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Show IG3EAT CROWD AT ' HANKS 8NQUEST Henry Southworth and Wife Meet Eaoh Other For the First Time f Since the Killing of Ned Hanks No sign of Recognition Friends Rally to Aid of Slayer Damaging Evidence Against Mrs. Southworth to be Presented. ' ' ! The fate of Henry Southworth, slayer slay-er of Ned Hanks, manager of the Don Phillpjilni baud, now trembles in tho balance as the result of the coroner's inquest which commenced this morn-i morn-i ing. Long before 10 o'clock, the time set for tho Inquest to be held, the Police court chamber was filled with anxious people, the largo majority of whom were friends and relatives of South-worth. South-worth. Many of the throng which pushed Its way Into the court room and corridors of tho prison were residents resi-dents of Farmlngton and many remarks re-marks favorable to the man who killed kill-ed the alleged despoller of his home could be heard. While preparations for tho Inquest were under way in the court chamber, Southworth was being comforted in his cell In the upper' corridor of the prison by a number of his friends, who wore permitted to enter tho barred room of tho prisoner to ease the ordeal of facing the curious eyes of the crowded court and hear related tho story of the tragedy a tragedy whl'ch his momory almost falls to picture and for which ho has already suffered an eternity of anguish. When the court was called to order by Municipal Judge J. D. Murphy, ex-offlclo ex-offlclo coroner, tho Jurors, G. S. Glen, Frank Goddard and W C Camp took their seats on the west side of the court chamber. County Attorney David Da-vid Jcnson. who Is prosecuting tho case for the state, and the attorney for Southworth seated themselves at the attorney's 'able. Leo Harris of the District court was sworn as official stenographer. Court Room Crowded. Every inch of space in the court room and corridors was occupied but there was a leaden silence as the crowd waited for the appearance of Southworth, who was not brought Into In-to court until the hearing of testimony testi-mony had begun The first witness called was B. A. Larkin, the undertaker who took charge of the body of Hanks after his trag'v: death In Glenwood park last Sunday afternoon Tho undertaker's testimony was largely of a formal nature, na-ture, pertaining entirely to the condition con-dition of the corpso of tho band manager man-ager and tho nature of the wounds which had causod the man's death. At the close of Lirkin's testimony thero was a lull In tho room and then all eyes turned toward the east door through which entered Mrs. Myra Southworth, the wife of tho slaver, whoso domestic treachery is alleged to have been the cause of her husband's hus-band's rash acL The hundred conflicting con-flicting stories told of this woman flashed across the minds of tne spectators. specta-tors. Accompanying Mrs. Southworth was hor mother. Mrs. H. L. Lund, to whom allegations point as an accomplice ac-complice of the daughter In many clandestine adventures awny from the quiet of the home and the confidence of her husband Both women were sworn before they were seated Mrs. Southworth Mrs Southworth Is a large woman and gave hor age as 32 .years She Is not uncomely but, as she appeared under the gazo of the searching eye3 of court spectators, her face was of ashen whiteness and her eyes wero bloodshot, as If from loss of" sleep or from tears. She mored mechanically andJalmost blindly toward the witness stand to which the clerk of tho court pointed and directed Mrs. South-worth South-worth was dressed plainly, her apparel ap-parel lacking even In rural neatness. Sho wore a dark skirt of plain material ma-terial and a white shirt waist A Bmall gold watch hung from a chain which encircled her neck, A light hat of small pink plumes sat rather Jauntllv upon the back of her head, displaying hor brown hair plainly puffed In front In her general appearance, ap-pearance, she is a woman of the homo rather than a women of the street. When question concerning tho tragedy trag-edy by the county attorney, sho answered an-swered readily and though her volco quivered during her first replies, she apparently became calm and answered later questions In easy voice. Her manner of telling her story showed that she had repeated it often and that she does not intend to compromise compro-mise heraolf In tho defense of her husband, now on trinl for his life. Husband Sees Wife It was during the early part of Mrs. Southwortn's testimony that Southworth, tho man who fired the fatal shots, made his appearance The slayer came Into the court room leaning lean-ing on the arm of a friend and appeared ap-peared to bo In a highly nervous state of mind and body. The first sight that met tho sweep of his oyes was tho face of his wife, who turned toward him as he entered the room. Their eyes met for an Instant and there