Weekly journal-miner., 1918-07-24

room by the landlord and that Mrs. Stephens had told him that the. valuables were safe and had offered to turn them all over to him. She also told lessen that Miller had not spent the night in the hotel, only carrying her grip to the door of her room and not entering the place.
 'She told me that she had sort of been hiding out from her husband and son, and asked me not to tell them where she was," said the wit ness. "She said that she wanted to get little rest. and also that the men had used some awful language in her presence the day before,' Jes- sen said.
 Bud Seemed Normal In Jail
 The State introduced two or three witnesses at this point who had visited the defendant shortly after he had been locked up in the county iail following the killing. All seem- ed to agree that the boy had been in a normal condition at that time and that he did not seem to be labor ing under any strain of excitement. Says Husband Was To Blame.
 Mrs. John Bozarth, who had spent portion of the day following the shooting with Mrs. Stephens, took the stand at the request of Attorney Clark. She said that she had met Mrs. Stephens at 10 o'clock in the morning. and after a short conversa- ton. Mrs. Stephens exclaimed: "Oh I am the cause of it all-if I had only stayed at the ranch this would not have happened. No, no, am not 10 blame. either. I am not the cause of the shooting, it's that s- of a b. Joe Stephens. he's the cause of the killing. I hope that l will never see his face again
 The State Rests.
 County Attorney Haworth an nounced at the conclusion of the testimony given by Mrs Bozarth that the State had concluded its case and then the defense was given an op- portunity to introduce number ot witnesses in sur-rebuttal.
 Say Farm Hands Were Drunk. Attorney O'Sullivan for the de- fensc called to the stand Tom Brown of this city. Mir. Brown said that he was working at the Stephens ranch as a plumber on Sunday March 3l, the day that Mrs Stephens had come out from town in company with Er- nest NIarlowe and Sid Marks. He said that both of the men were not iccablv under the influence of liquor at that time. When asked as to how he knew, he said that one of the men had attempted to fill the gas tank on his car from the drum at the ranch. and had had much difficulty in pouring the gasoline into his car be- cause of his unsteady hand.
 Frank Ehlc. one of the hands em- plovcd on the Stephens ranch, also said that Marks and Marlowe ap- pcared to be somewhat intoxicated at the time of their arrival at the home place in company with Mrs. Stcph- ems.
 Did Not Hear Threat.
 ' ( G Castle. the contractor who had charge of the construction ot the house built by William Lawler. the building in which Bud is said to have made a threat against Miller last Feb ruarv. was called to the witness char ! bv Nr. O'Sullivan. He told the court [ that he remembered the visit Of the defendant and the latter's father to the Lawlcr house on the date men tioned. He admitted that all of the ,vorkmcn and the visitors had kill cd' a bottle of whisky at that tImc and that there had been a great deal of talk. When asked as to whether 1 Bud had threatened to kill Miller because of the alleged attentions which he was paying to Buds glri- q daughter of Mir Castlc-the Wit ness said that he had not heard Mil lcr's name mentioned at that time, 1 and did not believe that Bud had ] spoken of him.
 Buds Fiancee Takes Stand. ! Miss Beatrice Castle, young wo- man of about 10 years, who was gen orally supposed to be engaged to marry young Stephens, took the char 1 shortly before the noon recess. The defense had questioned Miss Castle in an effort to show that she was not sufficiently well acquainted with ! Miller to cause her sweetheart to De jealous. and when Attorney Morgan asked the girl whether she knew Mil Ter. Mfr. Clark was on his feet III a second interposing an objection upon the grounds that the question had nothing 10 do with the issues of the case. Morgan replied that his intcn- ! ton was to show that in event the girl did know Miller, Bud would not have been likely to make any threats against the latter on the score ot an ovcrly-warm friendship which Miller 1 might have had for the girl. When It was seen that the verbal scrap was [ likely to slow down the progress ot the trial. Mir. Clark waived his ob- lection and Miss Castle was allowed to answer. She said that she was acquainted with Miller, having met him one time at the home Of Bud : brother-in-law, Tom Kountz at Skull Valley. She said further. however, that she had never seen Miller since the day she was introduced to him. and that so far as she knew, the man had never taken a fancy to her.
 Did Not Hear Threat
 Ncill Rogers, one of the carpenters