Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-06-02
MURDER EVIDENCE BE ADMITTED

allowed the witness to answer the ques
ton. to which her answer was:
Yes, L read them practically all, and
they were read over and over to me
by Lois
What was in these letters?"
Love, love, love. love-
Can you recall anything specific ii
the letters?'
He began them, My own precious
little girl and sometimes, My dearest
little sweetheart He said often how he
longed for the time to come when he
could claim her for his own"
Was there anything said about mar
riaage?'
Yes, he said he was coming for her
in March, 1918, but in that month she re-
ceived a letter saying: I cannot claim
you now, for the wife who, / thought
was dying, seems to be coming to life
again. 1 believe she is getting we'll, and
as soon as she does I will get a divorce
from her. L believe that 1 can claim
you in October In the meantime he
advised her to study for the civil service
examinations. In the last line of every
single letter he wrote to Lois, he would
say: You read this and put it in the
CRATE, and don't you let a human being
see it"
And what did he do when october
cameo" questioned the solicitor.
He said he would have to put ii of
until March. 1914, so that he could get
his divorce"
And when March came?"
He postponed it again, because of a
business matter that prevented him from
going to India to accept government
position
Continuing, Mrs. Nelms said:
1T was decided then that they would
leave for India on July /. 1914. Later
they changed their plans and decided tc
leave on June l, 1914"
How were they going to India?"
They were to be married in San An
tonic
Continuing, Mrs helms said:
From San Antonio they were to 90
to India -..-,
Did he make any reference to reIi-
gion in these letters?'
Eyes, he said lot about a new reli-
gious sect, but I got tired of reading
about it
What did he say about detectives?'
SAYS INNES FEARED ARREST.
"He said that his first wife, the only
one we knew about, the one that he said
had been in Europe-the one that loved
him. but he didn't love-had a brother
who was a United States detective. and
he told Lois she must be very careful,
or the detective would arrest her for
alternating his affections. and arrest him
for white slavery"
What did he say about land?"
He said the land he was investing her
money in was going to make her worth
$50, 001-there were lands in Mexico, in
Montana, and something was said about
lands in Utah, though don't remember
the details about that.
Tn If IA InnPE
If you don't send me more money al
once, everything I've invested for you
will be lost
What did Mrs. Dennis do?"
She sold everything she could and
sent the money on"
where did she get this money!"
Mostly from the estate of her father
but she had some money in her own
name before the estate was divided
after she met this man in Carson
City, how much money didN she send
away?"
Between eight and nine thousand dol
lars"
What was left when she left At
lanta?' ::
There was nothing left except the
81 500 she had on her person.
did any of lines letters make ref
erence to a visit here of some one?"
I'm one letter he said that in the
spring, March, 1 think, that his aunt,
Margaret Minis, would be in Atlanta -
do you know the fee charged by
Innes in the divorce case?"
Eyes, it was s125, and 1 paid it myself
with a New York draft sent to her in
March, 1912"
Did you send her money while she
was in the west?
81 sent her money direct until she
went to Salt Lake City. and after that
she told me to send it to Victor E. Innes
1 did that once or twice, and then
decided that I wouldn't do it any more
What did you send her monthly"
Sixty dollars"
What did these letters say about ad.
dresses?'
CHANGED HIS NAME.
In one letter lines told her that he
had changed his name to Y. Rama Wit
tur, and he told her to send some other
mail to NJ. NJ. Cavenaugh, Box 3sS, Port
land, Ore. At first she had been send
ing money by express, but then he or
dered her to wire the money to him and
to pay for IL at this end, and to send it
in fictitious names. When she didn't do
exactly like he told her to, he would
write her: why don't you do what tell
you to? You are not carrying out my
instructions
WAS there any break in the chain
of letters?"
"For about a month he didn't write
her, and she was very much wrought I'D
and would write to him every day
Did you ever read about the name,
l.. Creswell?"
Yes, he told her to sign things tina.
way"
At O'Clock court avs adjourned, with
Mrs. Nelms still on the stand.