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Show ARGUMENTS IN THE SOUTHWORTH CASE Prosecuting- Attorney Declares the Defendant Deliberately Planned to Kill Hanks Alexander, for the Defense, Condemns tho Mother of Mrs. Southworth as the Primary Cause of the Terrible Tragedy. Tt Is CTpoctod that tho Southworth , murder case which has been hoforo tho second district court thrco weeks, will ho finally submitted to the jury thia evening and it Is thought there is a possibility that Oin vordict will bo rondored boforo Christmas day Tho opening argument in behalf of the statfw was mado by County Attor-iioj' Attor-iioj' David Jensen at tho opening of court this morning. Jensen occupied only a short thno reviewing the testimony testi-mony as it wan given by the witnesses for tho Btato. contending that a voi-dlrt voi-dlrt of guilty should bo rendered by tho Jury, j Mr. Jensen staled to tho Jury, at tho j beginning, howover, that It was far from hi mind to scud any Innocent ' man to the gallows or punish him In any way. The testimony In the case, however, ho considered to bo conclusive conclu-sive that Plonry Southworth plaaned tho killing of ".Ned" Hanks, and that bo cunning was ho In tho planning that there was not a singlo hitch at any point. He referred to the procuring pro-curing of the revolver at the Griffith home In Farminglon, the boarding of tho train for Ogan, his hiding under tho trees at Glenwood Park, ovidently looking for some ono who could bo none other than Hanks, and finally firing five shots into the body of Hanks. Attorney Daniel Alexander of Salt Lake, attorney for tho defondant, followed fol-lowed Mr. Jensen In an argument for the defense and at 3 o'clock was still beforo tho jury Attorney Halverson will follow Mr. Alexander for tho dofonso and District Attorney E. T Hulanlskl will clos6 the I argument for the state at a late hour tills evening. Alexander dwelt largely on the character of Mrs Lund, Mrs. Mra Southworth's mother, stating that he had no consuro for the daughter but that the mother's conduct was rep-rehenfllblo rep-rehenfllblo and had boon the means of Mj ra's downfall more than anj oth-or oth-or person and that the estrangement between Mrs. Southworth and her husband was brought about through the actions of Mrs Lund more than from any other cause The attorney contended that when Henry Southworth fired the fatal shots he was mentally dethroned and knew not what ho did, saying that If j tho man did know what he was doing ho should be held guiltless because tho act was In defense of the purl'v and sanctity of his home Southworth had been troubled and griovpj until ho could no longer stand the awful strain," committing the act In a brainstorm brain-storm of affliction. His home had been bereft of all that makeB a home perfect and desirable and the only redress re-dress of tho husband came In the venting of his Insane mentality when ho killed "Ned" Hanks, the despoller of his home The court room was well filled with people at the early morning session, ses-sion, but there were many more there at tho opqnlng of court this after-noon. after-noon. Mrs. Mvra Southworth. her mother, Mrs. Lund, and sister, Mro Baker, were in attendance at tho forenoon session, but worp not there at the opening of the afternoon aOsslQn. Mrs Lund and Mrs. Baker have attendee court during the progress of tho entire en-tire trial, but Mrs. Southworth has appeared only once before toJav, which was one day the jury was being be-ing empaneled. In the back by an unidentified Italinn whllo crossing a bridgo over the Now Haven railroad Miss Prltchard had no enemies .so far a known. An aunt. Mrs Thomas Prltchard, on whose front stops tho girl died, declares that oho had a double dou-ble in an Italian girl who resides In tho neighborhood. Tbe polico suspoct that tho Italian young woman was so-looted so-looted as tho victim, for Ihe wore Informed that a short tlmo ago this voung woman had a n.'iarro' wit" her sweothoart and cast him off The munleroi is still at large nn |