Show ROMNEY AND TELL TL THEIR TH STORIES STORES OF OP MURDER The close cose of the second days day's test test- money in the trial developed no testimony of a al startling nat nature re and did not exhibit the strength of the States State's case Just enough progress was made to Indicate that the trial will wi b be beI I I exceedingly long and tedious as it is plainly the policy o of of the defence to make an objection and take a ruling of the court whenever there Is the shadow o oa of ofa ofa a ground for raising a question queston About tenths nine-tenths of the objections made yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- by counsel were overruled and exceptions were of course noted t on the Stand The examination of Frank was concluded yesterday and George Ernest Romney the manager of the tie Pacific Lumber company was pla placed d on th the stand He lie will wi be recalled by the State tate when the the question queston of financial condition is reached as this was ivas only brought out incidentally yes yes- told of borrowing a s shovel shove ovel from Peter to dig into the fi grave where J James R. R Hay lay a buri buried VS tJ He lie r said that t e e told I him l When you have found out what is there come back and let me know The witness winess said I r went back took the pick and loosened the earth then took the shovel and after digging a little came to a aPiece aPiece apiece Piece of cloth coth I 1 put my hand d down wn and it felt fel hard underneath I though tho there was some one burled buried there He Met I Went nt back to take a car down town and met Royal B. B Young and Peter Pete Pete They asked me if I had found someone buried burled and I told them I had We went down and Jor- Jor tense notified the officers ofES by telephone i kew knew James R. R Hay and saw the body when It was dug up I recognized I Ithe the he body as his I examination the witness winess said that hat when he first saw the mound he thought that some som one had burled buried a I dog there as a number of dogs had been I killed in Jr the neighborhood He asserted I that hat the country county was open and that the I grave was in plain plain plainview view from Seventh East Eat street and that when he visited I Ithe the gra graVe e he noticed the two sets of tracks Reading to and from the spot Imprints I in the Snow The now no underneath the fence was the fence undisturbed bed and beneath there here was was an an imprint as asif if a body had been seen laid lali down In the snOW snow Another r similar imprint was about half hal way between between between be be- tween the tie grave and mid the fence When I got the pick from Hendry's store I saw aw and asked him himi if i f he wo wold ld lend me a shovel He asked me what I wanted and I told him something was burled buried in Inthe the field feld and I wanted to Lo find out what it was wa He told me roe o come back and let and Iet him know when I had bad found outI outI out I noticed that the wires of the fence were tight When I came but I followed I my own tracks Witness Wines Said He Was Excited When I uncovered the cloth oth I became excited arid and ad went back to Seventh East and got on an the car wh When n I met Royal B. B Youn Young he said sald first face Have you uncovered a I told I them to let it It alone un until t the officers came He and said saidI I was afraid to go would go godown down dowil an anyway anaf af so I fOlO d follo them down I think we te went in on the west side of the grave grav v f Royal B 35 Young and and J Peter Morten- Morten sen began bean to uncover When the face was vas uncovered eter Morten- Morten sen cried n They have killed Jim Jim Jim They've tre treated ted him brutally Covered the Face Pace A AThen Then Then they the he put put back ba bak k the overcoat verc at that was was' over ver the face Andrew Christensen Christensen Christensen Chris- Chris and a woman earns came came up and Christensen ad got in the tracks leading to the grave giave gave I told him to keep out of themI them I was vas vas there when the officers came care but stayed with the patrol wagon wagon and did not not go back to the grave with wih them them The witness then described the slough the ditch dich and the excavations along the track corroborating the testimony of Deputy County Surveyor McAllister McAlster Blood on the Fence Referring again to the grave the witness winess said T The e earth covering the grave gave was wasP frozen The s show ow in the tracks had melted meled some and then frozen so that they were not slot distinct I saw saw some dark hair hait in the blood on the rails rais From the insistency with which the defence seeks to establish the fact that the grave was in plain view of the surrounding surrounding surrounding sur sur- rounding rounding country It appears probable that the theory may be advanced that Hay was not buried night he left Morten ers house 1 Story Stry of George Georg Rom Romney ey George Ernest who ho Is manager manager manager man man- ager of the t e P L mb l company or told tM tory o of dealing with the Iy f for or ort fa period p of sevI several several sev sev- eral year year Ilie e pok of nning I and arid account how l rt to sure secure credit pad had d given a mortgage for on his his' home in Approaching the Dalt date of f the tragedy Mr r. r said that Saturday on December December De De- De- De cember I came to the of office of- of flee fice D of the he lumber company and said that h he Would so soon n have ave the money to pay h hs s account Again Monday afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon he came and told and told Hay and Romney Romney Romney Rom Rom- ney to figure fure up his bill bi and he would make payment Then it developed that Morte en said ald he h had d in ln gold hidden n i ls house H He had had- according accord accord- ing log t to Ills His statement r refrained f from rom payment of of a par ef f the th sum because h he wanted wanted to surprise the 1 I ells ells' els- els Jf f th the Fa Fatal i F Mr r Romney then then went writ into a detailed statement tatem nf of all ll the events events' of that ight and th the n next day in in which Pet Peter Mor ort or- or t concerned ern d. d He spoke ear ear- ern he etly ty a and slowly vl but with the certainty f f a man who who's Js sure of f his sta statements ere ts 9 For the in days the courtroom court court- room yoom grew abs absolutely still and the de- de signs of the great nervous nervous nerv nerv- ous ous str strain l Ey Even n his ls notebook and foun co d not not conceal his agitation agi agi- tUon tation T f f v- v r I h on Tuesday morn morning g had called up up the office of the Pacific Lumber Lumber Lumber Lum Lum- ber comp company ny and ask asked d Romney if Hay had beer beer there He s said ld that Hay had left his house the night before bearing the mony nony on y Which h had been been paid by f Was Firm Over and ad over over again he had stated to Mr R Romney and others in his presence presence presence pres pres- ence had asked him to pay the monet that night in the face of Mr r. r Romneys Romney's l instructions to the con con- Then showed how Hay had Distributed distributed the gold through his pockets and incidentally suggested that Hay might have skipped to New NewYork York IThe I L I The Th trip rth they y made to Forest Dale to secure an au note the explanation explanation nation naton given by an as to where th th the money kept and how he and Hay sat down and counted It out were t told ld over the continual objections of the defence e and then the receipt for the and the h note for were Introduced Introduced introduced Intro intro- i in evidence by the State |