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Show I SUDDEN HALT IN INLOW CASE H Black Coat Said to Have Deen Worn 1 Dy Mrs Inlaw Is H Introduced H Salt I-ako City, May 12 When ttiu H statu liitroilurvil this morning n long H black encrcoat, In tho enso of Caleb H A. Inlou, charged with tho murclor H ot Thomas "llddlo" Whlto nnd then H attempted to show that It was worn H by MrH. Inlow on the night of too H homlcldo, tho trlnl enmo to n sudden H Imlt. Thu dcfciiso objected on tho H ground that tho evidence ot Mrs J H Lillian Snyder, who Identified tho H coat, was not romiiotcnt. It was also i m declared lo bn contrary to tho rules H' of evidence and could not bo submit- m ted to tho Jury's consideration until 1 Mrs Inlow had In somo wiiy been B connected with tho case. M Tho dofenso asked, to bo lichrcl up- B on tho (itiestlon and tho Jury was ex- H cuscd until 'i o clock by Judgo Mor- H rls I-. Hllchlo. Atty V. A. Walton, B nssoclato counsel for the defenso, nr- fl gued tho point of law for tho defense. H Ho cited n number of cases In Blip- H port of his contention The Morten- H sen caso was quoted at length to 1 show tho stand taken by the sup- H rcmo court of tho stato on this rmes- H tlon of oldenco. H Asst. Dlst. Atty. P. T. Farnsworth U presented the irgumcnts for tho H state When court adjourned at noon M Atty. Walton asked permission to M clto a fow moro authorities. Judge m Tlltclilo allowed him 1G minutes when M court convened at 1:43 o'clock this H afternoon. m Mrs. Lillian Snyder, who now lives H at Union, was called as tho tlrst inn- 8 terlal witness In tho caso. After sho B had given her residence, alio snB nsk- M ed whero sho lived on Oct I, 1912. B Mrs. Snyder replied that sho lived at No. G Hustle court, near Sovcnth South and West Tctuplo streets. "Do ou ami your husband know .Mr. Inlow, tho defendant, nnd tils wife?" sho was asked. HBV "Ych," wns tho viltnoss' reply. "Mow long have you known them7 BV was tho next iiucstlon. "About Ilo or six years." Coat Is Offered Assistant District Attorney Knrns- woith then unwrapped a coat which he asked Mrs Snyder to examine. "Do j on recognlzo It?" H H "Whoso is "It belongs to mo." V "Stato whether or not you saw B Mrs. Inlow on tho night of Oct. t, V 1912 nt your homo." H I a "What time did sho leao your M "Shortly after 9 o'clock." H "What did sh take with her in tho way ot clothing, If Miythlng? 'That coat and a scarf which tie- longed to mo." mi When this point wn,8 reached, both Attorney Hansen and Attorney nl- ton wore on tholr feet nnd protested against this testimony being admit- X ted an ovldeiico In tho caso "Without any foundation for sucn testimony," Attorney Walton said, 8 "tho Btatn lias no right to Introduce M it nt this time Mrs. Inlow is in no way a party to this case. Sho Is nol- M thcr madu a Joint defendant nor an M accomplice In tho indictment in which he.- husband Is being tried. 1 would like to bo henrd upon this question before proceeding any further.' Judgo Hltchlo then excused tho Jury and ordered that thoy bo brought bnck Into court at 'i o'clock to resumo tho trial of tho caso. Iho arguments consumed tho rcmninder of tho morning. Judgo Hltchlo at tho afternoon session ses-sion otcmilcd tho motion of tho dofenso do-fenso to strlko out tho testimony of Mrs Snyder; nnd sho was recalled nt 2 30 p. m. to continue her testimony. testi-mony. Detective Chase iWitness Dctcctlvo Georgo Chaso was the first witness called tills morning when tho Inlow case wag resumed. His testimony was offered by tho stato to Bhow that robbery was not tho motlvo for tho murdor. Detective I Chaso said ho found In White's pock-ctB pock-ctB $2G In money; whilo on his linger . ho wcro a diamond ring valued nt I $200. Dctcctlvo Chaso testified that ( Whlto also carried a watch valued ot $00. Atty. Hanson, chief counsel for tho defense, asked on cross examination If the diamond hnd not been given to a man in Idaho who was formerly tho husband of Whlto's wlfo. Tho stato objected to tho question and It was sustained. Tho stato called Deputy Sheriff Illchnrd U. Eddlngton to testify as to the whereabouts of threo witnesses witness-es who appeared at tho preliminary henring, but have slnco that tlmo left tho stnto nnd cannot bo found. Tho witness said tliht ho had been unable to servo a summons on "Kddlo" Bax-tcr, Bax-tcr, a chauffeur, M. E. Grlzzell, & chpuffeur, and Mrs. Nellie Campbell, tho proprietress of a rooming houso. This testimony was necessary to establish es-tablish tho fact that tho throo witnesses wit-nesses wero out of tho stato bo that tholr testimony hs given at tho preliminary pre-liminary hearing could bo used at OiIb trial of tho caso. According to tho testimony of Deputy Sheriff Eddlngton, Ed-dlngton, llnxter Ib In Now York, Mrs. Campbell in San Francisco nnd Uriz-roll Uriz-roll In southern California. Tho dofenso do-fenso objected to Eddtngton's testimony testi-mony on tho ground that It was Incompetent In-competent and tho major portion of i was stricken out. Thomfis K. Lynch, a: chauffeur, wbb then cnllcd to show that Grlzell was In southern California; ho received re-ceived ii lotter recently from Urlz-zcll, Urlz-zcll, and will produce It In court thU afternoon, showing that tho writer was In California on n recent dnto. Ljnch said ho hntl onlv heard Indirectly Indi-rectly as to the whereabouts or llax-ter; llax-ter; ho had seen a letter written by Ilaxtor to ii Triend In Salt Lake I.)nch said ho would do what ho could to find Baxter's frlena and hae tho letter produced. Mrs uKto Hlsey, who was in business busi-ness with Mrs. Compbell here, war cnllcd to testify as to tho latter'B whereabouts. Sho declared tnat she had only henrd indirectly through friends of Mrs. Campbell, and this information wns that she Is In Ban Francisco. |