Show THOMPSON ACQUITTED A slender prosecution the farce bended Is Ended aleaver special to the Sait lAke herald dated gives the following particulars of the now completed thompson trial yesterday dabiel pape page of paro wao wan was last int on the stand for the de tense fesse obade ob the sixteenth of decem br defendant Same to my bouse house in company with william orton it was aa between 4 and 5 in the defendant stated the object of hie his visit to town which was to arrest ballon ho ile asked my advice 11 I 1 had seen him in town i I 1 answered yes yea and aud that I 1 thought daltan was as at hie his mothers h ahouee on inquired however of several persons but got uoti nothing I 1 definite my bly bay 9 gillie willie came in and aad aid said dalton waa was coming down dowd the street erect on borsi back baek driving stock wt wit suggested ug to the otal wa ta that ww now w was about as good a it time aa 43 any T they he Y W went a at out and looked through the window I 1 beard heard F a ahot shot ruurd not epe the officers but saw dalton look in the tile direction of theoff the oOl leers cers dalton did not atop stop but continued reining his horse bores away from where r e the officers a stood too d and ad quickened bis his spee speed d he ile wai was ev silting u upright until the summons of halt w was as made when he leaned forward and to the right when the was shot be he fell off thompson Ib ompson assisted to carry the deceased into the house witness at the request of 01 orion orton borrowed a rifle for the defendant to make the arrest identified the gun as the same he understood that when dalton was aru around I 1 ind town co to always had bad a horse with him ready to get away the shot was fired three seconds after the third command to halt when dalton lay wounded in the bouse house be he regained consciousness and looking up at the defendant said yon you d a of a b I 1 dont want you to touch me I 1 did dia hot tell tho thompson iepson that dalton carried arms and wai dangerous to arrest on Satu saturday reay willie WillieX page age testified fo to seeing dalton at ille time I 1 W was shot ibe remainder af wil witness ex testimony was substantially alie same ax an that ol 01 the preceding his father darid david pollock presley denny and edward W all ill testified to the good character of the defendant ex testified to hat hay ing been bitu b many I 1 kfir tim times 1 eai warned as to the driskle would incur in attempting to arrest the deceased dei eased for whom be he at one time had a vrr warrant rant he showed a letter purporting to have been written by bythe the deceased to the witness warning him to come ceeil heeled when he came to make the arrest deputy armstrong testified to fo having had a letter from the deceased of a decidedly opposite tenor to the one purported to have been received by e coq a alpo b Y phoi y a 1 re specia t tha I 1 ia le aridath arid th ina ins somewhat lengthy that the ottense of df which dalton was accused although known aa an unlawful cohabitation was yas a pure and simple felony and t the e grade of offense being such thom thompson apson was w fully justified in shooting Na rians arguments were strongly ly and nod unequivocally for th the e anstead of the th prosecution pros cution williams concurred of course and quoted some fe few authorities in support of the dual argument but boreman rethink to think that the R authorities quoted were as a burong as one he lie bad had which be he quoted U 0 1 ed on page 71 section 87 session laws 1 of 1873 1879 boreman then charged the jury exactly as both laky lawyers openly la and the case was given to the jyry at exactly they were ci out t just twenty minutes when they returned a verdict of not guilty the courtroom court room was wai crowded crowded almost to suffocation during the entire period of the farcical trial being in the audience tile Tho general verdict of people who beard the trial is that the ther whole affair was A pa he tile seaming and evident vi dent detera determine lins han baing 10 clear thompson atai at ail hazards bazar 9 vil I 1 atrue 19 add the jury ury said this was a paradoxical cate ib ih ahat were ustia usually lly opposed to ona one another v in this case aach a procedure waa wait rendered unnecessary equit adjourned forthe term |