Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-04-02 | Page 18 | Woodard Weeps as He Tells own Story

WOODARD WEEPS AS HE TELLS OWN STORY Believed Juror 13 Moved to Tears by Tale of Defendant on the Witness Wit-ness Stand. The story Jedediah Woodard told yesterday yes-terday of how he killed his own son March 2 sent tears to the eyes of one of the jurors before whom he is being tried, it is believed. The Juror turned aside his head and kept his face concealed while applying his handkerchief. The fact was noticed by most every one in the courtroom and was a matter of discussion after adjournment, ad-journment, but no one was sure that the man had wept. Certain?- In the matter is a secret with the jurv until after it shall have rendered the verdict. The defense concluded its presentation of evidence yesterday. Three more witnesses wit-nesses will be calle this morning bv the state, after which arguments and the instructions in-structions to the jury will conclude the trial. The detendant sobbed out his own torv of the kllllnjr from the witness stand yesterday. He protested that he had not intended to kill his son. mat he had intended in-tended only to intimidate him into compliance com-pliance with his demands. The aeed man protested that he did not realize, firing tnree shots or any shot with the purpose of hitting his son. He said that he had the rifle in his hanrio when he warned his son to take back into the barn the team of horses about which the quarrel arose. Throughout his testimonv the asred defendant de-fendant wept openly, answering questions in an almost inaudible and often choking voice. . ' Character witnesses, who testified to the Bood standing of the defendant as a c.tizen prior to the traeedv, were V. XV Cakler, W. YV. Armstrong. V. A. Bet-tilvon. Bet-tilvon. Edward G. Crown and Nepl.i J Hansen. Kdwin X. Austin and Samuel R Egbert were called by the state in rebuttal, re-buttal, The case will be resumed this morning.