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JUDGE HILL DECIDES NO MURDER EVIDENCE BE ADMITTED
Decision in Innes Trial Is
Reached After Big Argument
by Counsel for State and
Defense
Jn prosecuting Victor F Innes and
his wife on a charge of larceny after
trust in connection with the mysterious
disappearance of the Nelms sisters, the
state will not be allowed to introduce
evidence in an effort to show that Innes
and his wife murdered Mrs. Elois Nelms
Dennis and eßatrice Nelms in a bun
galow rented and occupied by Innes in
San Antonio. Tex.
This was decided Tuesday morning
—? Judge Ben H. Hill, who is presid
ing over the trial, after hearing argu
ments from counsel on both sides con
cerning the admissibility of such evi
dence.
!n rendering his decision Judge Hill
said:
“•I congratulate the attorneys for the
state for the very able argument they
have made as to why the evidence touch
ing alleged homicide should be admit
ted •
“I recognise this as a serious point,
and It is one that has given me much
trouble I believe that the doctrine
that a man on trial for one crime can
have another proven against him is a
dangerous doctrine. There are times
when the court must hesitate to admit
evidence that is relevant. There are
times when osme relevant evidenme ma?
so prejudice the Jury that it is blinded
rather than enlightened.
ALL JURIES ARE HUMAN
••It is probable that before a jury of
human beings—and all juries are human
—the lurid picture of murder drawn
ay able counsel would prevent a fair and
just consideration of the charge of lar
ceny. It is clear to my mind that the
larceny must be established by evidence
that has no connection with the alleged
murder in Texas.
"The mere contention that murder was
committed io cover traces of larceny
would not be sufficient to convict for
larceny , , .
••After earnest consideration I nave
decided to exclude all evidence relating
tea homicide and to confine this case
to direct testimony on the larceny
Hills ruling was announced
shortly after 12 o’clock, and he then
took a recess until 1 o clock.
AFTERNOON session.
When court reconvened at 1 o clock
Tuesday afternoon. Judge Hill instruct
ed the jary that any evidence bearing
on the alleged murder of Beatrice Nelms
and Mrs Lois Nelms Dennis had been
ruled out. and that any remark bearing
on this phase of the case that had
been previously made, was not to be
considered.
L. V. Weathers, a real estate man,
was the first witness called for the
state.
Weathers who handled a number of
real estate transactions for Mrs. Dennis,
said he had his first dealings with her
in December. 1912. when she came to
his office and listed her Fulton county
property for sale.
"DM you ever see Innes write?’ asked
Solicitor Dorse y.
"Yes. in April. 1914. in my office, and
again at the corner of Alabama and
Broad streets, during the same week.’
"Who was he with, then?"
"Mrs. Dennis."
Continuing. Weathers testified.- ’ln
1112, Miss Beatrice Nelms and I had a
number of business transactions. In
•hat connection we took a trip to Mon
roe county, together with Mrs. Dennis
and a client of mine named Cox We
also went to Macon
At this point Solicitor Dorsey in- ,
tempted:
"Would you recognise the handwrit- |
ing of Victor E. Innes?"
"Yes.” i
SAW LETTERS FROM INNES.
• Did Mrs. Dennis show you aqy loi
ters from him?'*
“Yes. several ’
"Did you ever have the custody of
any of those letters?"
"Yes, but she took them back in the
spring of 1914. and I haven't seen them
• ince. although I have looked for them.”
"What were the contents of the let- I
ters?”
After a legal skirmish Judge Hill al- i
lowed the witness to answer this ques
tion
"One of the letters I saw on that
trip was about lands in Mexico, he said.
"About how many letters from Innes
to Mrs. Dennis did you see?”
"She kept a lot of them in my of- |
flee, and I suppose I must have seen
fifty in twelve months’ time."
"What did any of these letters say |
with reference to Montana lands?"
"In the summer, she received circu
lars and drawings in regard to Montana
lands located 4C miles from Lewison
and near a* town called Judith. I had I
to look up some maps and schedules for
her. Innes claimed to have paid some ■
money on those lands, but said he need- i
ed more. In November she sent 9500
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to save the property, and later she sent
the same amount again. On December 9
she sent 9200 more, on this property.”
“What do you mean on this property?”
NEEDED MORE MONEY
"He claimed that this property was
worth from 915.000 to 930.000. and that
if more wasn't put up Mrs. Dennis would
lose the 95.000 or 96.000 she had paid
on it.”
"Did you see any references to lands
in Sonora. Mexico?"
"Yes, but this was in the spring,
prior to the Montana deal. She sent
acme small amounts to buy a ranch
near Magdalene. 1 remember once she
sent a check for 950. and he wrote her
not to send any more personal checks
but to send the money by wire or some
other way.”
I’SED FICTITIOUS NAME.
Continuing, Weathers testified:
"About the first of June she sent him
9300 and he wrote and told her not to
send any more money in her own name,
but to use some fictitious name, and he
suggested Bennett."
