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Show SOUTMWORTH SAW HANKS AND WRA? Then His Brain Was in a Whirl and His Heart Stopped Beating and His Mind Became a Blank, Until Next Morning When Friends Called at the Jail Tell-tale Note From Hanks Hairpins in a Bed Neglected Chil- w v'1 " (ren Story of Defendant as Related on Witness Stand. As ho resumed the wincas stand this morning, Henry Southworth appeared as though he had not had a .good night and he stated to his friends that he did not sleep much. Ho appeared to bo worn and dejected, but he continued contin-ued his story of the two strenuous days leading up to the killing of "Ned" Hanks at Glenwood Park, August Au-gust 12. Ho detailed almost evory movemont on his part August 11 and 12. tolling of tho effort ho made with his wife to sottlo their differences nnd Ilvo happily together, as they had done In years past. He pleaded with his wlfo and kissed her Incossantly In his undertaking un-dertaking for a reconciliation. His storyBtory was punctuated by sobs and at times ho cried as ho related the miserable condition of his home and the abandonment of his family. Tho only ray of sunshine the man saw, for a number of weeks was on tho morning of August 12, the day of the alloged murder, when his wife told him sho was going to Salt Lake to withdraw the divorce case and that tho past would bo buried. "I was happy that morning," he said, "and I told Mr. Daynos of my great happiness, but before the day waB over it was all turned to blttor-no6s" blttor-no6s" At the close of his naration, when he told of the awful ordeal somewhere, some-where, he know not where, resulting In the dqath of the man who had ruined his home, tears came to tho eyes of thoso in tho court room and the man shook with emotion which led him almost to a state of histcrla. Thero was an Interum between tho tlmo of tho shooting of Hanks until tho next day when he recognized H S. DaynoG In the city Jail, In which he knew nothing of tho things that transpired about him, Ho expressing It in this way: "The last I saw or romemoor was that this man Hanks had his arm around my wife and shG was smilingly looking Into hlB face. My heart stopped stop-ped beating and I don't know what I did. I could not stand it I was lost to all the world." Talked About Divorce Mr. Southworth continued tho story of his troubles from August 10, stating stat-ing that on August 11, he attended his work all day nnd that ho bad no talk with his wife about her associa-"tlons associa-"tlons with Mr Hanks. They, however, how-ever, talk'od until midnight that night about the divorce, he trying to convince con-vince her that the divorce should bo dropped. Early the morning of the 12th, ho wont to his wife's bed and kissed her timo and tlmo again. Sho asked him why he was up so early and ho told her he deBirod to talk with her before be-fore he went to work. Ho asked her to withdraw tho divorce di-vorce suit, that he would try to do bettor and ho hoped she would not further associate with th Italians. homo from his work for breakfast at about 0 o'clock. HIb wife kissed him and told him she thought eho would withdraw the suit, and that sho would go to Salt Lako with her mother that day and fix things up. It caused him to bo happy and he returned to his work feeljng better than he had for many days. He talked with Daynes at about 10 o'clock regeardlng the telephone communication "between ' Mrs. Lund and his wife. He told Daynes that his wife was going to Salt Lako and that he suppose the talk was about the trlpw He hurried homo at noon to get dinner, hlb wlfo having told him in the morning she would get dinner boforo she left for Salt Lake, but the wife was not at home. He took the children to hio Bister's for dinner. In tho meantime he read the mail, which contained a summons in the divorce case and a note from "Nod" Hanks which read, as .near as Mr. Southworth could ro-mombor: ro-mombor: Note From Hanks. "Dear Myra: Meot mo at the Reed hotel In Ogden. Do ao without fail." In the noto was given the numDor of Hanks' room at the hotel and also his hotel number. He said he felt so bad over the matter mat-ter that It was almost imposr.lblo for him to do his work. Ho told Daynos of his soriow and Daynes tried to comfort him. He could not' be comforted com-forted though. His grief was too great and Intense. Mother Did Not Return. Iu tho early evening hd Trnt home, but found that Mrs. 8outhworth had not returned. He had tho children gather some fruit for t,hcir mother when ehe returned. On his way to his sistor'B for supper, sup-per, he mot Mr. Lund, his mother-in-law's husband, and bargained for vegetables veg-etables to be dolivorod at the homo Monday morning. Hairpins in a Bed. He was much worried when he sat down to supper at his sister's homo and whon his sister told him that it was rumored that hairpins and other ihlngB belonging to hie wife had