The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-18
SLAYER OF WILCOX
TELLS HIS STORY
Claude H. Give at Last Talks in
Own Defense, Asking
Bail.
WOMAN CAUSE OF TRAGEDY
SLAIN MAN SAID TO HAVE IN
SUITED MRS. OLIVE.

Especial to The d-Repu blican-)
Provo, May 17.-Application for ball
in the case of the State VS.. Claude H.
Give, who killed w. o. Wilcox at Mill
Fork on the night of May Z, came up be-
fore Judge ]. E. Booth today in the
Fourth district court, ]. W. n. Whitecot-
ton appearing for defendant, and Dis
trict Attorney Harvey Cuff and Coun-
ty Attorney Jacob Evans for the state.
resisting the application
Give is from Salt Lake, he was a po-
lice officer In Salt Lake about five
years ago, during Mayor Ezra Thomp-
sons administration, serving for about
twenty-six months as patrolman-
On the night of May Give killed W.
o. Wilcox in D. & R G. work car at
Mill Fork in Spanish Fork canyon.
struction crew in which Give was one
of the Workmen. Mrs. Give was cook
ing for the crew. Give is now In JAN
here. charged with murder In the Iirst
degree. The states attorneys say they
have evidence that will show the kill
ing was premeditated murder.
Give Tells His Story.
Give in his testimony today gave his
version of the killing and the causes
leading up to it. He testified that he
had left the work train at Mill Fork
on May to go to Salt Lake to look
for another situation. This was be-
L
Give and bring her flowers This had
caused Give to upbraid both Mr.. VIII
cox and Mrs Give Wilcox, however,
had made light Of 1t and told Give that
his affection for Mrs. Give was only of
a fatherly nature Give, however, de-
cided to leave, and he wanted Mrs.
Give to go with him; she had objected
to this till Give secured a place to
work Give went to Salt Lake and
from there to Bingham, where he Sc
cured work. TAen he decided to go
Lake on May Z, on his way to Mill Fork.
In Salt Lake he went to the Western
Arms company and bought for WILCOX, a
gun, which Wilcox had previously ex-
amined and which he knew Wilcox
wanted.
He took the No. D. & R. c. train
from Mill Fork on the evening of May
Z and arrived there at 1926 D. m. He
Mr.. Wilcox slept. At the door of Mrs.
Gives room he heard Mrs Give say:
My Cod What are you trying to do?
Have you no respect for your family
or for me?'
Wilcox replied with an expression of
love.
Give, on hearing this. loaded the gun
he had brought for wilcox and went
into the room. AS he did so, he saw
Wilcox get out of Mrs. Gives bed.
Give called to Wilcox:
stop, Wilcox! Throw up your
hands,
Wilcox ran into the middle room of
the car, which was used an office
by Wilcox and separated Wilcox's room
Wilcox and heard Wilcox go toward
a gun rack in the office. Then Give
fired two shots toward Wilcox. Viii
cox went into his bedroom and Give
followed him In Wilcox's room Will
cox jumped on to Give, and the two
men struggled and Give emptied his
gun. AS he fired the last shot from
his gun. WILCOX cried out:
ID rnr al am
Give called to his wife, who came
into the room, as did also her brother.
Ralph Olson. who slept in an adjoin-
ing car. Give asked some one to send
for an officer, which was done. and
he remained in the car till the officers
arrived
Woman COrrobOrates Husband.
This ended Gives story of why he
killed Wilcox
1t was brought out that Mr.. and Mrs
Give had left the bridge building crew
of Wilcox some months before this on
account of affectionate demonstrations
by WILCOX toward Mrs Give. They
went to Denver, but Give did not sue
coed in getting work and Mrs. Give
assured him that there was nothing
wrong between her and Wilcox. She
wrote to Wilcox to give Give a job
again, which he did.
Mrs. Give corroborated Mr.. Gives
testimony as TO the facts of which she
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had come into her room and entered
her bed, and that she had demonstrated
with him.
For the state, County Physician Pyn
testified as to the nature of the fatal
wounds on wilcox Three bullets had
entered WilcoX's body. Two lodged in
the right breast. One of these passed
through the heart and was the bullet
that caused death. Another entered in
the fleshy part of the right thigh.
Deputy Sheriff Alma L. Hales testi-
fled to the condition Of the car, which
he visited on May s. The bedding of
Wilcox was introduced, with what APP
peafed to be bullet holes in 1T, the in
tention being apparently to show that
Wilcox was killed while in his own
bed. Mr.. Hdles also testified that the
bed OF Mrs. Give did not appear to
have had two people sleeping in it,
He was corroborated by Sheriff
George, T. Judd.
The application for bail was taken
under advisement until tomorrow