(The state has in its possession a
number of receipts for money orders
sent to various names and signed John
L. Bennett.)
"How many times was money remit
ted for Mexican lands "
"I know of two instances."
"Why did she send this money?”
"To pay on the property in Mexico."
"What did the letters say about prop
erty in Salt Lake City?"
"Well, there was a tract of between
five and seven acres in a suburb, and
this property got in bad, too. and she
had to send money to protect it.”
BOUGHT WITH HER MONEY.
"Did the letters show that this prop
erty was being bought for Mrs Dennis
with her money?"
"Yes."
“Do you recall any printed literature
or circulars describing this property?”
’’None, except in regard to the Mon
tana lands, which were described as con
sisting of 300 acres. She had a sort of
an option on this land, but she took that
away with her. too."
Mrs. Nelms 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 M. Dorsey established Wednes
day morning that Mrs. Elois Nelms Den
nis sent to Vic ter Innes about 92,000
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
Wednesday's session of the trial was
the testimony of Mrs. John W. Nelms,
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 he and Mrs. Den
nis were to go to India together. Mrs.
Nelms’ recital was based on the con
tents of letters written to Mrs. Dennie
by Innes, 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. Nelms had concluded her
testimony.
The first witness of the day's session
of the Innes trial was L. P. Weath
ers. who was under cross-examination
by Judge J. K. Hines, of counsel for the
defense, when court adjourned Tuesday
afternoon. In completing his cross-ex
amination, Judge Hines secured from
Weathers the admission that he once
went into bankruptcy with 970,000 lia
bilities and that he was once arrested
on a warrant charging cheating and
swindling.
Mrs. Viola Sickles Innes, the first wife
of Innes, 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 Innes’ handwrit
ing. While on the stand she kept her
eyes mainly on the face of her first
husband, who bore up well under her
scrutiny.
Miss Kate H. Atherton, manager of
the Western Union Telegraph office at
Carson City. Nev., who crossed the
continent to testify, told nt money sent
to Innes 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-
Ified that Mrs Dennis sent money by tel
egraph to Innes 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 off 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 swind
| ling?” i
"That was the charge, but the case
was dismissed.”
Judge Hines then brought out by
questions that in 1913 Weathers had an
office in the Third National Bank build
ing, to which he moved from 1301-2
Peachtree street, and that later he mov
ed to the Fourth National Bank build
ing.
"Have you ever been in bankruptcy?"
* asked Judge Hines.
“Yes, I have."
"What was the amount of your lia
bilities?”
"Around 970,000," answered Weath
ers. after some hesitation.
“Have any dividends been paid?"
"Not yet,”
"Did you know a man named La
| Voux?"
“No, I never heard of him until after
i the disappearance of the Nelms sisters."
, "Haven’t you made inquiries at East
Point about him?"
"Do you know Mr. W. C. Carroll, of
t East Point?"
"Yes.” •
"Did you have a talk with him about
. LaVoux?”
"No, not that 1 remember."
“You may come down," said Judge
Hines.
Weathers turned to Judge Hill and
I said:
NOT SURE ABOUT CHECK
"There’s one thing I said yesterday
that I want to correct. I stated that
11 posted a letter to Innes for Mrs. Den
nis containing a check for 950 drawn
on the Symrna bank. After thinking
•' it over I 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
bank's 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 950 check in the Candler build
ing in 1913. and that afterwards he read
a. letter from Innes to Mrs. Dennis
| acknowledging receipt of this check, as
I well as another remittance.
• Weathers identified a telephone bill
for. the month of December, 1913. This
I bill show ed four telephone conversations
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA. GA.. FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1916
AT THE TOP IS MRS. VIOLA SICKLES INNES, the first wife of
Victor E. Innes, from whom he was divorced. Mrs. Innes lives in New
York and testified Wednesday morning in the trial of Innes and his
present wife. Below, left to right, are Mrs. H. W. Thrasher and Mrs.
W. E.*Bradley, both of Atlanta, two friends of the missing Nelms sisters
who are interested spectators at the trial, and who it is expected will
be called as witnesses by the state.
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IDENTIFIES CONTRACT.
He also identified a copy of a letter
written by him to Mrs. Dennis, and
identified a contract written by Beat
rice Nelms in his office. Solicitor Dor
sey asked the court to admit these three
papers in evidence, on the ground that
the defense had sought by cross-ex
amination to discredit the witness' tes
timony concerning his close business re
lations fcith Mrs. Dennis, and that these
papers tended to substantiate his state
ments. *
On objection of counsel for the de
fense. Judge Hill declined to admit the
papers in evidence.
’Solicitor Dorsey then Introduced in
evidence a book on Montana lands, bear
ing the name “E. Nelms Dennis,” on
fly leaf, and introduced also a map
showing the location of the Montana
lands about which Weathers had testi
fied. He introduced also ten Southern
Express company money order receipts
for SSO each, showing remittances to
Victor E. Innes by John Bennett, in At
lanta. (This is one of the names Mrs.
