Show NO CONFESSION YET Mortensen Has Not Revealed Anything Bearing on Case MRS MORTENSEN IS BETTER Since Telling All the Wife of the Suspected Murderer Has Become IHoro Cheerful and Less Nervous Her Story Complicates Rather Than Explains the Heal Pacts of tho Crime Mortensen Intimated to His Wife That Hay Was Dead but Did Not Threaten S While the circumstances of the murder mur-der of James R Hay give a general Idea of the manner in which the crime was committed there are numerous details de-tails unknown and likely to remain unknown un-known forever unless revealed by the man who actually committed the dark deed The statements made by Mrs Mortensen though they Increase the belief In < the guilt of her husband are of little value In explaining the manner man-ner In which the crime was committed and are of still less worth from a legal standpoint One feature of her revelation revela-tion that relating to the time Morton sell was absent from the house Is more confusing Hhan enlightening Everything Every-thing indicated that Mortensen lured or carried Hay down the track shot him and ran back to his house to take his sisterinlaw home before burying his victim Mrs Mortensen says her husband went out with Hay was gone nearly nn hour came homo and saw Mrs Henry Mortensen to her home consuming not more than five or ten minutes on > the latter trip It is obviously ob-viously Impossible for him to have taken ta-ken her home dug a grave arid disposed dis-posed of the body in ten minutes therefore It must be presumed that if Mortensen is guilty there was no halt in Ills operation from the time he stepped from his own door with Hay until the latter was under the sod and snow The Question then arises 1C Hay was lured down the track to dig up a burled treasure why did the party not take the shovel In the first place and why should It be necessary to come back after it on a run and go back down the track on a leisurely walk The statement that Mrs Mortensen declared her husband told her If you hear that Hay is dead or If Hays body should be found tomorrow do not say anything about limo time I was out tonight has been verified but the alj legations that the warning was Ticcom panled by threats of violence or death if she disobeyed is not borne but by the facts nor is the melodramatic rumor heard on the streets that Mortonsen burned Hays hat and washed bloodstains blood-stains from his hands in the presence of his family A dispatch from Provo last night stated that R G Watkins made the statement that Mrs Mortonsen has been more cheerful and less nervous since she communicated her knowledge to the authorities than at any previous time since the disappearance of Hay It is said that she and her brothers are now positively convinced of Mbr tensens guilt Beyond the usual crop of more or less ridiculous rumors and the initiation of Mortensen Into the domestic economy of the county Jail there was nothing new at the local end of the story yesterday yes-terday Stories to the effect that he is breaking down physically must be taken ta-ken with several grains of Bait for he looks less like a physical wreck than ever and Is taking a lively Interest In his business affairs The prospects for a confession seem to grow beautifully less day by day The County Attorney states that the authorities have given up the search for further evidence but it Is safe to say that any contributions will be thankfully received especially If anyone any-one who saw Hay murdered can come in CASE TO DATE Summary of Evidence Secured Against Morkenssn A week lias passed since Peter Mor tensen was arrested for the murder of James R Hay The evidence against him has been accumulating from the start It has now become so strong that the public In general Is aatfKllcd of his guilt If he were brought trial today the State would confront him with the following evidences of his guilt As to the motive Peter Mortensen could probably wipe out a debt of 53SOO without paying a cent by simply securing secur-ing possession of a receipt that he had Induced Hay to sign and put in his pocket Mortcnscn arranged to pay the 3500 not at the bank which would be the natural thing to do not at the ofilce of the Pacific Lumber company In proper business hours but in a sparse Jy settled neighborhood far away from the business dhitrlol Mortensen rode homo on the streetcar street-car Monday evening with Hay and on this trip used arguments that Induced Hay to ignore the inntructlons of his eniploycr and go to MortenHens house In tIme night to get the money Mortonaen and Hay left Mortensens house together and Hay was never seen again until he was found burled in a Held near by with a bullet hole In his head N The statements mantle by Mrs Peter Mortensen wife of the prisoner are to the effect that her husband and Hay went out together to got the money as it wan not In the house that Morton sea was gone the better part of an hour that Morlensen told her In a threatening threaten-ing way she must not tell