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Show GUS CARLSON ISACQUITTED Gus Carlson, 31 years of age, a native of Finland, who has been employed on the farm of "Vic" Anderson of Murray for the past three years, who stabbed Alec Dietrich, better known in Bingham as "Dutch" Miller, in the early morning of June 8th, was acquitted in Judge E. E. Dudley's court on Wednesday. At the preliminary hearing on June 21st there was insufficient time for the testimony of all the witnesses to be heard, and the hearing was resumed on Wednesday. Wednes-day. Carlson on the stand testified tes-tified that Miller hittuced him to come into an alleyway, advising him, "there is all kinds of fun in here." Carlson advanced toward tow-ard him, when Miller grabbed hold of him and began searching his pockets and took most of his money. Carlson then withdrew, took his pocketknife from his pocket, and stabbed Miller, as he feared Miller had a weapon, as he had placed his hand back in his pants pocket, as if to draw a gun. Mabel Villyard testified on returning to her home she saw Miller pull his cap over his face and approach Carlson, who was under the influence of liquor. Guy Delia Lucca testified that a few nights prior to the stabbing he saw Miller search the pockets of a drunk.en man after he had turned up the collar of his coat and pulled his cap over his face. Miller had also served terms in the county jail for burglarizing homes at Salt Lake City last winter. |