| Show PT MillS UNDER NOER TION 0 N Nis is Evidence Not Shaken in the Least So Far by the Un haling and aid Rigid Ques Questioning of Prosecutor As Asked ed I if the Idea Iden of Revenge Had Entered Hs Ills cines to Draw Deductions from the ifie R arding the Finding of That Scrap of Paper tails of the Killing Drought Brought Out Today for the First Time Wi Will the Defense Put Pui Mrs Mis Mills on the is Iere here and to T ty i if i it is Deemed Thoughts Hs Wie Wife Were Dc Complicated for a Time Interest In the Mills murder I unabated and Judge n liis cUt jut was waR alln again crowded ming An unusually large num rf If ladles were present t putnam took up the ot of the defendant F The inquirY was n a searching tb 11 rather ther but th net result served ru than weaken Mills II test y 1 13 witness continued delIberate ot of J an r bu but t his slowness J the result of de rh h I rather t to give gle nn an exact an anthan than t to any Judged b bof by of the standards the te tea nr 57 ot Of would be consIdered In mal many instances d answered wih with striking or r F r Ir Instance when Mr Ir Put suggested that the tha Idea ur r might hoe have his heart 5 dd did nt deny I It ns as asI T I up tri td he would That would ben beta the easy wa way but bul the tho de ant It for Cor a moment ra hIs memory and answered I It may have 10 t C c was long Ions out and fl at times as Mr Putnam going over oer ever t mn even the tho do detaIl al wih with withe e tS as 1010 on one x ed it But UI n yer his I te Daring th the eul entire el era dy uttered 1 a wor word e C def n ha has not I 5 to Mrs ts Mills la being caled called She Shere f re t I tet testify In the cASe cASeI I Is J but the tho Ie she deSire nt act to subject her to this ani and wi will not nOI cut call her if IC al all ts at shw could testify to Cn can ren coven II Iu other ways as Mr I Mis Mills Dr Ohn Civins of at ato o and an Dr Pike or of experts sUy will I testify and there thero may mayme mayme me nM mr testimony ns as to o the dl do splendid character up to the thed if d the shooting 4 not s seem m possible that the them m en can be begun before beCore to toI tot I t afternoon and the tho case Is Flure 7 sure to run wel well Into Thursday OS us m IF Ilo l It but hul al alIt Sto Stood the Will 11 tr tic d In a very er brief w wI Way a I at the tIme he killed oM n cy the cro P pL Fred J was resumed this lag 1 b tor lu Putnam II lii that his memory from the thebe he be let te St 51 Marks hospital at to ton O Oon on n l t up to te the time he fret fired fatal was almost almo t a blank blonk blankI t I hi bi th h r member lember beIng more In aare ot of Impressions Putnam Anted to know if IC wi wit Wa a at Incensed nt at OMel r I b bru the later latter th the for Cor 1 I Js is examination r tn with wilh a view tc giving I a I n on the Shot Short Line 11 us said it II was not 10 so much a feel I ang r as dIsappointment O OMel lel r hall had proposed tha thiat wi wIt should take a posItion wih the tho Le nl n whIle witness was lying I tb h h i pItal lal urged It upon him he lD ftc y agreed to accept I It If rny nt to him In a that tha would require very ery Ita lel er eff f r Is it a leter letter which he had bd tn en u t s r after the order ii I al examination had been tra J 1 and Mr Putnam ot of i it In 10 e this morning LETTER TO O red read as llos n Wyo Wo August 23 2 19 J 3 I iM Engineer n S b Iii 1 Salt Lake Lale rd telegram of dt t lt ls r lS follows I 1 have hae n for tOr you and have hao reo re e ed cra NI P t PInkerton for Cor wa 3 Laded Med to me inc by Mr Crit a In the be lu having laid twenty y r t In fe fh y I fel uee el with your no nc Is Whole hole matter although to mater t I be ns hardly IJ Possible that one 2 gity of oC guit such treatment t es I Ily r Pretending hl friendship ut h n ashamed of oC IL Very It U Ver P F J 7 MILLS a as y U Ur famIly livIng with you ou nt at en u enlisted In the Mr Putnam army w rd d planned d to board the thet ar and she lund t i hll gone on