Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-20
YOUNG MUROERESS
IN MERRY MOOD.
Continued from page one1

Yes.
"Can you describe the camp"
THE wagon was rickety, It was COW
cred. one horse was 'yeller and the
other bay The man was medium sized
and | took him 10 be about 90 years
OF age
Did you see the lady?'
81 did"
Could you point her out?'
Yes, sir"
DO you see her in the courtroom
81 do"
sitting right there" and Miss Turn
or pointed TO Mrs Hodge. The latter
looked straight before her but her face
flushed Wsibly
Mr.. Loofbourow asked; ibid she try
TO hide from your"
NO, she did not"
"she did not put anything up before
her face?"
mo"
did you pay particular attention 10
her?'
Eyes | thought It strange 10 see so
young a woman with an old man. ! re-
marked that / guessed she would rath-
er be an old mans darling than a
young mans slave
HODGE HAD REVOLVER.
The remark occasloned much laugh
ter She was then excused and a
young man named John Clark took the
stand
He declared he saw Ryan and Mrs.
Hodge camped near Winchesier's
ranch. "The woman was sitting on the
wagon" said the witness, "and | saw
her face She had nickel plated re-
volyer In her hand,
DO you see that woman In the court
room?'
Eyes"
"Whcre Is she9"
"slttlng next to Mr. Loofbourow,"
SAW HER ONCE BEFORE.
Answering counsel for defense, wit
ness said he saw the woman once be-
fore,
what was the man doing when you
saw them?'
"He had fork In his hand and
suppose he was cooking breakfast
did you ever have any conversation
with the man or woman
mo, sir
SAW HER TYING RYAN.
A. II. Atkinson gave some startling
testimony. He said he was driving
| past Ryan's camp and saw a slender
woman binding a man with rope
WAS there much excitement
mot that | know
How far were you from these per-
| sons?" asked Mr.. Loofbourow.
About 60 feet"
How many times did the woman
| tie the rope around the mang'
Twice, ! think
Where was his hands
Il don't know
did they try to conceal themselves
| mo, sir"
Did you notice them converse with
| each other"
Il did not
Did YOU see a dog?'
81 did not"
Did YOU see any boxes?
Il saw nothing but the people and
the wagon"
MY attention was first drawn to
| them because the man was trying 10
free himself from the coils Of the rope
but made no big effort to go away.
WAS MRS. HODGE.
Vincent ShurulT. a mail carrier at
| Murray testified he saw the party
camped south Of Murray on July II.
Can you see the woman In the court
ROOM"
YES" Witness pointed to Mrs
| Hodge. Witness said he noticed them
| because Of the oddly OF the wagon,
AGAIN IDENTIFIED.
John Bingham Jr., IA years old, said;
Il passed the camp where the mans
body was discovered ana saw a wagon
and a woman in the wagon
can you see the woman now?'
Yes pointing TO Mrs, Hodge.
SAW THEM DISTINCTLY.
on cross examination he said he was
within 20 feet Of the camp and saw
Ryan and Mrs. Hodge distinctly and
! he thought he saw another man there
but was not sure.
HEARD PISTOL SHOT.
Nettie NJ. Tame. who lives near to
the place where the body was found,
| testified that a man called az her home
on Saturday the llth She gave him
a drink OF water and he left That
| evening she saw the same man I'm
company with a woman walking along
the road The woman was OF slender
build and wore a black dress That
night about 10 o'clock witness heard
a dog barking In the camp whore the
man and woman were, and a little later
on she heard the report OF a pistol
on cross examination Mrs Tame
said the man and woman passed her
house going west, soon returning with
two horses the woman riding one of
the animals the man leading the other
one
II was not clear in the witnesses
mind whether II vas near II or -
o'clock when she heard the pistol shot,
but Il was near one or the other as
she says the clock struck soon after
ward
Court then adjourned until $3.50 this
afternoon. County Atty Westervelt
said he did not expect TO close the
case until tomorrow Mrs Hodge was
asked how she felt about the testl-
mony Her reply was.
Me no savy.' and she laughed al
her understanding OF Indian vewacu-
lar and attempted turning aside OF the
News mans questions.
OTHER WITNESSES.
At the afternoon session Of judge
Diehrs court, held In Judge Halls
courtroom as noted In last evenings
News. the following witnesses testi-
fed IN behalf OF the state
William J. Painter Charles Mum.
Ray Cole Orrin Carly ana A. D. Har-
rison. They testified that they saw
Mrs, Hodge with Ryan I'm his wagon
at Different times, They were positive
iu their identification and said there
was little chance for being mistaken.