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Show that he killed Brown. He slid tuat on tli way t BngiiHUj C-itv. t on Ciimbr!in united rihmiff C-4rd.ni who ki!id Br .wu. and j Cardon r.-plte 1 that he did not. ! know. 11 a s i siid that Cardou j nsk"d bim many tim's who killed j Brown, bat be teplied be did uot j know. : ! the papers in the preliminary ex-1 animation, but, his testimony1 was ruled out, and court adjourned adjourn-ed till 2 p. in, At 2:30-o'clock Thursday aft. r-nonri r-nonri Abe MnjfJ'S" went ou the s'and to t st fy in bis own behalf, n reepot.se to quectiuis by At- MAJORS ttt SI AM).! Tells (iraphic Story of the Double Tragedy. Majors was coss-examined at graat length yesterday morning, by I lie prosecu-cution prosecu-cution 1 A le'ter was offered in evidence by the (defense that was written by Majors to Car-idol,. Car-idol,. In it Majors admits tha his brother ' fired twd shiits at Brown, and implore ' Cardon to do his duty ai.d set the prisoner free The letter was written June 8, iSuo. I Majors stated he believed at that time t roev McGuniu he t dd the tot-1 lowing Rtory. He wan nervous, .and was many times in,tnct'd to Itpeak louder in crl-r that the 'jury could under.-taud hin?. i I was boru in California od Aiinl 2, 1881: worked at - various ...... rlnrinc. EQV hovbood, W8S Deputv Sheriff Joseph Bclnap'j of Ogden was the only witness on tlie stand in the Majors easel Wednesday . morning. He told I the same story as Sheriff Cardon dd previously, to the effect that i-oivion Rmwn and himself fol lowed the Ma jors brothers on J the morning of April 30, lb99, to arrest them for robbery; that they came up with the fugitives near Hot Springs, Box Elder county, and ordered them to stop; that the robbers failed, to do so: that a number of shots were fired on each side, and that finally the elder Majors fell dead: that Abe Majors then turned, tired at Brown, missed him, took deliberate aim. and fired again, this time killing him;, that Ma-thun Ma-thun hirt hehind a rock and couvictid and 6-i.t need t teD ytars iu prism tor burgl&ry when 1 was 15, trv?d three yers aud was then released on psr.il.-; went ! to Seattle in to winter of lfcJJ. intending to g ti A Uska, bat 1irt not go becaus of lack of money; then weut with my brother t-. Baker city, OreRon; could find no tmployment there s- we catoe down tiward Halt Lake; we .tiyed at Cache Jul t on tbe mSbt of April 28, lb, neit day weLt on to Bueb.ao.Oy; caching .hnntrlaik thbt night; I was that his brother had fiicd two shots but he does not believe so now. Coroner Ward of Box Kid. r county testified tes-tified that the buikt which killed Arctnbald Ma;or entered under . the right shoulder, i blade aud lodged just under the skin three : inches from the right nipple: and that the I i bullet which killed .'.rown entered his breast , and passed through his booy a.'d was never j found. jo i I K. J. Hard K. E. DavTS and Sunon ' Siler corroborated this testimo y j In th afternoon. Col l'enrose of i oft Douglass testified that the buJe- which i killed Brown entered hit back and ranged downward according to the evidences on the book in hu pocset and on the clothing I 1 he general was cross-emmmcd lit rehired ' m teit.lv on other points .? T H Davis testised that !be distance be-1 tweeu Majo:' and Brown'.