Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-21
Investigation Into Death Of Lille
lordan commenced This
Morning.
19E GIRLS FATHER TESTlFlES
Saws That His Daughter Was
Maynard and Did Not
Tell Truth.
n, q. T.. wilcox Tells Why Coroner
Was Not Notiiicd--1wo Doses
or Laudanum Taken.

BEFORE Justice Of the Peace d. r..
smith and coroners' jury composed
ofO C. Dyer. @. G. Nichols and r. S.
WRIGHT the official investigation Of cir
,,r.s.ances around the death OF Lille
Jordan started this morning
David NJ Haigh, assistant county
attorney is conducting the questioning
and John Rollo, court stenographer, is
kdnc The testimony.
The way for vital facts was paved
MS morning The two witnesses call
Cd were Conrad Jordan. the dead girls
h.he- and DR. C.. T. Wilcox who at
Ended the young woman up until a
ha minutes before death.
This afternoon win probably hear
mos Significant testimony as the
hthor has announced the girl was be-
uayed by q Brigham city man and not
a SAN Jose man as was at first as
serted. Letters may be laid before the
court il the court wants them. says the
father Conflicting with the allega-
tons Of betrayal" etc is the girrs
history as furnished this morning by
the father.
AS the father testified this morning
there were times when he could hard
ly talk; tears rolled down his cheeks
and he had 10 use great will power
TO keep from breaking down complete
D. As he talked To the jury his two
babies crawled around his legs. GOO
cooling or crying as they saw it when
the babes got nervous and irritable an
witnesses were asked to adjourn into
au ante-room so the hearing could
proceed
Mr. Jordan said among other things.
Lille told me she was sorry for what
g had done, after taking the poison
.and when I asked her why she said a
'man had told her 10 do H. -
A rather sharp fire Of pointed Ques-
tons directed at Dr, Wilcox hy Judge
smith was the result of the physicians
failure TO furnish the coroner (Judgc
Smnh) with an announcement of the
"eath 80 an official investigation could
ne neld. Dr. Wilcox explained Il was
10 spare the parents any needless pain.
through publicity.
While there Is no statute forcing
physlcians TO notify coroner this vyae
me hrst time ! have not received word
OF suicide so an investigation could
qe ned II i seemed necessary" said
7 took charitable view Of the
Dr. Wilcox said f. was his opinior
tle girl took second dose Of noisor
as the first had had no effect upon
her/at an When she got this and
Where ana how size kept IL out OF
sight until she could take ID unseen
are all things of mystery
FATHER TEsTIFTEs.
Conrad Jordan. father OF the dead
glrl was the first witness called 40
furnished particulars OF his family
Affairs saying ne lived az 38S Wan
street. He said Lille Jordan was his
daughter and was is years ola an
DE time OF her death Lilies own
neither died In May, 1894. mir. Jor-
Gem married again and several chill
dren have been born since the second
marriage.
What was the condition Of Lille
w q child-the mental condition 2"
ehed David Haigh, conducting the
hyest.gation.
she was very lively and pleas
any child until she was l3 or IA years
od' said the father.
Without going into this phase fur
htr Nr. Haigh brought out the fact
ua Ar Jordan had gone 10 work at
Caste Gate. leaving his family in this
c.y When his first wife died IN
ssi ho placed Lille In the Orphans
nome where she remained for about
lhiee years. Later she was sent 10
ihe public schools IA this city.
Whom Lille was about II years
p'A She began coming home from
school late" explained the father
'she told us the heacher kept her In
.H...
t9f No told her not 90 he untruth-
.u' ana not 10 do things which would
"inpt her 90 tell stories.
SOME or HER STORIES.
"Nhle ] was away--about 1871
~. WINS away an one afternoon.
Whom la came home she said man
pad Hlbed hor while she wus walk
mr through the Capitol grounds and
carried Der away down tO place
pear lle Jordan river She said sho
pad screamed. We felt this story
vas mot true and talked 60 her
Pleading with her 90 be "a good girl.
ole promised she would.
Later we learned that instead of
gong to Sunday school she was in
M practise OF coming straight down
loAu to meet girls, whom we felt
were not good companions. Again
vi talked to her and again fhe prom
ted 90 Doe good and she seemed TO feel
b2d Wc believed she would
SENT TO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
Things were getting worse. so
J.. C1mher. 1905, she was mkcn Co
n Industrial school at ms request
H'lycd there "a year ana half
7 brought her homo. After
s Fho was gone and learned
Hs iu house of 700 rcputo in
f NlnL a girl who WAS cumming
wa lille telcphonod mc thiH Hu !
tenl up 10 Bingham and found 30 t0 I
- While she WIS IA home $500 uent-
N'I as good aH possible under ihe
-.nsiances. When She began o.
., .lr and tcll lies we had to Dee
il With her ] whipped nor once |
lNln0 Pee would ACT better FOR "a |
wv. lIf.r being punished. loli |
hurt me worse to punish her |
s iId her and she would he
. for several Wccks nt Time. |
MN.u she came from fnHhami |
'''I hcr INTO our home
hh WILCOX TELLS STORY
,.Al ihs luncture Mr Jordan was
Nh lN land aside while Or a. IL |
y, ho Just returned. testified |
uso NN'Hk was sworn aud toolf the |