| Show trial of loechner for murder underway DEFENSE SEEKS to PROVE INSANITY the trial of george Loe loechner chiler for the murder of john bartallo Ber tallo on salt lake route train no 2 during the latter part of august of this year was started in ill tile district court on oil monday Afo lIRY of this week with judge greenwood on oil the benali an I 1 all tile alie other court attaches atta clies in ili their accustomed custo cus tomed ined places the selection of the jury went ahead un mar rod by any aily untoward happening there being very few peremptory challenges exercised on oil either side the jury was finally by the middle of TA monday londay afternoon and the state then led 0 oil ff in tuii thir ir case iy ay b y placing mr air deacon conductor Conduct 4 on oil tile the train on which the killing took place on oil tile witness stand ue he told of the quarrel or ar argument u and of what balile calile came of it af after ter placing it a number of witnesses on tile the stand till all of whom allon corroborated the states conten tion namely that there had been s 4 homicide committed the state rested their case during the session of tuesday morning while the defense does not deny that the killing took place they do claim that tile defendant was insane tit at the alic time of the iced deed and leave introduced a number of witnesses to prove that Locc liners actions have haiie been very strange during his incarceration in the county jail here also they have introduced the evidence of dr K R B stevens as lill an egiert expert wit witness iless in support of their cla claim iiii there llave have been several lively tilts b between t w een the prosecution and counsellor counsel for tile defense as to the ine meaning aning of the law as laid down by the authorities every wit w ness for the alie defense who fied stated that it was liis his firm belief that tile defendant was insane at tile time of the homicide and the state lias has intro deuced dr richards as an expert according to whose testimony Loe loechner cliner could not have been insane at the time of the homicide two months ago tho the jury retired to consider co cor isider their case on oil wednesday afternoon do at 3 and remained out until thursday morning finally bring bringing ipg in in a verdict of vol A unta which I 1 e cai n I 1 te H map at a of fro r oln an mt W year to 0 o 10 years imprisonment counsel for tile the defense dimmed bately motioned foia new trial awl and a stay of execution was grant ed and counsel given until friday morning to file the motion while the case for a murder charge was short it was very ably and vigorously contested by district attorney ryan and go co atty A tty king for the state and mr air wm will B higgins for the defense tile names of the juryman jurymen are as follows james hellN GL G peterson geo D hunter ed trimble nate badger delbert I 1 bu bushnell sl inell J 0 lovell mr peterson edson robison Ko bison thos d pratt hyrum robison win will H R bradfield 1 f |
