Show BABES TRAGEDY STORY RELATED t n Salt Lake Give t Background in In Strange v. v Case 4 The b background of or ofa a family drama that i t five liv lives in the strange babes bab the woods woods' c case e was unfolded unfold unfoldS ed id Frid ln ln in Salt SaIt Lake City City the the place the le roo roots roots-of Is Of the tragedy took hold It was approximately two years ago agol that Elmo J. J 32 whose body was identified in Pennsylvania left Salt Lake City after h his wife had died With rum hum he took the three children whose bodies w were re found near those of f Noak and md his niece Winifred Pierce 18 Th The oldest child Norma 13 was the daughter of his hu wife and her first hus hus- band jand band Roland Sedgwick who vho now lives live in Bountiful Theother other two Dewilla Dewilla Dewilla De- De willa 10 and nd Cordelia Cordella 8 were h his S own Behind him a wall of family trouble a wall he apparently never br during the two years he spent in Roseville Cal The Who was Mary Isabel Salt Lake City CHy native and daughter of Mrs J. J E EJ Taylor of W West Temple mple street who now mourns the deaths of h her r three gl grandchildren A sister of o Mrs Mrs MR M. M B. B Shockley West Fourth South street and her daughter Emily Shockley Shockey Shock Shock- Icy ley ey r remember well but of him they have little to say Interviewed Friday iday Mrs Shockley and her daughter had hadn no kind words C for r Th They y did not explain just what caused cawed ar disruption of family amy ties tie except to say it was all aU a messed Up tip business They recalled he be worked in the railroad yards but we were unable to tor r remember m by what railroad he was employed employ d. d Mrs Taylor be reached Friday She wa was Christmas shopping ng the he usually happy expedition made sad Isad ad by the n ws that h had hed her J J I Mrs Irs Mrs y and her dau daughter viewed n ws vs pIctures of the three bodies odies and positively identified them themas as as the three children of Mrs As evidence of 01 the rift that existed between and the survivors of his lis wife Mrs Shockley declared Friday Fri Fri Fri- day ay we dont don't v want nt them fo take care of the funeral for forthe the he children p. p We Ite Wew w want t to have have the bodies sent here lere the place those three poor young young- reared and went to school Mrs Irs Shockley said Will you please try to that word vord to o the authorities In Pennsylvania Irs Jey asked pleadingly gly OIA soon as as we we saw the pictures of ofte th te ic three ihre bodies of the children we knew they were hay Imy ny sisters sister's babies Mrs none of the f tam fain am amy ily y here h had d heard any word before belore Friday of the gossip circulating in Roseville that was attached to tolis his lis niece who had entered his home to o care for tor the children It was Was only a month ago that th t Mr Mrs Taylor Baylor went to Roseville to see the three tree children Mother said when she got cot Cock beck that lat the re well and happy Mr Mrs rs Shockley said A sister of Mrs Emma Huff lives at Lowell avenue She Continued en on Pace Far Two BABES TRAGEDY STORY RELATED Relatives in Salt Lake Give Background und in Strange Case Continued Irom FAte PAlle One t 1 was on a shopping trip Friday and could not be reach reached d. d Bec Because use Mrs Hult was away from home lome no word of ot the finding of of her brothers brother's body could be sent to her Mrs Mis mar Johnson of Holladay a n cousin to to Noa c and Mrs Huff wasat was wasat wasat at the Huff HuH home She was upset by bythe bythe bythe the news and was not able to talk much of ot the case Mr rushed from Bountiful ful Friday to Mr Mrs Shackle Shockley's home He too joined In a family protest t against any efforts of Ot family to take lake the bodies o of the three chil chil- dren I want my 1 little girls girl body brou brought ht here her he declared Mr Sedgwick revealed that he Instituted Instituted Instituted In In- and lost a court tight light for tor- custody custody cus cus- tody of hi his child but charged took ook Norma aW away Y with him before the case ha had been settled in j Juvenile le court did not have legal custo custody ly lyof y yot of ot Norma at the time he left here Mr Mr Sedgwick said I was born orn In Eureka and for fora a time he and nd nd his wile wife lived there ewIlla was born born- in Eureka 10 years ago and shortly afterward the moved to Salt Lake City Two years ago the three children were pupils at the Washington school Before that they had attended the Grant school Police entered the case at a r request of the family to ask for lor descriptions of ot the bodies But Mrs Shockley iden Idea titled them before any word was received received re re- re- re by police Mrs Johnson said that Mrs Gibby and a brother of Robert were leaving immediately from Roseville for Pennsylvania to claim the bodles bodies of ot and the Pierce girl |