was no sign of recognition between be-tween them. The mooting of their eyes was the first sight either has had of tho othor since tho fateful meeting meet-ing at Glanwood park. Southworth seated himself on the regular prisoner's bench at the north side of the court room. Near South-worth South-worth sat George Steed of Tremonton, a man who has known the prisoner from his boyhood and who is in Ogdcn carrying a check for $10,000 to bo used as a bond should the slavor bo granted his liberty under ball following follow-ing tho inquest. Just before the opening open-ing of the inquest, Steed mad tho statement to a roporter of tbo Standard Stand-ard that he and his wife had solemnly pledged themselves to devote the same interest in the fate of South-worth South-worth as if he were their son. South-worth South-worth smiled his recognition as he saw his old friend seated so near him. Southworth has said that he Is willing will-ing to abide bv tho judemopt of a Jurv that he will not comnlnln of injustice in-justice whon his folo is read o him Tho fight which will be made for him win bo mndc bv his friends more than himself. And his frlnd: In tbr court room anparcntly took moro interest In the lestlmonv of bis wlfo than did Southworth. Tho husband at times closed his eyes and lcncd back in his seat to dnam rathor than Jo listen. Mrs. Southworth' Testlmonv The wife of the defendant said hor name was Mrs. Mvrn Southworth, an 1, gave her ace as 32 year. She gavo a graphic statement bg to thp occurrence occur-rence at Glenwood narjf on the nl?ht of August 12th laBt, -when hor hus- band killed Hanks? whom ho found In her company In dcscrlMng the tragic scone, Mtb. Southworth stated that on the night, j in question, she went to the park I about 7 30 o'chek on the street car In the componv of one of the Italian musicians named Pint!, lie paid her I admission to the grounds. Prior to that time she had met him down town and had had a conversation with him Sho acknowledged that sho knew Plntl well had danced with him nt Lagoon, Wandamere Park and had ' been several times in his companv. ' That very afternoon she wrote him a J card, stating she woulu not go to the , park for the evening concert, but had not mailed It Went to tho park because be-cause hor mother, Mrs. Lund, waa there Her mother had gone to the park about 3 o'clock, leaving her in town. When asked to explain what she did between tho hours of 3 and 7 30 p. m., Mrs. Southworth said that she first went to a moving picture show and at 4 o'clock went to the Bamberger Bam-berger depot whero sho remained waiting for her mother until 7-30 Asked to mention names of persons who saw her at tho show, she said she could name no one Asked to name persons who saw her at tho depot she said that sho could not name any one except a train conductor con-ductor Describes Tragedy "I, with my mother, had Just comp from tho concert, which was held at the saucer track at Glenwood park. At the door we met Mr. Hanks. We saluted each other, by the usual polite phrases Ho said 'Don't run away; wait, I'll go with you' Wo went to tho dance hall and then 1 danced with him. After the dance, mother and 1 and Mr. Hanks walked back to the saucer track, and, on the way. 1 expressed a desire for a drink of water Mr HankB borrowed . glass for us and filled It. but, as the water was warm, the lady at. the confectionery con-fectionery stand offered to give us some cooler water, which we drank. After that we walked to the track, and I was a little ahead of mother and Mr Hanks Just as we got to the bridge m husband stepped out and began firing 1 heard Just two shots and then two more. "Mother fainted and I walked fasL to get her some water. In the excitement, ex-citement, a tall, dark complexloned mnn stepped outHQf the crowd and grabbed my bag In. which was a letter from Mr Southworth and a card from Mr. Plntl, ono of tho musicians I also had my money and railroad ticket in this bag I was so terrorized and horrified that I don't know what 1 did next. I remember trying to get away as I was afraid of belnc arrested as being the cause of the shooting. I walked out of tnq park until I met an officer to whom I said, 'I am the lady the shooting was over." I told him about losing mv purse and he put me on the car and took me to the station where I mnde ray statement to the chief of police." Sho was asked what she Bald when sho was asked If she carod to see her husband in the Jail. She stated that she had no recollection, except that perhaps sue said. "I do not caro 1 1 would do no good " Cr03S Examination In the grilling cross-examination to which her husband's attorney subjected sub-jected her. Mrs. Southworth acknowledged acknowl-edged having b;en acquainted with members of the Phlllppinl band, among those bc-lnS Plntl, Cas-tlni, Cas-tlni, Fiahor, Morlce. Plerno, (Continued on Page Seven.) on oo Great Crowd at Hanks