Show u M 0 amed IN n H III t 0 I 1 IN ing MOAB commissioner BROWN WILL PLEAD justification FOR MURDER OF DUBOIS DAUGHTERS DEATH IS SAID SAM TO HAVE BEEN accidental rr THE HE inevitable woman has appeared in the pleading for exten extenuation JL of the crime of john E brown county commissioner ar moab who shot and killed with one bullet hia his son in law james A dubois and his daughter leha lelia brown dubois last friday night who the woman is or what her position in moab society will not be revealed until the murderer explains in court why he was led to waylay his son in law on his way home from a dance and fire the fatal bullet that the name of a woman oman wil will i be brought into the trial of the murderer was announced today by the attorneys for brown D D houtz hout c of salt lake and louis larson cf of laanti lF anti who intimated that the an ritten cn law would be invoked in their claim that the killing was justifiable in a statement 1 yesterday through his attorneys the prisoner declared that the shooting was the result of untold humiliation milia tion suffered for months by his little daughter mrs du bois at the hands of her husband he declared that his son inlay in taw had been paying flagrant attentions to the other woman despite the pleadings of his wife and friends who knew of the association 1 I feel certain said brown that when the facts are known I 1 shall be exonerated brown appeared yesterday to have fully recovered from the frenzy which controlled him lm immediately I 1 following the double murder while he held the sheriff and deputies at bay barricaded in his home the funeral funeral services tor for leie lele drown brown dubois and her husband J jimes mes E dubols dubois who were murdered early saturday morning by the drung father county commissioner join E brown were largely attended by sympathizing friends from all parts of the count countr only yards distant in his prison fell rell lay the murderer of hie his daughter and son on in law the funeral talon as it passed from ball hall to the cemetery passed within 50 feet of the cell in which Is held the father who faces the charge of cold blooded murder the funeral of sir and mra biro dubols was one of the largest ever eiver held in moab nearly CO 50 relatives of the victims of the tragedy were present many of them coming from western colorado and utah county to attend the obsequies brown has little to say in regard to the affair lying in bis his cell moody woody and morose he now seema seems to regret that he be brought about the horri horrible blo tragedy no one but to th jailers and his attorneys are allowed to see him and to these he be talks but little judge 0 D houtz arcin salt lake and louis louts larson of manti wanti bavo bave been retained by brown as his counsel they will celend del end him on the charge of murder in tha th first degree the preliminary hearing will be held thursday district attorney F E 3 woods 1 alve tomorrow tor and he and county attorney C Q robertson bertson Ho will prosecute the case discusses caise D D houtz before leaving for moab monday night expressed himself as follows follow st a 1 I 1 cannot account for the tragedy but t ut I 1 think when all the facts leading up to it are disclosed it will be shown that mr brown did not act with malice or premeditation I 1 hope this may be true nd cannot help but believe it as I 1 personally know that he be was devotedly attached to his family fan Y I 1 1 I have known mr brown for IS 18 years and know him to be an active and progressive citizen who bad had the confidence of the people of grand county as shown by the fact that be ie IB serving his bis second term as county commissioner for the past five years mr brown baa has been recognized as one ot 04 the most progress progressive ivo of the success successful fu citizens of grand cotin county tir 11 major samuel A king who acted as 11 adviser ol 01 my mr brown in many instances said monday night brawk Is a man of pronounced view views headstrong but devoted to his friends and a good neighbor ile Is to persistent in bla his resentment of a wrong or a fancied injury I 1 ile was a man of unlimited nerve as was exhibited once when a m auis her ber of men threatened to remove him from a certain range he ile went olt ovit before them alone and told them to remove him it they could they let him remain with all his litigation and trouble he was popular larin in grand county as is 1 evidenced by the fact that ho was elected one of the county commissioners 11 |