Show FIRST DISTRICT COURT PROVO march 16 the prosecution opened the tintic gintic lynching lunching lyn ching case mr hiles biles said they expected to prove that a young youn man about 31 year of age named jose joseph P h fisher on the ath da day Y ot of last J july about 11 in the morning was arrested that fisher when arrested was wounded and had an abrasion over the right eye he was then taken to the jail at the time of the arrest quite a crowd followed them and among them were daniel shields began Regan and others who hollowed toll owed the officers to the jail and made many threats that they would bang fisher and daring all the afternoon there aero were in many any ur preparations iOus to that end it will ai that it at D and J harrington Haru agton went to td a store and bought a rope and 44 SAMO rood rope was used in strangling fisher to death that the officers in the afternoon received I 1 DO AO tice of iwald be dorte done with the ahe defendant deafen dant fathers edther y as present when the jail ail was opened and feisher taken out and that savage acted sc ed in violation of his bis duty and ip in concert with the others we shall claim here viat that while he wf I 1 opt acting as openly op n ly as some others ire was IV ly apa r p ble that lie he said jooa are burig to 0 kill that mft dionido nido diD it like dikea a dog ii about kAlawe dar crowd Sem bled at the fall severs several men stood there to protect theall the all but unarmed placed there byar StandI standing dg and the armed crowd that came pp ap p ordered theia to leave a demand was made upon mr standing lor for the keys of the jail ja he ex postulated with them and then the justice of the peace commanded them in of of the law to disperse and in view of all this chev persisted until they murderer fisher the officer was threatened oed with instant death deat if he bo did not give ditc itc up the keys and in fear ot of death he gave them up and the crowd thien then rushed for thedoor theU the door of it the wl J 11 ind and when the door was thrown open 0 the I 1 first man to enter cuter was I 1 daniel ge ids ohp te re calved the keys from standing they struggled until they got the rope around fishers Pl neck who had bad naw retreated to the wall that pat fat gg har struck him with a club and fisher sank to the floor they then took the deceased and dragged him over a quarter of a mile on his back to the whip where he be was hung when they got there he was dead out but one said we will hang him anyhow and he went up each maa then swore fidelity and kissed a book the first witness called was george C toleman |