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Show say, other than to corroborate the testimony of the othor witnesses. Ho did say, however, that the first shot was fired to frighten Ward, and the second time the gun was dlschargod without any Intention or knowledge upon his part. The county attorney and Attorney Spauldlng then made a few remarks and the ca9o was ended. Law then walked out ft free man. Guns get more people Into troublo than a little, and this affair Is regrettable regret-table for all concerned, particularly for the poor, destitute widow, With all odds against them, the local lo-cal officers did their best to convict. Mrs. Ward was much aggravated by Mr. Law showing a willingness to I head a benefit list with $10 for her and sho positively refused to accept ac-cept It. gree murder, when Attorney Spauldlng Spauld-lng requested thai the case bo proceeded pro-ceeded with. The next witness was Ed M. Mc-Cullough, Mc-Cullough, another brakeman, who testified tes-tified that tho day preceding tho tragedy, while In Ogden. Ward remarked re-marked In his presence that ho "Was going up to Kvanston tonight, and if Law don't give mo transportation, I will 'clean him.' " Dr. Wicks testified that when he was called to attend the Injured man he found him lying on a table In the yardma8ter's office, and with some of his clothing off. He Judged tho bullet bul-let had taken a backward course through the abdomen, and said the gun must have been very close to the victlm'8 clothing, as they were Bllght-lv Bllght-lv powder burned. Dr. F. II. Harrison testified that hc was called to attend Mr. Law, nnd upon examination of his condition condi-tion found his inner lips to have been lacerated, which tenJed to show that he had been struck in the mouth. Also that the defendant had a burap on tho back of his head, which apparently of Itself would have been of sufficient force to have felled ' Law to the floor, I W. G. McNalr was the last witness i called on tho stand before an adjourn- j ment was taken until 2 o'clock p. m. Hannah Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Mor-. Mor-. gan nnd Ir. Davis, friends who ro-malned ro-malned with him through tho trouble, returned to Evanston Thursday. The couditiou of Mrs. Ward is pitiable, and It is said a contribution of $23 vas mado to her by parties In Evan-6lon Evan-6lon and $18 from those in Ogden. And we understand further asslst-anco asslst-anco would not bo objectionable to Mrs. Ward. Pat Flynn, another U. P. brakeman, associate of the deceased, and one of the witnesses, after testifying in tho case on Thursday, was arrested end is now in the Evanston Jail, said to be wanted for a crimo la Colorado. Colo-rado. After the shooting last week Law was taken before Judge Sims and placed under $1,000 bonds pending the outcome of Wards' Injuries, and when the man died the bonds were increased to $3,000. until the hearing Thursday. Law Is accused by tho railroad boys a being very over-bear-lug, but be this as it . may, It la scarcely possible hc ever intended anything so serious as this affair. The Trial. Law's preliminary hearing was had on Thursday la Judge Sims' court commencing at 10 o'clock. Present were Attorney P. W. Spauldlng, tho local U. P. attorney, several railroad detectives, sheriff, deputy, county attorney, etc. He said on the ovening of the tragedy trag-edy Ward met him at the Pacific restaurant and said; "Better conio on; going to have a 'clean out!'" Flvnu was with Ward, and McNalr followed tbv-m to the trainmaster's office, where ho overheard Ward ask for transportation. Law said you are out of the service and I can't j give you any transportation. McNalr : then stated that Ward used a naty , expression and struck Law In the , face. Law Tell backward into his of- i llco chair and then fired a shot; then I the two went over in a heap on tho J floor, scuffling among letters and pa- 1 per from the waste basket. Want was the upper man, fighting aggressively, aggres-sively, when Law fired a second shot, which entered the abdomen and caused Ward's death. At 2 o'clock tho trial was continued, continu-ed, the flrt witness after recess be-P. be-P. W. Baum, a locomotive engineer, lie testified about as the preceding witnesses, tho defense attempting to connect Flynn with tho tragedy, but this was not done. Baum was altogether, alto-gether, one of the strongest witnesses to testify. W. S. Law, tho defendant, wa9 the ' la9t on the stand. He had little to TRAINMASTER LAW IS CIVEN HIS LIBERTY Trainmaster C. W. Law. who shot and killed Charles Ward, a Union Pacific brakeman, was acquitted and the Evanston Press gives the following fol-lowing account of the affair: Ward was removed to the Ogden general hospital, where, after being operated on, passed away on Suuda morning ut 11 o'clock. Ho was burled on Thursday of this week, the funeral taking place from Rlchey's undertaking parlors, and interment being in the public cemetery. Every effort to locate lils relatives proved futile. The widow, together with Mrs. Tho first witness was Pat Flynn, a brakeman who claimed to be a bosom friend of Ward. He told tho I story of how in company with Ward they had been drinking at a numbar of places on the day of the tragedy. In . the evening about 7 o'clock the pair meandered to the railroad ofllces, he said, he remaining In tralnraasc-tr's tralnraasc-tr's clerk'6 office whllo Ward entered enter-ed Mr. Laxv'e ofllce. Witness said that Mr. Law was seated at his desk and Ward a?ked for a pass, and afterwards af-terwards heard Ward say to Law: "Do you know what I think of you?" Following this a shot w-as Immediately Immedi-ately fired Flynn rushed Into the room where the txvo men were struggling strug-gling on the floor in a corner, Ward being on top of Law. Flynn said In a friendly way hc demanded the gun, which was handed to him by Laxv. About this time, Mr. Dibble, chief clork, entered the room and separated separat-ed the men, In his testimony thc witness admitted that during the afternoon af-ternoon Ward had remarked that be was going to "clean somebody," but did not mention any names. A. Dibble, chief clerk of the trainmaster, train-master, was the next wilnesa. His testimony was about as that of Flynn. excepting he used an oath expressed by Ward to Law." Ho also stated that when ho pulled the men apart, the wounded man said: "For God's suke, got a doctor! He got me!" At this phase of the case County Attorney Crawford arose and said he wanted to make one special request. That be had been to Ogden and Salt Lake, hither and thither seeking evl rtence for conviction, but received no encouragement,' and asked if there were any railroad men In court who know anything of the case he would like them to come forward and tell what they knew. He said he did not care for the Union Pacific or two Pacifies, but wanted justice only. But there was no response and Attorney Spauldlng then arose and asked for a dismissal of the case This wa not granted, however, although tho "court did uof cbdslder that" sufficient i ex-ldenee had been given to warrant holding the prisoner for second do- |