Show n r o I PLEADS TO GOTO GO TU TO fUNERAL OF CHILD V t I Stricken Grief-Stricken Mother r and Confessed Murderess Weeps Hysterically When Kept in Jail While Daughter Is Buried GIVES GIVE CONNECTED TALE i OF NIGHT OF TERROR Anderson Not Wanted for Mu Mur Murder der Say Telegrams V Think Him Not Connect With Death of Little France r T r t Daughter L of Pastor I I I Js cUl bp-cUl cral to The Tile I I 1 Ironwood Mich lIch June 30 3 Minnie I I t Ekman came Caine here from Finland when a child child- She was watt first married mar mar- ried to Ch Charles 1 L. L Anderson who n-ho a deserted her about thirteen years I ago She then lived with Williams WIllIans i She left here for 01 the west four tour I J t I e rs ago ego r I j jj I j Mrs rr likman's father was pastor i I of or thu tho FinnIsh KInnish l. l Lutheran theran church here I land and died oiled four moI months It ago 10 Her lIeI J mother two brothers brothers' and one sister I 1 faro are arc JI in living living- here Sh She h has a I t I tel ter 13 years old living lI with her Iler 1 1 I mother here hore It j I I a I LI I. I 1 It IA X I AviV to the tle police twice yesterday 0 the tory story o of how she SIle killed her ten ten- year old daughter Frances Williams Tuesday T day u night ight r. r i Thought filled with b burst t of o of tl vi t lent nt weeping and frequent l V. V th the thc cl Chull ld the tho story its was straightforward V ward coherent and mid complete i im irn 1 leta tie do- ta tail n. n V The woman went through th the confession con con- incident b by incident d by detail not contradicting herself at any time During the afternoon hc be had begged begge piteously to be permitted per per- to go o to the funeral of tho time little girl gir and lId the refusal sent 11 her r into into I hI 1 can not Ilot tell teU you ou 1 killed 8 m my lay little girl he the r of or the awful not hot como comoto to mo me until about 4 o'clock Wednes- Wednes Continued on Pat Page e 7 Column 3 L MRS EKMAN PLEADS FOR PERMISSION TO ATTEND SERVICES Held in Jail While hile Child Buried She Weeps Hysterically Hysterically Hysterically Hys Hys- Continued from P Pose Page ge 1 I. da day morning after I had bad knelt beside the bod body all night I seemed to aW awaken awakens en as IS s from l a dream and then the horror of or the thing thing- came to me I cried and prayed praed and antI begged that my 11 little tUe girl Irl be re restored to me for I then realized fully what I had done My first thought wa to run to the tho police and tell teU them of of It H but I did not have tho the nerve I then decided d to sell my furniture and go awa away and went vent to Mr Larson the second-hand second man and arranged for the sale He was kind to me and tried to help m me lIe He called the Y T. TV W. Y C. C A. A and lind told them of m my hardship but no one ever came cameto to me Child lUlled Killed Tuesday The child W was wa 6 killed Tuesday night She and I were alone In the house and andI and andr I r was telling her that It would he be necessary essary for me to put her In the or orphans orphan's orphans orphan's orphans orphan's or- or phan's home She pleaded and cried and asked me mo not to take her there She asked that I always be with her and said she Bhe would rather be dead than go goto goto goto to the orphans orphan's home About 9 o'clock I gave ave Frances some sleeping powders and she soon fell feU asleep I then took a bottle of ot chloroform chloroform chloro chloro- ro- ro form and poured almost the entire contents contents contents con con- tents on a a. handkerchief which I held to her flOS nose until she was dead There Thero was a n. little struggle but not much I IdId Idid Idid did not bu buy the chloroform to kill the tho girl The Tho story I told you ou before that I had purchased the tho chloroform to kill some cats Is true But n n. neighbor took the cats away Ray so I did not use the drug x I 1 did not realize until 4 o'clock the next morning what I had done All night I had knelt beside the girls girl's bod body kissing her little form from head to foot toot and then when It dawned upon me mo that I had killed my child I Iwas Iwas was afraid I did not sleep that night and have slept but little since Couldn't Tell Anderson I wanted to go to the police pollee and tell them of what I had done but I did ld not have the nerve nene Then In the afternoon I 1 went up UI town and when I returned Anderson was waiting outside the front gate ate It was the first time I had seen him In fourteen years cars I sold m my furniture furniture furniture fur fur- and we went uptown together He wanted to go to Ogden I dont don't know wh why but I went an anyway Several era times I tried to tell him of ot what I had done and what was waR contained contained con con- tamed In the tho trunk but my tongue seemed to be tied and I could not Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- morning I decided to return to Salt Lake and go directly to the police station and give ghe myself up I was In misery and wanted anted to tell someone Anderson was going to stay In Ogden and I did not want him to be with me when the