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Show The Salt Lake Telegram. MONDAY EVENING, 'AUGUST 17, 1903. Tn - .,), WILL MRS AURORA HODGE !NAME MAN WHO KILLED OR HELPED T KILL RYAN? , & fa fa fa fa fa fa & ti) f?i G fri r, ti fa fa fa fa fa r? rz-- . rz fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa Girl's Trial Postponed Un- -. WILL MRS. HODGE NAME HER ACCOMPLICE? ft) 0 til Wednesday, and 0 Detectives and persons who have followed the IIoJsc case are Curiosity as to Her Tesous as to the story Mrs. Hodge will relate on the witness stand. "Will she name her accomplice? is the question that Is now on the timony Is Great; Story lips of everyone who has been Interested in thl3 strange case. of the Case. 0000&00 0 . curl-(- lfie preliminary trial Hodge, the pretty, frail nineteen-year-ol- d g:irl who confessed thaf she killed James X. Hyan, which was to have been he id this morning' was continued until "Wednesday by Judge Diehl. Mrs. Hodge grows more reticent as the date cf her trial approaches and refuses to talk of the case. Sheriff Emery maintains that he has a clear case against the girl. Others are convinced that the mystery has not even been partially solved. of Aurora s. Detectives Are Puzzlsd. Detectives of three States are puzzled by this, the most remarkable murder mystery in the annals of the West. Inorder to save the girl her brother, Alfreel Larsen, manager of the Iowa Tele- phone company of Denison, la., and the law "erg he has employed are with the State's detectives and police in an effort to induce Aurora to confess who really killed Ryan, or who her accomplice is. So far they have failed. The girl stubbornly refuse, to even admit that she h;ir, an accomplice, and from her bearing" she will accept whatever penthe law imposes, and the secret of alty man who murdered Ryan will rethe main iockod in her breast. It seems a case of a woman shielding her lover even unto rleath. The story of the crime is a strange one. Story of the Crime. On July 14th two prospectors discovered the dead body of James X. Ryan, o a traveling merchant, lying under a clump of bushes in the foothills raar Murray. The' body was covered with a blanket, and ten feet from it stood Ryan's traveling wagon, to which was tied Spot, Ryan's pet dog, who has into one of the important developed fac.or.- - in solving the mystery. When th body was uncovered it was found to be in such an advanced stage of decomwas position that immediate interment ordered by the authorities. It was ascertained, however, that heavy tjiongs were bound around the legs and arms tir.d a handkerchief had been tied in a tight knot around the neck. There was a big bruise and cut on the forehead. Not a rent of money was found in the man's pocket, but in a small memorandum book was this quotation: 'No fool like an old fool. James X, Rvan and Aurora Hodge." Traced to Mrs. Kodge. With this slight clue to work on, the fetectives tet out to solve the mystery, i'hey discovered that three days before the murder, on July 11th, Ryan and a r ng well-to-d- I decided to go at once to Grand Rapids and give myself up. for 1 could never feel satisfied until I had confessed and was punished for what I Denison had done." Hodge's Explanation. . was so at variance with the condition-- surrounding the finding of the body that the police, decided to exhume the remains. Bffore this was done they old Mrs. Hodge that the body was bound when found This confession 3 ' i PT t) and was lying near the roadside covered with a blanket. She seemed confuted for a moment, but quickly replied: "Why, after I shot him I bound htm for fear he might recover consciousness, but I nevtr took the body out of tht-wagon- ." Then she became like a fphynx nnd refused to discuss "any phase of the case. When an examination of the body was made the police discovered to thtlr surprise that the only bullet wound was in the head. The wound was atout the size