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Show and testified In regard to tho records j In the case District Attorney Testifies. This morning Hislrlct Attorney Harris took the witness stand and the entire forenoon session of court was occupied in reaJlug the testimony of Janus Howell and James Terrell, as adduced at tho preliminary examination exami-nation of Ernst before Judge Murphy of the municipal court. The reading of the evidence was monotonous In the extreme and his honor suggested that a recess be taken while District Attorney Harris and defendant's counsel examine the great wad f evidence evi-dence and eliminated the unlmport- i ant matter therein The testimony of the several witnesses wit-nesses for the stale, as the depositions deposi-tions of Harvell and Terrell, was all favorable to the defendant, brought out the fact that Staples was quarrelsome quarrel-some and vicious at times and ad- i dieted to liquor and gambling, every ready tor a row in which ho was usually usu-ally successful over bis opponent using stones, bricks and a gun to score a victory or to enforce un argument. SECOND DAY OF MURDER, TRIAL The second day of the trial of Clarence Clar-ence Ernst, charged with tbo murder of Charles Staples on the night of tho loth of last May, was devoid of sensational Incident nnd even less in-toiesting in-toiesting than on Wednesday. Aside from court officials, attorneys Interest- J ed iu the case, the prisoner, his wife i and a few friends, perhaps half a doz- I en colored men, the oourt room was I empty this morning when the case was called. Late yesterday afternoon, Henry Page, another colored niau, was placed plac-ed In the witness chair and detailed unimportant evidence relative to the quarrel over cards at Ernst's place. 11 was brought out in the cross-examination of Page that he s-uw a knife in Staples' possession the nlglit of the iragedy, but he did not observe decedent attempt to us the weapon. William Hall, the colored wtte, from Salt Lake, was recalled to tho stand, and during the examination he admitted that Staples had the reputation reputa-tion among colored men of being quarrelsome and was apparently disgruntled dis-gruntled on the night of tho wrangle and quarrel at Ernst's saloon. Harry Hales, clerk ef the district o-iUi t, jb alao placed ou the oUiud |