The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-16
MILLS WAS At OUTS
WITH j. c. O'MEL vENEY
Fnfc the Dead Men Curt Letter From Cheyenne
in August
Steaks Of pretended Friendship Defendants Story en-
the Witness Stand Yesterday Theory Of Prosecution.

r-,ara WIS in the Mills trial yesterday
now and almost startling develop
Emf For there undoubtedly was or
"a baan an arrangement between
r,D-sin Mills and his victim, J. 9.
o1rsrvenev. County Attorney Putnam
l--5reed Letter written by Mills to the
sr-r+ Line chief surveyor which would
The ordinary course of human events
---s severed all ties of friendship at
-,s This letter was followed up by
s----qri0ns Of conversations with Gen
--5I Manager Bancroft and Chief Clerk
T-+zsr which. if correct, may lend an
,-rsr and very important element to
"a motive for the killing.
The letter reads as follows, having
sss7 written from Cheyenne Aug. %,
rr fc-ty-one days before the shoot
hE
.r5vg L have no position open for
rs1 and have rescinded order to Pin
ts-8n for examination. was handed to
nj bv Mr.. Critzer on the 21st inst, hav-
re laid twenty days in your Office.
Il hope YOU feel satisfied of your aC-
lions IN this whole matter although to
mt &c seems hardly possible that one
-r5d De guilty Of such treatment, es-
raaly where pretending friendship,
rrh0ut being ashamed of it. Very
respectfully
Fl J. MILLS"
The letter was brought forth during
the cross examination of Captain Mills.
Has followed up by questions which
Indicate that more in the same line
rfzlt come forth. When the county
Attorney had Mills in hand after the
direct examination OF Judge Powers. he
ss5si the witness if Zee had ever writ
tH such O. letter to O'Alelveney. The
rry was that he did not remember
having written such a letter But
when It was shown to him he admitted
ttat be had written it. His attorneys
took The matter calmly and main
unei when questioned that it had no
lsaHng on the case.
Conversation With Critzer.
Didn't You say to Chief Clerk Crit
Er that OMelveuey hadn't treated you
rgllz'
II don't remember" said Mills.
and didn't ne ask you to say nothing
TO General Manager Bancroft about il
when you spoke of doing so, because
{. world iuiUTe O'MeiVeney
81 don't remember
But the county attorney would like
% place Mr.. Bancroft on the stand to
Prove that there was such a converse
lion and that anim0sity toward OMel-
1Esy was shown by Mills. but the
neral manager is in New York.
There is some question as 10 whether
Cu0t Nr, Critzer viii be called on to
testify as to his conversation with
G2
This letter seems to lend a new as
pet 20 the motive in the case. 1t
shows that there undoubtedly was a
feeling against O'Melveney because he
bad failed 10 provide a situation for
Nils The defendant. however, denies
that there was any feeling.
When you went to DIT. PiukertOn for
examination and found that Mr.. O'Mel-
Fs15y had rescinded the order, you
*ae angry. We're you not2"
40. I was disappointed, said the
defendant
He continued to maintain that he
vas merely disappointed. not angry.
-le -aey that Mills had been offered
NE chair of engineering in the Nevada
University on Oct. I, two days before
ne Killing. viii be used to show that
NE failure to get a place on the Short
--s could not possibly have actuated
AIMS Do shooting O'MelVeney- Still.
u. prosecution viii argue that he bore
.arIen-y malice as expressed in the
ELH and that this furnished a large
par Of the motive for the homicide.
Three Witnesses Yesterday.
There We're three witnesses on the
s..l larlav-Rev. d. Douglas
wallace. tle derce-lOOking little super
--.=-3slt of ST. Marks hospital. the de-
-.---1t himself and President William
n Nsoy o- the Oneida Uda) stake.
--s defendant viii continue his testi-
'-F aH erass-Cxam animation today
--l1 4Il.s told the whole story of
~ A-nE Of OMelveney from his
~. az View He did Il slowly and
---.y. -n O. manner calculated TO add
--- .o The defense of emotional in
-l lie was Acknowledged by at
.Lis -H The court room to be one of
H. .'- Witnesses they had ever seen.
>.t,--- added few new facts to
NJ vase Top they had been covered in
-- s-aJemeut Of judge Pow
vi. VINO told lucid story of the trag-
Il. --- what lead up to it, But Mills.
SOW. hating manner. almost in
.HH.a5, described the case in a
winch bore out jim startling man
me claim that he is or was not
ally balanced. III WIS adroftIv Ted
-.s counsel, whom he answered