of a quarter, at the Junction of the frontal and parietal bones, near the apex of the right ear, and surgical ex perts declare the wound could only have been inflicted while the man whs lying fat on his back, and that the bullet c:im from some one standing back of his head. The surgeons declared the wound must have caused instant death. Further Investigation showed that where the arms and legs were bound they were lacerated, showing that Ryan had made a desperate effort to free himself. The Ca3e Analyzed. These discoveries so puzzled the detectives that they made another effort to induce Mrs. Hodge to further explain, and if possible comind her to divulge the name of the murderer, for it was now evident that It wan an uttir Impossibility for th girl to have killed Ryan. The Investigation had proved that Ryan had leen overpowered and bound, that he had made a desperate-efforto free himself, nnd that while lying fiat on his back n bull"t that car fired Into ried instant death had his head. Could this frail girl of 10i pounds have done this? Ryan was u strong man and weighed ltd pounds. Kven the layman said r.o. But even her love for her brother could not Induce Mrs. IIodgeto unmask the man who perpetrated or aided her in the perpetration of the most carefully planned erlm ever committed In Utah. In her long conversation with her brother and hr attorney, Mr. Holg repeatedly reaffirmed her former story, in which she stated positively that she did not cover Ryan's body with the blankets. She once more contradicted herself ay declaring again nnd again that she did r.ot bind him hand and foot, and knot a handkerchief around to his throat. She declined point-blan- k affirm or deny that she was with any person other than Ryan on the night of the murd.r. She told her auditor, who will endeavor, to the limit of human power, to save her from the ignominy of a murderer's death, or a felon's cell. t In-e- e. n nn - an k. th" rxe.t 5 tht r'.'r c t d t i tn fed It" Ti-- ..'. r ' T e . f X" . i '.. , t- !,. ,TYi,,;!;:".;rJ,;,v 1 !- - Th e n jt r. I .". i ""Kr-- rft. i ; r: ; ft i lor Otiur ! fit, ; ilv :) m ;u-- l l!fn-;e- r.'" - T'l c t , 1 o Hank Monk. st3u;e driver cf the p.'o. ! i Ho Har.k neer days In the far West, was Pn- - ; RT, , hU r i rT.rm;r;t r rr t. mortalUed by Mark Twain In !..s Vr-- a! iy " r.o ?::; Vi -"i ! ' .r ' Itnughlnc It." The Mr.se rxarh in which Hank Mn-.- k Kl Hcrar. Gr- -y V - ! ..- l in C e V. the timeto I'lncervU'," "on t . nnl n Pn l stare our h Pke ' '''n I M V,, r t watch that was prrser.tr;! to the lr, t h r r Wrv t . 1e I. ; life lrv"n he.-,i,r. f.;f .j t'r of his lecorc trrpld Jrhu 1'-v- j 5r.tr be nmer.c the brraldr.g trip, The ff f? 'was the f e- r rf ff..'.: Wort the St, at lair. i' curies f re j.p.Mtf Ty r f t? e est rstlng rfnjtdry ar t ravd! drl rr ! .tM 'ejft in fa ,r- Lm,:, t t. ' ' 1'. " f ' J. A. Yrringte-- of ' ity. N t t' ' ' '," t ada'A tt' riJtPil r :r !t !'ff,T t" the J ' V . ; World's f;ir. jvase i th' ;h I,ake J . , ," . .. 11" m. , , en , . to , I'U ru;o e.trrday . .... raid that Nevada w uld xhlbit ,. ' . ' 4 If! V ?.!--.- . . l " ? - ; r.-- l " J.'-- 5 w-i'- - Cta Mnk rdi' Hank Monk, at w r - by Twain' wp.J h !!tn. ts To Litcc that h- - M if! ffri My. v. w h:',e he he jtjM !t. rue i f leave ;Orr e rn .10 o treatment. 1t ;td r,? J5 ;f ui married. all this H 1 Mr. !!.!, ?e the rrer.ry after she f i-- d 1 f -- Y .pr. ti ?! u , j bii-.c1'.-- ! -- - v - - , ; e - e - t!.r i r- ' t ! .... . r. . n -- ' - tj r . i u . . .. .. v ! x. 1 '- - ,ird !.r r i : '. f l.s - e- c.r. I uriit - n "V, - : i:.,-.1 ".. i , !i. .- ' f.r.-i- . v v ? ? -. .? 1j.. AJfi'd h'ri-- i .- th" rl. ." r. - 1 The rittsburgr Wagon Man. n or,e of I romp." r,t tjitine-nmen. He retired a f.tpl; wealthy Herwlg Inr.ge. ' Aurora i ef ,;.: t I : n The very of rittsburc. will wagon manufacturer be an Important w line's. Mrs. Ho;Ke Ilea of that frail ic;;l t.vn-'- f hr? Mm Kays that I':nge sent her the M'j v. h'.rh K)an Ai d Ithen t ! for her at the ficdn Jos;. Sh' !,'' lir e ,:' n e.;- h'.