Show CONTINUED in hie tile icy ley harder murder case on saturday Satur dayi the trial of frank barnes for the mu ader of joel hinckley ey w was concluded no eded it was agreed b by y the counsel on both sides that B barnes arnes should be allowed allowe d to change ins his pica plea from not guilty to guilty an and that after the evidence was heard and the picas pleas were made the case should be submitted to the court at ten am barnes was brought into court after some somo private conversation between him and sir mr II 11 M bennett his attorney the judge explained in an explicit P ii it manner to the defendant Is bis i righta ic gats and privileges in this case lie ile then asked the prisoner if f with these explanations ho lie still des desired sired to plead guilty ity prisoner answered yea yes the clerk of the court read the sto barnea barnes pleaded guilty guilt I janics james stocker was then pa placed aced IJ upon the witness L stand tand when the evidence vid ea co in the trial of mooney 11 doncy and which was to be received in this trial was read the tile witness was asked if lie wished to have any corrections ions ioris mado made in the s statement tat ement of tho the evidence eviden ce he replied lie did lid not mrs lucy hinckley william it hopkins and alid other witnesses were also placed on the stand and beard the evidence read to them but they did not desire to make any cornec eions S sheriff win brown waa was placed on the witness stand and gave a history of the arrest the conless confession ion of barnes and arid all that transpired up to that time the prosecution cution liere here rested court adjourned till one p in when it again commenced and ban I es was put on the witness stand for the tile defense he lie stated that he went to the depot in company with michael mooney after da dark rk on the night of the homicide and found t lie freight office closed they then leit and went north across the railroad bridge where they remained ined for some time and then returned on nearing tio depot grounds they saw a man and woman going towards the telegraph ol 01 office f they watched them until they saw sair them go into the office after the man and woman had been in the office free a short time mooney and barnes stepped upon the platform juicily quietly went to the window and loo looked ced in and then rushed into the office by lie the front door each one having a revolver in his hand band looney took the lead they then threw open the side door which leads from the reception room to the telegraph office mooney said to hinckley Hinck lcy throw up ipp your your hands at the same time the pistol was discharged ho ile heard a fall of some lie heavy ably body and heard a groan the two then broke and run he further stated that they only went there with the intention of robbing the safe of what money it contained the defense here rested judge R smith then addressed the court for the prosecution his arguments were clear cogent and were supported by numerous authorities on oil criminal law he ile was f followed by if in iii an able speech for the defense judge W crawford made a powerful closing speech for the prosecution the case was then submitted to the court who held the matter under advisement until today to day at 10 am when his decision waa was to be rendered the prisoner was then remanded to the jail and tho the court adjourned |