Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-10-05 | Page 1 | Poisoner Faces Hard Test

v I t V w I r E l Y y t J i. i 1 S Wj r 11 O r. r I I Jr R t. t 4 F. F A t t 6 X I l E. E t l' l S. S SH H j. j c A R. R D TES T FATHER TO I Ud STAND STANO AGAINST IRS MAS Probably Will Be Called by Prosecution Testimony in Case Bears Bearson on Illness of Meyer By ROBERT A A. DONALDSON United Press Staff Correspondent TWIN F FALLS A LS Id Idaho ho Oct 5 5 Billy father of Mrs Lyda Southard South rd alleged on trial on a charge of poisoning her fourth husband Ward Yard F. F Meyer probably probably probably ably will be 00 called to testify against his own daughter It was learned to to- day It is understood pr bably b- b ably will will- willbe be summoned by the prosecutIon prosecution prose prose- cution to testify as to what ho he knows of the manner in which Mrs Southard Southard Southard South South- ard made goo good her threat t to leave leava this town and go so far away that no one will ever find me me After making an attempt to collect the insurance on Meyers Meyer's life Ufa by making application for the money Mrs Southard suddenly disappeared from Twin Fa Falls s the state charged charred Her was unknown until early In November when she ehe some friends a Mrs James and daughter in Los Angeles The two two women happened to tg register at the same hotel where Mrs Mm Southard was staying in that cit city the state alleged DIAMOND VANISHES A small diamond disappeared from Mrs James James' room and the tissue paper papel in which it was wrapped was found in Mrs Irs Southard's room it is alleged Mrs Southard was working at the time as a waitress in a cafeteria Miss James wired about the affair and asked his help In straightening it out went to Los Angeles AngeleS' It Itis ItIs itis is said only to find on his arrival that Mrs Southard had disappeared leaving the hotel without paying her bill and without taking her trunk ac accordIng according according ac- ac cording to the prosecution settled the matter up and bro brought the trunk back to Twin Falls with him B. B B B. Squires former roommate of l Meyer r testified that he also was taken sick the same night as Meyer and had the same symptoms which physIcIans physicians physicians phy phy- declare are the symptoms of ot arsenic poisoning Squires in response to Prosecuting Attorney Frank Franl Stephans Stephan's questioning stated st ted that he never ate fruit BELIEVED SMASHING BLOW Coupled with Meyers Meyer's sickness this is regarded as a damaging bb V w to the tho defense as It had been understood th the th defense was preparing to set forth th the theory that the arsenic which It Is alleged al alleged alleged al- al was found in Meyers Meyer's body might have come from his hayIng having eaten fruit from trees which had been sprayed with the usual arsenic preparation Squires also testified that the fruit trees on the Blue Lakes ranch had not been sprayed since early in tile the season long before the fruit had ad even commenced commenced com corn to form C C. C D. D Thomas insurance agent and his son Rex Thomas who sold Meyer leyer the life liCe a few d days ys after his marriage testified that Meyer had originally considered taking taking taking tak tak- ing out 2500 Insurance but after go goIng going going go- go ing back to consult with Mrs Southard Southard Southard South South- ard decided to take They also testified that Mrs Southard h had d at attempted attempted attempted at- at tempted to collect the insurance ince I