The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-04
WOMAN TO BLAME
FARSE DECLARES
Man Charged With Attempt
to Murder Makes Strong
Defense in Court.

Some strong facts were brought out for
the defense at the preliminary hearing
of Lauritz Farse, the Salt Lake painter
charged with attempting to murder Ora
+. Page, whom he charges with having
broken up mis- home. A great portion of
the testimony had to do with the rela-
tons that existed between Page and Mrs
Faree. The adopted daughter. Miss Ellz-
abeth Farse was arrayed on her foster
fathers side and her testimony was
wholly in his favor. The preliminary
hearing was not completed and was con-
tinued until o'clock Friday afternoon,
when it is expected that Mrs. Farse VIII
be given a rigid examination.
NJ. ID. LeSsenger appeared as attorney
for the plaintiff and District Attorney
George HalVerSOn represented the state.
During the proceedings Mrs. Farse sat
4 great portion of the time with her eyes
fastened upon Page. the man accused or
breaking up the happiness OF Their nome
Page however seldom looked at Mrs.
Farse. but gazed frequently at the glrI
who sat by her fathers side and assisted
his attorney in every way possible
Daughter Tells Her Story.
Miss Farse told on the witness stand
that Farse had been a good huspand 10
Mrs Farse and was kind to herself that
he never started a quarrel and had been
a good provider. She admitted that she
carried notes back and forth between
Page and her foster mother, as we'll as
photograph from Mrs. Farse to Page.
The most damaging testimony she gave,
haweyer, was in the form OF letter tnat
she had received from Mrs FarSe since
the trouble In this letter Mrs. FarSe ac-
knowledged that she had done wrong,
but pleaded with the girl TO come back
and live with her. She explained her
mission to Ogden the day OF the tragedy:
when Page failed to meet her as agreed
Of har n
police TO find Page She stated in the
letter that she would kill Page herself,
her intention being TO take poison. she
practically admitted her love for the BOY,
who she intimated, was the cause OF all
the trouble.
Farse Testifies.
Farse the defendant, was on the stand
when the hearing adjourned, He reclted
much that led up to the trouble. He SAID
that the reason given by Mrs. Farse for
leaving him was that she did not love
him any more. that she loved Page, ana
that she would work for herself ana get
a divorce. He said he was willing that
she do this, but when she asked him for
$500 to go into the rooming house bus
mess. which she and Page would run,
= Farse refused. Later she came down IN
her demands 500, but he still refused her
the money.
In regard TO how he happened to be in
Ogden on the day that Page and Mrs,
FarSe were to meet here, he stated tnal
he had appropriated a letter from Page
10 his wife. in which the former asked
her that the meeting point be made the
rostoffice instead OF the union depot.
He did not want TO meet Page, but want
ed to do a little detective work. catch the
two together and have them arrested.
Says Page Attacked Him.
He ran into Page accidentally. In re-
citing the rest of the story up TO the
time they took their little roll down the
mountain side, the facts were about as
have been printed. Farse declared that
until they had started to descend the
mountain side he said nothing TO Page
concerning the appointment the latter
had with Farse's wife. When he did so,
he said Page commenced to swear at
him He was walking in front of Page
at the time, when the latter jumped upon
him like tiger. They clinched and to-
gether they rolled like barrel down the
side of the mountain for a long distance.
1t was at this stage of the defendant
testimony in his own behalf that an ad-
iournmen MT was taken. The others testl-
fying were Page. Sheriff G. A. Sebring,
Deputy Sheriff Seymour Clark and Mrs.
Freda De Hoff for the state. and Miss
Farse, John Clarkson, Ben Ternes and
Farse for the defense.
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