The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-05
MORE TESTIMONY
IN MURDER TRIAL
Witness Declares That Give
Threatened to Kill His
Wife.
JURY VISITS FATAL CAR
DIRECTION OF BULLET rs CON-
SIDERED IMPORTANT.
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Provo, Aug. An the Give murder
case in the Fourth district court. the
state this morning began the introduce
ton of testimony in rebuttal. in an
attempt 10 break down Gives defense.
witnesses examined during the day
were ii. p. Grayhart. flagman, and Eu-
gene Daley, conductor OF the train on
which Give rode 10 Mill Fork on the
night OF the killing; Ralph Olson.
bro Their OF Mrs. Give; Constable Elias
Gardner OF Thistle; Ike Miller, a bridge
gaLg workman; Deputy Sheriff r. c.
Hales, Sheriff George T. Judd and
County Physician DR.. II. S. Pyne.
Grayhart testified that the defendant
PASSED him as he left the train at Mill
Fork, and that he (Clive) had wi at
appeared to be a gun in his hand. Wit
ness said that he heard the shooting
before his train pulled out for the east
Conductor Daley testified that Give
had ridden on his train as far as Mill
Fork.
Ralph Olson's testimony was to the
effect that he went to Mill Fork at the
request OF Wilcox and that he followed
Wilcox into the car when he (NilcOX)
gave Mrs. Give the flowers which have
figured in the trial. In the opinion of
the witness Wilcox did not kiss Mrs.
Give when the flowers were pre-
scented.
Olson testified that on one occasion
Give threatened to kill Mrs. Give. and
when Olson demonstrated, Give struck
him in the face. afterwards apOlOgiZing
for the blow.
Flowers Figure Again.
On the night of the shooting, Olson
was in bed in a car which adjoined that
in which were the apartments OF Mrs.
Give and the room OF Wilcox. He
heard the shots. Later, while with Mr..
and Mrs. Give, he heard the husband
say to his wife: I thought when VIII
l.,
him wear them" According 10 the wit
ness, Give asked him TO say that he
heard, or dreamed he heard, Wilcox in
Mrs. Gives room, and that when Mrs.
Give had said she would tell the Off
GERS that she shot Wilcox, Give had
told her that the truth would be found
out because OF the gun he had brought
from Salt Lake.
Olson said that at Gives request he
had burned some papers. the contents
of which he did not know.
The state was not permitted to exam
Inc witness on a statement supposed
TO have been made by Wilcox to wit
ness about a forged certificate OF de-
posit brought back by Give for Will
cox.
Contable Gardner. who was called to
Mill Fork after the shooting, said that
Give had described the position OF the
men when the fatal shots were fired
Witness said WilcOx's bed appeared 10
have been slept in on the night OF the
shooting This testimony was repeated
by Ike Miller, member or the bridge
gang.
Deputy Sheriff A. c. Hales testified
that WilcOX's bed appeared TO have
been slept in on the night Of the MUIR
der, and that the appearance Of Mrs
Gives bed was as il only one per-
son had occupied it.
Six bullet holes were found in the
car, all in WilcOX's room. The general
course OF the bullets was toward the
northeast and the east, excepting one
which was fired toward the south. None
Of the bullets had apparently been fired
from the east. The witness also iden-
titled bedding from Mr.. WilcOx's bed
and pointed out bullet holes in IL and
marks that had the appearance of being
made by blood.
He was corrobOrated by Sheriff
George T. Judd and County Physician
II. 5. Pyne.
The defendant was called for rebuff
tai. He denied the testimony OF Flag
man Gayhart OF passing Gayhart or
seeing him on the night of May 7.
Find New Bullet.
AT the close OF the afternoon ses-
sion, the jury went to the depot and in
spected the car in which the shooting
occurred. Juror S. y. Johnson discoy-
cred a bullet imbedded in the floor of
the office room Of the car which had
been fired in a westerly direction and
was lodged near the partition between
the office room and the bedroom of
Wilcox This supports the testimony
OF Give that he entered the car through
his Wife's bedroom at the east end and
followed Wilcox through the office
room, firing at him in the office, and
into Wilcox's bedroom. where the kill
ing occurred. The theory OF the prose-
cution has been that Give entered the
bedroom of Wilcox in the west end of
the car and Immediately began shoot