Show Ephraim Banker 11 Burned Alive Witnesses ses Say i Doctors Mortician Tell Court of Condition of gaard's Body SKIN FOUND BLISTERED Purchase of Fuel by Accused Related Special to The MANTI June 27 27 Oil Oil was poured over the living bod body of ot Andrew N N. Bjerre aard murdered here April 12 and then set afire by his slayer it was charged In testimony offered Monday londay before Judge Dilworth Woolley and the jury trying Mendon Draper forthe forthe for forthe the slaying when the case was resumed resumed re in district court after adjournment adjourn adjourn- meat ment since Friday Testimony that the body of the vie vie- tim bore blisters was given by three witnesses Dr A. A J. J Anderson Dr E E. B. B Sharpe and Joseph Ursenbach mortician mortician mortician mor mor- who performed the post mor tern tem Each testified that the skin of ofa a dead person will not blister Harvey Thompson and Ray Gibson were witnesses Monda Monday Both testified tied fied that Draper asked for and obtained ob ob- ob tamed waste aste oil from their service stations on the afternoon preceding the murder Both identified an empty oil can offered by the state as an exhibit as the one in which Draper had carried the oil away from their stations SEVERAL TESTIFY I Several witnesses have testified that the clothing and bedding in the Bjerregaard Bjerre- Bjerre Bjerregaard Bjerregaard gaard bedroom had been saturated with waste crankcase oil and then set afire Lorenzo Christensen told the jur jury that he went to the Bjerregaard home after fatter the b body dy was discovered and saw the burning clothing and bedding He said that at the request of Will Simmons Simmons Simmons Sim Sim- the murder victim victim vic vie mons son law of tim he George Jakeman and Alonzo Overton cleaned up the death chamber chamber cham cham- ber and burned the bedding He tes testified testified tes- tes that it was and that the blood of ot the victim had clotted clotted clot clot- ted on the bed springs after passing through quilts and mattress Louis Anderson of Ephraim testified testified testified fied that he frequently visited Mr Bjerregaard before the slaying and that hat on each occasion he had gone there herc he found the doors of the home locked and Mr Bjerregaard required him lim to identify himself before he could gain admission He said that in late ate February or March he had accompanied accompanied accompanied ac ac- ac- ac companied Mr Bjerregaard on the streets of or Ephraim and that thal they encountered Draper Draper asked permission to speak with Mr BJerre Bjerregaard gaard aard Mr Bjerregaard the witness said laid told Draper he care to talk alk with him Mr Anderson said during durins his frequent visits at the Bjerregaard home he had seen Draper Draper Draper Dra Dra- per visit at the home of Mr Bjerregaard's Bjerregaard's Bjerre- Bjerre gaard's aard's daughter Mrs Ivadel Jensen TESTIMONY STANDS examination Cross-examination of ot the states state's witnesses failed to change their testimony testimony mony in any material degree I Mrs Jensen whom Draper was seeking to marry at the time lime of the slaying is jointly charged with first- first degree murder with Draper The state charges that Draper killed her father rather because of ot his objections to a marriage The defense has stated that it will establish that thal Draper was attacked by Mr Bjerre Bjerregaard on the ni night ht of the murder when he went to discuss the relations ons between himself and the woman with her father and that he killed the aged bank president in self selL defense |