Show r TRIAL OF MSS HODGE fI 1 Will Begin in District Court November 30th J I FOB MURDER OF W X RYAN Sheriff Emory Claims to Havs I I Eyewitnesses of GrimD j I I Two of the Shots Heard on the Night I of the Tragedy Accounted for by a Boy I Ii I il iIII iI i 1 I II i Mrs Aurora Hodge charged with the I murder 01 William X Ryan the spec I 4 tacle vender who was slain on the banks I Ii II of the Little Cottonwood near Murray July 11 will appear before the District 11 II ronrt for trial on the 30lh of this month 1 I Sheriff rcmcry claims to have unearthed J dI I a complete chain of evidence which leaves no doubt of the womans guilt It Is claimed that t persons have been l ril found who saw the deed and who will I t toll on he I witness I stand how the pcd Mi I tllsir met his death The names of the iUt l Important witnesses have not been I Ih Ii Tiindc public by 1 the Sheriff Tt Is f f claimed however that such witnesses fif fi 14 I exist and thal they have agreed to testify 11 tes-tify during the trial H Is said that I they volunteered their information to II i the Sheriff SHOTS ACCOUNTED FOR i I Another piece of evidence which will he presented by I the prosecution is j the I testimony of Hiist Thompson a young 1 I I man who lives near the scene of the I Ii crime On the night of the murder of Ryan neighbors III that vicinity heard I II several shots None agreed on the number num-ber of shots that were heard After the examination of the body of the murder I I J ed peddlar the officers agreed that one shot had been llred There was only I I one hole or bullet mark that could be found s During the excitement Immediately 1 I following1 the sensational murder young Johnson was afraid to tell his story to I the olllccrs He himself had fired two I shots that night Just a few minutes before I I I be-fore a single report was heard In the thloket by the Little Cottonwood I Vagrant dogs had been visiting his t premises at night and he lay in ambush am-bush for them On their appearance 911 v he fired two shots from shotgun Ill Li I i CONFESSED TO MAUSS I ill I JJ He told his story to Police Officer i I Mike Mauss of Murray a few days ago I H I jj explaining that he had delayed for fear I that he also might have been arrested t if the story hud been tow sooner A i few seconds after he fired he said he heard another report which sounded f like a revolver He will be taken before I be-fore the court to testify In the case against Mrs Hodge The names of the persons who are said to have seen the deed committed are being carefully withheld The details of what they saw are also being reserved for the trial MRS HODGE SILENT Since her voluntary surrender and confession con-fession to a nollce captain in Grand Rapid l Michigan Mrs Hodge has Jjf S maintained a complete silence concerning concern-ing the crime She has baflled all attempts j g at-tempts at Interviews which arc designed design-ed to lead to a confession To every question she refers her interrogator to the attorneys who aii defending her To the officials at the jail she has been almost equally reticent Efforts to Induce M In-duce her to make a statement which 1 may he used against her at the trial arc cunningly avoided In point of adroitness of deception the prisoner and her guardians are not 011 terms of equality A Visitors are permitted to see the prisoner pris-oner occasionally though she shows no especial desire for company She talks freely to visitor apparently with no reserve re-serve To her attorneys she lias told the whole story of the crime so far asher as-her connection with It is concerned Attorneys express the belief that she will be acquitted |