-Ryan Jov on th.. rh" ih; mm. 3"'der.'ly postoffice the day they started m :r r. Aurora on declare th and have t'orneliu Hodge tragic trip, l to hiej thl ni;r;. Ar.gHcp with that Mrs. Hodge left fMj at life.of own womrn per the the abandon! the satrire day Inge . hr--'.h- s .! , Ir.-Ur.- j ...Ai"n f- 1 n. r ' T?.' frf-- the t-- I ! V. "i !.-- e 1 r." c -.,r l' r v. a Sji :.c.d 1 ; r.-l''...- u r Mr. n n i th' ; j ; 1 ? ire'.'.;.' -r n , j ho -s r- y. x'"k t. i .. i if i"r;t " r. p .t;o;,;,1 -- t . :--i .' . - t p.!V. r. foye ,r 1 tpat . vi !. hp;, P'.g H" a da ;' y ! f- h f e a Joy. r in - 'h:lr- y, v. V. r: J f' ; !i v '!' . ; p ; th' e v ;.i e ' V f; I -- 4 tt j r t! - . J - th" ;:! r' al .! T pi 1 M'-rmlro- J hVA v f .;; e,d !. a 5 " ,1. . c. I . d " No;,!.i t!. 1 t ' :y. w 1 found. i.l i " '- j r 'i ' ' t i 1"?'.'e 5 r ; t;. . ' r H . e . r.ft i!.i! f . -- ? M. J : - r a n wj-.e- If-r- - . t- a t. ti at c - '.- I'i a 1 . I .. i",:r.r. . -- 5 1 - v- p..-.- t'': h : 1 t'.e In 1 t'n t cf .t r 4 , .'ao it'. I' - 1 w at. I r. j v hito. It I Rjan'w when I nm on trial, and if r.eeary i Known that Han arrled J''' In 1.0: j e j..,i t will take the full penalty th law lm- - w Ith bun. ard that ! " wa sn ,om th-and still say 1 did It. I alone of tuf)ir.g 11 The right. I klll.-a I him." t " l! it tii" rr. iv !'..:; ; !., And thre the rase stands. p . he ref:ie-- to A iecullar fe,ntur of the m)tery Is IJoti rd the treasure j,f w.( r; :r of Mrs. Hedge by i!n' I. the Ider.tiricatlon Spot, the dead man's dog. ThS animal, Poisesscs Certain r.'f.nfrr.f r.t. tied to the wagon whefj, wi!nr''! the murder of his master. When Mr. Mrs. Itrvtge Is-- we'd educated ar 1 f , .1 irr!.i f.r.r XT.r tA , She Se e Hedg was taken to jail u;on Ivr arrival hre Stot was In the corridor, Put de'.ef Jv.Jr.ed to f a. ar rheerfuJ. t iMi' Whn h espied her he ruhed tow r I tie rnut r. matter what her and barked with deiinht. Mrs. of to rhl'M lh" nsn hm I..CJI. her Hodg be cam violently agttate! and Th's" who hiv watr he-- the ;5fl f a y exclaimed : that she uUl r,eer hre.U do at; fir ! "i:ven the dog I a witness." petray her lo r. ar. that h r everySpot Is being hell to Identify thn IU tt"J; Show 1 t h t She 15. tends te "man from every where," If he ran be him ..t the f.ailiiff of own JiJe. if 1 I! : .j .--- d. c : ; 1 1 !. 5;, i li.-)!i- Mr, d !. '. . c! ':;' Ia r.t.vj Satt Irs t- j f 1 A Hodge a o r,l; that Jn Jr.'o. In May tlodge, Fh fold hSi.-- l that ?! COtj" Jrf At t! g Of-r- . " Cave U'atfh ta Tti fr.l I hare Hr' rtnh? tn the I'lttsbur: r-- 'l ! ' ;,'".'..',' j Mfk 'RchJ-tt r tr first fa .,; It." wa the dflvrr who w of the Mage that arried ley intoC l'Piref it'c one latter s. Mr. Hrevjey w . ' far-oou- - io:i.tr.l-r- . . '. :'t thr- - t r- - JT- T wrr-on-s other interetir.g thlrg . Hunk 5 oU-cte- J?e t n herv-nlou- I I i girl' by shield the murderer, the detective out to find her husband. He was located In California, and It was shown waa In Ixs Angele conclusively that hewnn when the crime committed, nnd that when his wife left him and T,t to Ogden he had given her up and haled her. This eliminated the hushand from the Again were the rydlr baffled. A day later a photograph of a hnndsome man, 29 yearn old. bearing this Inscription. whs found among Mrs. HIge efircts; "W. It. T.. from everywhere. A witness was discovered who Identified the picture as that of a man he hnd se-In camp with Hyan and Mrs. on Hodge, July Hth. the Inst day Kynu was alive. Mrs. Hodge denies that this man or any other man rave Ryan was with her during any part of the trip from Ogden. When nrki-- who the iran Is. Mie simply says: "He Is a friend." Tho Man From Everywhere. Th-rhe refuses to utter even one now Wire W'ord more. Kvery effort made to locate this man. But when he ldt the Ryan camp on hithe, nightsoof the th" trnll Uairder he covered up w roughly thatt r.t one clue to his een cbtalr.ed. It Is v!dent ha that the man from everywhere" is k-the - 1 lover the tclrl Is shielding. When pointed b'ark If the picture of the the teil stranger v. a r.ot a likenmurderer, she ald doggedly: "I killed Mr. It) an to save rny hnor. Th r may be o:n dlcrepar:c!