| Show lITTLE NEW EVIDENGE C Few Developments in Hay I Murder Case Yesterday I RRQ ORTENSEN FEELING BETTER r is t 0 Accused Man Was in Much More Cheerful Frame of Mind Yesterday I I4n1L Gun That Did the Killing Stfll 1 I LLe Kissing Additional Blood Spots I 5 and BloodStained Club Reported < 5 FoundScene Murder Visited by Hundreds of Curious People Yesterday r Yes-terday S e2S10 I Six days have elapsed since the murder mur-der of James R Hay and tour since the arrest of his suspected murderer Peter at Mortensen yet the confession the police 50 I were so confident would soon follow the nrrest Is not forthcoming On the contrary i3 J con-trary the prisoners nerve seemed to ret revive yesterday and last night ho appeared ap-peared to be In much better condition than on the evening before Perhaps the apparent desertion of his wife weighed on his spirits for a 1 time and caused the temporary collapse that S gave BO much hope to the police perhaps per-haps he summoned back his cheerful demeanor by a mere effort of the will but whatever the cause the shrewdest I plans the police could devise gained no admission of guilt The knpwledge that his old friend and neighbor was being burled for the last time a few blocks away seemed to disturb him not at nil and he chatted cheerfully with the friends who called to see him The first appearance of Mortensen In court will he made today when he will A It be taken before Judge DIehl and arraigned all on au raigned on the charge of murder In the first degree If he continues In his L irz present frame of mind there Is no doubt IDA LIDj 1 Hint his pica will be not guilty The tlmp for his preliminary hearing will 0 D then bo fixed and he will doubtless go to the county Jail I Tho activity of the authorities was IORRO somewhat relaxed yesterday Police S and deputies and also the Sheriff were tired out by the exertions of the week and welcomed the coming of a day of comparative icst Sheriff Naylor went 7 to Forest Dale during the morning In a mAlT carriage to take a general view of tho I ground but he saw no wItnesses andS and-S made no effort to collect additional evi dence There was no need to apparently llliliedf ap-parently Hundreds of curious people vk1j from the city had the matter In hand LrLtd Every trolley car going and coming S was loaded to the guards with humani ty and every visitor was for the time being an amateur detective with secret hopes of running across some valuable clue that the police had overlooked If any of these individual researches were productive the results have not t been heard With the evidence already at hand the authorities believe it possible to make out a strong ca < o against Peter Mortenscn and with the llnqs oC Inquiry In-quiry being followed Is believed that y 5 many other bits may bo added to the mass of evidence which will leave the accused without single reasonable fence |