crime was discovered Now that Is the whole story and andIs andIs andIs Is the truth No one attacked the girl Irl i I killed her myself probably because I thought that I was going to lose loso her herand herand and nd I va was not not able le to take tike care of ot her I would have havo killed myself myself my my- self had there been anything anythIng- In tho the house with which to do It H. AVni D She Sa Says Sayi R. R Mrs Ekman began belan her stor story b by tellIng telling telling tell tell- ing of or tho the struggle Kle for existence which she has had since August Ekman deserted deserted de de- IC- IC her she says three weeks a ago o She said that ho left her with only 3 and did not tell her where he ho was go- go 0 Ing She learned that he ho was in n Kemmerer Kemmerer Kem- Kem Wyo yo b by Inquiring at ut paint store She said that Ekman had abused her and the child and that her life lire with him had been filled with sorrow sorrow sorrow sor sor- row and hardship I did not kno know what to do do she said I was so blue not a friend friend frend in inthe inthe the world and no money It was hard for tor me mo to do what I have done but as asI I told you ou before I was In a n dream a 1 trance and did not know Anderson did cUd not know a thing about It He lie Is In In- In I alone am to blame PI nd for Child Throughout tho the day dav Mrs 1115 Ekman n hns has pleaded for her child The cold cruel expression which she sho Saturday was missing missing- from her taco face yesterday a and in Its place there thoro was sorrow At each mention of at the child r t. t ili z broke down and sobbed as th though ugh her heart would break Last night rho ho was told tod of the funeral of or her her murdered child which was held at the tho undertaking es establishment es- es of LarkIn Co 0 S. S Second East Bast If JC I could only l hu buy uy a n astone astone stone to mark her resting ulace wr s tho the only comment she made of or the fu funeral ru- ru The police aro thoroughly convinced that Mrs MiSs Ekman Is alone responsible for tOI tho the murder of or the child and a complaint complaint com corn plaint charging her with in inthe the tho first degree probably will be he filed toda today Since her hor confinement In the city Jail Mrs Ekman has eaten but butone butone butone one light meal and has slept only a afew afew afew few hours Her stor story yesterday touched the hearts of or the tho police officials and man many expressed sorrow for her Some of or tho the police pollee expressed an opinIon opinIon opinion ion that the woman was Insane In some respects she appears to 1 bo of ot unsound unsound un un- un- un sound mind When hen persons whom she he he has mot met before enter her cell there Is no sign of ot recognition Anderson Not rot Two o t telegrams were received by the tho chief of or police yesterday from Hancock Hancock Han Han- cock Mich lIch stating that Anderson was w not wanted there for murder One telegram said ald that Anderson had been confused with Charles John- John son who was was wanted for r m murder but but who now Is Js d dead ad Anderson probably will bo be released from Jail today Two letters rs were found yest yesterday rda by the police poUce One Ono Was as written to Anderson Anderson Ander Ander- son on by Mrs Ekman and the other Is a rep reply by Anderson In Tn her letter Mrs Ekman expressed a desire to to togo go back hack to Anderson Mrs Ekman told the palice po police po- po lice yesterday that Anderson always Wa aa good to her and that his de desertion of her was not entirely his fault According Ac Ac- cording to her story atory Anderson Andorson got drunk with others other and while they were ero Intoxicated th the thc entire party part enlisted In Inthe Inthe Inthe the ariy Sho said that ho had written written writ writ- t ten n her regularly for some he be went ent away and arid asked h her r to go 0 to California a. a Her Hel parents however ho dILl did did not like Anderson and antI told her that she Mho could not have her child If she went to him again It was for this reason renson she said enid that she did not go back to him years ago Some time later she sho received a letter from him him saying ho he was going to enlist In the nav navy A Afew Afew few Cew months later she sho read of ot an accident accident acci acci- dent on on one of or the warships In which a Charles ersol a Finn was as killed and believed this to b be her hus hus- band She he did not believe he was alive until a few reW months ago Attended b by her little playmates Im Impressive mi- mi funeral services for Frances Viola Iola Williams 1 12 years of or age who was chloroformed bv by her mother Mrs Irs Minnie kman Ekman In one of or the most tra tragic ic murder cases brou brought ht to the attention of ot the Salt Lake police were held at 1 I 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the mortuary chapel of at the Larkin Hull Un- Un company compan Bishop if B. B Platt of the tho Twelfth Twelfth Thirteenth Thirteenth ward officiated The committal service ser In the Ctt City cemetery cemetery ter tery vas v given Iven by Thomas Ttomas Hull |