| Show DEFENSE LOSES FREEDOM MOVE Special t U te The I MANTI July 19 The 19 The defense defens molion motion mo mo- lion tion for a directed verdict in th the trial of ot Mrs Ivadel 13 B. B Jensen I charged with first degree murder a aan as asan asan an accomplice of Mendon Draper I sentenced to life imprisonment forthe fo for forthe the crime last week was denied b by Judge Dilworth Woolley in the district dis dis- district court Tuesday morning when the trial was resumed Before a crowded courtroom mo most of at the being women Lou Louis Larsen chief of defense counsel in his opening statement told the jury jur evidence to be presented would prove Mrs Jensen not guilty of the mu mur- mur der As to th the question whether Men Men- Mendon Mendon don Draper pr procured cured the waste o oil April 12 to oil a pig infected with wit lice or to pour over the body of th the murder victim Mr Larsen pointed pointer out that the oil was obtained an and carried through h Ephraim in in daylight daylight day day- light no secrecy being resorted toby t to toby by Draper He also said that it would be shown that the quarrel resulting in the death of I Mrs Jensens Jensen's s 's father Andrew N. N Bjerregaard occurred when Draper went to the Bjerregaard home to ask his consent for their mar mar mar- He said that at the time Draper Drap Drap- er left the tho house to oil oU the pig It was wa altogether probable that she lay down on a couch and slept all aU the time he her suitor was absent from her home ATTACKS TESTIMONY Mr Larsen attacked testimony o of states state's witness regarding ill III feeling between Mrs Jensen and her father He told the jury testimony would woul show that there was good feeling between between between be be- tween father and daughter that sh shwas she was in the habit of ot sending food t thim to him that on one occasion when sh she sent him bread and he returned it itis as is lS testified to it was because he al ale al- al ready had bread brend enough in his home He said it would be shown that Mrs Jensen was furnished necessities by her father and that she In turn turn supplied supplied sup sup- plied his wants He said Bald it would be shown that her father asked her to divorce her husband husband husband hus hus- band and that he financed her ber divorce di dl vorce trial The tenor of the defense argument appeared to be that It would be shown that there was no motive for lor Mrs Jensens Jensen's s 's participation in the crime and that she was in her ber own home when the murder was commit commit- ted Mrs Lily LUy was the first defense witness She testified that on the morning preceding the killing kUling she had visited Mrs Jensen and that the latter displayed a bruise on the leg saying it and other discolorations discoloration were caused by varicose veins She said that she knew of no ill Ul feeling between Mrs Jensen and her lather father TELLS OF LETTER LETTEROn Mrs Rasmuss Ras- Ras On examination cross muss mussen en said that Mrs Jensen had written to her while in the county Jail at Provo awaiting her trial but that testimony Mrs was to give at the trial was not discussed Fergus FerlUS Bjerregaard son of the slain man testified that on one occasion oc oc- casion he assisted Draper in oiling a pig for Mrs Jensen The state rested Mo Monday day Argument Argument ment of ot the defense motion for tor a directed di dl verdict of not guilty took up the entire afternoon |
