OCR Text |
Show 4--e-f 4- sVs--. 4--4- t MORTENSEN'S COMMENT. : Takes Hopeful View of His Situation and Expects New Trial t Wishes He Could Have Argued Before the Jury. . " "Hope eprlns eternal In the humnn breast, -f Man never la but eer to be bleat " Teter Mortepeen la already antlclpatlns; a new trial. 'I prefer not to say anthln unlll arter I ha had a talk with my attorneys he mid In the count Jail last cienlnir, ' but there Is little doubt in my mind Hint I will be granted a. new trial I don t ee how there can be any doubt of it Hail Confidence in Jury. "You may eny that I am tint aatlanrd v.lth th verdict. Thtt (toes without saylna; The ey worst I expected wna a dl"acreement How foultl anyone rome to etlch h verdlit en BUrh el.ienee? I had Rreat ennfldente In thai Jury, but it la plain now that they were Influenced 4- by the publlu sentiment thttl hit been nwilnet me. Wanted to Argue Case, e "I do nnt think the papers Imve Klen credit enough to my attor- ne It act ma In me that they had the liest of It In every nil In lanarunire. In itrRttinent antl In logic I wished for a time that I could talk In the Jury In itritttmcnt for nhout an hour. I hac done some lit- tie spenklim, nnd while I do not claim to be n orntor, I can talk for fie minutes or so. . Why ire Didn't Testify. "I know J could have Rone tn the sftnd, hut what cnod would It haxedone 1 would hne had lo contradict many thlngi lhat other witnesses told that I said i:erbody would hae thotlBht I woa tell- -f Inn faleehooda because of my Intel est In the case, and the feeling f agnlnat me would hae been ull the stronger t Says He Was Misquoted. 'I do not claim that nny nf the wlttieascs lied Irlentlonalty, but they did nilseonmrue a great mnr.y things that I said. Tor Instance! l)e- -f tectlvc Klitcta asked me how I had Ihe money ultd I told him I laid It In Jhm 'IVds It locwer he naked. 'What do ou mean?' I said 'Was It loose In the Jars or wrapped up in paper ns they do nt th bank'" I told lilm It was Ino- 1 hen It appear thit I said I hnd Iho money loose on the wall. Then Chief Hilton naked mo where I hud made col- lecllona lately I tnok n notebook out of m pocket nnd named a fiw 4- of the people I had been to see about collection?. Then It nppeora that thin was nil Ihe money I hid to pay my bill Is It strange after the -f nay they twisted ecrtlilng arounl against tne that I refused to f talk? -f- Complaint Against Newspapers. f 'My complaint about the new sp ipers Is not about their reports of tho -f eldence, but their Rtiees work. I got shaved ec ry three dj s Whn -f I came In after gelling shaved Ihey said I looked bright nnd cheerrul. The next day I would hue a little heard and I woa looking dlecour- aged The third da the beard would be longer, and I would be in despair. . Laughed at Mind Heading. 0 'Ihite never been nernua since the trial beg-in. for I was confident -e nf acquittal I was not nernus tnd.iy when the Jury came in. and I 4- am nut nenous now Did I look a though m inlnd was far away today?' and nt this he laughed I was neer kener In my life I saw what was going on all the time nnd heard every word that nai said. Denounces the Ctimc, s ' If I had commuted tltnt tenlhlo crime I could not hie stood It There are no wolds blat k enough to pilnt niy opinion of that crime t If I li id committed It. killed in neighbor nnd botom friend there could lie no loriutc too gteot foi inc. I aliould be tortured for a thousand cars. f Why Fatlier Otlevcs. "Tea It Is a great blow to my father. All the more so because In my hoi hood ml 5 mi tiff manhood I j,r er taueed him ti moment of anx- lei, and since I have been married I have live! ns good a life as the average men can I nm thankful for Just on, thing They did nnt nt- tack my rl ararter Not that 1 feared Ihe truth My life has been an -e open Itmk and anything that was le irned about ni history would be in my favoi." Status In Jail Changed, Blnce his conviction, Morteneen's status In the Jail has been radically altered Vv hen he wat brought biok from the lourt In tho patrol wag- f on h Sheriff Nalor and Deputy llalelgh. he found lhat tho Jailer had removed the books and pnpera fiom his cell He was stripped of V his neat h'nek suit and while shirt and gaibed In n pair of Jail nver- alls and coarse shirt Ills watch, money nnd all his other belongings were placed In a lirge envelope and retained ,n the 'all olllce lleteaflcr he will bn denied many little prltllges that have been accorded I Im while he was awaiting trial |