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Show WOMAN'S NAME IS. NQW- MADE PUBLSC Widow of Southworth's Brother Accused in Court of Being Familial- With the Man on Trial For His Life Adam Streitt Resents Re-sents the Insinuation Made by Attorney That. He Bore False Witness Jurymen in tho Southworth case this morning cxprcssod the fear that they will not be permitted to spend I Chrisjirfas day nt home and suggested suggest-ed trfat some kind friends "on the out-slue" out-slue" send them ample Christmas cheer in the shape of the good things of tho Yitide. They do not like tho thought u. belnd held prisoners thatJ day, but will make tho best of their I predicament. j Tho gentlemen received some consolation, con-solation, however, when Judge Harris admonished the attorneys to hasten tho ca60 as rapidly as posslblo so as to enable "the jurymen to spend Christmas at home." The court stated that a great deal of latitude had been ghen tho atorneys on both sides In cross examining wltnosse, but he hopod that they would use their efforts ef-forts at this time lo et through with the case this week. To expedite mat- 'tcrs it was announced that the court would not hear piobale and motlou matters nor set cases for trial for the January term of court until next Tuesday At the noon hour the state had not finished Its rebuttal testimony, but it is expected that such will bo done by late this afternoon. A number or wltnosscs will bo called to testify on sur-robntlnL For the first time in the ca9e tho name of the woman alleged to have occupied a room with Henry South-worth South-worth at the Streitt home was -tron-tloued this forenoon. The disclosure wns madc by the witness, Adum Streitt, when the attorney for the de-fondant de-fondant asked him If the woman to whom he referred was none other than Mrs. Ella Southworth. Henry South-worth's South-worth's sislor-in-law. The witness said she was tho woman. Mrs. Ella Southworth has beon In constant attendance at ihe trial, having hav-ing come hero from California a fow weeks ago. She Is a woman of re spectability, tho wife of Edward Southworth who died In California two years ago. Frederick Streitt, on cross elimination, elim-ination, testified substantially to the same facts ho gavo on direct examination exam-ination regarding the visit of the supposed sup-posed wlfo of Mr. Southworth to the Streitt home In AugusL 1910. Somewhat of a Musician, lie said that he had taken seven piano lessons under the direction of Joseph Smith and that he learned to play quite nicely "Red "Wing" and "Just Before tho Battle. Mother." The witness became very much confused con-fused and said that he testified to things yesterday that he knew nothing noth-ing about. Adam Streitt saw Mr. Southworth In August, 1910. In company with a woman wom-an he introduced as his wife. Testifying regarding tho Streitt fnm-Ily, fnm-Ily, he recalled that thero were 20 or 21 children. Southworth spoke to him about bringing his wife thoro to visit. Mr Streitt gave his consent and it wub only a few days later lhat "Ihe lady" came. The witness said Mr. South-worth South-worth told him he was going lo give him $50,000, but "It was all In his mind." "Southworth had some whlbkoy with him." .Mr. Streitt said, "nnd ho did not seem (o be very rational. ' The Lie Is PnECcd. He said that the woman who was with Mr. Southworth was Mr3. Ella Southworth, Henry Southworth's sls-tor-ln-law. The witness gave Attorney Attor-ney Halvorson tho lio when tho attorney at-torney Insinuated Hint he was tos-tlfilng tos-tlfilng falsely. When Myrn Southworth appeared and asked for her husband, Streitt said he know the family had been "hoodooed" by either one woman or the other and he made up his mind (Continued on Pago Six.) I j& 00 WOMAN'S NAME j IS NOV MADE PUBLIC I (Continued From Page One.) that ft. would not occur at Ills place again. ' u . Wed n csd a'iQCOOftScasion.- Continuing his testimony Mr. R. E. Fuller said i that Myra Southworth came to the Streitt hime the night after Mr. Southworth entertained a lady friend there. Mrs. Streitt stated in her testimony that Mrs. Southworth came there the same night. Monna Streitt testified that she saw j Henry Southworth at her home in August of 191L He was accompanied I by a lady wh.om he introduce'd as his II wife, but she was not his wife, the II witness said. I They went for a walk after sup- I per, across the street where Mr. j 'Southworth had work to do. They I occupied a room together that night, j On cross-examination tho witness II said she "was the divorced wife of Mr. j Fuller, the -previous witness. She II could not remember the day of her I wedding, saying It was not very pleas- j ant to remember that day. She leit jl her husband three weeks after the j marriage. I j Mies Streitt said she had seven- II teen full brothers and about four ais- (I ters; they not all being at home but II an effort had always been made to 1 keep track of "quite a buuch of them." I She thought seventeen and four made twenty, the number of children In the II family. The attorney for the defense jj tried to persuade her that 17 and 4 19 made 21. ' jj She recallod Hint Mr. Southworth jj and his lady -were quite loving and jl that they fondled each other consider- (j able, Mr. Southworth sat down on II tho lounge and the lady supposed to j be his "wife sat on his lap. They I afterwards walked over to tho tool- II house and then went up town. The witness refused 'to say what relationship a 5-year-old child of the II Streitt household was to her, except that It was related to her and that her mother was raising tho child. "She might bo a brother's or a i j RiHter's child',' the witness henltating- ir ly stated. i I Tho witness stated further that I o there Is anotner cnild ueu.nfc,.ng w liiu laniiij nviioju o.rti;t iuin.i.j au uid noc caie 10 cjso.usu. oo |