- bod i 138 feet T -c j W H Thornton of I'ym.,uth testified that Depu y Thomp.oii told him that Abe I Majors did not kill trown bat that be ought to be convicted any Bow lot the way he treated Hanson time. st barefoot,, new Bright Ciiv we mi-t a man -wbom 1 after-trJ after-trJ learned waa F.d HaiBo; we held bim no. and took his sWb' and otb aiticles, ; mjsrl j putting on tiie sb. e ; .e went Ln to tue Wrtu Springs ht-t-l, was finally dislodged and arrested. arrest-ed. The witness was put through 1 a severe cross-examination by Attorney McGurrin, who tried hard to confuse him and to bring out points contradicting each other and former witnesses. He toed to prove that witness was mistaken as to nvho fired the ..! -Hnt t, Brown, as to whete when we ar.ived ther.e two 01 tiree I men ran out and sbnnKdat us to I ;s;oP, and tited a -.Lot at us; the robber's pistols were ljinj,, j S Stokes was placed on the s-Td by the prosecution ed-1 nesdav afternoon and he testi-j fied that he heard defendant con-1 . Ss t" having killed. Brown He, admitted he was in jail for . for-, nication. - I Jjf'' ' . , , . " Sheriff Layne of Box Elde.r was the frst wttness lan awav ana g' 1 "'uu " : the- followed and k .t. fi-nnr b us; fWly V - brother sh.jnt.d "If vou dou'l stop fima HI fire too;'" toey continued firing und ne I fir-done sbot; tbey tben rtir.d laud we saw them. no. ; we. wnt up the nioubt;.n t top latTivine there about dayhsbt, a ! that time we lay down, !UD,iU2o'cdo.k, at 2 o clock 1 . , he mountsic anJ 1 t , Id my' h other we would ti thl jirf- So.ines and find out if it I was officers who pursued u- t-. nicht b-foie ud 1 it w-s J; would 8urr.nd to tW. ::.e..lo.-t.,.nH.Urt b,P.nBs when saddet.lv S .me .u M'"t It" nf..nd-nVds.ot it, rr of us: three iun . brotb'.rmy bav Br -i t vo s , U bat I do not think h dm; h-t II. ndl sprang behind - roI - ,lop,stoliumybandat that tune I did not lirn .brx that day nor tbe evening previous, !l was ten feet from where my i brob rwKS lying, the black p.s-nl Trhi hand wbeu be whs r-- !WBS, .uLlrf ( Won. several r V,rd t was a most effect-: ntS-ofthejury, fendant could riot h e , sssasrsvia' iy butwewiU, "-totiK-H Ss impossible for them to gne rpwUetwoshotSj were fired fg.1 will1 to the dead -I d . ,kh kiU. ""h t, w"re f rd at me while I was b 'bind the rock; I shouted at the, Suing partus to stop firing aud for od'e sake to come and, belomy broths, , she was dying, lone'bulVt struck the rock : and threw soli-itvs 10 my f.ce, and 1 i wined tn-m out w.tb my fmge.s: Tthen P-t P rny hands au.ve I thJ rc-k; bfore this tun. I cm.d tb- l.. ,h naities bnd been Were; that a 1' f,oul Ma-' 1;i,Vec;i.;rl h.( !"; , c ;t.on tiiut v .v .); y.-,, 1 "v iDa but now tbey commanded 1 .. Plun aud wat t a.vav fr .01 , . , 1 , Me of tHem cauh a-i.l ot- i-ia1ii;?d 'c ;';: prove to .V'V V ii'-o -to-'s bv ' r-'nUer t . ropery, that the omcer uoan at them each t m.e a will', they shouted at tlunis.t.le . 1 prove to you that at Absolutely untrue, he wa . ;;ione with Majors; and that I Rich was wrong hen h the bullet ranged "P .J Brown's bod;, inste, under It would be a li ive those c-cumsUince. to 3eP this defendant of h societv. piivehismoth of hi. ,JOSepncafied to testify as to City Was cdiieu O'denih-a-ne n p t , me .... I fa.. I Sit west.'! owprdly vo sn.it mal wnh haudct-f son, bed- W.I, I turned my r"""1 ron? 1 ' .look at my brjth.r an said: "If yoo d0Vnt tl-Pv irnt-l blow your brains out, Uy g e.imeperui.ss.o., t go J my brother which Uuey put m? 10 DUBB !ffiCer "'-d bav- SU . f Cardou Ibat he ,n. , i , luA denied having |