Show THE JURYS VERDICT 5 I 1 ate killing of stokes pound found to be b without provocation L it at 6 pm sept ard 3rd the coron coroners rs bequest the inquiry into we keillor of charles stokes by bailiff namy mr rench bench was there ud gave his bis testimony as follows I 1 vu as walking up main street at about welock on saturday night and upon DMM retching the wasatch building I 1 heard beard pe me kind of a row in the hall hali I 1 went I 1 mod i ind saw three or four men there 1 1 two woof of them were scuffling scoff lins as 1 went in 1 1 art them and while thus tans engaged tho the deceased caught me by the throat ud ad began choking me cm amy pule ame to my assistance stokes was pits a powerful man and very quick ie pushed with his or br but did not strike him after getting him under control I 1 started out ud told him that he be was under arrest w resisting an officer meer lie ile struggled considerably durably der ably but ba t some one came up ud said I 1 was a deputy after which he hiked quietly along commissioner birrel 1 who was also present told y to go along and assist me bo n r 6 hing the street north of the wante wasatch h building however I 1 ordered ke M to go back and supposed he did laen n we were near to the drug store bk blokes es asked me what I 1 was wag going to dow ith him I 1 replied that I 1 would ue oe him to the city hall herald he kald he w aid not want to be disgraced and to void oid trouble I 1 took him in smiths store with the intention of tele ismine ng lor for the police and had just liked mr smith to telephone when vs V first shot was fired I 1 turned and bel kins ng very much startled released the Pta te oper oner was standing dose to us with a revolver in his hand ban he thrust evl it pistol right up against giokes and an d anred ed two more shots until the first shot was fired I 1 bad no lea aea that was present know why he shot stores stokes w was 48 tty prisoner kod and had bad no Ut hority to make an arrest the jury then consulted for a few bolents Bo No ments and aad then returned a verdict that at the deceased cabarles stokes died aled in A C smith co s drug store 41 B east bast temple street in salt lake at p pm m on september ast 1st A B D W M from the effects of a pistol shot wed Q by the band of with rot any just provocation in conversation yesterday afternoon 11 deputy marshal stated that he be sa saw Ic Manamy thirty minutes before the shooting and saw that he be was then under bader the influence of liquor he be was lot drunk but had sufficient intoci cala in him t to 0 make him offensive the rumor was current today that a flea 14 of insanity was wag to be sat up as a lease etense and in mitigation of the kill log K |