been found in "Ned" HankB' bed, he be-camo be-camo fronzled with griof and did not know what to do. "I don't exactly know -what I did do at that moment," he said. Went to Find Thoir Mother. He rcturnod home with tho children and told thorn to remain thero until ho returned, that he was going to find their mamma. Ho went to the depot at Farmlngton and bought a ticket for Ogden, having hav-ing learned that his wife had gone to Ogdon. Ho saw his wife and Mrs. Lund with E. L. Hanks somewhere, he know not where. The Tragedy. "Tho last I saw and remember was that this man HankB had his arm around mv wifo and she was smilingly smil-ingly looking into his faco. My heart stopped benting and I don't know what I did. 1 could not stand It. I was lost to everything in the world.' After the "Tragedy. Mr. Southworth said ho did not remember re-member arriving at Glenwood park, nor of concealing himself in tho trees. He had no recollection ot pawning his watch nor v,elng arrested and taken to jail. He did not remember re-member being accosted by Mrs. Lnnd In Glenwood park. The first occurrence occur-rence he could call to mind was when Mr. Daynos called on him at the city Jail, at which time about all that was on his mind was his children. He also remembered asking why he was In Jail and wanted to know what had happened. Yesterday Afternoon Proceedings Anna Perry advised the Jury that some of tho Italian? Dandmon boarded at her place in Lapoon two weoks of tho time they woro giving concerts there. She found hair pins In tho Italians' beds and on the drCsser. She also saw wads of hair that had been taken from the head In combing. Sno did not know who tho Italians that were at her place were, and she said sho could not understand tho Italian Ital-ian names. Albert Bayllss, a -former resident of Farmlngton, furnished rooms for some of the Italians. He found flvo hair pins in the beds Just boforo tho band left Lagoon. He had seen Mrs. Lund there but did not soo Mrs. Southworth. He heard rovelry and women's voices in. tho rooms nearly evory night, it continuing until lato hours. Tho witness did not know the names of the bandmon who occupied oc-cupied his rooms. He stated, how-e"er, how-e"er, that one of tho men resembled the photograph of Hanks. Walter Cox of Wandamero, Salt Lake, special police, was acquainted with E. L. Hanks, and know of Mrs. Southworth and Mrs. Lund. He haa seen Mrs. Southworth at Wandamore, and, upon ono occasion Mrs. South-worth South-worth waitod for Hanks and with whom she had a conversation. This was in the early part of August, of this year. Mrs, Southworth and her mother were at Wandamere several times. They were pointed out to Mr. Cox by personal acquaintances of the women. Honry Southworth was horn in Farmlngton 40 year ago, his parents camo to Utah by qx team In tho early days of Utah, tho defendant could not recall tho exact time. H,o was married mar-ried in 1891 and now has flvo onil-dren. onil-dren. ranging In ages from 4 vears to 16. Ho had made his home in Farmingtxm since his marriage. He said he llvd happily, with his wife until five years ago when 6ho began divorce proceedings because he had been drinking some. His drinking was caused, ho said, because be-cause his wife began to pay her attentions at-tentions to other men. Ho talked to her about it and tried to get her to bo raoro faithful to him and to withdraw tho divorce papers. "I promleod I would ceaso drinking and sho said she would be true to me." ho Buld. The case was dropped and they lived happily together until 2 years apo when his wifo renewed divoroo proceedings. Ho drank n little then but promised never to do so again. Again were tho divorce papers withdrawn. with-drawn. In July of this year Mr. South-worth South-worth had occasion to leave homo on business matters. This was on Juno 27. He went to Callonte, Nov., returning July 5 or C. Ho brought home thiogs for tho family. At Li-goon Li-goon ho saw his little children near the popcorn stand. Ho was told that the mother was with ono of tho band-men band-men and ho approached her. Ho told his wifo that It did uot look right and that it appeared as though she was infatuated with tho man. His namo was "Ned,'1 the witness said. He had eeen Hanks the year before and knew that .he was tho manager of tho Italian .band. Ho rode with him on the car from L3goon to Salt bLake In 1910. He afterwards rode on a car with Hanks nnd heard him say as a pretty girl boarded the train, that lie had never seen the woman lie Y could not get the best of. ' On tho evening of July 5, he wont homo with his wife and admonished her to not koop company with tho bandmen and aBkod her to not go back to tho band concert. She did j not heed his admonition, howovcr, and the next evening visited Lagoon. The chlldron wore neglected, half fed and half dressed. "I folt bad and I sent for Mrs. Daynes," ho said. "I had a rovolver and I told Mrs. Daynes to take it for I feared that I might do harm. I was afraid I might shoot myself. 