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Show LETTED FROM EKM1 RECEIVED BY WIFE Charge of Unfaithfulness Be-, Be-, fore He Had Heard of Child's Murder. MRS. EKMAN ACCUSER She Declares That Her Husband Hus-band Paid Attentions to Another Woman. Following the news that she had been formally charged with murder In the first degree for the killing of her 10-year-old daughter, whoso body was found In trunk at the Ogden union station last Saturday, Mrs. Minnie Ekman received a letter from her husband, August Ekman, Ek-man, in Kemmercr, "Wye, written before ho had received word of the murder and! declaring his intention to break with her. The complaint, Issued from the county attorney's office, was sworn to by Inspector In-spector Carl A, Carlson. Before Mrs.. Ekman had had opportunity oppor-tunity to read the letter she was told thut her first husband, C. L. Anderson, arrested with her In Ogden, had been released from custody. Pollco Inspector Carl A. Carlson ordered Anderson released re-leased at -1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. after-noon. He promised to stay In tho city until after tho preliminary hearing of Mrs. Ekman. Mrs. Ekman told the inspector in-spector that he had done right In releasing re-leasing Anderson. Another Woman Named. - As she lay on hcr cot yesterday the woman's eyes narrowed, the right to a gleaming slit, as she told of her on-counter on-counter on tho night of tho murder with a woman whom Mrs. Ekman eald had received re-ceived a letter from Ekman after ho had gone to Wyoming. Mrs. Ekman gave tho woman's name. She said that the woman lived on Paxton avenue and had often visited the Ekman Ek-man home, paying attention to Ekman. Sho said that she inot her on the night of the murder at the Ilekola home. In talking of her little girl yosterday, Mrs. Ekman denied that she had ever abused the child or been in the habit of losing her temper toward her daughter. daugh-ter. She acknowledged, however, that she had occasionally whipped her, usually for remaining away from home after dark at night. She repeated several times yesterday yes-terday that she had been Irresponsible on the night of tho murder, but denied that she was drunk or had been drinking. Asked if the reports were true that she was a drinking woman, she acknowledged that sho occasionally drank wine, but denied addiction to anything stronger. Paul Expresses Doubt. Dr. Samuel G. Paul, city health commissioner, com-missioner, expressed a doubt last night that the body had been put In the trunk many hours after death. 'He said: Had the body been left on the bed at full length for as long after death as the "woman's story indicates, it would have been so stiff as to make the work of doubling it into tho trunk almost impossible. To place it in tho trunk while yet warm, on the other hand, would have been an easy matter. mat-ter. "1 can't tell you how I felt before I did It and while I vns doing it," said Mrs. Ekman. "There are no words made to tell how I felt. The noxt morning I felt like I had had a bad dream. I shook Frances before I could realize 1 had killed her." This outburst was addressed to Dr. Joseph Jo-seph Peterson, professor of psychology at the stale university, who visited the woman in her cell yesterday out of professional pro-fessional Interest. "Did you sleep after you had killed her2" was asked. "No, I did not. I just lay there hardly knowing where I was, but unable to sleep.1' "Had you intended to kill yourself as you flrat said when you woro arrested." Not Enough Chloroform. "Yes, but there was only enough chloroform for hcr. I had bought it to kill two cats which I afterward gave away. I thought of tho chloroform after I had given Frances four sleeping powders and she was sleeping quietly. Now she is asleon forever," Tho last remark was made without bo-traval bo-traval of emotion, as were all tho others. "Did you think of some othor way of killing yourself after you saw that, all the chloroform had been used for her?" "No." "Wouldn't tho sleeping powders have kilted hor and couldn't you have used ?,0$!J?rB3wt have been C""Vhy 'dldnM. you get more chloroform 5XrSf think of It. I was confused crazy, and Just lay down bcsldo hor on lhflDlSdVou tr' to find a way of killing yourself next morning? "No. I felt different about it then. I hrat washed tho body and -then hid it In thV-erokv'ou over taught that murder Is aii unforglvablo sin In the sight of G'Vcf; t know nil about that, I have roid the Blblo a lot and used to go to hurcn when I was a Htlln girl. I have gono to church omo sinco I camo to Suit Lake to live." Father Not Minister. "Is it true that your father was a minister''' min-ister''' "No, He sometimes took part in c-hurch affairs, but hn wan not a minis- "Wad you not planned to leao tho (Continued on Pago Four.) LETTER FROM EKMMI RECEIVED By WIFE (Continued from Page One.) country with Anderson after tho child was killed?" "No. I had written to Anderson telling tell-ing him ho could come to see me, as h had asked to do. but I would not have gone with him. 1 did not like him well enough." With this comment. Mrs. Ek-man Ek-man made a grimace. "1 wanted to take my little girl hack to my folks and when I found that I could nol: do that I killed her." "Have you had good health ordinarily?" ordi-narily?" "No, I was never strong; was nervous all my life, and six years ago underwent under-went a serious operation In Duluth, O., after which I was in bed a year." "Did you ever have Jits when you were a child?" "Yes, until T was quite a big girl." "Have you been In the habit of losing your temper and fiying into a rage?" "No. I used to become verv nervous at times. T was always verv sensitive, and easily hurt by neglect. "That was what made me crazy when that woman told me she had a letter from my husband hus-band since he had gone to Kemmerer. and laughed at me when she said It. When I went home. 1 was so despondent that T did not know what to do. Both Frances and I cried before I put her to bed. Tn the letter from Ekman. which had been delivered at the house and was found there by Inspector Carlson, Ekman, Ek-man, according to. the translation, accused ac-cused his wife of beinsr untrue to him, of paying attention to other men and going go-ing to dances with them. He also fold her that ho proposed to have no more to do with her and that neither she nor her daughter could look to him longer for support. The letter was dated June 26, two days after the murder and two days before the discovery of the body in Ogden. It had boon robbed of Its significance. If not of its sting, by the Intervening lime. Attorneys Claud T. Barnes and George B. Hancock called upon Mrs. Ekman yesterday yes-terday and will probably represent her In her coming trial. They counseled her to have no more to say to anyone about tho killing. Attorney Barnes refused to say last night by whom he and Attorney Hancock had been retained to defend Mrs. Ekman. He also refused to sav whether a defense would be made upon tho ground of insanity. in-sanity. "Tho woman has friends," said Mr. Barnes, "who will stand by her." Mr. Barnes said last night that he had not seen Anderson since his release from jail. Dr. Peterson was loath last night to express an opinion concerning tho case, but showed himself much Interested in the woman's demeanor and her answer to the questions, many of which were put by two newspaper men. Those who knew Ekman here say that they bellevo Mrs. Ekman's statement? concerning him are unjust. Others sa; that Mrs. Ekman was addicted to alco" hollc drinks. The woman acknowledge to a Tribune reporter that she occasioil" ally drank wine, but denied the use r anything stronger. . George Y. lSberl, for whom Ekman worked as a pnperhanger while here Jn the city, said that Ekman was a stead'; sober man. He scouted the Idea thqt Mrs. Ekman had any just compla111 against her husband. |