The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-22

house might be worth 500.
Mrs. Fannie Mitchell, who keeps a
lodging house on East Rose street,
told of Montrose having rented room
Dec. IL and that someone occupied the
room on the night of Dec. II. He had
left a gunny sack of clothes and an
OvercOat and hat.
Meredith E. Stewart, owner of the
Cherry street livery stable, told how
Mrs Evans came to the barn last Sat
urday and asked to be taken to the
first station west of Walla Walla. This
he had informed her, was LOwden Sta
ton. She had said this was too far to
go, and when he informed her that
she could stop train at Whitman
station she had seemed delighted and
directed to be taken there. She was
driven down by man named Frank
Huffman.
John Blue of Whitman station told
how Mrs. Evans came to his house
last Saturday and gave her name as
Mrs. Young. The driver who brought
her told him that the lady was an
agent and had made mistake and
got station west instead of east of
Walla Walla and that she wanted to
quired about Wallula and asked
what trains connected and afterwards
as to what time in the morning the
train would come back to Walla
Walla
Captain Mike Davis related his eX-
periences in collecting testimony in
the case He told of Montrose going
down to the train to meet Mrs. Evans
and of his speaking to her as she got
Off the train.
He told of his taking "Monta" to
the police station and of his question
ing him about the fire. "Monta" said
that he got up at 2 o'clock because his
watch had stopped and got breakfast
and came down town at o'clock He
had heard people talking about the
fire and went up part way to see it.
He had lost his overcoat and best suit
of clothes and everything he had.
He told of finding the gunny sack at
Mrs Mitchell's and the overcoat and
clothes.
He had looked through the trunk
belonging to Mrs. Evans at F'reewater
and found pillows, Indian blanket and
silverware
She had told him at Whitman sta
ton that she was leaving for Spokane
to get the advice of friends there, for
| the people of Walla Walla did not
} seem very friendly. She asked about
4 the case, and when he told her Mon
ta' had been talking she said:
{ eff he had talked he was crazy al
together. He was already half crazy
: Attorney Wilson referred, in ques-
tioning Davis, to the,letter written by
Mrs. Evans to "Monta" Immediately
after the fire, just before he stopped
the direct examination and when the
defense began the cross-eXaminatiOn
and asked to have the letter produced
he objected on the ground that it had
not been proved properly and could
not be introduced on cross-examina-
tion.
The defense made grandstand play
of Mr.. Wilson to have the letter intro
duced seem to be because he was
afraid of it's contents.
Cain and Henderson Jumped from
their chairs simultaneously and point
ed their fingers at the witness as they
fiercely demanded the letter to which
the prosecutor had referred.
Witness Davis told Henderson that
he guessed" he knew more about it
than he 1.-The Witness did, to which
Henderson vehemently responded that
the letter ought to be produced, and
closed dramatically with the state
ment that the presumption was evil
dent that there was something in the
letter that the prosecution did not
want introduced. Attorney Cain was
no less earnest in his insistence that
the letter be produced. The court di
rected that the letter be produced, but
when the attorney turned triumphanly
to the witness the police capain told
him ito go out and get it himself"
Davis returned with a letter which
he said he had taken from the belong
ings of "MOnta' 1t was the famous
kiss letter. written before the fire
The defense was as anxious to keep
this one out as to get the other into
the record and so insisted that Davis
get the right letter. He demanded
that Henderson come along to identify
the letter and the lawyer-reporter did
much to the amusement of the specta
tors After some more argument the