1 had to have comtort from someone and I appealed to Mrs. Daynes." The wife roturned home about 9 o'clock that night, but would not talk with him. July 21 he concluded to go to Nevada on contract v.;ork and talked with his wile about it He told hor ho had an opportunity to mako some mney. She consented and sho also promised that sho would not further associate with the bandmen. While in Nevada ho received a lot-tor lot-tor from his mother tolling him to como home, for tho rumor about his wife was awful, and that sho had again begun tho divorce suit Mr. Southworth returned homo on August n. He found the children at home, but tho mother was not there. One of tho children said her mother had gone to Wandamere. On his way to Lagoon that evening to seek his wife he was met by a number of his friends, who told him ho would find his wife with the dagoes. da-goes. He was told by Mrs. Preace that his wlfo had tried to get her to go with her to see the bindmon. She also told Mr.Southworth that tho court had refused to gTant a divorce. Tho lady also told him that Mrs. South-worth South-worth also told hor that there was a VinnHmnn Mint ahrt nrniilH "rnthnr linA than Henry." He watched at lagoon for tho return re-turn of his wife, but she did not return. re-turn. He told of returning home and finding the little girl up moving around the house. The llttlo tot said she had heard something around the houso. Prosently Mrs. Southworth came in It was after midnight Ho did not say much to her at that time The Italian band wag not at Lagoon at that time. At about 9 o'clock, while the band was at Lagoon, about July 10 or 12, ho rcturnod from Salt Lake and wont home. Tbe children were on tho floor asleep, hungry and dirty. He washed them an-l placed them in bed The baby would not go to bed without him. He woke up at 12 o'clock and started for Lagoon to look for his wife. Ho was told on tho way that his wife was sporting with tho Italians and that it was setting a bad oxample. He was also told that his wife was then on her way home. He ran a few blocks and when he came to his wifo he asked her whore ,'Ned" was. She did not reply. Ho, however, had heard footsteps running away as ho approached. ap-proached. Parties were given at Mrs. Lund's place and hia wife attonded them The bandmen wero guests of tho occasion. He refused to attend the parties and tried to get his wifo to remain at home, but she would not listen to him Mr. Southworth finally consented to attond, he being solicited to do so by a friond. Mrs. Lund suggested that Mrs. Southworth remain for the night, but she returned home with him. A party was given at tho South-worth South-worth home at the solicitation of Mra. Southworth, and some of tho band-jnen band-jnen were Invited to attend and furnish fur-nish a little music. He invited them to como. At Lagoon, aftqr that, he was told by one of the bandmen that Mrs Southworth was a. nrottv woman, but if he was not careful "Ned" would get her away from him. He also told him that "Ned" was not a good man for his wlfo to be with. Mr Southworth said he Immediately approached Hanks and told him he must keep away from his home and leave his family alone. Hanks sneorod at him. It was said to him that his wife was tho talk of the town because sho was running around with tho Italians A Mr. Harris told him he had seen his children running the streets late at night Harris advised him to take tho children away and leave his wlfo. Harris also told him that Hanks was a bad man and not respected. Mr. Southworth had also been told that Hanks had offered a young girl at Farmlngton 320 to go to a hotel in Salt Lake with him. At Salt Lako, August 7, he visited his nephew, Mr. Bridge, returning home In tho afternoon. Hi3 vyife was at home and she told him that either one or tho other of thorn would have to leave the home. She slapped him In the face. He spent tho night at his mother's home. August 8 ho ate brcakfaBt at homo At noon, when he returned from work for his dinner tho wifo was not at home. He prepared dinnor for tho children. In tho man at home was a card addressed to "Myra Southworth." It read. "Will bo In Opdcn until Sunday" It was not signed. It was given to Mrs. South-worth. South-worth. He complained that it did not look good to him. The morning of August 10 he asked his wlf0 if they could not fix things up and get alone" togothor .for tho sako of tho children. Sho said sho was going to havo the divorce, and sho told him she had a man who would tako care of her and tho chlldron. Ho made a trip to Salt Lake In the afternoon, after-noon, where, he talked with parties about tho divorce. His wife had agreed to most him at fi o'clock, but she did not meet him until 9 o'clock. They returned to Farmlngtoa together that evening. This was two days before tho homicide. |