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Show WOMAN MAY CLEAR UP RUPLEJVIYSTERy Common-law Wife to Testify Tes-tify Today in Pension Fraud Investigation. Interest in the case of the United States against Henry C. Ruple, charged with fraudulently obtaining his brother's pension pen-sion money, will probably reach Its height when May Ruple, his common-law wife, takes the witness stand. It is expected that she will testify this morning. It Is nlso expected that her testimony will clear up much of the mystery which surrounds sur-rounds the aged man regarding his true identity. Indications point toward a conclusion con-clusion of the case tomorrow or Wednesday. Wednes-day. About the grizzled old man of 69 years there remains a mystery which even scores of witnesses from five states, under grilling examination and cross-examination, have failed to make clear. Complications Compli-cations and contradictions have been piling pil-ing up as the trial proceeds. At the conclusion con-clusion of the testimony of one witness that the defendant is of one identity, another an-other promptly declares him to have been known as another. In his own testimony Ruple has pictured service and experiences experi-ences of the war of the rebellion that in some ways agree with documents brought from the war department in Washington. However, in other respects, his testimony varies greatly from the official record. The contention of the government is that the defendant is Henry C. Ruple. as ho is known at Vernal. Dtah, his home. The government also contends that Henry-has Henry-has been fraudulently receiving the pension pen-sion monev of his brother, Peter, who served in the Civil war and is entitled to the money. The defense contends that the defendant is Peter Ruple himself, and ns such is entitled to the pension. In all probability, the testimony of May Ruple will help greatly in clearing the matter of Identity. |