Weekly journal-miner., 1918-07-17

said: "G-- d- you. Get out of that car. I know it all If you go with that man, you're no better than a - W"
 I was trying to get her out by force then as she was not willing to come of her own free will.
 Did you try hard?" was asked.
 q wasn't man enough to put her out"
 Then Bud said: Mother, won't you | please come home with us?"
 She said: "No."
 Did Bud curse when talking to his mother?"
 Bud never cursed his mother in his whole lifetime"
 They then drove into Prescott where they turned in the car at Al. Weber's garage. From there they went to the Owl and got some cold drinks. Then they went to the St. Michael Hotel and went to bed. What was Buds mental condi- tion?'
 He was dreadfully wrought up."
 Did you sleep?"
 Not that I know of We talked from time to time of the situation we were facing. I was as badly off as Bud'
 Witness was not certain what time they got up the next morning. They went to the Palace and got some thing to eat. He had then gone to the Vendome in the Ford truck to the room they had occupied. No one was there He had then started up Cortez street. When opposite the court house he saw Bud and drew up beside him. He had then said:
 What are you crying about: Where is your mother?' Bud had answered that he had seen Ernest Marlowc and Sid Marks and that they knew where Mrs. Steph- ems was but would not tell him. Bud got into the car. They soon saw Marks and when they asked if he knew where Mrs. Stephens was he had answered: "Yes, you s- of b. know where she is" He refused to tell them of her where abouts.
 Witness said that Mrs. Stephens had between S30O0 and S4.000 worth of diamonds and money with her and urged the necessity of locating her before she could leave town, Marks had said 10 Bud: You're the little s- of a b. I want and I'll get you yet"
 They drove to the sheriff's office and reported the matter to Johnny Robinson. They met up with Sid Marks on the street on the side or the court house opposite where they [ had met him before Robinson took him over to the jail He refused to tell where Mrs. Stephens was. Men were sent to the depot on the chance that Miller and Mrs. Stcph- ems might be trying to get out on a train. Later Miller was brought in ! to the jail Witness had seen Marlowc 1 and had said to him: Ernest, l have known you ever since you were a baby. Bud wants to find his mother. i We want you to help us" Marlowe told him that Miller had got out at the top of the hill and they had let Mrs. Stephens out at the blacksmith shop That was the last l he had seen of them. I Later Bud came back to him and reported that he had had talk with his mother. He said: "Shc said she i had quit you and that she was going with Miller"
 Joe Young went to see Mrs. Steph- ems. She told him the same thing. Stephens had asked if there were not some charge he could put against Miller The sheriff had told him there was not The only thing to do was to wait If they left the State togeth- CT, charge of white slavery would hold. The sheriff promised to put man to watch Miller and Steph- ems left for Skull Valley with John ny Vickers to urge his daughter to come to Prescott and plead with her mother not to go away. The daugh- ter reached Prescott that night about Is o'clock. She was taken to Mrs. Anderson's where Mrs. Stephens was. Stephens and Bud spent the night at the St. Michael
 Did you sleep that night:"
 Very little"
 The next morning he had gone to i the Anderson house to plead with hls wife not to leave him. His pleading had been fruitless.
 Before Bud had left the Anderson house the witness testified that he had said:
 Bud, l want you to promise me ono thing. That is that you won't have any trouble"
 Bud answered: Father, I won't have any trouble"
 Witness had then said: q promise you, with the help of God, your mother won't leave the country if you will promise me not to make trouble"
 Bud promised. Later, he had met Bud as he walk ed up the street. Bud had said: "How's mother?" Witness had replied: She's all right"
 Will she go home:" the boy had asked
 Never. Miller has taken her away from us," he had answered. He had got into the machine with Bud and they had gone down past