The Helena independent., 1893-11-19
PRICE FIVE CENTS

semarkine on the bad day lsft, snina
towaEA town. Brsyerton a!se tessifisd ttai
In tho morning another man had stsppsd
City.
Miss Wilson was then put % the asaaA
again. In reply TO a question By the county
attorney she said she had not DESTROYED the
letter she had received from Morrison, but
had mislaid 4. She was then REQUESTED =
go home and try and hnd IL. She returned
In half an hour saying she could mot End
IL. Thcn Col. Nolan asked her Il
two letters had not besn received %
her homo from Morriaon--ons for herself
and one for Mrs. NoClsllan. Miss Wilson
said ,uoh was ths fact but .hs did aos ssad
tho letter her sister received. but from
what she was tsld she knew u was ab0st
the Same she had resolved. Asked what
her letter contained, Misc Wilson said 10
started OF this way:
Il am writing you few lines for the Lass
time. will never write you again on tAts
Garth. Goodbye and God bless yen. De
not tell my people Of my tragic end. VIII
mako 1t appear TO the public IL 10 mis-
take. ] have two bottles. one with nadi-
cine and one with laudanum." Miss Will
son said that was about all ths letter o0n-
In reply TO a question she said shs read The
letter twice. Just after she received II.
Col Nolan then turned his attention 70
Mrs. McClsllan and asked her what ahs
had done with her letter. She said she put
IN tho parlor stove ~ soon "a she had Ssad
it. In reply to question % to whether she
had not testified In the morning that she
had mislsid il, sho said she did not; that
| the question WAS not naked ~ TO what she
had done with the letter. She said her lss-
ter was about the same as her sisters. In
| reply to other questions she said her hus-
band was not In partners with Morrison In
. mining claim and sho did not know they
were enemies.
John Mcdonald was also put on the stand
again. he said hs always stopped - ths
MoClellans whom he was in town. IL he was
sober. He accounted for all his nights
from Saturday last. whom No slept 6 ne
Grand Central, TO Thursday night. whom hs
also slept at the Grand Central. His other
| testim ony was . corvoboratiOn OF what ho
had said in the morning.
The last witness was Patrick Padden.
! He said the lattsr part Of October. In Z
going to quit the sUlsltsr; that be had
enough money TO keep him through the
winter. and he thought he would take {
trip home. He also told Padden he bad {
partner in q nins near Wickes, for which
! shey were offered 81. 800; that his partner
wanted TO soil. buS hs did not. 40 he wal
willing to wait until silver went MP.
The inquest was then adjourned until
| nine O'Clock tomorrow morning. Daring
tho recess . oarsful examination will ba
made Of Aorrison's body. Yesterday u
was found the supposed powder burn on
his nose was only snudRe. His skull Il
fractured In front, but that may have b0sr
caused by the conclusion, II he held thu
weapon close TO his Lsad. An effort viii
also bs made TO locate his watch and TO nnC
out what hs did with the money no hat
after leaving DR.. BILLIARDS. Office. AZ sait
yesterday the case may be one Of saioids
but there are some features about 10 tha
are hard TO # with that theory. Mis-
Wilson hiss also promised the count,
attorney TO make diliQent search for II,
letter shs alleges Morrison sent her Of
Thursday.