Show I SOUTHWORTH TEllS I I OF WIFE'S ACTIONS Accused Murderer Takes the Stand in His Own Defense I at Ogden Ii Special to The Herald erald Ogden den Dec 15 HenrY Henr Henry Southworth charged with the murder of ot Ned Hanks manager of or the Don band bond was Placed on the stand In his own defense de- de today and for nearly two hours his Ills his attorney plied piled him with Questions concerning the actions of or his wife her associations with members of ot the ItalIan Italian Ital Ital- Ital- Ital ian tan band and especially with Ith Hanks Southworth's mind seems to have havo J 4 cleared perceptibly since the night of the tho killing kUlinG In his hIi testimony today he recalled conversations with Ith Hanks knew nev him as Ned manager of or the theland band land and had even warned arned him hint to toi i stay away from his wife Ife At one onetime I I time ho sat sat back of ot Hanks on a train for Salt Lake and heard hoard tho band man manI mantell tell a friend that he had not yet et motI met mot I the woman who could withstand his I advances Another witness during the earl early part Dart of or the afternoon session was wai LawTence Lawrence Law Law- rence Tence Manning a year old boy who said he had seen ten of ot the Italians Ital Ital- Inns ians go to the home of or Mrs Irs Lund mother of Mrs Southworth one evenIng evenIng evening even- even Ing and saw them leave carl early the tho next morning The rhe witness also that die he 10 had seen Mrs Southworth and Ned Hanks flanks sitting together in a a. park seat at Lagoon on July 4 Mary of ot Farmington identifIed identified fied fled a photograph of Hanks and said nid Mrs South Southworth orth had introduced Hanks to her at Lagoon Jul July 24 Gus Pierce told of ot seeing seeing- Hanks and the woman together at ot various times Mrs Ida Griffith told of Insanity in tho the Southworth Southworth South- South Southworth worth family her mothers mother's aunt having Jumped from a a. three-story three window to commit suicide while Insane Her sister sis sis- sister ter Agnes was wag also in Insane n before she sheIlia ha died Ilia III Family Gone f In continuing n S the examination x n lo of IU n o M L m- m lr h bo l un hell how bow 1 he had come horn borne at night g July 5 6 and had found his wife ID tl chilI chil- chil I dren were at Lagoon On reaching I Lagoon he found the children sitting I near n nar ar a a. popcorn stand the older girl I telling her father that her mother was f the path a ways talking talking- with one i of the band men On finding his wife j Southworth stated that tho man left len Mier ller and walked awa away He then wife wite home telling her that her ac- ac were arousing comment and that ehe he was neglecting the children Southworth stated that the man she was was was' with was known to him as Ned mana manager er of the band On one occasion the defendant asked her not to go to lagoon where the band was playing and she became angry and went In spite of his protests He went to Nevada to work on a n contracting contracting con con- cond job but returned In a few weeks owing ot to a letter which his mother wrote to him telling him that lila his wife Ifo was trying to get a divorce from him When he reached home his I wife was as at Wandamere At another r time he came home borne and I found lound the tho three children sleeping on or L th the floor of or the parlor partially dressed faced dirty-faced and hun hungry Th The mother was at Lagoon He washed th the childrens children's faces and put them to bed A Atter fter ter sleeping for tor a time beside beda the thi a baby he arose and started to find hi his 3 wife He met several everal friends on th the thc a To road d to Lagoon Lag who told him that his hh wife was there thero at a a. dance Witness said he ran two blocks s and came upon his wife standing at a corner of the roads Just before reaching her an un un- un known m man m ran away aay from her and crossed the road into the tho bushes He asked his wife Wheres Ned but re received received received re- re no reply The They came home homo but did not talk much about the Incident He asked the band men to his home to a party rather than have his wife wire Invite them as she threatened to do He tried to have hae his wife discontinue discon discon- discontinue her efforts to obtain a divorce but she told him that she was deter deter- mined to get it She said that she did not nol want alimony aUmon or attorney fees as there was a man who ho would take her I and the children and care for them Court was adjourned at this time |