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Show mm MURDER 1 BRINGS QUERY 1 r . W Mrs. Belle Atkinson Writes jvU Chief Grant for Address of Jfc - 'Mr-Alleged 'Mr-Alleged Father of Frances jj Williams, the Victim. IvVt MRS. EKMAN CALMLY FACES JUDGE TANNER i ? m . h- Time for Pleading Continued ; J.U ml Attorneys Seek to Prevent r JH Investigation of Sanity; j Court Denies Request. A side light on the Ekman murder developed yesterday with tho receipt J- by Chief B. F. Grant of a letter from j Mrs. Bello Atkinson of Griffin, Gn., fit asking for information concerning ', $ Georgo Williams, who at one timo lived with Mrs. Ekman, and who is ytb said by hor to bo the father of tho -'fI child who sno confessed sho murdered. t-il Mrs. Atkinson, who writes that sho is '')' the sistor of a George Williams who '' disappeared years ago, and for whom ,;- she bus been searching over since. Vi'J "When Mrs. Ekman was asked last 'ji-Jj night concerning Williams, sho said ' t that fbc did not know whero ho is at ';: tho present time or whether ho iB !'; I alive. She added that she did not know ho had a sister named Bello. At I :,'j the timo of her arrest she is alleged to have said that Williams was now in ; California. No trace of him has been ! found by ilie police. Sheriff Smith : ,". said lpst night that he would at onco ' ( start an energetic search for the man. . . I Chief Grant "turned the lottor from p Mrs. AihhiFou over to the sheriff's of- fice. l Calm at Arraignment. jfof Perfectly calm, Mj3. Ekman ap- 'At pcared before Judge N. BT. Tanner yes- )ji j tcrdny morning for her arraignment on the chargo of murder in the first ty'it degree. She listened to tho reading IjJ.? f of tho charge against her without the slightest change of expression. At tho ;ifi- conclusion of the formal reading of f the complaint. Attorney George B. Han- ' cock, who is associated in her defense 'i't with Attorney Claude T. Barnes, asked iflJK' that the time of entering her plea be '.: : continued. Judge Tanner sot the timo ; ';. '- at tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. ''I 'll Attorney Hancock asked tho court that an order bo issuod prohibiting further tests of the mental condition of the defendant, declaring 'that they j L. wore of no interest to any but the j curious. The order was donied by Judge Tanner. .' Shortly after leaving the court room '.ji i Mrs. Ekman was taken to the county V'.'lt jail, where alio will remain until the Hit-final Hit-final trial of her case. Her attorneys ; held a conference there Tvith her yea- terday afternoon. j ift Secures More Counsel. ') Her first husband, 0. L. Anderson, said last night that he would engage '';f other attorneys to assist in the de- jj r'c fenso of his former wife. ' , r'r : Anderson said last night that he re- H .fe reived a tolcgram yesterday from At- 'j rj lornoy Earl Rogers of Los Angeles, ,'j;ar afisociatcd in the defenso of Clarence n rji- S. Darrow, promising to take Mrs. ',' I Ekman ?s case. Andorson eaid that uf Attorney Bogors and he are personal friends. He further said that Attor- .fj- uoy J- JI. Johnson of this city had boon ; retained in tho case, but donied that jj ho had retained any other lawyers. ' Talking reticently last night, Anderson p' said that he came of an aristocratic . . V Finnish family, and that his peoplo were lA-ti prominent In Finland. He said, how- ttj ever, that he had inherited no wealth. itty but had amassed his property since his f service In the Philippines. According to g iV his storv. ho enlisted In the Thirtieth S .fJ Infantry of the U. S. Volunteers In July. 1899. as a private, and after rising to S 'rJf 3 tho rank of lieutenant was mustorcd out of service March U, 1901. fl 4fa Asked If his wife had occasion to think j&'Jl him dead, Anderson said; J 5H Yes. twice. Tho first time was in S August, 1903. A man of the same M Hu name and appearance was shot In fl frfj Goldflcld. Nov., by tho sheriff. I was l a in Nevada, but not at Qoldfleld. Again I j4H In 190-1 a man was killed In the ex- P jijjf ; plosion of a ship off the Pacific coast ffrj whose name was Charles Anderson. .ijfej I believe my wife heard of both g Ekman Legal Husband. j JH When asked yesterday as to whether Mrs. Anderson 1b at present the wife of TsfvH Ekman. or of Anderson, in the oyos of 'fS the law. a prominent attorney said: if ? That would be Imposslblo to answer , ? v unless one knew the exact facts In J . the case. However, a man is pre- , ' (Continued on Pago Fourteen.) , ji IZ WRITES FROMGEORGIA Can MURDEn (Continued from Pag- One.) , sumed, under the common law. to be dead If he disappears and Is not heard from or of within seven years. Should a wife under such circumstances circum-stances make a sincere but unsuccessful unsuc-cessful effort to find the lost one. she would then be free to marry again and the marriage would stand, thougli the former husband came back. Tt was learned yesterday by a Tribune reporter that the Ekmans lived for a few months at 521 South Fifth East street, after they moved here from Bingham, three years ago. They rented an upstairs up-stairs room in a house, tile lower part of which was occupied by iwo other families. fam-ilies. Mrs. John Appell. who Is still living liv-ing at the place, said last night: Mrs. Ekman kept to herself. I saw little of her. So far as I know, she was never drunk, and T never saw her act in any way to make one think her crazy. Thinks Woman Sane. Mrs. J. H. Hambliu. daughter of Mrs. Mamblln. now living at -153 Pearl avenue, lived directly under the Ekman rooms. She said: I know little about the woman, but 1 do not believe she was insane. I do not know whether she drank or not. T saw her on the street about two weeks ago. She appeared much the same as when she lived neighbors to us. T never would doubt the woman's sanity from any act that I ever saw or anything I ever heard her say. On the contrary. I think she Is as sane tx any one. When I saw her a short time ago she was dressed In a corduroy cordu-roy velvet suit, such as she is said to have worn when arrested. A lotter from Grace Mash of Portland, a former playmate of Frances Williams, the murdered girl, was received yesterday yester-day and given by the police to Mrs. Ekman. Ek-man. Sho read It without apparent emotion. emo-tion. In the letter were two Sunday school cards, sent as tokens of remembrance remem-brance The letter follows: Portland, Or., June 2D, 1013. My Dear Friend Frances I will let you know I am all right and hope you are the same Why don't you write to me? What have I done to you? Let me know If It Is warmer in Salt Lake. It Is good here, but it rains all the time. I took my first communion. Let your mother write for you. When I think of you T cry Write quick and tell Pearl to write when you go to sewing class. Tell the teacher to write to me. This is all T have to say. Good-bye. Write quick and lei me know everything. Friend Grace sends you one hundred kisses. Write to this address, CSS Sixth street. Portland. The letter from Mrs. Atkinson received re-ceived by Chief Grant reads as follows: Griffin. Ga.. June 29. 1P13. Chief of Police, Salt Luke City; Will you please give mo information informa-tion of George Williams, first husband hus-band of Mrs. Ekman, who Is being held at Ogden, Utah, for the murder mur-der of her daughter, Frances Williams. Wil-liams. T have a brother by tho name of George Williams. Seeing the account of the murder of Frances Williams in the paper, and as I have lost all trace of my brother, r thought perhaps that her father might be him. I am so anxious to find him until I am testing every clew. If this Mr. Williams is living please give me his address and oblige. MRS. BELLE ATKINSON. 123 Randle Street, Griffin, Ga. |