Inquest (Continued from Pago Six.) tho Sclpall brothers, Lagralo Hanka and Don Phllippinl. Telltale Note. She started that, on the Wednesday preceding the tragedy, her husband had received through the malls, a card addressed to her from Pintl, which ran l',ke this, "will remain in Ogden until end of week (Signed) Plntl Helena hotol. phono ?'C9. Ogden, Og-den, t'tahk" Her husband showed her the card She had placed It in a machine drawer Later on, thinking that It might prejudice her divorce suit, she took it with tho intention of giving it to her lawyer, but, when she went to do so, sho found that she had another card and not Plnti's. Sho said she waa not ashamed to receive- this card as Plntl had always acted as a gentleman. In relating an Instance, when her neighbor Mr Engstrom mot her returning re-turning late one night from the Lagoon La-goon in company with an Italian musician mu-sician named Casatlni better known as Androw and warned her that Mr. Southworth was looking lor her, she stated that faho went to her home alone, where sho found her husband In bed drunk. Another time she stated she went to the Lagoon in company with her neighbor Mrs. Engstrom and there she danced wfth members of tho Italian band. Mr. Hanks asked her to dance but, as her card was full, she had to decline. Regarding Hanks, she said she never nev-er spoke but twice to hlui in her life, once at tho Lagoon and again on the night of the tragedy. She had seen him many tfmes (but had only passed tho time of day or some simple words. Her grandmother, Mrs, Hughes, she suid was the one who first lnlioduced her to the Italians It was last sum-lner sum-lner she was introduced to Don tPWl-Ippini. tPWl-Ippini. also to Mr. Fisher. '.Mrs. Eng-"Btrom Eng-"Btrom her neighbor' introducpdiher to Plerno, and Fisher had mUdc her acquainted 'With fMr. Morico.f t"r At 'one time she gave an entertainment entertain-ment a.t her home, Mr. Soutliworth being willing Iti honor of a racehorse race-horse trainer, a Mr. Gill, whb was working for a Mr. Harris, a1 horso-ownerat horso-ownerat tho Lagoon track. This Was towards the end oi the race ruejet, Mr Engstrom and herself decided , upon this affair and she spoke to her i husband, Baying that It would be a good thing to have some music. Ho agreed to her plans and about twelve i or thirteen df tho PhlllppinL band came to the least. Ice Cream Parties. "In company with Mr. Casatini (Andrew) (An-drew) I had some ice cream at Lagoon La-goon There were other friends present, pres-ent, again with Mrs Engstrom I had Ice cream with Mr. Plerno and once with Mr. Pint! at Salt Lake." She stated that while at Lagoon she danced many times with "Andrew." "An-drew." Sho only danced once with Pierno. Tho latter once took herself her-self and mother and sister to see tho bicycle races at Wandemere park and paid for the tickets. Southworth Children. Mrs. Southworth stated on cross-examination cross-examination that sho had children as follows: A boy about 12 years, a girl 10, a iboy 7 and a girl aged 4 years. That on last Saturday when she left home she made no provision for their care. When sho arlved in Ogden sho, in company of her mother, went to the Bon Ton restaurant for dinner and both occupied a booth. On coming out she met three Italian musicians, Casatini, "Andrew" and two others whoso names she did not know They spoke a few minutes and then she and her mother went shopping Her mother left her at 3 o'clock, and sho went to tho show On coming out she met Pint!', and told him that sho did not think she would go out to tho evening concert At half past seven she niet him again and went with him, riding In thd same seat to the Park. Slie " foutfd her mother there and stayed with her until the tragedy. She said that Hanks checked check-ed his bat and cane going Into the dance nnd she checked her purse On com.ng out she met Don Phllippinl, Miss Lehman, the" singer, and her sister. They went back to the saucer track to hear the second part of tho concert. After drinking the water, Hanks was killed by her husband. Before Tragedy. Southworth's attorney laid great stress on the warshe" occupied her time fiom tho time her mother left hor at 3 o'clock until 7 30 Ho could not obtain anything from her except that she was all that time at the Bamberger depot. Judgo J D. Murphy adjourned tho j case until th.s afternoon when Mrs Southworth will again take the stand. Damaging Evidence In Case Parties Interested In the case state that Mr Hank's valise contains ovl-dence ovl-dence of a damaging naturo and allege al-lege that when the contents aro brought In as evldenco that it will bo shown that he was a dogenorate aud a libertine Tho valise is in tho hands of the sheriff. Another statement which they al-lego al-lego can be proven is that Mrs. South-worth South-worth was seen in Hank's company at a local hotel on the afternoon of tho tragedy. |