The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-04
Give 8 TRIAL;
BOTH SIDES REST
Mrs. Cliye's Version of the In
truSiOn on the Night of
the Shooting.
DENIES GUILT WITH WILCOX:
NO C0LLUSIVE TESTIMONY
The kissing Episode and Why
Gives Came Back From
Denver.
to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
PROVO. Aug. 3.-In the Give murder
trial the prosecution rested last evening,
after the testimony given by County
Physician II. s. Pyne, and further prov
ing the death OF Wilcox at the hands OF
Give.
Deputy Sheriff Felix Bachman testified
TO a conversation he had with Give In
The county jail In the presence OF County
Attorney Evans and the attorney for the
defense, j. w. y. Whitecotton, In which
the defendant admitted the killing.
Give. the defendant. was also put on
the stand by the state: and he told OF re-
Wilcox to go away and leave her alone.
He rushed in and the shooting occurred.
When court convened this morning. the
defendant Give told Of having suspected
his wife and Wilcox OF intimacy, He
said so far as he could remember. VIII
cox was not on his bed ar any time dur
Ing the scufne and while he (Clive) was
shooting. CliVe admitted. In his cross
examination, to having been let out OF
the police department in Salt Lake city
for gambling, He Identified some postal
cards and letter written by him TO
Wilcox while witness was In Denver
Colo, early in this year. The letter was
dated March 4. 1910. and this. as well as
the postal cards. were very friendly. ana
in one of them Give asked Wilcox Tor
work, and apologi5ed for the way he had
left and promised to be more steady and
dignifcd II he were given another chance.
A letter from Mrs, Give to wilcox, writ,
ten from Denver. was also identified ana
introduced In evidence. In this letter
Mrs. Give stated that her husband had
not succeeded In securing work and eN'
pressed a desire for Mr.. WILCOX TO ave
both Mr.. and Mrs, Give employment.
Wilcox Kissed Mrs. Give.
Referring to. the time when witness saw
Wilcox kiss Mrs. Give at Canyon siding,
witness said he did not demonstrate with
AYlcoX for the reason that wilcox mad
toId him that he (Wilcox) had had trou-
and having killed one Of them. Give said
he was afraid Of Wilcox on account OF
this threat, or boast. Witness denied
ever having taken any. money from VIII
cox to deposit In the bank in Salt Lake
and returning TO Wilcox forged deposit
certificate This evidence was not
brought out in the direct testimony given
oy Give. but II is inferred that the state
will introduce evidence TO the effect that
Wilcox gave Give some money 10 be de-
posted In Il bank in Salt Lake. and that
Give used this money for his own use
pnd then forged n deposit slip Tor the
amount. which ne gave 10 Wilcox. The
prosecution has claimed from The start
',hat there was some transaction OF ms
kind between the defendant and the
man ne killed, which, according toe the
prosecution. would be n great motive for
she killing. Give. however positively
denied this on the witness stand
Gives Denials.
Give denied telling Ralph Olson. Mrs.
TO say that he (Ralph) had heard Wilcox
in Mrs. Gives room before the killing.
He also denied saying to Mrs. Give.
Is Ge" S hs k5 eoH that she Ss TouS aon
never do. because II Will be known that
] brought this gun from Salt Lake" II
is claimed by the defense that the gun
with which Give killed Wilcox was
bough from the Wescrn Arms COM
pany In Salt Lake by defendant for Will
cox, and In support OF this contention,
pany. was here sworn and permitted to
testify so that he could take the noon
train for Salt Lake, Smith testified that
AIr Wilcox had looked at the Colts au-
tanned by Give. and that Wilcox had
told the witness that he would send Tor
1t. Give called for the gun and II was
given 10 him and was charged TO VIII
Give again look the witness stand and
on rc direct examination a letter from
Wilcox, written TO Mrs. Give while she
was In Denver. and In response TO let
ters written by Mrs. Give to Wilcox, was
Identified. This letter is friendly and in
vites both Mr. and Mrs. Give 10 come
back and promised them work when pos
slble. \ later letter offered them WORK
and asked them TO come back, Cive ex-
planned that ne consented to come back
from Denver. because his wife had con-
vlnced him that there had been no I'M
proper relations between herself and VII
cox, and that ne was led 10 believe that
the fa,1iliarIties between Wilcox and
Mrs, Give would not be repeated.
Give was subjected to d rigid cross
examination by the states attorney, but
held TO his story without 1t being eroken @
he was jealous OF Wi!coX's attentions 70
Mrs Give but when he went back TO
work for the railroad company. unGeI
Wilcox he believed that the cause OF MS
jealousy would not be repeated.
Mrs. Give Testifes.
Mrs Give. the defendants wife, was
the next witness for the defense. The
witness said that Mr.. Wilcox came Into
her bedroom and into her bed and. %hile
she, was demonstrating Win MN: ,iar. nnye
come by her feelings. and shed tears.
On cross examination she SAID tna' sne
did not know that Mr.. WILCOX had en-
gagged her brother Ralph Olson, 10 coine
70 the camp 10 protect her from the vio-
lcnce cf her husband: but the next dayy
after the brother arrived at canyon sia,
improper relations with Wilcox. ne
brother lnterfered and Give knocked MN MN
down. She said she did not think shS
had said 10 her husband that she wonil
4 did not know, however; She SAID sh.
y did not remember all that she did say
Mrs, Give said that there had never Deci
any criminal relations between hersei
and Wilcox She denied having talked
with her husband over what they shoul'
testify to- as intima,ed by the FORM o
,he question, as having been charsJ,'
By Wilcox in his dying words. she ad
mittod she might have said 10 WllcoN
daughter over the phone that Wilcox wa wa
not to blame, but that his death wa
With Mrs. Gives testimony complete.
tho defense rested. The prosecution WI
present the rebuttal testimony tomorrow
morning.