Show DUNNING IN I1 TROUBLE I t Husband of fIrs Botkins Victim On the Stand I JAILED FOR CONTEMPT t DESCRIBED H I S RELATIONS WITH MRS SOTKllT t But Refused to Give Names of All Other Women With Whom He Had Been IntimateMrs Botkin I Told Him She Hud Obtained a Di vorceOther Testimony i San Francisco Dec 190wing to the death of a jurors sister there was no morning session in the Botkin case today to-day The taking of evidence at the af ternoon session commenced with Miss Lizzie Livernash a reporter on the stand Miss Livernash explained that she was detailed to interview Mrs Bet kin at Healdsburg where the accused was in seclusion at the time of the murder Miss Livernash told the story of Mrs BoUtins acquaintance with Dunning as Mrs Botkin had told it to her When told that she was suspected sus-pected the accused woman became hysterical and said Why should I be suspected It would have been better to have killed the man and spared the mother to her child Witness said the prisoner spoke of some letters in connection with the case and asked witness if handwriting j experts would be able to identify writing writ-ing of a person laborIng under great I excitement Mrs Botkin also spoke of the anonymous letters sent to Irs Dunning and said they were sent by a woman in San Francisco One afternoon while Miss Livcrnash was with Mrs Botkin in Stockton Mrs Botkins son Beverly entered the house In a state of Intoxication and made remarks concerning his mothers relations with Dunning Mrs BoUdn turned to Miss Livernash appealingly saying My SOil has the power to damn me Late this afternoon T P Dunning husband of one of the victims of the tragedy was called to the stand He testified as to his relations with Mrs I Botkin and described with some degree of details their affairs up to the time I I he left this city for Cuba where he was to do newspaper work He said that he had received many letters from I Mrs Botkin but had destroyed them as fast as they came On his return from Salt Lake in August IS7 Mrs Botkin said she had obtained a divorce from her husband hus-band and for a long time he believed this to be true He had told Mrs BoUtin on one c cnsioh that his wife was passionately fond of candy He identified the anonymous letters the address on the box of candy und the enclosed note as being in the handwriting of Mrs Botkin I 011 crossexamination Attorney Knight asked Dunning if he had been intimate with other women On reply Ing in the affirmative he was asked to name them Ihis he refused to do Knight insisted on a reply and Judge Cooke ordered him to answer He again refused whereupon the jUdge committed him for contempt He was I arrested Court then adjourned until tomorrow I |