The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-02
PROSECUTOR unable
TO MJURE MAC|LLS
STATES ATTORNEY FAILS TO
LINK PRISONERS WITH
DEATH OF WOMAN.
SUICIDE NOTES IN
HANDS OF DEFENSE
Telegraph Companies Refuse to Pro-
duce Messages Sent by Mervin to
Ex-Banker Whereabouts OF
Daughter Still Unknown.

Clinton, ILL.,, July 31-A multitude
of obstacles confronted States Attor-
ney Miller Tuesday when the special
grand jury probing into the death or
Mrs Pet Magill resumed it's investiga-
ton. Three essential links in the
chain of evidence he expected to forge
in the cases against Fred H. Magill
and Faye Graham Magill, who are ac-
cused of Fastening the first wife's
death, were swept away after futile at
tempts on his part to confirm them.
His principal hope was to get posses
sion of the suicide letters attributed
to Mrs. Pet Magilf, which the state
contends are forgeries. These let
tiers are now in possession OF the de-
Tense
Thwarted in his attempt to obtain
them, Mr.. Miller made new move
and endeavored to get hold OF the
private kilograms which passed be-
tween Magill and Arthur Merv1n, the
gambler who aided him to leave the
city secretly.
Tries to Find Margaret
Upon the refusal of the telegraph
companies to produce copies of the
messages he turned as a last straw
to solution of the mystery OF the
whereabouts of Margaret Magill. Fred
Magilrs 19-year-old daughter, which
proved fruitless The girl is still be-
ing kept in hiding by Attorney r. A.
Lemon, Magill's counsel, and an all
night search failed to reveal any clew
to her hiding place.
The state believes that if she could
be brought before the grand jury her
testimony would disclose incriminat-
ing evidence against the accused pair
and prove a trump card for the prose
cution in spite of the assertions OF
the lawyers for the defense that she
will exhonerate her father and Faye
Graham Magill.
One of the principal witnesses who
appeared Monday fayored the. de-
Tense. He was C. G. Glendinning, a
veterinary surgeon. Glendinning chlor-
oformed a horse belonging to the Ma
gills several weeks prior to Mrs. Pet
MagilPs death He told the grand
Jury that Mrs. Magill at the time
asked him many questions as to the
painlessness of death by chloroform.
Nothing in the way Of positive proof
was obtained from any of the score
of witnesses who appeared during the
day. Charles Cline and John Rogers,
hackmen, were called for the purpose
of learning when Magill and Faye
Graham had been out riding alone
before Mrs Magil's death. But they
testified that Margaret Magill always
accompanied her father.
Faye Graham's Friends Called.
A number of women friends of Ma
gill's second wife were questioned.
They were Gertrude Moffett. Nettie
Carr. Mrs. James Cline and Annie Sui
livan. None of them was able to en-
tighten the jury on Faye Graham's con-
duct. Restaurant men were interro-
gated as to MagilIs demeanor toward
Faye when the pair took meals in
their places.
Clinton now has settled down to
sane consideration of the case against
the prisoners, who are passing lonely
hours in the county Jail. The feeling
that they ought to be punished has
not subsidized, but all talk of violence
has disappeared Hardly a person out
side of the lawyers interested in the
case came near the Jail in the course
of the day. both Magill and his bride
having declared that they do not
want to talk to any of their former
friends or associates.