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Show DENVER, Colo, Juno 26. When District Attorney Willis V Elliot concluded con-cluded today to givq Frank II. Hen-wood, Hen-wood, on trial for the murder of George E Copeland, eory opportunity opportuni-ty to "justify his act" by withdrawing his objoction to testimony concerning threats made by S. Louis Von Phul, he evidently was not inspired by sympathy alone, for within a few hours afterward ho had pinned Hen-wood Hen-wood down on cross examination, compelling him to make the surprising surpris-ing admission that he was a married man Ilenwood, who had been received re-ceived In a certain social circle of Denver as a single man, admitted that he had a wife and two children "somewhere in New York state." The prosecuting attorney did not reach the question as to whether he had beon divorced. Attorneys Clash Over Question, A heated colloquy occurred between be-tween Prosecuting Attorney Elliot and Attorney John T Bottom for the defense de-fense over the use of the word "intimacy" "inti-macy" In questioning Mrs. John W Springer the principal witness, concerning con-cerning her relations with Henwood Mrs. Springer bad hastily responded In the affirmative when asked If she and Henwood had been Intimate, but Attorney Bottom' Inserted the question: ques-tion: f "You mean '.tjiiat you were good friends?" i "Certainly; nothing more," was the reply. (, The defense took advantage of the change of front of the prosecution, and through Mrs Springer and Henwood Hen-wood himself brought testimony of the enmity that, existed between Henwood Hen-wood and VonTPhul, whom Henwood shot to death, after a succession of quarrels It was a bullet aimed at Von Phul that vent wild and fatally wounded Copeland. Tells of Relations With Von Phul. Mrs Springer told without apparent appar-ent fear of conqequonces of the story of hor relations .with Von Phul, of her several other quarrels in which he struck her blowp in the face with his fist, of threats to kill Henwood If he ever saw him going to tho Springer apartments in the Brown Palace hotel; ho-tel; of Von Phul renting a room adjacent ad-jacent to these apartments; that he could watch for Henwood's coming, and finally of her warning given Henwood Hen-wood to avoid Von Phul, as he was "desperate" and would kill him. Mrs. Springer also stated that Henwood Hen-wood was asked to keep out of her "affair' with Von Phul; that It was her business and she must handle It alone This referred particularly to the recovery of certain letters which she had written Von Phul, and which, it was stated, he threatened to use against lier. The Famous "Blue Note." The famous "blue noto" written, it is Bald, in spite by Von Phul on the stationery of Mrs. S"prlnger nnd sent from her apartments by Von Phul, was brought prominently Into the case this afternoon. Tho note was written after Mrs. Springer, according to her testimony, Tiad destroyed a photograph of Von Phul at the request of Henwood, The note was addressed to Henwood Hen-wood and contained a fragment of one of Henwood's pictures, which he had Inscribed and presented to .Mrs Springer, and which Von Phul had torn Into bits. It rend: "Finnkie Dear You destroyed my picture and here, is part of yours." It was unsigned. Honwood todav testified that after f rocoivlng the noto ho went out and bought the gun with which he later killed Von Phul and Copeland That samo afternoon, Honwood tes-tiiled. tes-tiiled. Mrs. Springer's maid brought to his office a note from Mrs Springer, Sprin-ger, In which she warned Henwood to keep away from the Brown Palace hotel, as she had just had a violent qunrrol with Von Phul because ho had changed his room iu order to be nearer the Springer apartments and better able to "watch" Ilenwood. That evening Henwood stated ho saw Mrs. Springer and sho ropeated the warning At this meeting Henwood stated he told Mrs, Springer that she had refused to follow his plan in calling call-ing the police to recoer tho Von Phul letteis, and he thought it was about time for him to retire from the case. Scored by Hotel Manager. During tho cross examination Prosecuting Prose-cuting Attorney Elliot asked Ilenwood if he had not beou ejected from the Brown Palace several times for disorderly disor-derly conduct once for beating a bellboy bell-boy but Henwood denied that sucn was true He did say. however, that he had been scored by the management manage-ment of the hotol for calling at the rooms of an actress at a very late hour Prosecuting Attorney Elliot excused Mrs Springer after she had been on the stand about an hour this afternoon, after-noon, but said that ho might recall her tomorrow morning. 00 |