Show OF MRS LI JP MillS MADE PUBLIC I statement For the Defense Made i d I Id d by Judge are Moved to It 4 Tears During His Argument She Contemplated husbands Dis fler fIer CI Fall That Wrung From Her n a Confession of Her Guilt ji She Refused to Give Her Seducers Name Until She SheI I te Learned tier Husband Had Been Led Lcd to Believe That a Physician Was the Guilty Man Mati When She Broke rok Down 4 and nd Named J C the Whole Story at St 7 Marks Hospital in ill the Presence of I Rev c D Douglas Wallace and Wife t o Ie c In the Mills murder wre of I an n Intensely lY Inter rW and full ot of In Inc Int c lung n 0 IHU It t fhe testimony for tor the prosecution I on ii 11 I cst kJ d with the report of It given Ilen In InI I News NW and Judge Powers ut I ng I 1 I mInced Its his openIng statement for tor lie He resumed thIs mornIng 0 j 1 poke f fr Jr two hours being listened I pith Intense Interest b by all 1111 the par parl parM l M 1 concerned ns as well ns as by nn an audi audie ne e thal Itac fairly packed the lobby Judge Julge luerS spoke with Intense C a arn and though he be used the i eIt language and employed fuw f ot Of arts a as an orator his bis presentation i t I the case calle could hardly have hae been n a ajI jI re erCul one DurinG his recital ot of the facts lending leading Ip p to the thC tragedy when he told ot of Mi trust In hi his wife 1 fe and andI I confidence In the man he hemd vei md to le his best friend J C gevene descrIbed the awful scene hers hen the defendant first learned ot of hIs 1 faithlessness Capt covered s 1 hee with his hands and opt like tinny Many srI In the audIence were itA ft ni as deeply affected and nil all over the court room Mr MII was strange to say 2 u i little affected during the l powerful I Only once or twice when the tho thone thene ne of the shooting carne came up UI did she U to be agitated d than 11 Int nt cr during Judge Powers she smiled quietly IIer ther sat beside her during durin the lid rd frequently consulted with her iter Capt Mills kept his hand nt at the side of C his face tace during the whole day The Ret her MUl of oC helena Helenn his Jaw sat at directly behind hIm and dur durI I 1 the statement lie hD was td to tears Q e told th the whole story of ef tU j from the standpoint or of the thee e In brief ho he told how the friend friendt t Mills and OM Ct by years ears of 11 s renewed when Mills and his arr ae horo from Crom the west vest after Mills ta fwd In the army armr how theY t Pfd c i at homo home for tor a f days until tho defendant went lu I the th hospital r to undergo n a severe how on recovering partially t u i a position by the tho Short Shott Uk but bt tailing to get It went to how hw ho came bock back to Salt uk Lk last September haing had a aar thair ar hun him In the University or of holl h on night he found n a slip ol tn in his handwriting and anda 1 a mil she had thrown away In which the Idea iJa of suicide was how howat be at Ince ee went vent to I atell to get fren b r in and there ther I arr 1 fr i n cont slon wrested fm 1 TI hr M had hod been n untrue to 1 Irn WILle h was nb absent nt In the arm army Ix I IV ct r all ot of his entreaties to h ta t 1 the name ot of her h l v husband and wire t R Irate arate how Mills conferred Ph h hi bt O lelene regarding III li SI S I d the defendant never that was him kf f t than whose whore name lie he had tried b I taI Crom his the p tL 3 b by Mrs Mills to her hUsband forgiveness for tor her he hv ht at a lost last when urged by the to a full tull confession conCession she ehG raj J 7 r as the guilty an LIw this overwhelmed Irh t A d t the closing scene In the thet lX i l t caracter as then thenes es ta t a II 1 b 1 lie Ie defense testimony Ing r tb ii lin in heInli the tho first Intro Ue J d 1 by Jug Julg Powers A number ot of r tt pt i cItizens ot of Utah and anI 4 hm t Ii Ion I on the or b by ile de t Mills lIIs splendid character t d t I showing Mills III bi r In Honolulu Its effect mind followed This hoV that he was os a Vel very sut suf er Ine tally and physically loi OlEINa INO t Statement si to the Theory or of Ihl Iii In n his opening statement J 3 sold said the tho defense would Prove that Mills w It a sick man men 11 j fr the time ho he left for tor the United States i t f Jr r After served In the thed lilted Lied ats volunteer engineer corps d tho t war When ho he arrived at tn he 7 WIlS wa still suffering i n typhoid mental was not itself a but a n of a disordered mInd In t t lt 3 It considerable scope In the It exhIbIted Transitory tn tr I or t frenzy one tonn forn ot of In bre e ODe cn 1118 ase had were not Infrequent he e al Buffered severe Illness t form torm or of In Which might be of the typo c r U mania maniL L or mehan metanI The I E rr det defense nse would show It a man manIr manc r from c Ir ot of the nervous t r r San Sa Captain IJ MIls lUlls LI al I h came here and stopped nt at the fl of Mr ant Mrs III oN nt t CD curi ot the 0 horne home for forC dars C when owing to tho d ID ark ot he II hospItal There he un lilt r rm o e seVere OPeration one rib be boc e Will oon ned to the About a 11 to July I an ami 1 then lI with his wife In It a lit hit little the tle home lIe applied to the Short Line for Cor u a UlOn the kind kindness ness of to secure It Ho Howall was wall given to understand