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Show IWACASTER GIRL j GOES ON STAND Defense Rests Following Her Appearance in Murder Case SALT LAKE, Sept 20, Following tht, testimony of Anpollne WaCaVatter. whn yesterday took the stnnd In her 'own defense on the rharpo of first degree de-gree murder In Judge Ephralm Hansen's Han-sen's division of the. Third dlstrlrt court. th- defense rested Us case, ac "cording- to the announcement of Thomas R image and W. B. Mark", her attorneys. - She Insisted that the confession regarding re-garding the shooting of Charle A. Fans on Fehruary 1, which she is alleged al-leged to have made in the presence bf police officials and detectives after Tier arrest was Induced by promises of immunity ly Chief of Detect! Bfl Riley M Beckstead "Heboid me that he had a fatherly interesf in me. and that If I would tell the same story Gilbert t.. Brighton t ria I would ho released. " the girl testified. Chief Beckatead and Chief of Police Po-lice Joseph E Burhldge. called In rebuttal re-buttal by Tilstrlct Attorney A K Rogers, Rog-ers, denied that any such promise was made. On the contrary, they asserted, assert-ed, the defendant was warned that 'her statements might be used against her. IT t Is alleged that the defendant admitted ad-mitted she planned the robbery with Brighton because she had a "grudge" against Mrs Fau? The girl admitted that she was ring-lender ring-lender in the attempt of several women wo-men prisoners to escape from the county Jail early last July. The plot was discovered and a break frustrated frus-trated by Jailers. The state intends to call several re-buttatl re-buttatl witnesses today, after which the evidence will be argued before the Jury- In the first trial several months'ago the Jurors failed to Hgreo upon a verdict Roy E. Donnell, Who fired the shot which fatally wound id Mr Faus. and Gilbert L. Brighton, "Donnell's companion. were found guilty of first-degree murder and are serving life terms in the state prison The shooting occurred during ao attempt at-tempt to hold up the Faus I and rob the home nr |