jt jtb aho ahoI b hr r parents In n Fremont coun I this ng breaking braking up of the house boue r uS Iny truble trouble between yu u De fl ii th h ln breaking up of 01 the home homeI I 1 u any nr truble trouble be bea a as not notI C I to l Cheyenne did your SOme th i 1 think not I 1 suf uC r g the he lafr froin m violent headaches 1 C he r par ot or ray my Ita stay ther there rt Lak why hy I 1 returned to L Ie a as because I 1 thought It to c collect II d data here hereIt onI nth It a the work I 1 was at e 01 e Nul hour ed and aM fifty a w or en n dd did ou bear from your yourI or I a 4 v chilo Ue you 0 in t every day dah And ho ov often Hen did you OU write to her N Nearly arly ery da dah day h n yup returned dill did you U go do down SIr Sti Marys 1118 academy with the IntentIon qt seeing your our children I did t I When met your wife what was washer va her She vae somewhat pale pal bull but I at It to th the strain she she had been en under In me while I 1 was at the h hospital lal DId bItt you spend the evening wih with your viCe I Ind Ye nd the da day Wo We went vent down to St t Marys Aca Academy demy got our chIldren Ind and had them wih with us duIng the da day Ater After yc r wife left el for Cor you wor qt t Engineer Kelse s omeo during the dy YH Yes Ing And wrote leters durIng the ove ovea FINDING Tl TIlE NOE NOTE Wh re wa as t I box In which you Uw the scrap crp of oC paper 01 on Which your wife had written I It wa was against the wall Were there other scrape of oC this saro same note nOle Yes e ther there was tome me reference as 69 to of oC her boy body and cf te teTI TI I 1 put ut together There was some ome reference to her having done don ro but the recaps raps were not cm corn Piete What W a tie date dale of It Il Sept pt 23 I 1 found Cound th scrap with In the the Ink dal date 01 on It This note was wa written night you ou went out ut to the tho hoe boa piat pital to see feo Mr Valace Yel Yc although think hInk r I started out wih with thA that d When I reached the hospital tr 11 Wallace hac had gon gone tC t bed but I aroused ruse him him I 1 told hIm finding th the note Iole and nd asked him It If he anything regardIng nw my As We talked on I 1 know he saId I b be ml mistaken taken t Did this tend to lle relieve your our No I thought something WIS was wrong Yol YOU w sv not convinced of th that U UI t I doubt very much if IC I could uld have over r ben convinced co that hat she fhe had done such sucha n a wron from any lips hut but her own for Cor Next moring morning you ou tok took to the trai train Yes In thinking this matr matter over did the tho name namo of oC any man come to your our mInd mindI I 1 think not Wo Sas your our to 80 see you youat 0 at Tee she was I 1 told her wh I 1 hall bad come and elther her told h hr r of GC or hoed hr her this scrap crap ot of paper Then you rou ex expressed Ne your out opinIon about I it I 1 presume I did Did she hi seem m awe awed or frightened She seemed very CI much grieve grIeved and nd dejected I 1 think her first remark ILC at atter ter I had tue tho mater matter to hr her t thAt she would not II Ito to me I 1 questioned her further asking to know the circumstances but she he would not tel tell moro more than admit the truth of oC n my charge t I did not suggest any names name nor do I recall having had the tho name or nn any man In my mind Did you hold out al any Inducement inducements to your our wife Ife to 10 tel tell you NC Jd Iid you OU sheep ot at al all that nIght night 01 or oron on the tho wa way to Sal Salt Lake LakeI I did not nor did IY my wife ire Dd Did you O ask ak her how she carl came to heave that scrap Inthe w waste sto basket baket In Instead stead ot of buring burning I IL T No h hut t she hc said Id she though thought she had destroyed I tye It IL ee DId yoi 0 tel telegraph raph your our Ifo that you ou No Were ere going to hii Did you gain any more Information from your wife at that time than hart the 1 bar bare fact ot of her guilt I I INo