Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-06-02

away with her, too
Mrs. helms Again Is Called to
Witness Stand at InneS' Trial
BY the testimony of several witnesses
and by the evidence of express and tele-
graph money order receipts. Solicitor
Hugh NJ. Dorsey established wednes-
day morning that Mrs. Elois helms Dem
MS sent to Victor Innes about $4,000
1 during the latter part of 1913 and the
early part of 1914, and established the
receipt Of the money by Innes.
Aside from this development of his
case by the solicitor, the feature Of
| Wednesdays session of the trial was
the testimony of Mrs. John w. helms.
mother Of the missing girls. who went
on the stand and told the story of how
Innes promised Mrs. Dennis to claim"
her for his wife. but always postponed
| the marriage when the appointed time
arrived, and kept on postponing for a
year or more, until, finally, he appoint
ed June 1, 1914, as the date, and San
Antonio. Tex, as the place Of the
wedding, after which ne and Mrs. Den
mis- We're to go to India together. Mrs.
Nelms' recital was based on the con-
| tents Of letters written to Mrs. Dennis
by lines, which she read herself and
which Mrs. Dennis read to her. The
defense objected to her testimony on
these letters. but Judge Hill over
ruled their objection.
At 2 o'clock Judge Hill adjourned
court until 9 O'Clock Thursday morning.
before Mrs. helms had concluded her
| testimony.
The first witness of the days session
OF the Innes trial was L. p Wealth
ers, who was under cross-examination
by Judge j. X. Hines, of counsel for the
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afternoon. In completing his cross-ex-
animation, Judge Hines secured from
Weathers the admission that he once
went into bankruptcy with $4,000 liza
bilities and that he was once arrested
on a warrant charging cheating and
swindling.
Mrs. Viola Sickles Innes, the first wife
Of lines, who came here from her home
/ in New York to testify for the state,
was on the stand for a few minutes, dur
ing which she identified lines handwrit-
ing. While on the stand she kept her
eyes mainly on the face of her first
husband, who bore up we'll under her
scrutiny.
7 Miss Kate H. Atherton, manager of
the western Union Telegraph office at
Carson City, New, who crossed the
continent to testify, told of money sent
to lines by telegraph and of his re-
ceiVing the same, the money sometimes
being sent in the name of Mrs. Elois
Nelms Dennis and sometimes under va
/ rious other names.
! l.. T. Mizell, assistant manager of
the Western Union in Atlanta, testi-
I fed that Mrs Dennis sent money by tel
egraph to lines at Carson City and va
rious other points in the west, sometimes
using her own name and sometimes US
ing various fictitious names.
WEATHERS ON STAND.
Resuming his line of questions where
he left of Tuesday afternoon, Judge
Hines asked Weathers:
Were you not arrested on a warrant
drawn by Mr.. Watkins of Ellijay?"
Yes" admitted the witness
Was the charge cheating and sw!nd-
ling?'
THAT was the charge, but the case
was dismissed"
Judge Hines then brought out by
questions that in 1918 weathers had an
Office in the Third National Bank build
ing, TO which he moved from 100 1-2
Peachtree street, and that later he NOV
ed to the Fourth National Bank build
ing.
''Have you ever been in bankruptcy"
asked Judge Hines.
Yes, 1 have
What was the amount of your liza
bilities?'
Around $4,000" answered Wealth
ers, after some hesitation.
Have any dividends been paid?"
! Not yet"
Did you know a man named La
voux?''
mo, I never heard Of him until after
the disappearance Of the helms sisters"
Haven't YOU made inquiries at East
Point about him."
mo"
DO you know Mr. W. C Carroll, of
East POint?'
Yes"
Did YOU have a talk with him about
Lavoux?'
NO. not that l remember"
You may come down." said Judge
weathers turned to Judge Hill and
said:
NOT SURE ABOUT CHECK.
There's one thing 1 said yesterday
that I want to correct. ] stated that
I posted letter to Innes for Mrs. Den
mis- containing a check for $50 drawn
on the symrna bank. After thinking
it over am not certain that that par
ticular check was on the Smyrna bank"
Said Judge Hines:
Who did you talk to about this?"
NO one"
Didn't you get information that
there was no such check on the Smyrna
banks record?''
NO"
Solicitor Dorsey then took up his re-
direct examination of the witness. and
brought out statements to the effect
that weathers posted the letter contain
ing the $50 check in the Gambler build
ing in 1918. and that afterwards he read
a. letter from lines to Mrs. Dennis
acknowledging receipt Of this check, as
well as another remittance.
'Weathers identified a telephone bill
for. the month Of December, 1913. This
bill showed four telephone conversations