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Show SLEUTH SAYS WOODS' STORY j DOESN'T STAND Salt Lake Detective Chief Declares There Are Conflicts SALT LAKE. Utah. Jan 12. Further Fur-ther evidence tending: to discredit Ora R "Woods story that bandlU bound h.s wife and left her body to burn on a blazing mattress, was expected ex-pected to be presented by police and others when the inquest was resumed resum-ed this morning In the city court of Judge Ben B. Johnson Riley M. Beckstead, chief of detectives, detec-tives, was to resume tho stand at thei opening of the second day's hearing. The detective yesterday testified that statements mado by Woods as to the actions of the alleged bandits conflicted con-flicted in many important features. Tho attorney retained by Woods has declined to lot Woods take the stand STORX i si R i.. Two months before Mrs Myrcttai Woods. 40 years of ago, was founo j burned to death in the Pauline apartments, apart-ments, her husband. O. R. Woods, called at the office of tho Conttnn- tal Casualty company In the Boston building and mado Inquiry about some accident Insurance, according to, evidence introduced by Count; Attor- ney Arthur E. Moreton yesterday af-1 ternoon dur ing the lnqu-st Into her death "I heard Mr. Woods talking lnsur- j ancc with the office stenographer, and I told him the advantage! of our accident ac-cident policies," Julian P. Smith, a solicitor, testified 'He seemed to be particularly Interested In whether we iuiu puuuica ii. inp in- psnciicuirj provision. ' i told him that we did not handle policies payable to a beneficiary Ah io .seemed to be consld'Tlng the niT-: niT-: i t s of insurance issued by vurlous com-panics, com-panics, ho said that he would con-elder con-elder what we had to offer, thanked me and left He did not r.ay for whom he wanted the Insurance, and I assumed as-sumed that It was for himself." ( ROWS PIIiLS COURTROOM. Mrs. Woods carried an accident Ipolic of jrt.000, in which her husband hus-band was the beneficiary, when she n i . killed, a riir!g to the police, it provided r double Indemnity in ease th( holder m i death In a burning luilding. Spectators 'lowded the courtroom ,nd the doorway during tho Inquest esterday before City Judge Jjen Johnson John-son sooiw was ropgesented by Thos. Ramage, County Attorney Moreton jand Wallace B Kelly anneared for ih state. Evidence t o ki nc will bs com-pleted com-pleted and the testimony submitted to jthe Jury today, it was expected. Jur-ora Jur-ora were Thomas K KeatilS, L W. !Sowles and Walter RusselL Dr J. 1 tJulllgan, ity ph k i i : i n , testified that Mrs. VVcfodfl w. dead jor nearly so when sue was placed up-I up-I on the bed "Unless there was a great j degree of unconselouHncKs. or unless the victim was dead, she would have ,trled to roll off the bed. Exanilna- ( Continued ou l'ae Two) I! oo SLEUTH SAYS WOODS' STORY DOESN'T STAND (Continued from Page One) tlon of the respiratory tract did not Indicate that she had breathed during dur-ing the fire."' U 1 K I W Bill IM l Discussing the probable cause of death or unconsciousness. Dr. Galilean Galil-ean said In- was unable to :;tit- definitely. defi-nitely. "There was a bruise on lh i woman's lower Jaw. and two teeth had been loosened ae if from a blow. A towel had been tied about her neck, 'n view of these circumstances, the most prohablc conclusion is that she was knocked Into Insensibility or choked, and thn thrown upon the bed." William H .Bywater, chief of the firo department, told of going to the fire and described the position of the' body. The w oman's feet and hands I had been tied, he said, and she had been gauged. n towel was found about her neck and another oer her eyes. Tho bedding had soaked with j benzine Captain W. J. Hancock of the o n- Itral fire stauun testified that at the promises the door leading from the bedroom was about ten Indies ajar vht-n he entered the bedroom. Testimony of various tenants in the Pauline apartments concerning the discovery of the fire and efforts to train admittance was taken during the afternoon il MM' 111 K- NO I I l RB N i I Mrs Elizabeth M Cotterlll. wife of A. Cotterlll. manager of the apartment, apart-ment, said that after repeated pounding pound-ing upon the door. It was opened from Jie inside and Woods staggered Into the hallwuy and fell upon the floor. She said she did not notice whether I his hands o! feet were bound. but said that shs saw an electric light cord lying on the floor near his fael Mrs. Mary Collins, who occupied the apartment beneath that of Mr. and Mrs. Woods. Mild that she was home from LI o'clock until after the lime when the fire Is said to have occurred, oc-curred, but heard rir noise. Mrs. Collins said she heard no disturbance dis-turbance in the Wood! apartment, although al-though she ordinarily beard stub I noise as some one walking across the floor. DETECT i i i VM 6 m M Riley M Bsekstead. chief of detectives, detec-tives, was on the stand when adjournment adjourn-ment was taken until thl mornlnx He declared that Woods had made conflicting statements when re latins how he and h!s wife were held up. He rnlt.l ii t t ...it Win I,, tin. fn.t I Vi i It ti-.i-. I hut u feu- step from the txtOiroom Into which Mr. Woods said he wui thrust hv one of the holdups to the hallway "I asked Mr Woods why he had not stepped out Into tho hall. when he :v.-thrust :v.-thrust Into the bathroom unbound he flrt time, and he sald he did not know. " Chief Beckntead said. 'Mr Woodi said that he had gone tn the doiT In response to a knock and that the larger of two burglars hnd thrust a gun Into his chest and pushed him into the bathroom. " t'hlef Meckstead said. "in his first story he said that he walked out of the room to be near the side of his US who was in the dining room He said that they had made no effort to bind her. ijter he Mid that one of tho men was binding Mrv Woods' feet, and that he rushed from the bathroom bath-room to her protection, only to receive re-ceive a blow In the eye, and to b bound and gagged. Aft. r he was ly-Ing ly-Ing bound upon tho floor he was ribbed rib-bed of (ITS. he said." |