Show i DR MARSHALL SOUGHT WIFE'S MONEY SAYS PROSECUTION Woman From Kansas Tells of Financial Dealings in Management of Affairs of the Gunshot Victim OBJECTIONS ARE MANY MANYi i Checks Drawn Before Death Are Offered in Evidence Se Sear Search Made for Missing Letter Wanted ante b by State That Dr H. H HD D. D Marshall now Marshall now on trial for th the alleg alleged d murder of his wife wie i in a a local hotel November November No No- NO-I NO vember 28 last should have been cognizant of the fact that he would inherits inherit his wife's property upon w was shown by the prosecution prosecution pros pros- prosecution at this mornings morning's hearing of the case before justice Justice of the he Peace L. L R. R M Martineau ar ti eau The proof of such a law under the statutes of both Utah and Kansas was admitted after strenuous objections on th tho thu ut rt of the tha defense The greater part of ot the morning session ses ses- sion elon was a l legal battle Objections were interposed to almost very every question asked Kansas Woman Testifies The principal W witness for tor the tho state was Miss Miss' Flora Belle Bello Hedges of Garrett Garrett Garrett Gar- Gar rett Kan ICan an Miss MIss Hedges arrived in Salt Lake last night In response t to a subpoena from th the stat state stat She testified that she he had been Intimately Intimately in intimately In- In acquainted with Mrs Marshall Marshall Mar Mar- shall for tor eight or nine years years years' and that during all of the time since her marriage marriage marriage mar mar- to Dr Marshall she had had charge of Mrs Marshalls Marshall's finances The witness testified that Dr and Mrs Marshall were married June 27 1894 1854 Do you know how much she was worth at the time of ot her death 1 was was asked This question was objected to and the objection was sustained Miss Hedges testified that at the time of Mrs Marshalle Marshall's Marshalls death she had hada a a. mortgage for tor 2000 which was held in trust by the witness Miss Hedges Continued on page 6 6 DR MARSHALL Continued from page i. i 1 j testified also that just prior to the death of ot Mrs Marshall she had sent her at her request two checks one for l O and one for tor 2511 Th The PhA TH it D ness next produced seven seen checks which h she said she had sent to Mrs Marshall at h her r request within a few months prior to her death The state offered the checks checka In evidence but an objection c- c tion was raised and the checks were not admitted 0 In addition to the mortgage the Witness wit Wit Wit- tt- tt ness testified that at the time of her death Mrs Marshall owned a piano a a player couch bedstead dresser chit chit- desk a large chair a L number of small chairs one oriental rug and two other rugs as s well as a a number of books The witness witness' testified that the prop prop- erty was now In Salt Lake and that she had seen It since her arrival last night 0 Objection was made to the witness stating slating what she thought the property was worth and the state announced that it would have an expert furniture man appraise the furniture Miss Hedges testified that in re response re- re to a telegram from Mrs Marshall Marshall Mar Mar- shall on November 22 last asking for tor she the witness had written a letter to Mrs Marshall Objection was wath made and sustained to witness giving the contents of the letter as she re remembered re- re them on the ground that the letter itself itse was the best evi evidence Counsel for the prosecution announced that an effort had been made to find the letter but that Jt it had been Later It was announced that Hyrum Jensen of the county attorneys attorney's office ottice Miss Hedges and Detective B. B H. H Seager would go over the effects of ot Mrs Marshall again In an endeavor to find the missing letter The prosecution tion announced that It expected to prove that the letter written by Mrs Marshall and Introduced yesterday was In response t to the one written by Miss Hedges I States State's Laws Are Read I The witness was was asked to h what t church Mrs l Marshall belonged d. d This was to and the objection u wa was sustained Miss Hedges testified that Mrs Marshall was a woman of deep religious conviction At this point In the hearing the witness witness witness wit wit- ness was as as excused temporarily Dr C. C P. P Harvielle assistant county physician was the next witness ss called The witness was asked If he saw the defendant In jail at Sabetha Kan Ian after atter an alleged attempt at suicide Before the witness could answer answer an objection was raised The state undertook to show that it was a part of the hearing and should be admitted After considerable considerable considerable consid consid- erable argument pro and con the matter matter matter mat mat- ter was left open to permit the citing of authorities II W W. Griffith clerk of the Utah su supreme supreme supreme su- su preme court and librarian of the state library identified copies of the laws of Kansas which he had brought from the state li library Sections of both the Kansas and Utah laws relative to the husband Inheriting the property of the wife were read into the records A. A J. J Knight commercial manager for the Western Union Telegraph company company com corn pany was was recalled to testify to a third telegram sent by Dr Marshall l The state objected to the Introduction of the telegram and the objection was sustained H H. P. P Brothers proprietor of Warm Springs bathing resort Identified a number of slips as having been signed by Dr Marshall This mornings morning's session of the hearing was held in the rooms formerly occupied occupied occupied pied by the state supreme court which will wUl be the courtroom of Justice Martineau Martineau Mar Mar- I In the future Again the courtroom courtroom courtroom court court- I room was crowded many men and women standing during the session |