-- In my stry, but I will t 11 It without rhar.c c.-i- dd; ff an 7 t i f . - I. rdh Relics of Horace Greeley's Famous Nevada Ride use- i.iirti liiKiu rrc Hitii oiouwiaini by inconttntlhlj evidence, yrt Mr. Hodge memory failed her when the "On Time" Will Be Seen actual commission of the crime wa discussed, nnd she told slorle that arc at St. Louis. utrangely at variance with or.e another. Ban led the determination to t-- 00000000?.S000000 woman had left Ogden In the "movers" wagon. By shrewd work this woman was identified as Aurora Hodge, who had canvassed Ogden for employment from July 7th to 11th. The girl had disappeared after the murder. She wis finally traced to Denison. Ia., her home. Before a warrant could be rerved on her she again disappeared, but turned up later at Grand Rapids, Mich., where she walked into the office of the chief of police, confessed that she had killed Ryan and asked to be taken into custody. Jn her confession the girl declared that in May she married a man named Cornelius Hodge, in Los .An-eeland :i week later left him. after a ! quarrel, and went to Ogden, Utah, to visit relatives and seek employment. She said she met the man she murdered in Ogden, ami that he hired ht-to go with him as his bookkeeper. The and ehe salary he offered her was good, accepted. They traveled for some time, living at good hotels, and all went welt until they neared Salt Lake. How She Shot Ryan. When they were on a lonely road a few miles from the city, she was driving, she said, when the man relzed her and, attempted to assault her. She put up a fight and then pulled a revoKer from her skirt and fired at him, killli him. H pre is her confession in detail: "While we were traveling in the wagon Mr. Ryan attempted to seize me, and wnen he renewed his efforts to overcome me I shot him in th side. We were within a few miles of Salt Lake, and I decided to leave the brute in tho wagon and walk to police headquartei s and give myself up. When I reached the city my nerve failed ire. I thought know perhaps that no one could ever revol-ver that I killed him. I had left'th near him, and I thought it would look as if he had killed hlmsoi:. With what money I secured from his money pouch before I left the wagon I pur-- j chased a ticket to Denison. where my brother and foster parents live. I only took $45 of Mr. Ryan's money, as this was the sum he had collected at the Ogden postoffice for me. It had ben mailed to me by Mr. Iar.ge, whom I met at San Jacinto in May. While at pr 10 HANK MONK E AT WORLD' n clear nnd concise story of her acquaintance with Itynn ur to the nlsht of July 11th. After that time her statements were vague, chaotic, contradictory, and It was palpably apparent h? was shielding some one. nnd acting a martyr to her devotion. Where Her Stories Conflict. Mr. Hodge" pencil sketch of th camp was true nnd accurate In rvrn the most minute detail. 'her memory event preceding the tragedy being pc r feet.. . Her. stories. of h'r movemerts . up. . "l 'a f?t,:re -- A' ; : - ! cf '. , P. the-- ;.; ! ' t. 5 A ie.y)r i I t f-k-- ..i P. - x-f'l-' o'-C- Hi;,!' .4-- . .. iVji.7'4 i fer .rf-T--- " !r: - '."'1 - 4f.' i. 'aiJ e II -- - . . . j .. , u; - e f r? Is ? '4 J " ' ?, re-- i. Wv4 ; ? -- ly fy- - 'tV. A X - .' r,4.,M.'.V,"!ve l-- & - . ..IK, f V'4VI:. ' -- :'..; t V n c m r V i; ... ;:1 - 4- - . WIS) ' c f mo a!! siiiii Siver and was getting yello w, over My spots were getting had often heard of Rspans Ta boles and a friend told me to fry them. started es, and 1Y?si V. 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