No She Iru to disclose the runt mat matte te tet beyond th that pol point t You I hOrs r on Wednesday to Sept pt separate 27 Wa Was It at al that time you agreed Yes That afternoon Irs Mis Wallace wal at th thO HAi halls and that you ou and your wife iCe went to the hospital Yes We went vent on he OC Mrs Wallace who who r I 0 be lee knew oC the Mr Wallace f a willingness s to 10 lot let Mr Mrs Mi Mills come to lie tho to sta stay nd I approved We of I it Id iid yet YOt sleep alY any that tha t night No I 1 was ae bUP al all night What WI your ur object t tn in making our wi will nest nelt lay 11 I It was al I a d to leave m my erty to 0 m my chIldren Id you In I it exclude your our wife en trel tidy ot I did Did the leter letter which you O found Cound on the tho table from your our vIte soften you OUI feelings tors towards her herI I can hardly sy say This leter letter h I tor torn somewhat Int IntI I It entirely probably that you OU toro tore I it In 1 Is I It quie quite fair latr to ask ak mo me to dry drau such deductions I 1 cannot answer r the Qu question ton I wi will tate state 11 all the tate facts I tar far as I 1 knol know them I It is I not for Cor me meto meto to drw draw the tho deductIons Did you OU tl desire to know the nn name ot of the man 1 Yes For what purpose I cannot say lied Had any thought or of reene revenge your OUr heat heart 1 I would not nol say y that I it had not not 1 It ItIs Is II aUf Dd DId yeu I p e on Priday night It at r i f No Had you fn seen O thi that w week t L think I went Wll up to eo him him My impressIon I lit that I 1 went ont to his hla olo but bUI he Wi was not In In Naturally I 1 would have ave IOle gone to I see him day You wont to Re YOUr chIldren ever every Yes On Sunday what dId you do doI I went vent to church on the suggestion 1 think ot of MIss Clarke and to school Afterwards I 1 went vent to dinner and then called on 1 L Ir IZ Hal hal arid my I is that I left lett for Prove that evening evening I remember havIng had a long tale talk there on IrrigatIon Uon tIon mater matters wih with Judge Doth Booth I hash had made up ml Iny mind to endeavor to go ahead wih with my work to tr try and forget ni as much as al possible and to be alone I as little al as possIble At howeVer I found lound this could nut not be done The Tho thought of 01 m my wife wa wag constanty constantly In InI I my mind Ind and on Monday I d cdo to she gIve up the tho work In and ge get away as lon soon as So Sn on Monday I 1 camo caine buck back to Salt Lake my thoughts toward ry my wIfe were and andI I cannot liY say just what vas In my mind when I came up to Sal Salt Lake I know thi that many baUes battles hO have been won n loss force Corce than I 1 01 on those days his discovery depot deot depotI DId you meet anyone at the tho I 1 met Superintendent T J n H Young who Invited me inc to return In his private oar car but I as he was not coming hp dl I declined and come Ime on alone ArrIving her here I went to the tho I havIng told Mr Walace Wallace I believe that I would stop nt at the hotel aler after giving up tsp my roo iS At the ICon Ien yon yen 1 receIved a leter letter from my wife Shat hat became ot of It I 1 cannot IlY say but my Impression is that I destroyed I It ter What wa as tho ho purport of oC that let She Sho said that she ahe hl had borrowed some ome money moner from Crom Mrs Irs Wal Wallace lace al and Mr Ir ard and asked mo me to pay theta as she was without means money she said In her nott note had b been n browe borrowed while I 1 was In Honolulu She had I think told 10 me before Core regarding In these debts debt Was Vaa O older than you ou Yes abut about five O year years older hind the tetter letters softened you OU to your wIfe b by this tIme I 1 think not It Why did you go to abut about Well he wa was m my oldest and closest Mend and perhaps It was to speak of oC this ISO 50 my wIle wIfe awed hIm What was It you aske asked him about your our wife I ako asked him what what he bo hl had