Show THE BURTON TRIAL testimony concluded attorney hag alli little say at ali opening of the court on monday morning the defense stated eliat they had no further testimony to submit if the pro sedition would concede the absence of mr 11 W lawrence from tho territory att tle time t lie ariti caina into tl liandi of gen burton the prosecution conceded alio fact and alio defense reeled their case the introduction of rebutting testimony begun by culling athman to alio stand I remember tho mor trouble in june I thoro will the infantry under gen burlon was there during the three days the question as to the number of men there at time was objected to by the defeis o on the ground taftt proof to chii fact had already been introduced by the objection overruled the ruling wn excepted to I should judge there were at least or GOO men ai alie camp on alie evening or tho third d ty I waa on tho went side of alie camp about the west kiino and near the mud wall objection was hero UKI introduction of testimony 10 to the of troops and judda sutherland called the attention of the court to alio rulo mated in ins opening tint should how a aholo of the two lie stated at length the for his objection and answered by Jud geVan ile alio aiu aind tlc alc dd anso I arta ono ot tho uma alio chiryu n alio lious liouc afier I got in alio liou v tw alie arta it pawed iiii in and arut down to iho winro r nian waff lid not irr nav lion win no aring in tho camp every baill I jnet BAW alo go imek A question as to witness next SAW war tho a to man bein hoaby alio kosao liia alio ob to overruled ax caption I BW a roan run from a couo on th of tha fort who wa shot in the lag he waa gunnine toward th bowery and arll littlee cat of the tho question relative to alie entrance of ho into tho fort VMS also objected to overruled antl caption entered saw first about five to fifty men go into the camp bawd tho log house A or two later soma camo down and wo then out of log aliouse tift laho behind wa filled with men wo passed to tho north of atie chool hoitorp f iny ibave oie liht I did aho wd ot thoi north tho alire were about men staid side of the chool houe for about five ciul ahn went to alie ast ide heard ft confused contused cont used round that called to alio side and I ran around to the westside all aliis testimony was objected to overruled and exceptions taken alio horses were all on the jump I saw a kanand ft woman lying on the ground and at the north end of alio aw a great many alio appeared greatly excited I abaid there two or three minu tei A general exception was taken to alie adini ision of all this testimony on alie ground stated cwi examination tharo were men at least in alie posse did not count them dont know eliat I aw them all together dont know liow many companies or were I was in lewis corn inv dont know aliat am dinv iced dont know how many men lie biad cint approximate how many lewis had lit did nut keep them together I was to lacni i 01 dera but dont know liow many others knew lelii wais my commander bo blaue aue I did what ho told me to redirect re direct had been here about seven when summoned to go aa one of alio posse dont think I wa citizen did not belong to alie militia alie quention how did you go djs objected to because the point had not been drawn out by alio cro is cx animation objection overruled and exception taken alie question was then repeated and alia which embraced a between mr lewi and ahr t was objected to objection oven fulcd and defense excepted TAYLOR was alien sworn I was at the morah ito camp when the barton josse was there I was in tho fort at alio time of the surrender on the south side I had a revolver I went to the side of tho fort oliero the Morri were congregating I saw blurton boino in lie passed on alie north side lie did not pass side thai aw saw s at the instant lie came in I could not siy how jnnny there were of alio burton party in theford th efort I went bick to the east side of the fort before alio firing to my lionie when I went to my homo there were from ax to of bertona posse present these men aure between us and the arms no cross examination then took the stand I remember alio morrisine Morri site trouble in 1862 I belonged to the onside on tho eve of the last day I was on the west side I was in a position to see alt eliat went on it was kiy duty to the aholo movement could seo what was going on at tho school house I saw tiring at the schoolhouse about that time I saw not less than of the posse in alie fort my men had all gone in could see what occurred at the schoolhouse bei caffo I was on a airing ground overlooking i i in i doss examination the elevation was about fifty feet above alie level of morristown nearly west about AU or yards it might have been more I had borne arms eliat day tho country between alie elevation where I stood and the morrisine Morri site town wa was s partly level and bottom land our camp was about three hundred yards from alie old mud wall think alie was about ten rods from the wall but uin not positive on alie day of the surrender was detailed to collect my men in line nt the camp along towards in tho evening my party waa to look after the cilip mid equipages equi pages tim was my duty aliat day excepting about an hour when I was aliened to go to the elevation and sea aliat evua on I dont think thercie was any brush between tho louisito Moui sito camp and my elevation I saw alio men they went in but did not count them could sec the men distinctly they did not go in in regular military style I WAS accompanied by boscoe call decess a L was recalled reCAll cd for cross ox but no new points or evi alence alie prosecution here and hii BROWN was recal ledfor the defense I nm familiar with the ain mediately heift of tle morrisine Morri site camp ibave lived about two ail d lull anile from there and lave iwen eherd frequently I know where bertona Bur tona camp wa lit it wai about lulf a mile west of the mud it wix not on a linn with the lane running west thero i no point in alio tune hut h not loner alinn alo crimp there is no point ax yard or anoro west of the i amp ami in lie faint from which the cuip cougil bo seen might hao eeik alie cuip by climbing lie tree the view would have been by low and willows crot tho low grounds and willow anro in the lane up botho fort fiill A inan cannot tal nt alie ami see up tha