Arizona republican., 1921-10-25
SOUTHARD DEFENSE WITNESS TELLS IF
 INSURANCE POLICY
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 TWIN FALLS. Idaho, Oct. A. That w. J. Trueblood. father of Lyd- ia feyer Southard, ordered a thor ough examination of the remains of Edward F. Meyer for whose murder his daughter is now being tried, to satisfy himself of the cause of death was brought out this afternoon in examination of Trueblood on the wit ness stand for the defense.
 MT. Trueblood underwent a grill ing cross examination at the hands of the prosecution. Every phase of his connection with the case was gone into extensively. His conver- sations with the defendant upon a number of occasions were reviewed. His knowledge of the circumstances of death in the case not only of Mey- CT but of former husbands of the de- fendant was brought out.
 Mr Trueblood testified to the ef- feet that his daughter, the defendant, had told him on the day of Edward Meyers funeral, that she knew noth- ing of any life insurance carried by Meyer, but later the same day an examination of Meyers papers led to the discovery of a receipt for a pre- mium paid to life insurance com pany. He declared that he advised his daughter. in that she had been married to Meyer but a short time, that the parents of Meyer should share in whatever estate Meyer left and that as a result of this advice the defendant had given the premium receipt to sister of the deceased who was present with the under standing if the policy were collect ed the sister might retain half.
 Prosecutor Frank l.. Stephan worked hard to draw from the wit ness the admission that this step was advised in order to allay sus- picion as to the cause of Meyers death. The witness admitted that friends had told him of current ru- mors of foul play in connection with Meyers demise, but stuck to his statement that he had no ulterior motive in advising that his daughter accept but half the estate, including the insurance money in the event that this as collectable.
 Cross examination also developed the fact that in the case of the death of Gordon McHaffie in Hardin. Mont in 1915, he went to Hardin in re- sponse to a telegram and personally paid the expense of the shipping the remains to Twin Falls for interment | The casket containing the body was met at the Twin Falls depot by the | undertaken, he said. and taken direct | to the cemetery for burial.
 The witness asserted that he did not know Edward F. Meyer per- | sorally but came into town from his ranch upon being advised of Meyer: | death. He found his daughter at ( | local hotel together with a sister o l the deceised and in conversation witf 1 the sister said to her that it was too l bad that there should be stories o | alleged foul play in circulation il | connection with the death of Meyer | to which he said, the sister agreed Asked directly if he had ever sait 1 that he didn't wish the sister to sup pose that his daughter was guilty O poisoning Meyer, he declared that h, may have said this or something sim liar but that the conversation wa too general in character to permi of his remembering distinctly. Edward S. Chadwick. vice -presi- | dent of the Idaho State Life Insur- ance company, in which Meyer wal | insured to the extent of s10000. saiI | on cross examination today that l his company believed Meyer came t' | his death through natural causes hi | company would pay the face of tn ! policy at once.
 There is a good deal of specula | ton here as to what further witnes ses will be called by the defense. tn | impression being that the trial i rapidly nearing its end.
 The defendant showed no nor than her usual interest in the pro ceedings during the time her fathe | occupied the witness stand.
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