Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-06-25 | Page 3 | Woman to Face Trial for Murder

WOMAN TO FACE ' TRIAL FOR MURDER Mrs. Bessie Van der Schuit, Accused of Killing Her Husband, Is Ready for Ordeal. PRICE, June 24. The trial of Mrs. Bessie Van der Schuit on a charge of murdering her husband on February 12 at their home here, will begin Monday morning in the district court. Both Mr. and Mrs. Van der Schuit had been divorced di-vorced from former mates in Ogden before be-fore their marriage, and she had once filed action for divorce from the man she Is accused of killing. The defense is in the hands of S. A. King of Salt Lake and F, K. Woods of Price. They were in Ogden last week in connection with the case. District Attorney Knox Patterson will be assisted in the prosecution by L. A. McGee, who was acting county attorney at the time of the shooting. The defense de-fense has not been outlined, but it is presumed that Mrs. Van der Schuit's attorneys at-torneys will make a plea of self-defense, as stories of the husband's abuses have been common. The state will probably go far back Into the history of the couple if the evidence evi-dence is permissible, and many sensations are looked for by local people.