hear heard a out outher her le lie looked surprised hesitated and I asked him agaIn lie He ald said Fred you lont dont want vant me to tel tell you ou Ire I ie pate peaLed that I did when he answered that I It was as some gossip Ind and thing tha that MI Mary his wIfe ha had s said d some something 1 Did your our old desire to lear learn the mans name come back to you youl ou 7 l I dont think that wa wars I It Because C of our long and Intimate acquaintance I 1 mentioned I It to That wal as the tho only purpose so 80 far IS as I 1 can define I It that made mado me ask him bout about I it l had d the Inquiry ass as to th the mal sti stIll been In your mind 7 Perhaps and the tho leter letter from lY my wife perhaps brought the whole mater matter back strongly I h had d ma made up lY my mInd to try Iud and tor forget It Did You ou have hac revolver you OU at Prove I J Had d you ou ben been the habit Of f carry lag Ing 1 a revolver r beCore before s while In th the Irmy army It was 0 my habit and prIor to that when out on feld field work I 1 carrIed one volver olver W dil did you ou get and keep that ro re revolver lOn I am afraid that the Idea of was the motive mote DId you Ou ever eer tart start out wIth the she de liberate Idea of oC suicide Th The thought was wa distinctly In nw my mind This Idea recurred to me and nd perhaps revolver I It gA t mo me I a for the When you ou left lett the with O OMel lel lelene veney ene did you contInue the 7 ton Yes I told tola him of oC our and he urged mo me not to do anything with without wIthout out absolute proof I 1 said What wOUld you 5 say I If she had COI coui tese tossed Io lie gave gae me a startled lar br lok look that gave me the Impression that he knew more than he wn was telling me For the first tm tim I sUs suspected something and saId to him I If I 1 should find Ond out you OU have hae been Intimate with my wIe wife I bellere I would ki kill you ou Did you ou mean that that I dont know Dont you ou ouI I think I 1 ten expressed I it a a mot mat tel ot of belief tr r rather a matter of oC fear that I would do that To J Ida n I 1 ha had u a fear that I would not be able to prevent myself should I find ho he had been guilty You had thought before then that you ou would like to punish the man who hal had done thIs I It Is possible nay my was wan confused that day dILY the thought been In your mInd that the man who had done this deserved to dIe PossIbly Did you hav have an any thought that you OU would hike to restrain yourself because he was al your our frIend 1 but probably It woul would have ben been the same wih with another Oan man manDo Do you say eay that at t the hou house e Mrs O mentIoned the tho name of oC n a physician I 1 do o I It 1 La barely possible that Mr lr O mentioned the nam name but I think It WIS was hIs wIfe ICe made mado you ou go co from there I to the hospital This development had removed 01 all my desire for tor an explanation I 1 went ther there to have hac an explanation with wills my wIe man wife with regard to thIs particular there n a motive beyond that thata a party though thought ot of l the guilty My mind was wae entirely occupied uple then with seeking nn an explanation from her wih with regard to at I had heard cn con cring earning this physician ACer After she he made her I believed her What made you beleve believe her herI I have 1 believed her I haye reason to She Is not as capable of carrying out n a le lie as some Mme women Mr MIllS then Went on and told how hov o overcome rome wIth the confes Ion don ot of his wife that his Wt beet Ind and old ret friend Wa was her se seducer seducer ducer he left the tho anti not knowIng what ho did and where ant he went vent until ho he found Cound himself In the presence ot of J C O I 1 dont know what Wil wn said sald frat first firstI I 1 lao havo no recollection ot of anything until he sId said sho wa was not worthy ot of mo me and an that And I 1 WI was then 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