Weekly journal-miner., 1918-07-17

Why did you tell Bud not to hit Miller?"
 q did not want to start a row that he was not competent to handle'
 And then you left Mrs. Stephens there, with those men, out on the road and came into town and went to bed?"
 q did,
 "You have spoken several times of i the fact that she had had S3OOO or S4,OO0 worth or diamond and money"
 "She did"
 When you finally located her, she still had them?" "Yes."
 AS far as you know they have never been lost?'
 AS far as I know, they have never been lost"
 Did you find out where she went"
 "Yes. To the Golden Eagle i Did you go there at all?"
 Not when she was at the house.
 "When did you go?"
 "I went Monday evening"
 "You threatened to have the pro prietor prosecuted, did you not"
 q did not I told him that the woman who was with Miller the night before, when they registered as man and wife, was my wife and that It he did not close his rooms to them l would have them arrested"
 While Sid Marks was in jail, you and Bud had a talk with him, 1 be- lieve"
 "We did not"
 Did Bud go up stairs"
 "I don't know"
 "You did not know he was search ed"
 Did you not know that Sid Marks expected to go back to your ranch to work?"
 q didn't know it then or any other time"
 "When you asked Bud to go back to the ranch, did he not say that he wouldn't be over the top of the hill till you had killed Miller and Sid [ Marks?"
 That was the reason he gave for not wanting to go back to the ranch." :"
 Witness said that on Monday even ing he had waited at Weber's garage foI his daughter. When she came they all went to Mrs. Anderson's to- gether. Mrs. Anderson lived at the old Capital building. At first his daughter had refused to get out of the car till Bud gave her his gun. He gave it to her.
 Next day. you started in talking to Mrs. Stephens early in the morn ing and kept it up till late in the af- ternoon:"
 T did not leave the house once till late in the afternoon
 "You were in h'r bed room all the timer"
 q was not out of it more than 5 or 10 minutes at a time: ...
 "She had no sleep during the day:" ! "She did not ."
 In regard to the last ride in Buds auto. Attorney Clark asked:
 What was your purpose in this trip?"
 Bud said to step in and take a little ride"
 Do you think that was his pur- pose?"
 q do." ..l.,. Why did he stop at Timerhoff's?' y j 'I don't know. He just stepped out and said he would be back in a minute
 How long did you stay in the car:"
 "Only few minutes. Till l heard shots
 "Nhat did you do thcn:" 1 "I jumped out of the car and look ] cd in a. Timerhoff's. Then l ran past i Bruchman's. But I heard another shot and turned around. When l saw my son in Bruchman's doorway, l sad; Bud. Bud, who's shooting"
 What had you said to Bud about Miller?"
 i 'I told him not to go round where he was. To keep away from him.
 "Whcn you were standing over l Nillcr's body did you not say, ad- dressing the body: You s-- ot a b., you got just what was coming to you:' ,.,
 "I spoke only to Bud. We did not stay long enough to know whether Miller was dead or not
 When you started out with Bud, were you not looking for Miller:
 "I didn't know he was in town. As the session had lasted till past ; o'clock court was adjourned till Monday morning.
 The court room was crowded Dotn for the morning and the afternoon sessions. In the afternoon, the seats were almost entirely preempted by very young women. Many ot the spectators were from out, ot town.
 The session opened in the mornI ing with Bud Stephens on the stand for the purpose of making certain minor corrections Tn his previous statements. He testified that hohad not threaentcd Miller or any one else prior to the shooting
 Attorney Clark also had young Stephens identify his application to the exemption board for discharge from military duty because of the fact that he was absolutely essentll in the conduct of an agricultural en- terprise.
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