lino fifty bardi of alio fort tho view obstructed cd can look up alie lano to tho fort but cannot see in the fort ke direct tho track straight in tho anne alto clear road is about wide enough for fagoni to rung thero ia no point or more yard distant where a person could stand ami hen fo a to count any considers con sidera lilo number of men in tho fort both sides having completed the introduction of their testimony assistant district attorney beatty opened the argument for tho prosecution stated that aliu mam of tati mony djs bedora him in an und pet td form which by the aid of ha det enbe had baan almost to history hii tory yet from among the ilaff of verb afe pichura alpern painted with blood it wass however evident eliat mrs bowman had been killed in this lin hardly knew where to begin alo then called at tenion to and th attlio acro from faith of ano for alio had given evid rogan ling ako tko bad of tho had been he men to act ma innocent and ivo taftt the very wont athing baro the foU of wai that they livel in common that lie believed reports had been circulated among the cormons mormons relative to alie wicked neM of alio people at the fort and eliat general burton and h M men going to the village with of bigotry and fanatics m were unable to bo just to tho inhabitant lie reviewed the testimony given hi relation to the commencement of the and finally the culminating mina ting features calica attention to the sameness of alie evidence given by tho for the de denae spoke of them as leaving been well trained and concluded that story had been told to them all the witnesses whose testimony wa worthy of belief biad declared eliat there mut havo been SIX men from the in tho fort at alie time of the shooting lie cast ridicule upon the attempt to breakdown alie evidence given by burnham for the prosecution called jones a flour thief and a brave man and wherein bitne am for the defeno had testified to highly aiu probable As to tho si hooting itself t bere iere were direct contradictions and ho asked which clasi of witnesses were to be looked upon aa more reliable he believed eliat morris stepped out deliberately to spead simply to learn alie feelings people at a moment when he expected had come and eliat instead of trying to obtain alie arm lie merely endeavored deavo red to test their feitli in him and not attempting lie impossible thing of regaining their arias nor could general sturton have entertained that idea alie wit noses testify eliat away arms and ali it hit followed him in eliat direction ewt stated eliat when advanced lie turned in a southwesterly direction but on coming into court alio next morning h desired to correct eliat statement bo cause friends biad called hi ati to it and lie then eliat morris turned towards alie arms MM cordon bays that she saw the pistol was point od in alie direction of and eliat afterwards i woman rui to orris with an ion and thatus on ri inning to her mrs cordei her shot while attempting to get this duich Dui ih woman away she heard another shot and learned eliat mrs bowman had been killed the defense had tried to prove that alie woman hy morris was mrs bowman but from alie statement of mra cordon it neuit be concluded that second woman killed was mn bow man and it necessarily evident that mrs bowman rushed up and called bin ton a bloodthirsty wretch or villain and that ho khot her though he did not burlon would coolly kill a woman hr thought that laboring under great excitement aa burton then did a woman applying tho ie oden siro epithets to him and laving hii it shot morris burton would in tho excitement of the moment have turned and killed her I think our are abt contradicted in any matters and you to reflect upon the aed to by thrill and you will see that alie whole theory with an appeal to the jury to find a just merdict and slitting had hoped general burton would haveri rov ou himself innocent of tho charge him mr batty B atty concluded hid argument morning judge slither lind to alie court the in to thy jury which alie de fenie fen ie willied to have brought to their notice alter whish proceeded with liia argument years ngo ninety four men were taken a from a fortified chip after a desperate of three liisi and brought to thi thit t city charged not anly with riot and resisting officers ceis bui with th th edding of blued alie officer charged willi men ii alie defendant in chii tiido boino of ethcie ncr convicted of murder and sentenced as murderers erx are now brought forward ai a i wit tt t t and lauded by I ho attorney atto iney on alie kotlier ido as heroux or aj martyr and lie defend ut alien an bonon d of alii t court is now brought to clial tit alie peril of hi life for tr vi confidence in you ho jury eliat in your verdict you will throw aide prejudice and un impartial faud lie lien to marshal lie evidence lieffie the jury in a regular ami systematic order he spoke of the faustio morris ami lii deluded followers of their C and mode of of their toiled not neither did they spin hey did not cultivate the when A binm entend the community liia stores were in common and as long at they lasted tho whole upon it you their for law and order riar you to the of lir thompson and mr bawin deponty out ity alio wore and even out mr etuy s testimony never contradicted i conclusive he fact of their re to mr jot smith then we reter you to tin testimony of mr Willi rtin jones and hi two in their ached and chained awl they weib een doomed to death which execution was only deferred until the prophetic heart of morris should fix alio day the treatment which mr dard as an of alio court biad received from them was dwelt dijion wah eloquence ho referred to the defendant if reluctance in accepting taci command of it which had been legally out for the pur poe of n compliance with the proctusa of coart beneral burton had left salt lake with ISO men and that force might have been increased by the addition of or no man on this jury can mynn lem blinded by prejudice ton acted in than mhd enst manner aitor tho arrival at camp burton he t judson stoddard with u proclamation to ro uett and ho loft about proclamation was received about y o reply having been received to this nm tho cannon wat first fired at 10 tiia was two hour after the proclamation received and it was then fired hoso in tho know ho MBA in earh ost and to submit to order |