Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-20

ernl After unburdenlng themseivca OF
the same they proceeded 90 tell their
respective stories with "a sequence of
minute detail that suggested that they
had anticipated a request for their yer-
sion OF the afair In advance.
Miss Madison, a preposseasing young
girl who lives with hef mother. who
keeps furnished rooms at ita east First
South, WIS the first one Interviewed.
After few indignant prellmnnrles she
said
II know absolutely nothing" and
then proceeded to tell the whole story.
She said, u met Mr., Norris ON Main
street on Monday Afternoon. when h.
invited me to dine with him az six
o'clock ! consented and agreed 10 meet
him ut Smiths drug store. While I
WAS waiting FOR him Miss Whitbcck
came boz and after passing the time VI
day she stated that Mr Morris had In
yited her 10 dine with him ALSO"
Miss Madison said they snt inNhe
drug store reading letters from mutual
friends until the arrival OF Norris ct
about $3.50 y. M, when they walked up
the street ~ the Merchants Cafe. went
upstairs ana entered the uorth room,
where they were subsequently served
with dinner
Morris then ioft them aud went no TO
Godbe-pltts Dug store 60 telephone to
the livery stable for Mt derrick to
meet him at the cafe and 10 10 out
riding with him. tp returned aud then
asked the two girls Ia Ky 10 the dog
and pony show with him. The girls
plead q prior engagement but upon
Morris volunteering TO telephone Tor
another partner 90 complete the quar-
tet the girls consented and he went out
to Smiths DRUG HtOru To- telephone to
well known young state street buHl-
ness man.
Continuing. Miss Madison said.
while Bert was gone NHnnin and I
were left alone In the room. Nan went
over o. the window while I was sitting
az the table and was toying with SONS
Ice. when ] heard someone IN the pnH-
HlEcwny mention the Nord police I
said to Nan. Did you hear thatT
Then ! heard u sound ~ acuiiilng. and
thought that the walters were having
q quarrel 40 ! locked the door. Then
bert came back and / told him what
I had heard and he went ont shutting
the door behind him. Immediately af-
forwards l heard sounds M though
someone were kicking nt door. a
few seconds later Albert Morris came
back and I said 20 him. What o. the
natter lie said 4 don't know. only
you girls leave here al once We ran
out into the passngcway and saw the
police running up the HtairH 20 we ran
down the stairway az the back 0f the
restaurant out On 10 the uliey and
thence on 10 Second South. We hurried
ON 20 Main street, where We learned
that q man had been shot"
In conclusion. Miss MadlHOn said that
II was an awful thing that two limo.
cent girls could not dine out with a
friend without the fact being published
60 tho world az large. Her mother. who
was present at the interview, at this
point INTERCEPTED.
well % win teach you o. lesson.
What do you want 60 90 dining around
at restaurants for when you have u
home u your own In which 10 take
dinner
The domestic atmosphere then be.
came Hu tropical that the News" man
Immediately decamped.
MISS wITBECK TALKS
Miss Nancy l.. witbeok was seen a.
/ her home, jl6 south Third East street
and related precisely the same story 10
/ every detail as that told ~ Miss Madl
son.
She stated that she met Morris II
Z pnrsonH'H book hturc % AiuhDay afttt
noon, agreed 10 dine with him tina
| evening aud meet him at smiths drul
| store.
Coming down to the time OF TN
shooting she said | didn't even know
| that there was anyone on the same ii0p
/ with us until my attention was brough
| to the fact by a remark from Nils
l Madison 20 the eject that there wa
l some sort Of trouble on the outside
In response 10 a query az 20 whethe
| she heard any strange noises she said
/ "a heard nothing, ] may have hear
] Hcuiiliug. but you know how u I
| around restaurant" "No. ! can't Sal
/ ! heard any shots when Albert Morrl
| came to the door the last time and said
] Don't know leave 1 was Eo nurripl
| that I loft my pocket book und sun
] shade In the room. ] ran back and go
| the purusol but lpft my pocket book b.
| hind. Mr. Morris returned Il 60 me IN
! next day.
That's am know about the AFFAIR"