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Show Eriggs Murder Case Being Heard SM.T LAKE, Nov. 12 Presentation cf the fitate eaac was bepnn yesterday nft-,-rnon bet Aro a jury in the brlrninal lli- OB Dt the Third district court In the feSe of Thomas Linker, charged Jointly with his Wife, Maud Linker, and William H. Brook! 'i negfo, with the murder of Joseph Jo-seph BrlggA an aped farmer of Fair-view, Fair-view, Utah, on January 13. Brtgga was fatally shot which reflating robbery on Second South street, between Fifth and Sixth West niatiit Attorney Frank s. Richards stnlerl that the stale would attempt 10 prove th it Linker ;ik assoeiatcd In the Udiinc 9l HiiKB shortly after RrigRS ha.l visited the Macedonia rooming hOUSC on V, st SSCOnd South atreet. nf which Mrf. I.lnki i wai the landlady, and there displayed dis-played h roll of money. Rg .;ld evidence would he presented to prove that Linker received information about the money from Mrs. Linker and that he participated in the holdup with fatol result for the victim. TmpanellnK of a Jury waa complete hefot-e 10:80 o'clock eBlerdoy momlnf. hut flvr and one-half hours having been required. A recess was ordered until z o'clock to permit the Jurors to make nec- arrangements for hcinp held away , from ihiir homes and buainess during the jtrial. Immediately upon resumption of I court the Jury was aWOrfl ;ind the district I attorney outlined the state's case. A map of the locality of the erlmo wns Introduced and Identified by C. C. Ca.-I Ca.-I hart. Dr C. .1 Niel.nen, assistant county I physician testified as to the nature of the ! bullet wound in the neck from which I BrifSfs died almost Instanth William T. Brigg-s son ol ihe BBUrdertd man, tes-l tes-l tifled of having seen his father last at about 9:30 o'clock of the evening prc-ceding prc-ceding the murder in front of the Ian-tages Ian-tages theater. He nald he did not know Where his father went from there. Ruby Wayne, a nccr. s. one of the State's principal Witnesses, was on the Witness stand when court adJournel . She had told of seeing two men enter ihe Macedonia, where she herself Imd a rom. She further told of parlielpatlnj in en-tcrtainlna; en-tcrtainlna; ihe men and of having sein llriCKw exhibit a large sum of mon'-y when his companion wanted a chsi k cashed, Brlggfl offering to cash it when U was questioned. She testified that She took the check and lhal subsequently Bne received moncj for it from Mrs. Linker, ihe amount being five ifollarf. Examination of the jurors was conducted conduct-ed largely by the court under the provision provi-sion of the statutes, each Juror belnij ekhaufetively Questioned b- .ludKe Stephens Steph-ens before being turned ovei to Ihe o,- posing counsel for further examination, examina-tion, The twelve men who qualified are I.eRoy N Morrl.s, S22 Logan avenue Horace Hor-ace W. Lorton. "il3 West Fourth South Street; Morris Trewtck, 778 South Second West Ftreet; AVilllam A. Brewster. 1070 Lincoln avenue it T. Poeece, 415 Soutn VVeat Temple street; Arthur c. Capper, Sandy: Harry R. Phillips, 1032 Clydsdnlo aenii- Walter Cooper. Blxth avenue Mid vale; Franklin l Taylor, hk7 ESlgnth f'ast street. F. W. tones. 26-t Faye'.to avenue. George Hawkes, 803 Fast Third South street; CJeorge J Merrill, Bluffdalc. nn |
