Show LETTER TO WIFE HELD EVIDENCE TWIN Tt TWI FALLS Idaho Oct 4 4 Conflicting statements with respect to his own own alleged complicity in the death of ot his hi girl cirl ufe la last last- t May were made mad e subsequent to his or- or orrest ar arrest rest by Melvin Melsin Blackburn accord accord- accordIng accordini Ins accord ini Ing to testimony of ot a numb r ot of gh gisen Iven en edne day In die dis- district dietrict dis district court here hero In the th absence of oth the jury At th the conclusion of the dress dresa rehearsal Judge W V A Babcock ruled that testimony as to Blackburns Blackburn's alleged statements would be submitted In evidence to be b repeated today before the jur jury The Th court ruled admission admission sion slon of o a letter alleged d to have been addressed b by Mrs Blackburn to her husband and her mother the day after the tho girl cirl bride ens as stricken by her fatal fata illness The Tho contents of ot the letter was ens as not divulge The court however howe ad- ad admitted ad admitted over the objection of the defense a letter said to ha ha have hae e been by b Blackburn to his nife Ife herein he reproached her Ith respect to her physical ph condition Blackburn is on omi trial for first de decree de- de degree degree gree cree murder of his hi wife nife Cecil Hurst Blackburn by poisoning |