The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-27
ANOTHER CHAP TER
IN PARSONS CASE
Miss Parsons Principal Witness
in Hearing of Sensational
Action Wednesday.
BOTH MOTHER AND
DAUGHTER BREAK DOWN
More About TeIepathy and
Italian Nobility; Maude
Adams Scored.

Miss Geneva Parsons, whom her
mother, designated as 'haYing an 'opcn
soul" whatever that may mean, WAS
| the principal witness III Judge Morse s
court Wednesday in the divorce hear
| ing in which her mother, Mrs, jennie
g. Parsons, and her father, Charles {.
Parsons, are litigants. That the fair
witness has had little or no daughterly
affection for her father for some tune
was apparent from her testimony 1T
appears that she allowed her tclcpathlc
messages, and also her dreams, to con
vince her that her father was lead
| ing an immoral life, although she would
not state positively that She believed
| him TO be a criminal She admitted that
her father lavished money upon her,
| but declared that he did IT in the same
manner that a man wonld lavish money
on race horses, expecting TO WIN some
thing on 1T.
Miss Parsons stated that she never
had believed her father TO be good
and upright man after she received the
telepathic messages concerning hlm.
| The fact that both she and her mother
| received these messages and bad dreams
about his conduct led her TO believe
| that ii was true to certain extent.
More About Telepathy.
In speaking of the contents Of letters
written by Mrs Parsons to her husband,
which were introduced in evidence
| Tuesday, Miss Parsons SAID that many
of the statements IN them were based
| upon tclepathic messages, although GER
tain parts Of them were founded on
| facts. The statement that her name
| had been used in a play written by
! Gabriel D'AnnunZio, she declared, was
fact. as she had translated the name
herself. and told her mother of the
incident. She also said that the
| plagiarism in connection with her
poems was fact
Miss Parsons gave n detailed account
of her trip abroad with her mother for
| the purpose of completing her educa-
ton along literary lines, but did not
mentloIf the incidents which her mother
detailed to her father concerning the
mad love of D'Anuunzio and the Count
of Turin, which caused such feeling
Of icolousy between them that it re-
| suited in duel. She said that she had
private tutors while abroad for teach
ing her the languages, drawing, dane
ing, riding. fenmng and literature, and
that In gong to and from the studios
she was compelled to be accompanied
by a maid. All this. she admitted, was
lexpensive, but still she was OF the
opinion that they could live cheaper
abroad than in America.
While she was taking her lessons, she
said. her mother spent her time in
reading and other pleasures, such as
writing to her father. but she expressed
| much doubt as 10 whether the writing
was pleasure for ber mother or not.
Mother Becomes Ill.
In explanation of their failure TO re-
al u
by her father. along in 1905, she said
that her mother became i'll and under
went an operation for appendicitis, and
that the physician told her that she
would practically be an invalid for
about eighteen months after the opera
ton
After their return 10 Denver. she
testified, she heard her father threaten
10 run away and desert them, and short
ly after that when he came to Salt
Lake City and stayed some time on a
business trip, she was of the opinion
that he had carried out his threat.
Mrs. Parsons was also on the stand
part of Wednesday morning. She adj
mittcd that her husband was extremely
kind to his family on occasions, bui
that at times he became irritable and
cross, and his conduct was unbGarable
and she finally came TO abhor him, She
tgld of their unhappy life in Colorado.
and stated that at times she thought il
best that they should become recon
ciled, but was of the opinion that that
could be better effected after her
daughter married into some noble
family Of the old country. She spoke
of her hopes of having happy home
some day and again living with her
husband. Al this point she broke down
and sohbed with emotion, Her daugh.
ter was also affected. and She, TOO
was compelled to use a handkerchief.
Source of Information,
That telepatbv, was Mrs. Parsons S
alleged chief source of information is
shown in the following letter, in which
she took steps 10 borrow money from
husband had sent her $3.50:
Tho Berkeley Hotel, Piccsdilly, W,
"Dear Mr.. Neel:-I wish very much
to return 10 America with my daugh,
ter thus week aed have repeatedly ca
bled Mr Parsons for money, hut re-
ceiNed no answer from him. This s-
tence on his part is due to n desire TO
withhold from us all tangible proof Of
holds this telcpathic congress.
He knows that We need money, but |
he docs not care how much We may
suffer so long as he protects himself. |
My daughter Will receive $37 600 from
my mothers estate next month. but |
she cannot give her note without trans
,forrInc the fact to these people who
are listening.
We arc. practically abandoned in |
the midst OF these thousands Of listen.
ing souls. No one seems To have the
courage to help us. | do not know Mr..
Mott Newhousc, but l have wondered |
it he would send me the sum in notes
by registered post, l. should he able
to return them by September. if not
carlier. md ihe fnct mod moi he irnns