about him and Hay going out together that he was restless during the balance of the night and ralkod In his sleep Tho receipt for the 3SOO was found In Mortensens house the day after the murder and attached to the receipt was a note for 5O secured by a mortgage or MortcnsenM house ThlB note was not canceled und the mortgage IB utlll In force Had Hay given up the receipt and note In settlement of the account and on payment of the J2SOO he would i probably have canceled the note aa he was a methodical business maA The J fact that the mortgage was not canceled can-celed Is regarded ay proof that the papers pa-pers were taken from him When the j body was found the pocket In which the papers had been carried was found turned Inside out The examination of Mortensen ne rounts Tfvcnlutl that it s not probable ho had 53SOO in his poflsenslon His wife knew of no money in the house Mar tcnfons statements ai to the place the money was concealed do not agree First he said the gold was in three glass Jars later he iaid two glass jars und It has since bepti demonstrated that one glass Jar would hold much more money In 20 gold pieces than he claimed to have In the place where he claimed to have had the Jars hidden the dust had not been disturbed ap parently since his house was bullU On Tuesday morning after Hay was found to be missing Mortensen aided the report that he had absconded with the money He went to George 13 Rout soy with the story and impressed it soon so-on his mind that the two men went to time police station with It The police were so impressed with the story that they ruled out every other theory of Hays disappearance and acted upon this alone until Hays body was acci dentally found the next morning Blood has bqen found in suvcrul places between Mortcnrcns house and the place where Hays body was found A cartridge the same size as the one that killed Hay vas found in front of Mor tensens house It has been demonstrated demon-strated by actual experiments that Mortcnscn could have dug the grave in less than ten minutes It was dug with such a shovel us was found In Mbrtensens barn and that is the only shovel of that kind In the neighborhood A motonmm oh a street car on tho Callers park line saw a man pass his car about 10 oclock on the night of time murder with a shovel on his shoulder He will Identify this man as Mortensen He recognized him by his drooping shoulders and his features The above are the principal points In the testimony that the authorities have thus far given to the public They arc holding back evidence that convinces them beyond the shadow of a doubt that Mortensen Is the guilty man In this brief summary the previous record of MorteiiBcn Is not takers into con Blderation I The authorities have now dropped all other theories except the one that Mor lenscn Is guilty and they arc bending all their efforts to make the evidence against him io strong that he tvlil break down and make a confession They seem to analyze the cnsc In this way wayMortensen Mortensen was In desperate llnancial straits When Hay signed the receipt und put it in his pocket In Honmeys olllce he conceived time Idea of getting that receipt by a resort to violente Some arc of the opinion that he planned still further back than this It Is hold by the ofllcors that Mortensen Induced Hay to visit his house to talk over Limo settlement that he there Informed him that the money was concealed outside and that they must bring It into the house in the dark to avoid the danger of having It stolen that the two men set out to get the money that at the point on the railroad where the blood was found Mortensen shot Hay In the back of the head while the latter was Walking along watching his steps on the slippery track that the murderer took the note and receipt from Hays pockcj that he caught his victim by the feet to avoid getting blood on his clothes and pulled him down the grade under the fence and to the spot where the grave was dug that he then hurried back to his shed got the shovdl dug the grave and burled the body that he found the hat of his victim when ho got back to the railroad track picked itup and took It alongto his house iuul burned It In the stove The next morning morn-ing ho started the story that Hay had absconded with the 3SOO he hod paid him in the night RELATIVES BELIEF Mortensens Wife and Brotheriu Law Think Him Guilty That man is iron is the Way Sheriff Sher-iff Storrs of Provo described Peter Mar tensen after an hours interview with him In the county Jail Monday night If he is guilty and could make the protestations and dtatementfl he did tome to-me he is the most remarkable criminal of this generation declared R C Watkins brotherinlaw of Mortensen at 430 yesterday morning at the end of a solemn conversation lasting two hours during which Watkins pleaded as earnestly and passionately as a man can plead for the absolute truth ITc continually maintained I did not do It but when T asked him to explain something some-thing that might