Show PROSECUTION RESTS TRIAL OF TIlE VAX PATTEX CASE AT PROVO I I The Court Room Crowded to Suffo I I cation Defense jXVill Commence This Mornlns The Woolen lills I Provo March 28The third day in the Emma Van Patten homicide case has passed away In the main the testimony elicited by the proscution has been circumstantial and rather criminating in its nature but not as startling as had been expected The court room has been crowded to suffocate suf-focate n and the ladies continue to manffest interest in the proceedings Mrs Van Patten throughout the entire en-tire day sat silently behind her attorneys attor-neys occasionally prompting them on minor matters and deeply interested in the evidence as it came from the witnesses wit-nesses but her features netrayed no traces of excitement as she ilrank in the words which tended to connect her with this sad affair The first witness called this morning morn-ing was Mads Neilsen a step son of the deceased The witness is a simple l sim-ple minded person but one of the most important witnesses for ihe prusecu tion His testimony in substance was to the effect that on October IS Mrs Van Patten came to him at the icsi dence of John Neison in Ephraim and asked him to go on an errand for her to the drug store Mads replied that it was only a short distance and I asked why dont you go yourself She replied I am a stranger here and I would rather you would go Mads consented and she gave liim ten cents telling him her teeth and head ached and she would like him to get her some laudanum He vent and purchased it and returned it to her After Mr Neilson died Mads came to Mrs Van Patten and found > er be I hind the house at the home of her uncles and said How about the au danum Mrs Van Patten replied 1 Oh you leave that to me you stay on I my side and Ill put it off on he tld I woman meaning Mrs Neilson the deceaseds wife On crossexamination it WS developed devel-oped that witness had not given this testimony before the coroner and gave a reason that he was not questioned about it and did not think about tel ling it Witness told his mother that Emma was trying to saddle the crime on her Two weeks after Srens death his mother told him to tell this affair of Emmas conversation when the mat ter came to trial Mrs Larsen a clerk at the drug store on the date mentioned by Mids Nielsen Niel-sen sold half an ounce of laudanum to Mads A few days before Mr Soren Nielsen and Mrs Van Patten came to the drug store and bought some rough on rats These witnesses testified to minor matters C W Peterson Charles Christen H G Hansen and the prosecution prose-cution rested and the defense will commence tomorrow morning The Dispatch has a mournful piece of news to chronicle for its readers to day Unpleasant news to all classes in all parts of the territory and particularly partic-ularly so to the residents of Utih county and of Provo city The Provo Woolen mills closed down last evening for an indefinite period throwing 130 people out of employment and deprv ing four or five hundred dependents as well as the employees ofa means of support This action is the result of mature deliberation upon the part of the board of directors and in pursuance of a reso I lution passed by that body who held a session yesterday Stocktaking has I been completed and the report from the I same showed a havy loss for last year such a loss as the company feel unable to stand again All the board of directors and each and every stockholder are enthusiastically enthusiastic-ally in favor of starting up the mils again as soon as the market is such h I that they feel they can operate without with-out loss They are willing that the mills should run purely for the sake of giving the needed employment While they would appreciate a dividend whether or no one can be eainecl will I nnf he > nIi1i1 i nH V HH a 1 1 Ult mill again The question whether or no expenses can bq made only will be considered |