Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-04
Defendant Give Tells Why He
Came Back From
Denver.
MRS.CLlvE ON WITNESS STAND
CoTroboratcs Husbands Testimony of
Occurrences which led To Tragic
Death OF WILCOX.

especial Correspondence
PROVO, Aug Considerable intor-
est is exhibited in the Claude H. Clive
murder trial now being heard in the
Fourth district court, and the court
| room is crowded At each session.
Defendants father. II. &. Give. and
his aunt, Mrs. Sarah Lennon OF salt
Lake came down yesterday and were
with defendant, his mother and his wife
in the court room during the days pro-
| cocdings
Claude II Give the defendant, testi-
fed on redirect at the close Of his
cross examination. yesterday afternoon,
| that he consented to come back from
Denver with his wife and again go TO
work Tor Wilcox because Mrs Give
had convinced him that there had been
nothing wrong between Mr.. Wilcox and
herself; and he believed the familiar
tiles between them would cease.
Mrs Fannie Give, wife of the de-
PENDANT. testified in confederation Of
her husbands testimony with reference
TO the actions " Wilcox towards her
at the times testified to by defendant,
and especially with reference TO the ac-
tion OF Wilcox on the night Of the
shooting. Wilcox came into her bed
room and into her bed. While she
was demonstrating with Wilcox Give
rushed In and the shooting occurred,
as had been testified to by Mr. Give,
Mrs. Give was overcome by her feel
ings and shed tears at one time in the
early stage Of her testimony. but quick
IS recovered her composure
on cross-eXaminatiOn she testified
that she did not know that Mr.. Wilcox
had employed her brother. Ralph Olson,
and brought him to the camp to pro
tect hcr from the violence OF her hus-,
hand; but the next day after the broth
err arrived at Canyon siding, while MI.
Give was accusing witness Of improper
relations with Wilcox. her brother in
terfered to defend her and was knocked
down by Give. She did not think she
said TO her husband. after the killing
that she would take the blame Of killinc
Mr.. Wilcox. She did not know, how
ever: she had said so much that she
could not remember No criminal re-
lations had ever taken place between
herself and Mr.. WILCOX.
Mrs olive denied having talked over
what thcy should testify to as being
Mr. Wilcox's dying words She ad-
mitted that she might have said 10 the
daughter Of Wilcox over the phone
after his death, that Wilcox was not 20
blame. but that his death was all
Claudes fault
This closed the evidence for the de-
fense. and this morning the state in
troduced evidence in rebuttal.
FLAGMAN's STORY.
The first witness called by the state
this morning was II. +. Gayhart u
Grand Junction. hagman OF the Tram
on which Give arrived at MIN Fork
on the night OF shooting. He saw CllNe
pass behind the train with something
in his hand which witness believed was
a gun. Give sat down for a few min
utcs then went to the work train
close by. Witness then heard the door
Of one OF the cars open. which was
immediately followed by two shots. He
heard man call out, My Cod don't
shoot any more, you've got me now
Witness said he also heard woman
pleading, Don't kill him
The most impoT can't witness FOR the
state was Ralph Olsen, the brother OF
Mrs. olive. He testified that he went
To work at Canyon siding at Mr.. WI
coN's solicitation 50 that he could pro
tect his sister II Give should leave
again He slept in the car next 10 the
one occupied by his sister and her nus
band. He heard the shooting as he lay
i'm bed. but he did not hear any one In
Mrs. Gives bedroom. After the shoot
ing he heard Give say 70 his wife, II
thought when / saw Wilcox give you
those flowers ] would make him wear
them Give also told the boy. so tn
latter said that he heard Wilcox 30
Mrs. Gives bedroom. as defendant tes-
titled ne found him before the shooting.
THE BoQUET EPISODE
The. boy witness testified that h
came from salt Lake with Wilcox When
the latter brought the flowers for his
sister. but he didn't see him kiss her
ON that occasion. as had also been
aVcrrcd by Give.
AFTER the shooting. Give told the boy
to burn some papers the nature or
which ne did not know.
Young Olson further testified that
the dav following the flower episode
Give accused his wife Of intimacy with
wilcox and threatened 70 XIII her. The
boy stepped between them and said.
'No. YOU won't" Thcrcupon CIV
struck the boy on the nose and knocked
him down.