| Show JURY IS SECURED FO C 0 V E X K CASE C A alleged assassin of abner V jenkins at sunny side now on trial for his life before a jury of twelve men in the district Dist rift court john Cor carlers Co riera lers trial for hia his life for the alleged murder of abner V jenkins at on the esth of rebr february uary last wae begun before bidge albert 11 II christenson in the district court at price last tuesday out of the open issued monday monda da for forty eun six were ox examined before the remaining two jurymen were secured the jury is composed of william J tidwell imal 1 burdick 11 lawley lawler 8 C coaell a ell thomaa thomas Ll liveley Live vesey aey Z 11 II morgan georgo george ruff joseph ilan ben 0 D 0 turner tally evans A greenhalgh ireon haigh and james neilson about a hundred and ten men were examined all told before the jury idas finally secured some twenty witnesses are subpoenaed for the slate state district attorney wooda woods being abelsted in the prosecution by D 1 1 houtz of salt lake city whit judge william 11 II frae o 0 and C C are representing the do defense inae attorney floutz assisting the prosecution as a representative of the relatives of jenkins residing at salt lake city made the opening statement in which he outlined that the murder had been planned b carter vitle 1 the purpose of robbing jenkins who conducted the gambling games of at the lower saloon at Sunny sunnyside Suun yelde side of the magnolia trading company he ile explained that the prosecution believed that carter had engaged frank romeo and nobert robert battey of salt lake city to assist in the murder and robbery and that collor bad had sent thorn them railway ticket ta to come to 9 bu su on the day prior to the murder george dentley bentley who was by the side elde of jenkins when he ibur murdered and anti robbed was the principal witness he ile testified that on saturday february esth carler walked into the saloon whore where jenkins and fentley were operating a roulette wheel and pretending that he was going away bid them goodby bentley dentley eald said he and jenkins were sur by three highwaymen within a hundred yards ot of their home where the latter was shot and killed dentley bentley testified that ho he pretended also to have been shot falling flat on the ground but that one of at the highwaymen turned him over pressed a revolver against his heart and discharged discharge tl it he ile explained that the bullet glanced on the rib causing a alight blight wound from which ho he speedily recovered Ilen bentley tIey identified the coin eack sack found in possession of the three men when captured aa an belonging to himself and jenkins C A pierson station agent for the denver and mind aitto orando grande at sun testified regarding he sale of and arrangements for two tickets from salt lake city to Sunny sunnyside side to carter the baker on february ad d and that the tickets fl were used by two men answering the description of frank romeo and robert the others implicated in the murder murde of jenkins and thit th it these men arrived at sunnyside Sunn Sunny yelde side the day prior to the murder A gentleman named drown bron at the time employed there as an operator under pierson Pl erson told of sending a telegram regarding the tickets to romeo and which was written in italian but made up ot of english letters allen mary oa Os cello told of writing out this telegram tor for carler william ault now residing near portland ore and formerly a it ma at the coal camp identified carter aa as one ot at three men he saw running away from the scene of a the murder immediately atter after the killing lie ile helped to care for tonkins after he was found mortally wounded and of assisting in taking jonkins jenkins home and ot of the attempted murder of bentley did the man you saw running away have hair on hia his head asked judge prye frye yes judge frye which bide eidet witness why the outride deputy sheriff hyrum wilcox told of being called after the murder and of at tracking the three men across the country by night with a lantern lie ile identified carter ae as one ot at the men later captured and aa an being a resident of sunnyside Sunn Sunny yelde side the testimony of jamon 1 vt v another deput deputy aherin 1 at Sunny sunnyside Sunn yelde sIde was along the same lines aa an that of wilcox deputy sheriff wilcox alao also testified to a confession of carter to him in the county jail wherein carler claimed that romeo shot jenkins from behind t the he corner of a m house sheriff thomas kelter reiter elated the incidents ot of the capture of 91 the three alleged murderers mur derera down near wood aide und bringing them to price 4 also ISO of a confession t ey maberto mado mader to him about all oe of which hae has hereto fre t ro hip eared in the advocate it la is expected tho the carter case will go V to lie aury jury thin this week about twenty witnesses are appearing for the two brothern hr br of jenkins are here 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