Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-01-05 | Page 8 | Wido Wof Rankin is in Court First Time

WIDO RANKIN IS IN COURT FIRST TIME UNION CITY Tenn Jan C. C For For the first firt time d during na the tho trial of ni night nightriders nightriders ht riders Mrs rs Quentin flankin widow of tho the man for whose WhOM murder tho the alleged night riders are nrc now noW on trial was in incourt incourt incourt court today when whon tho the arguments be be- gan aan She was wu clod clad in deep dep mourning Major fjor Hal Holmes opened for tho the state As the attorney pictured Captain Rankin as ono one of ot the cleanest purest men mon in Tennessee and neared his fate fate- ful end Mrs rs Rankin broke broko down and leaning upon the shoulder of her sister siler sobbed piteously Two of the accused ed edmen men mon gazed clos closely ly at her their faces working They Tiey were Tid TM Burton and Bob Hoffman The latter later is the tho man who according to at least two witnesses fir fired d tho the shot that pierced Quentin Rankin's Rankins R heart as a hewa ho he was wa slowly strangling to death while hile hanging banging from front the forked tree at Walnut Walnut Wal Wal- nut Lo Log