set our minds at rest his only reply was I have been advised not to talk The confidence of the Sheriff in Mr Watkins was shown by the fact that the interview between the two men was entirely private and noose can feel the shadow of a uouut after taut Ing with Mrs Morlensens brothers that they more than anyone else are anxious to know that the prisoner Is guilty Their most potent reason for desiring the truth from his own lips into in-to settle the harrowing and heartbreaking heart-breaking doubt that is preying upon the mind of their sister That she is very doubtful of her husbands Jnno < ence Is admitted but almost as strong ils this doubt Is the thought that until he admits his guilt with his own lips he may he Innocent Tills conlllot of probability with possibility has been waged In her mind since the fatal night of December letn wnen a tier Mortcnsen had gone out with Hay and 1 been gone from fortyflvo minutes to I an hour Mrs liny came at 3 odock 111 the morning to ask for her husband There was no more sleep for Mrs Mor tensen nor Peter Mortenaen that night The wife felt with a womans Instinct that the man at her side knew more of the matter than he had disclosed she even hinted at the horrlblo possibility of murder but lie In tho most fervent language sworo he was gulltlftui Knowing what she docs and still knowIng know-Ing no more her agony of mind the torturing uncertainty of her position can be but hulf understood by those who have not been In the same poi tlon I tlonMinor Minor considerations that make a confession desirable are the natural uvcrslon of the wife to a long and Ken satlonal trial and the certainty that such a trial will sweep away the last penny of the J500 or JG00 Mo tie risen Is known to have on hand at the present time leaving his family dtwlltute BELIEVES HE KNOWS While Mr Morterflcu Is unable to still the lingering doubt of her husbands hus-bands guilt sho la ilrnily convinced ilmt oven If ho did not do the deed himself he has in his own bosom all the hidden secrets of that terrible affair af-fair She believes Implicitly It is in his power to clear up tin mystery and it is for the purpose of persuading him to do HO that he bun born so earnestly questioned by his brotherinlaw Ills declarations urn enough to convince con-vince a mun of stone of his Innocence was the despairing exclamation of K C Watkins when he came from the rotary cell but how can I believe It I while he refuses to explain away what wo know for nets THE ACCOMPLICE IDEA Was there an accomplice The police S think not but they cannot prove JL Some of the circumstance such iiI the missing gun time fart thai Ihe body was lifted over Instead of dragged under un-der the wire fOJire the trail lending to the China nuns house from the grave the absence of blood on Nor ConUnucd on Page 5 NO CONFESSION YET Continued From Paso 1 tensens clothing hint at an accessory Is Montenscn keeping up his courage through the knowledge that another I I actually pulled the trigger thai sent I the leaden messenger Into Hays bran I The truth about this feature of the i I case may never be known unless the I prisoner In the county jail unseals his lips but the evidence now at hand seems strong enough to bring the guilt I home to Mortensen even If it be admitted ad-mitted that he had an accomplice 1 In the light of recently developed evl 1 denco It seems more and more probable proba-ble that Hay walked like a lamb to I I the slaughter The Sheriffs deputies 1 hold that the donning by Hay of ant an-t overcoat before he left home Is strong proof that he Intended ito go further than to Mortensens house after the I money The night was chilly but not very cold For a long walk an overcoat over-coat would have been needed but In 1 running across the street It would hardly have been necessary When the body was takan from the grave tho I I pencils one In each upper vest pocket and a little notebook with one of the I i pencils were still In place Hay carried his wifes gold watch which had a very delicate crystal yet when recovered I the crystal had not been broken and tho watch had run down through the unwinding un-winding oC the spring at 3 oclock Tuesday afternoon Anyone who knows the propensity of pencils to fallout I fall-out of vest pockets when a man stoops over will be ready to declare It unlikely un-likely that Hay could he carried over a mans shoulder head downward without I with-out losing those pencils If the body were flung over the fence as one man must necessarily have done alone ItIS equally strange that the delicate mechanism I me-chanism of the ladys watch was un injured The opinion exploited yesterday that bloody finger prints had been detected in the Inside of the pocket of Hays overcoat where the notes reposed is unworthy ot any serious notice chiefly I because bloody fingers in that pocket I would have left an Indelible stain on the receipt and notebook that were reposing I re-posing therein and no such stain ap pears on the papers themselves I |