Show MOTOBMAW IS POSITIVE Can Swear Mail He Saw With Shovel Wns Mortensen At 1015 on the night of December 16th a molormnn on the platform of a northbound electric car whllcxgoing through Forest Dale snwa man with n shovel pass al nb tho railroad track In front of the car The motorman remembered this incident two daya later when thu body of Hay was discovered dis-covered in the shallow grave 200 yards west of the intersection of the two tracks Op the advice oC his parents he communicated his knowledge to the police and was taken into the presence pres-ence of tort nscn I would hate to swear a mans life away ou what J saw he said to the police but It looks bad for that man Mortcnscn was told that the motorman motor-man had recognized him and gave the firstsigns agitation he had manifested mani-fested snco his arrest The motorman did hato to give evidence that might cost 0 man his life und for that matter mat-ter still hates to do oit The TrIb tcrsU1 oQt une is In fii position to state authoritatively authori-tatively that If the case of the State vs Morlenaen ever comes to trial this motorman will be one of the most important im-portant witnesses Yesterday morning when he visited the scene of the crime looked into the little wallow In the fold where the body had been crushed by the brutal fbythe I murderer and iw th v lifeblood of the unfortunate victim where it I stained the ties he felt that the claims 1 of justice demanded the sacrifice oC his persona < aversion to notoriety and that he would be recreant to his duty to society 5C he hesitated longer to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing noth-ing but the truth And these are the facts to which he says he can testify As his car reached a point 300 feet south of the railroad I track he saw a man step from the cattleguard at the east aide oC the car line and move leisurely westward The man carried n shovel over his shoulder As the car drew nearer tho glare of tho headlight poured full upon the man who stepped across the railroad road track about 200 feet ahead of the car The young man In the dark vestibule ves-tibule remembered the stringent orders or-ders of the company to slow down at the Intersection of all tracks and tho thought passed through his mind that this stranger might be n spotter sent out by the railroad company to see that the rule was observed With this idea he reduced his speed almost ton to-n stop which gave him an additional opportunity to look at the figure still walking wc lalons the railroad If he JR a spotter thought the young man I want to know him when I see him again and with this object in view he kept down the current cur-rent a he crossed the track and took a good look at tho man with tho shovel He first noticed that the object of his scrutiny carried a shovel with along a-long handle next that his shoulders under his black overcoat were very peculiarly shaped go unique in fact that their peculiar slant and droop would servo to Identify their owner almost al-most anywhere To complete the picture pic-ture of the supposed l spotter Imprint ed indelibly on the young mans mind as the stranger crossed the cattle guard to the west of the car he turned his face halfway around and gave n start evidently surprised at the proximity I prox-imity of the car A Htcond later he remembered that there were human eyes in the dark ana seemingly empty vestibule at the front of thp trolley car and turned his face again toward the west but his features were now recorded together with his peculiar shoulders his characteristic walk and his dress as well as the shovel In the memory of the motorman That Is no spotter thought the young man as his car wont on but I dont see what he wanted of a spade ut this lime of night and at this lime of year after they have all quit Irrigating Irri-gating The young man next saw his spot let when he confronted the prisoner In the detectives room He is prepared pared to testify that the man was Mortensen when the time comes but for the present he desires to keep his nom from the public and fervently hopes that a confession on the part of the accused will relieve him of an unpleasant un-pleasant duty |