Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-21
rRE GIRLS FATHER TESTlFlES
GAYS That His Daughter Was
Maynard and Did Not
Tell Truth.
n, G. J.. Wilcox Tells Why Coroner
WAS Not Notificd-1wo Doses
or Laudanum Taken.

Before Justice OF the Peace ID. T..
Smith and a coroners' jury. composed
ofo. c. Dyer. Q. G. Nichols and r. S.
wright tae official Investigation Of cir
,1-sauces around the death OF Lille
Jordan started this morning.
Darid NJ. Haigh. assistant county
attorney is conducting the questioning
and John Rollo court stenographer is
Nku- the testimony
The way for vital facts was paved
MS morning. The two witnesses CALI
ducre Conrad Jordan. the dead girls
hther and Or. c. T. Wilcox who at
ended the young woman up until q
few minutes before death.
This afternoon win probably hear
. most Significant testimony as the
father has announced the girl was be-
4 uaycd by "a Brigham city man and not
san Jose man as was at first as
! serted. Letters may be laid before the
court if the court wants them says the
/ father Conflicting with the allega-
! tio1s Of betrayal" etc is the girls
. history as furnished this morning by
the father.
As the father testified this morning
. there were times when he could hard
/ ly taIk; tears rolled down his cheeks
and lo had TO use great will power
90 keep from breaking down complete
. ly. AS he talked to the jury his two
. babies crawled around his legs. goo
gooing or crying as they saw IT. when
the buhas got nervous and irritable an
. Witnesses were asked To adjourn into
an ante-room so the hearing could
4 proceed.
Mr. Jordan said among other things,
"Lillie told me she was sorry for what
had done, after taking the poison
and when ] asked her why. she said a
man had told her to do IL. p"
A rather sharp fire Of pointed ques-
lions directed al Dr. Wilcox by Judge
Smith was the result of the physicians
failure to furnish the coroner (Judge
Smith) with an announcement of the
n'dDi =" an Official investigation could
/ be held. DR.. Wilcox explained IL was
/ 20 spare the parents any needless pain,
| through publicity.
While there is no statute forcing
physicians TO notify "a coroner this was
the first time / have not received word
OF suicide SO an investigation could
ne held If il seemed necessary" said
Judge Smith.
CASE
In. Wilcox said it was his opinion
the girl took "a second dose Of poison
as the first had had no effect unon
her az aI When she got this. and
where and how size kept il out OF
. sight until she could take 10 unseen
are all things of mystery
FATHER TESTIFTEs.
Conrad Jordan. father Of the dead
grl was the first witness called ne
furnished particulars Of his family
a1airs, saying he lived at 33S Wall
street. He said Lille Jordan was his
laughter and was is years old al
he time OF her death Lilies own
mother died in May 1894. Mr.. Jor-
dom married again and several chill
dIen have been born since the second
marriage.
what was tho condition Of Lille
w child-the mental condition ?"
asked David Haigh, conducting the
ln,est.gttion.
"she was a very lively and pleas
ant child until she was l3 or IA years
od.' said the father.
Without going into this phase fur
lher Ar. Haigh brought out the fact
ihat Dir Jordan had gone 10 work at
Castle Gate. leaving his family in this
cy When his first wife died In
1879. be- placed Lille In the Orphans
nome where she remained for about
mree years. Later she was sent to
tha public schools IN this city
Whom Lille was about years
o'd She began coming home from
school late" explained the father.
s1c tod Us the teachcr kept her I'M
pui we found these stories Were not
I.e We told her not 10 be untruth-
iu' and not 10 do things which would
Tempt her 10 tell stories
SOME OF HER STORIES.
"Whuo / was away-about 1891
81. was away ail one afternoon,
Whom sle came home she said man
had grabbed her while she WAS walk-
hr through the Capitol grounds and
carried her away down 90 "a place
nar che Jordan river. She said she
had .0leancd. We felt this story
Ras not true and talked Co her.
Pleading with her 10 be a good girl
hne promised she would.
Later We learned that instead Of
to'he io sunday school She was in
M practise Of coming straight down
mHu Ip meet girls, whom we fclt
Ne'n not good compauidns Again
talked 10 her ana again she prom
teQ fl he good and she seemed To- feel
Dad. we believed she would.
SENT TO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
l Things were getting worse. so
December. 1905. she WAS taken 90
~ Industrial school at my request
ayed there "a year ana hali
n 4 brought her homo. After
.. she was gone and Z learned
WAS lu "a house of 100 rrpute boz
gam A girl who WAS cumming
ANQ LILLE telcuhonod mc This. so !
eni up 90 Bingham and found DO to
o. ulo.
While she Wa at homo We treat
h'r aa good aH possible under ihH
IclmH tances. when she began o.
sanp0Ir and ten lies Wa bad 90 bc
lin With her ] whipped her once
NIeD Pee would art better for "a
nln 1itsr being punished lold
uurt me worse tO punish her
raa ana her and She would he "a
fl Ft flr several wcoiH at time.
Mh.n She came from Rims ham,
l''I hrr into our homo"
hH. WILCOX TELLS STORY.
,.Ai tls iuncture MI Jordan was
M No tand aside while Or q. n
n, Who just returned testified
49, MinHN was sworn ANA took thn
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