The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-18
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FAITHFUL WIFE'S
PITIFUL STORY
Mrs. Preston Makes Sacrifices
to Aid Husband, Who Ap-
pears Indifferent.

In the web and wool Of the life story
Of Harry Preston, the man held as wit
ness in the box car robbery at Uintah
which resulted in the murder of Deputy
Sheriff Taylor, strange design of al
most fantastic coloring is being woven.
Deprived of his liberty and held behind
the barred cage awaiting a trial that may
mean for him a prison sentence, Preston
refuses to receive either an attorney OF
witnesses, or, in fact, anything that might
serve toward bringing about his free
dom. At the same time, his wife, after
sacrificing everything possible, even to
mOrtgaging the furniture of the little
home, is still carrying on the struggle to
save her husband. even against his aD-
parent indifference. More pitiful still, she
faces the prospect of having her three
children-DOra, aged 10; Belle. an invalid,
aged 6. and Ruel, aged -taken from her
custody by the juvenile court officers
Mrs. Preston last night told to a Herald
reporter a pitiful story of a brave fight
against odds that were almost overwhelm-
ing.
For weeks she has been fighting and
using every available means to aid her
husband. After mOrtgaging the furni-
ture in order to retain legal counsel for
her husband, she still found her hardest
battle to come. In her story last night
she said:
81 got a letter from my husband to
come to Ogden to see him. and / went
there Monday. When / went into the jail.
he threw his arms around me, calling me
dear names, and made me promise that
/ would come to see him often and bring
the children He wanted some clean
clothes. and I went down town and bought
him a shirt. pair of trousers. some socks
and some handkerchief. Before I left
home here the children gave me some of
the nickels they had saved and told me
to buy candy and oranges for papa. !
bought these, but when | went back to
the Jail the sheriff wouldn't let me take
the stuff to my husband.
Tuesday afternoon / went TO see my
husband again. in company with Mr..
Hart of the railroad, but the sheriff re-
fused to allow me to enter to see my
husband, saying gruffly that Sunday was
visitors day. I tried until 2.50 in the
morning to get to see my husband but
couldn't.
They told me that my husband didn't
want to see me, and that he didn't want
any attorney or witnesses, but 1 know
they poisoned his mind against me
when I saw I wasn't going to get back
to Salt Lake Tuesday evening, one of the
men in the sheriffs office at Ogden tele-
phOned for me to a neighbOr. Mrs. Paula
Smith, to have her go over and take care
Of the children for the night.
when | got back today / found that
the landlord had been to the house and
shut off the water and left notice that
unless the months rent was paid in three
days he would put us in the street. Then
one of the juvenile court men was down
at the house with him, and after speak
ing roughly to the children said they
might be taken to the detention home
Although Preston is held at Ogden IN
der the actual charge of breaking into
box car, it is believed that he is wanted
1nly as a witness against the murderer
Of Clark and that he has been promised
This belief is strengthened by
his apparent Indifference as to his posi-