Show DUNNING IS SENT TO JAIL refuses to give certain evidence meld for contempt of court san francisco dec 19 owing to the death of a jurors sister there was no morning session in the botkin case today the taking of evidence at the afternoon session commenced with alsa lizzie livernash a reporter on the stand miss livernash explained that she was detailed to interview mrs at healdsburg where the accused was in seclusion at the time p the murder miss livernash told the story of mrs botkins acquaintance with dunning as mrs bolkan had told it to her when told that she was suspected the accused woman became hysterical and said why should I 1 be suspected it would have been better to have killed the man and spared the mother to her child witness said the prisoner spoke of some letters in connection with the case and asked witness it handwriting experts would be able to identify writing of a person laboring under great excitement mrs botkin also spoke of the anonymous letters sent to mrs dunning and said they were sent by n woman in san francisco one afternoon while miss livernash was with mrs botkin in stockton mrs botkins son beverly entered the house in a state of intoxication and made remarks concerning his mothers relations with dunning mrs botkin turned to miss livernash appealingly saying my son has the power to damn me late this afternoon J P dunning husband of one of the victims of the tragedy was called to the stand he testified as to his relations with mrs botkin and described with some degree of details their affairs up to the time he left this city for cuba where he was to do newspaper work he said that he had received many letters from mrs botkin but had destroyed them as fast as they came on his return from salt lake in august 1897 mrs bolkan said she had obtained a divorce from her husband and for a long time he believed I 1 this to be true tie had told mrs botkin on one occasion that his wife was passionately fond of candy he identified the anonymous letters the address on the box of candy and the enclosed note as being in the handwriting of mrs botkin on cross examination attorney knight asked dunning it he had been intimate with other women on replying in the affirmative he was asked to name them this he refused to do knight insisted on a reply and judge cooka ordered him to answer he again refused whereupon the judge committed him for contempt he was arrested |