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Show INSANITY PLEA IS HINTED AT Preliminary of Yorgason Goes Over Until Wednesday SALT LAK. Aug. 19. In. the preliminary pre-liminary h"aring held yesterday afternoon af-ternoon bif, city Juuge fien Johnson John-son oi M. Yorgason, charged with first lcgroq riurder tor the billing of his wife j the Savoy hotel on August 7, "to save her soul," his attorneys at-torneys brought up the question of his sanity, cast GOES OVER After the 8W ha I put In its ovl- 'enco Samuel . jcin and Herbert E Smyth, representing the defendant, asked that the uhS1 ;;o over uni.U n t Wednesday in order thai Vorjrason n.)ht be placet! under observation to determine hi in -ntal condition It vaa apparent from (he question!! ti Mr King who coudutftnd t'ie examination exam-ination of witnesses, that the outcome out-come of the ease will lung-.- upon the sr.nlty or Insanity ipf ,!) defendant. Wallace p Kelly, assistant countv attorney, at-torney, who Is p-odo, uilnr tlie murder charge, did not racist the motion lor con Inuance. Vorganson'F . yes won MPcd with tears several tin a during tn. afternoon after-noon At lnt v als hie would blol up the moisture wltt a dirt -stained handkerchief hand-kerchief His emotions were highest, apparently, when w itness toid how he had come running from the room after af-ter the murder. v.'rinjng hlfi hands and mumbling. 'I've killed my v "I've killed mv w!f ," and how he retraced re-traced his steps n th. room and Inv sobbing with his head upon her breast. POLIOK TESTIFY". Policemen who answered the call at thl Savoy hotel testified they asked Yorgason why he had done it. an-i iv said "Don't ask me now. there must have been some reason though." At police headquarters he made a s',,r. -ment In which he said that the shooting shoot-ing took place in accordance with h mutual agreement that Mrs Yorgason Yorga-son had committed transgressions and that he had shot her to save her soul, according to tho evidence A stenographic report of the confession was read into the rerord LETTKK READ. The following letter, purporting to have been written by Mrs. Yorgason. which was found in the room ,lft r the tragedy, was also Introduced in evidence: 'To be read after I leave this earth. My husband and I have our mission hero upon this earth, hut r an't either fill their own without the help of ench other, so we are 'o-' gcther on this, and I am helping him by him helping me by doing that which has just happened. So do not blame my husband altogether for what has happened, for he has been i prompted by the spirit of the Lord. am willing for this to come about, for( I can picture the beautiful home we will have over there, the brightness of It dazzles me so much as to wal1 to sacrifice my life for It. I have no desire at all to live longer in this world of sin. We are bringing this about to save those who are well and fallible I have tasted tho bitter and now I have the sweetness of life, after af-ter death." Witnesses were William P. Harrln, a guest of the 8avoy hotel, Mrs Georgia Geor-gia Xuckols. landlady. Patrolman Ii H. Honey. Dr. J. J. Galilean, cltv physician, Detoctlve William Mad? n and Chief of Detectives Riley M Beckstead. oo |