Show RUTH SHAWS SHAW'S SISTER TELLS OF oc LAST NIGHT Pack Hides His Face as Death Clothes Are Exhibited A written confession of Ben Ben J. J Pack Jr was read into the record Wednesday afternoon In it he admitted admitted admit admit- ted having driven Ruth Shaw up Emigration canyon canyon canyon can can- his yon but hut denied forcing attentions upon her By JOHN U. U TERRELL TERRELLA A weeping year old girl whose voice was hardly audible audible audible audi audi- ble at times was the first witness to take the stand Wednesday morning in the trial of Ben Pack Jr accused of the slaying attack-slaying o of Ruth Shaw 20 in lonely Emigration tion cany canyon n early on the morning of March 22 She was Nancy Naomi Shaw the slain girls girl's sister For nearly an hour she narrated events of ot the thc evening preceding Ruths Ruth's death Time after time Judge Oscar W. W McConkle McConkie in m whoso whose court the trial is being held hed had to admonish her herto herto herto to raise her r voice Courtroom Jammed At a am m in half haJ an hour before the trial was scheduled to start the courtroom was filled to capacity with women of ot all ages Shortly afterward the aisle of ot the court was jammed and when Pack was brought in officers and bailiffs had difficulty opening a lane through the crowd The high point of the morning session session ses sea sion was wa the identification of oC Ruths Ruth's clothes by Nancy Twice during this part of her testimony she gave way to emotion covered her face ace and sobbed In a a. corner of ot the room her mother Mrs James T. T Shaw sat with covered face tace The Tho slain girls girl's father stood with a comforting arm around his wife's shoulders District Attorney Calvin W. W Rawlings Rawlings Rawlings Raw- Raw lings offered oferd each piece of ot clothing which Ruth had h-ad worn on the night she allegedly was driven up Emigration tion canyon to her death in Packs Pack's old Did car Each one was admitted to evidence over the strenuous objection I tion lion of ot Defense Attorney E. E C. C Jen Jen- I sen Between his his' father ather and mother molher I I Pack sat with a handkerchief covering covering cov coy ering the lower half of ot his face He was pa pale o and nervous and several times closed his eyes as aJ Ruths Ruth's under un un- un- un der were held up before the curious gaze of ot the entire c courtroom Describes Fatal Night Nancy testified that her sister had met Pack more than tha a month before March 2 22 Her ier story told under strain and In a difficult voice was this On the evening of ot March 21 she sheet and Ruth set et out in their best dresses for the d dance nce hall hail on Main I street Th They took ook a bus from their home at 5 North Eighth West Vesti street p and go got oft off near the dance I hall hail on Main On the tho bus i they met MarjorIe Kelbaugh a n girl friend who also was going to the h. h dance hall Did you see Ruth and B Ben n Pack leave the dance hall hail together Mr Rawlings her No she replied I I saw them dancing to u r. r The last time I saw her hr w was s after the eleventh dance Previously she testified Ruth had mentioned having a pain near her hor hore heart This e P precipitated p 01 Page Two I Column Testify at Murder Trial 2 C CA A rA 4 y rr I 4 1 t t 1 L I r r 3 44 4 h j LV I i iv k v 4 4 4 4 d J Ja a t S gj 2 Witnesses at Ben Pack trial Marjorie Marjoric left and Nancy Naomi Shaw sister of the dead Ruth Shaw SISTER TAKES TAKES' 1 WITNESS STAND t Continued d from Pope Pago o One 0 argument an between between- counsel and was carried into the cross examina- examina lion tIon by Mr Jensen v One by ono one Mr r. r Rawlings produced produced pro- pro articles of Ruths Ruth's clothing 1 a a. pair of muddled muddied silver slippers slip slip- pers pors a pair of stockings a faded pink slip n a green grren evening dress dress- a adark dark cloth coat dark purse green greenbelt belt a n. crushed imitation gardenia and a powder puff i When he offered in evidence a 1 photograph of ot Ruth Huth Nancy slumped i down in thc witness chair A bailiff bailiffs i s her a glass gl s of water It was with difficulty that she answered tho the other questions Ho However ever tinder under tin im- j der cross examination she regained her composure and h her r expression became somewhat defiant i Illness Described i Attorney Jensen asked her to recount recount re- re count ever everything thing Ruth did on the i day preceding tho the dance i Nancy replied In the morning I ahe he went downtown and paid some somei i bills for my father and mother Inthe In Inthe the the afternoon she he came home and We Wo started to dress for the dance at 7 o'clock and left and left the house shortly before 8 8 Q Did Ruth say anything then about a pain in her heart A. A Not until were until we were waiting for Uto bus 4 J Q What did she say A. A She said aid sho she had a pain pains near her heart but that there was nothing nothing noth noth- ing ins wrong g Tho The defenso defense was attempting attempting- toK to K show that Ruth was subject to toI 4 I- I heart attacks but the matter was f ended when both