employment for green ireen while there and when he wanted to return home furnished him money to go withas my son called him one of his best friends testified to the boys accident and the effect that it was very serious he was delirious and it W was 7 a 0 th s before the wounds besan began 3 th that t he has been some W since sauce especially when any overexertion over exertion took place has be been en and excitable since lie ae is a very affectionate boy to us and becomes much attached to others when once acquainted lacross examined to the same effect and court adjourned till today to day mon day |