lie he would ha have the and nn an order was made for tor Dr the Short surgeon to make a exam examination Soon afterwards Mills learned that the order for tor his examination had l beth e u countermanded lie He then thea went vont to Cheyenne where ho secured position a under tinder mwood Mead In the work ot of gathering Information on irrigation his continued and ho he found himself unable to work as he had done dono In the l ast lion Mills left Salt JAke leaving his wife and two little children In Salt lAke She had formed the plan with his approval ot of becoming I a trained nurse In order that she might there thereafter thereafter after bG be nn an aid to her husband LEFT HIS D III D When Mills entered the service ot of his country countr his one regret was that he had to heave leae tho thoe e Idols ot of his heart his wife and children behind But Dut he had his Insured for tor at war risks In her hor favors he left over oer In the bank for tor her use and during all the time he was In the army he sent her over Oer BOO a 11 month of his pay for tor her support So that she was well pro provided vided for tur In any emergency OF MILLS AND 0 Mills and O were friends They Thc had been for tor years TheIr tam flies Illes ware ere Intimate and when CaptaIn Mills left lert Salt Lake to toke take up Ull his duties In the army of If the United States the last words ot of parting tel v to It y thinS thing happens to you OU I will stoC se that your does not s stiffer lTer These Mills and O had slept under the same blankets eaten be beneath beneath neath the tho same root tree and ex cx chanted ed the tho closest confidences TIlE THE MOTIVE BEhIND IT ALL The Tho State has shown that on the afternoon of October 3 this defendant calmly walked Into p deliberately shot the latter dead That Thatis Is the ease presented by tM the pro prosecution But is that nil all Was there no motive motel We TC shall shah see sec Mills had bC been en assigned to some work vork for tor the government In Utah with reference to irrigation Later he had had offered him the tho chair ot of engineering In the Nevada State Uni University at a salary ot of 2000 I a year ear At that time In September last his prospects had 11 never r been brighter At that time he had the utmost confidence In hIs wife had anything occurred to make him doubt her In the least On September 3rd then when Mills UllIs re returned returned turned to Salt Lake from Cheyenne he was still a sick man but hl his pros prospects ts were bright and lie he was happy FOUND HIS WIFE DISCOURAGED When he got ort off the traIn and went to meet lila wife and children ho he was struck with his appearance ot of despondency He trIed to cheer cher her told her ot of hiI brightened prospects which would enablE husband wife and children to bo be reunited She spoke ot of n a visit to Pocatello and Boise with her family lie He urged her not to give up tile the visit on Oft account ot of his return but to go on to Idaho If she ehe whited TILE THE AWFUL BLOW The They were vero occupying rooms at the Ricketts Ricketta block and on the night of oC Sept 26 25 his eye tell fell on a scrap of torn l lisper sper In hIs handwriting direct directed ed to him It caine ns as a thunderbolt out ot of a clear sk sky upon this poor sIck man manThe The noto nolo rend read 11 My dear hu husband band When you see this I f shall hall be dead It terrible his wife was going to take the life lite that hail had given ghen her ills HIs wife whom lie be loved the mother ot of othIs hIs ren going to kill All night be walked the floor as one dis distracted and In the morninG took the first train for tor locatello lie He sought out his wife told her ber ot of this strap semI of oC paper and th n there from her lips the saddest story ever poured Int into the e ot of man She admitted that on Sept 21 she Intended to o kill herself herselt and that when he saw her walking with her dren she was nil as she ehe expected taking her ller last with them REFUSED TO NA NAME IE HER SEe SE SEDUCER DUCER lie He said tl there ere could be only one thing that could possibly Impel her to such an act and that was that she ho had been n untrue to him hIm lie He Implored her to tell him the truth and ond site she then confessed that she hall had been untrue to him He demanded the name ot of the man and she refused to give gho It They both returned to Salt Lake on the morning of September 27 7 Capt Mills did not know the name or of his hili seducer but Ito he persisted In asking MILLS MILIS FIRST RESOLVE RESOLVE She still sUlI refused and ho became des del desperate Ho He I put ut his revolver In hIs and walked out to take his own life lite But Dut the faces ot of his little chill dren aro arose e before him and stayed his hand Ho returned to the rooms In the JUckett block and she aid she hud had no excuse to could be none and she only asked him to let her bier stay there that night He consented Mis Wallace of St Marks ark hospital II a good lady Indy and true friend to all these ones one was sent for tor and Mrs I Mills arranged to ItO go to the hosl hospital That night was n a sad one The rho hue hus band and wife divided their household treasures Next da dayh h took n a walk and ho he returned to hii hi rooms hi his wife had gone one lie was alone On the table WAS a flote