sides successfully got admission from the witness I which appeared to stilt the tho at- at 1 1 tornes Previous to Nancys Nancy's testimony J a Mr Rawlings Rawlings' had made mad a brief ti G 3 opening statement to the jury In Ina a WhIch he said th the state intended toa to tos I a s show how that Ruth became acquainted a r with Pack at least leas a month before re reher her death that sh she had met him at atI atthe r I the dance hall several times prior 5 to the night of March 21 Case Is Outlined 1 Well also show Mr Rawlings continued that thai Pack called Ruth 2 his wife in front of two soldiers y 3 2 whom to Fort Douglas that m night that it was was vas a stor stormy y night f with snow on on the ground Well We'll Wells s show that Pack drove Ruth up EmIgration Emigration Emi- Emi Emigration gration canyon after leaving the M 4 soldiers at the fort and that four miles from the the canyon mouth he turned the car around and parked There he attacked her ber choked her and beat her Well that show Pack Ruth o out t of ot the car and left her er erI almost nude In in the snow v that he I then drove back to town ate ato two hamburgers and went home The next day he lie went to two movie sh shows ws and the day following after reading the tho story of Ruths Ruth's death in the tho paper fl fled d and spent six weeks traveling about tho the United States and Mexico that he he was arrested arrested arrested ar ar- rested in R a n transient camp in Green River Wyo Lays Death to Shock Mr Rawlings described Ruth as buoyant and happy the night she went to the dance with her sister She Sho was a Do virtuous girl he declared de- de declared declared de de- and well we'll produce doctors to o prove that Also the doctors will testify that sho she was strangled and that shock caused her death The Tho defense made no opening statement Six witnesses followed Nancy to the st stand nd Frank J. J Stevens of Tooele testified that he had seen Ruth and Pack together at the dance He then was excused Marjorie who went to the dance with Ruth and Nancy offered offered offered of of- the same sarno testimony Sho She was i followed to the stand by Frank E E. Kirby one of the soldiers whom Pack drove to the fort after leaving leaving leaving leav leav- ing the dance Wife VUe in Front Scat Seat I first saw Pack outside the hall after the dance he said andI and I told him we had no way of ot getting getting getting get get- ting to the fort He said if it I would buy him two gallons of gas he would drive us there My wife's in inthe inthe inthe the front seat of the car he quoted Pack as saying You get in the back jack scat seat Under examination cross on Kirby said he had been in Salt Lake City only a week before the tho dance and that he did not see Pack after getting out of the car at the fort Q Why didn't you tell about this before A. A I didn't know it was the same ame thing Q But you knew for a month th that hat t. t officers were looking looking- lo looking king f for Pack or P ck before you ou said anything A. A Yes Yea Then I told my om- om mandIng officer after came back from troop maneuvers in 1 Monterey Witness Vaness Excused The state met its first rebuff when Douglas Le Grone colored cafe worker failed to testify t that he ho had seen Pack ack in a hamburger parlor at South State street at 4 30 a. a m m. March 22 I 1 was in the place but I 1 didn't get et a good look at his face Le Lc LeGrone LeGrone Gr Grone ne said Rawlings had intended to have Le Grono Grone identify Pack as being in n the cafe after returning from the canyon Lo La Grone had previously previously previously pre pre- stated be he had seen Pack eating hamburgers in the tho place The defense objected to the testimony's being admitted and Inasmuch as asLe Lo Le Grono had not made hI his previous previous previous pre pre- statement under oath Judge McConkie excused him from the stand Harry R R. Stinson resident of ot Emigration canyon next took the stand and told of finding Ruths Ruth's body in a canyon snow bank He was followed to the stand by Detective Detective Detec- Detec tive ive Lester Wire who investigated the slaying Attorneys expect the tho trial to last lasta a week Jury Is Completed A jury of 12 men and an n alternate also a man was chosen Tuesday afternoon It includes s Ron Anderson Ander Ander- son 1463 Harrison avenue contractor contractor contractor con con- tractor Joseph Bassett 1120 Bryan avenue smelter worker Benjamin Bell BelI South Seventh West street salem salesman an Th Thomas mas H. H Carl Cam Brooklyn avenue accountant Ernest Ernest Ernest Ern Ern- est Deans Parkway avenue painter John R R. Draxler Seventh Seventh Sev Sev- ent East str street et Henry M. M Hamblin Erickson lane Murray farmer B. B H. H Second East street J. J C. C Robinson Granger farmer Wilford Wil- Wil Wilford Wilford ford R. R Smith 82 Second East street electrical contractor Abram A. A Todd Redwood road farmer farm farm- er and G G. H H. Whitehead 68 South First West street brick mason con- con tractor The altern alternate te juror Is James W. W Collins president of ot the Tracy Loan and Trust company |