| Show FIRST DISTRICT COURT rR PROGRESS OGRESS OF THE CASE I 1 novo march 24 the tintic gintic lynching lunching lyn ching case now shows that the prosecution did not prove that fisher to his death by hanging banging etc as alleg enTin the tbt indictment imre mire QS heji knew defendant b daniel i shields Sh felds sa saw W him in eureka la last t july jtb in the forenoon of that day I 1 went to the well for water and saw him and mr stanley coming down I 1 labe road old roan man oconnor came down and stepped in between them with a knife in his bis nand and struck shields in the blick back or in the neck stanley said leive leave that man alone and andi prevented further trouble tro oble I 1 saw shields attain again in the evening eveni neit it was just after shields and savage ravage came from the lail jail where fisher was tak taken e about half a minute after t they I 1 wee gone eone hb bb asked for matches I 1 told him it was lime cortum fortum to go te t bed and he replied that that was where here he was going I 1 told him he be should not dot hawe babe gone to the jail all and he h said he would not have dene aena so if stanley had not deputized him to go ga EXPERT TESTIMONY dr simmons Q suppose a man were taken out of jail with a ropp rope struck on the back and head felled to the ground around is then dragged a quarter of a milia over a rough then huba to a gaoN gallows ts and the following morning ik cut down and a rope found in a description as described to you and upon examination exposes wounds in the back and ald in ia the region of the s spinal alual cord and are about the size of a 38 calibre shot eff effusion comes out of tile the wound examination of the head discloses that the skull has been broken and readily bielda to the of the abi hand t i his body alleges pta jotis nags nao ot ol sagebrush are eilind indis in his back baal hu be has been wounded the day before by knife wounds one near the beart bearr and another in the ack there is an aia mira slon sion over the eye the ey eyeballs eballe gre arc s sunken 1 un in the face is natural in appear knee ance except as asto to scratches e is a i blue blile line a around rou nd the file neck can you give an on that state slate of facts fia as to the cause of the death deate ot of that I 1 I 1 mao man f answer r 1 I 1 eadi can I 1 consider sider grom the facts that he died from the wr 4 dr pike the same loues question tiomi was given give n him as to dr ile he could 01 ol d not give an opinion from froin tue the state of facts 4 aught ii 0 w eve er r that it a rope were placed around a mans manh ne neck ka and he should then be draugel dragged yards he would nat be alive alie at the ibal enthof of the journey thought that if there was strap g would bt bu some evidence of it 11 ar ge oue of the defendants wits was the next witt witness less testified sub I 1 athe e ot others heirs that lie he was riot not a participate participator tia jp toe tie crime ohn john pace 16 years bears old had pleaded guilty eulley to lot forgery gery the court gave him hi some edvige and nd saia woud suspend sen tenc dung dung g behavior betia vior and ana would ian ct ue pun on im if tie he did not carry straight hereof t r B e at to go for mr ji Jenk mis a buor adaa he un under or his care |
