The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-26
MRS. FARSETELLS
Of TROUBLES
Says She Wishes Both HuS-
band and Page Had Been
Killed in Canyon.

Mrs. FarSe. wife OF the man charged
with having attempted to Kill Ora $. Page
IN Ogden canyon on Sunday, has left her
husband. and intends TO apply for di-
vorce. She talked to a Herald reporter
IN Salt Lake last night, and. after learn
ing Of the attempted tragedy in the hills
been killed
I wish both Of them had been killed.
said she. Then [ would have some
peace. j gave Page the money to leave
town with, Tor 1 was afraid Farse would
hill him, as he had threatened to do sew
eral times. He told me that he was going
10 get Page into some saloon and BUY him
drinks and then get him in some lonely
place and choke him to death. He said
this several times. Page went with my
daughter. and the four of US often went
10 dances Page would dance with me
sometimes, and this made Farse jealous.
He need not have been. for he came
around after Elizabeth. my daughter. IN
til she would have nothing more to do
with him because he was lazy and
wouldn't work. I gave Page money some
times and ] went TO Ogden on Sunday
10 get IL back from him. / told FaTSe be-
fore 1 left him three weeks go that Page
had gone to Ogden. I didn't care any
thing about Page I only wanted to get
the money L had lent him. Farse always
abused and beat me. He did this before
We joined the Mormon church and left
Denmark eleven years ago About four
weeks ago we agreed to separate and |
have never seen Page since i came here
and Farse knows it. After 1 had left
Farse he sent my daughter to Idaho to
Keep her away from me- Earse has a
terrible temper and would get mad and
jealous over nothing. Page rOOmed at 6
Second South. He is a quiet fellow but
lazy. ] have been working at a hotel
and have earned my own living for some
time. Elizabeth Farse was not our daugh-
ter, but I adopted her in Denmark when
she was IL years old. She is now about
Eo INF Will hnr for iv0n
Mrs. Farse had not heard Of the at
tempted crime last night. she said and
was much upset by the news.
In company with Deputy Sheriff Sey-
mOUr Clark. Ora 5. Page yesterday Wis
tied the place in ogden canyon where he
says LauTitz Farse attempted to kill him
He went over the ground with view
OF fastening the crime upon his alleged
assailaHt. Following the trail for one
half mile uD the mountain side they ar
rived It = point where the trail makes
an abrupt turn and il was here, Page al
legged. Farse struck him with the rock
that nearly crushed his skull There was
plenty of evidence TO indicate that the
long slide down the mountain side was a
reality. but there was no sign of a scuf-
file having taken place as alleged by
Farse. Along the path where the two
men rolled down the incline blood was
scattered and the brush broken down.
To the officers FaTse readily answered
questions regarding his suspicious Of al
legged Illicit relations between Page and
Mrs. Farse. He said that they had been
married for twenty years and had lived
happily until the present occurrence He
said his wife left him about two weeks
ago and when asked the reason said she
Gid not love him any more. According to
his story the girl upon whom Page called
when in Salt Lake was Farse's adopted
daughter and when his wife left him he
sent the young girl off TO Idaho.
The county authorities place no credence
in the story FaTse tells concerning the Oc-
currence When he was told that he had
gotten himself into bad mix-up. he an
Swered that il would appear so. but de-
Clared that be was innocent Of any crime
Pages wounds are painful but not con-
sidered dangerous