bote of farewell from J hIs wife On September 28 or 29 he write u a formal note or agreement ot of separation from his wIfe In this they agreed to the separation anti and she agreed that lie be have the care and CUll ens tody of his children this Thill lie ho signed and sent to his wire vifa nt at the tho hospital She signed It and returned It to him Next he went to the ot of I P L I il i hams IIams and made his will In favor ot of othis his On Sunday following ho he hemet homet met here Dr DI Stubbs ot of the Nevada Neada and aud It was settled that Mr Mills was vaa to toke take the chair ot of engineer engineerIng Ing In the Nevada Novada University AU Alt this time he tried In vain rain to drive the thought of hits his troubles from his mind but could not lie He went to on October 2 to get away from It but reo re returned turned to Snit Salt Lake the next morning Although lie he hind a return ticket such wn was his state of mind that ho bought another ticket at the depot deput Coming Coining liP up town he went to the Ken Kenyon yon on hotel and was In n a very distressed mental condition ANOTHER LETTER FROM FRO 1 MRS MILlS ile received sonic some letters there among them one from his wire wife In this she expressed profound and regret for what alto sho had done and that thiat by living a pure lite she might sonic sOllie time hope for tor lila his l lardo She said that though his allowance to her had been een I magnanimous she had lived beyond her means while he was In Honolulu and owed TO 0 to Mrs SQ SO to Mrs Cook ot of and 50 to J JC JC C In Mule Mills pocket when arrested was a letter from his speaking somewhat bitterly of oC certain rumors against her at St Anthony idaho MILLS CALLS O ON O letter caused Mills to call on his old friend O They had so aoe talk and mills asked It if hits hIs wife had borrowed iO O rota him O said she had and asked it If Mrs Mills hind had told hIm of It Mills said amid she hind but told not to hurry i about paying It Then Jhen I asked Mills what was the matter as he seemed to bo be worried and the l litter In I I John have hao you OU ever hoard un any anything thIng against my wife O started Thou Then ho saId he but advised Mule Mills nil as a friend to pay no attention to It O said ho hind hoard heard hIs own men mention tion something ot of the tho kind and Mills wanted to go to their homo home at once and ascertain something about It Finally they started to O s home and Mills was so weak that the they had hod to stop stol and walt wait for tor n a car All the time lime they dIscussed this matter and Mills finally finall told hIm that ho ha and his wife had agreed upon n a separation For lor Gods sake oke dont do that Fred Walt until you OU have absolute proof A DRAMATIC SCENE E EThis This W was S at the Eagle Gate ante and Mills II l Suppose she has told mel me started He was r rtin n to cover He did not know knos what was comIng His movement impressed Itself deeply on Mills who had up to that t moment Implicit confidence In InO O lehen He felt that he might bI be bein In the presence of oC the guilty guilt man lie said then and there John I ul ah most mOlt reel feel nJ as thou though h you ou had not tx been en a to tnt mc and Jt If I should find that thatto thatto to be true I believe I should kill you on eight reassured him and they went on to th the hOUM INVOLVING A PHYSICIAN there Mrs q r ahi In ak asked what he knew about Wife Mrs O hesitated and finally said she had heard that Mrs Mills had been n too tree free with n a certain l physician had gone One to parties dIn dInners tiers ners MIl and r restaurants with him and led hIm to believe that she W was 9 Q a single On hearing this Mills rushed from the house culled called to him trIed to calm him saying Fred you OU are too Puritanical Women are not what you ou think the they are nn and your our Ideas dont go co In this western But Dut Mills lUlls went on alone to the hospital and saw hits hie wife In the presence or of Mrs rs Vial Wal lace Ince ne lie told his wife he hind had received her letter lotter that he would nay a the bills and that tie he had been en O lie He referred also to the tue rumors she had mentioned and told her that to hIs sor sorrow r row he had learned she he hind had been too familiar with II a physician naming the theman man tInn A PHYSICIAN INVOLVED She was and Indignant do de nied It and convinced him that the story etory regardIng the physician was alto altogether altogether gether untrue She enumerated the times and places where she sho had met or seen the physician going over It all with such particularity that there thera woo no room left for tor doubt THE C CLIMAX mAX REACHED However title this Mills excite excitement mont ment and ho demanded to know the seducers name Mrs Wallace oleo also begged tier to tell the truth ns as that was nil the only way to win tot forgiveness and finall finally Mrs Mills said It was Mr r At title thIs Mills threw up un hIs hands and Great God It was my and walked up and down the room Mr Wallace came In and nd It was suggested that the tho statement be written down This was done the letter sealed aled and lies lx been n In the possession lon or of Rev Mr until this time lime MRS MILLS STATEMENT T TOLD AT LAST Mrs Mills MIlia In her statement said that at the time thIs began |