Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-16
Had you seen o'Melveney that

l eAhhh Ntll up 70 SEE MN. Ng
impression is that | went to his Office,
but he was not In. Naturally, would
have gone 70 see him.
You went 10 see your children every
day.
| Yes"
ION Sunday, what did you do?"
u went to church on the suggestion,
| think, OF Miss Clarke, and remained
10 SUNDAY school. Afterwards 1 went
| TO dinner, and then called on l.. H.
| Hall, and my impression is that ! left
| for Provo that evening. | remember
| having had long talk there on irrlga-
| ton matters with Judge Booth. ] had
| made up my mind TO endeavor TO go
ahead with my work, to try and forget
as much as possible, and to be alone as
| little as possible. At Provo however,
found this could not be done. The
| thought Of my wife was constantly In
my mind, and on Monday ] decided to
give up the work in Utah, and get away
as soon as possible. So on Monday
came back TO Salt Lake. my thoughts
toward my wife were complicated, and
! cannot say just what was in my mind
when | came up TO Salt Lake. | know
that many battles have been won with
l'bh Aot1t tHdH put lOIlH W tlOSe Jay
following his discovery"
Did you meet anyone at the Provo
depot?"
II met Superintendent j. II. Young,
who invited me 10 return In his private
car, but as he was not coming up d.
rectly, ! declined and came on alone.
Arriving here, l went 10 the Kenyon,
having previously told Mr.. Wallace, /
believe, that | would stop at the hotel,
after giving up my rooms. AZ the Ken
yon, / received letter from my wife.
What became Of Il | cannot say. but my
impression is that destroyed II"
What was the purport Of that let
terP"
she said that she had borrowed
some money from Mrs Cook, Mrs. Wal
lace and Mr.. O'Melveney, and asked
me 10 pay them as she was without
means. This money, she said In her
note, had been borrowed while | was
in Honolulu. She had, think. told me
before regarding these debts.
Was O'Melveney older than your"
Yes. about five years older
Had the letters softened you toward
your wife by this timer"
II think not"
why did you go to o'Melveney about
it?"
We'll he was my Oldest and closest
friend, and perhaps II was to speak Of
this $50 my wife owed him"
What was II you asked him about
your wife?"
~ asked him what he had heard about
her. He looked surprised, hesitated
and asked him again. He said. Fred,
you don't want me to tell you. | re-
peated that / did, when he answered
that II was some woman's gossip and
that Mary, his wife, had said some
thing"
Did your old desire to learn the
mans name come back TO you?"
Il don't think that was II. Because Of
our long and intimate acquaintance, !
mentioned It to O'Melveney That was
the only purpose, so far as can define
IL, that made me ask him about 1t.
Had the inquiry as TO the man
still been In your mind2"
Perhaps, and the letter from my wife
perhaps brought the whole matter back
strongly, although ! had made up my
mind TO try and forget it.
did you have your revolver With
you at Proyo?"
Eyes
HAD Won been IN the habit of carry
ing revolver before?"
Yes, while In the army It was my
habit and prior to that when out an
field work, l carried one"
why did Won yet ana keen that re-
yolvefSp
II am afraid that the idea NJ self.as.
struotion was the motive
Ibid Won ever start o,,t with the IA
liberate idea ~ suicide ," ' '"e Nv
"Tha thouvh, wss d,s,,,o,,,, In ma,
mind The Idea reeurre ei" 70 me :" sns ia
nerhans n gavs me q facinatIon ~" sor a ,hs
reyniysr I" s4'' '"e +" '"'''"''V' io' ''e
when Won left tho oft,ca with o,Nts,-
veney ala Won contlrua The cnnye -
lions 1 ~ Commune INT 9o''e''"
Wy Yves. ,o,a him q, our snara,,or ora
no urged me nor ~ Az anytb,ng a,itb-
nut aSsointe nroos sa ia, '''"e "''"'
"Wbat vopid vn,, COW ~ sho had oo,-
fassed . Ue gave me q startiad slnS,,.
lar look that gsve mo the ,nonressjnn
that he knew more than bs vas teiIins
me For the FIRST time 7 snsnsctes
something ana said 70 him. or
should fnd ont Won have been Intimate
with INV wife, I believe I would kin
you.'
"Dld Won mean that?p
81 don, know
"Don't you9'
81 think / hen expressed II as.a mat.
ter of belief. IN rather a matter Of fear
that wound DO that The Idea was'that
had a fear that I would NOT he able to
prevent myself should | find he had
been guilty"
you had thought before then that