Dennis is claimed to have used in send
ing money to Innes.) He also intro
duced the canceled orders, signed by
Victor E. Innes, corresponding to these
receipts.
FIRST WIFE RULED OUT.
Mrs. Viola Sickles Innes, the first
wife of Innes, from whom he was di
vorced. and who was summoned here
from New York as a witness for the
state, was next put on the stand
by Solicitor Dorsey.
“Do you know this defendant?” ask
ed the solicitor.
“Yes, he’s my husband," she answered.
Judge Hines raised the point that if
she was the wife of Innes she could not
testify either for or against her hus
band.
Judge Hill sustained the objection and
Mrs. Viola Sickles Innes was called
down from the witness stand.
When Mrs. Viola Sickles Innes went
on the stand she took a look at the
present Mrs. Innes, who was seated by
her husband, and the present Mrs. Innes
replied with a smile, and Innes smiled
also. >
Solicitor Dorsey next introduced a
certified copy of the marriage certifi
cate 'of Victor E. Innes and his present
wife, who was Miss Ida May Harbow,
the marriage taking place ht Salt Lake
City. Utah. He introduced also a copy
of the divorce proceedings and Innes’
final verdict of divorce against Mrs.
Viola Sickles Innes, showing that the
divorce was granted in Carson City,
Nev., in April. 1910. and showing that
Innes w-as awarded the custody of the
son, James G. Innes.
Solicitor Dorsey then recalled Mrs.
Vtoia Sickles Innes to the witness
stand, and she was permitted to testify.
Proceeding with his questions. Solici
tor Dorsey asked:
"What is the full name of this de
fendant?”
“LaVerne Victor Elmore Innes.”
“How long did you live with him?"
“About two years.”
Solicitor Dorsey explained to the
icourt that he introduced this testimony
to show her opportunity of beeqming
1 familiar with the hand-writing o? the
defendant.
Mrs. Viola Sickles Innes then identt
, fied the handwriting of Innes on th®
1 marriage certificate and other docU
i ments, and when shown the express
money order receipts she identified the
signatures as those of the defendant.
I Hotel registers were also introduced
and the signatures of Innes were iden
tified by Mrs. Viola Sickles Innus.
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state Tuesday afternoon. Under direct
examination by Solicitor Dorsey, he tes
tified that Mrs. Eloise Nelms Dennis
listed her Fulton county property with
him for sale: that he read a number of
letters from Innes to Mrs. Dennis; that
Innes, in thexe letters, told Mrs. Dennis
he was investing her money in lands
in Montana. Mexico and Salt Lake City,
>nd that Mrs. Dennis sent him all the
money she could rake and scrape, sell
ing her Fulton county property and
sending him the proceeds, and also
sending him her salary.
Weathers further testified that he
saw Mrs. Dennis in company with Innes
a dozen times or more while Innes was
ifi Atlanta, and that they seemed to
avoid him on the street when they were
together. He said Mrs. Innes, whom he
identified in court, was here at the time
and was introduced to him as “Mrs.
Hardeman, an aunt of Innes."
Weathers further testified that Mrs.
Dennis was interested in some sort of
“new thought religion,” and had a lot
of books on the subject which she tried
to persuade him to read.
On cross-examination by Judge J. K.
Hines, of counsel for the defense,
Weathers testified that the real estate
business has been rather dull lately,
so far as he is concerned; that he only
saw Innes write twice, and then saw
the writing upside down, as he was
standing in front of lunes, and testified
that he was arrested once on a warrant
In connection with a real estate deal.
Weathers was still under cross-ex
amination when court adjourned.
IDENTIFIES WRITING.
Solicitor Dorsey then submitted fif
teen or twenty letters, documents anti
receipts to Mrs. Viola Sickles~Tnnes, and
on all of them she identified either
the signature of Victor E. Innes or his
handwriting. Among those on which his
signature was identified were two rail
road tickets.
Solicitor Dorsey then turned the wit
ness over to the defense, but Innes’
attorneys did not cross-examine her.
The solicitor next introduced in evi
dence a number of receipts for money
telegraphed in the name of John L.
Bennett to Victor E. Innes, and one for
money telegraphed in the name of John
L. Bennett to M. M. Cavenaugh, of
Portland, Ore.
When the defense objected to the in
troduction of the last-named receipt,
Solicitor Dorsey told the court that he
was going to show that M. M. Cavenaugh
was a woman friend of Innes and re
ceived the money for him. On this un
derstanding the receipt was admitted in
evidence.
Additional receipts for money tele
graphed in the name of Bennett or
Bentley, to Innes, at Los Angeles and
San Antonio, were also admitted. The
Iqst receipt showed mney telegraphed
to San Antonio on April 1, 1914.
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City, Nev., manager of the Western
Union Telegraph company’s office at
that place, was the next witness called
by the state.
Miss Atherton stated that she has
lived in Carson City for a little over
thirty-six years. She identified Innes,
bowed to him, and he returned the bow
with a smile. She stated that she
knew him while he was assistant United
States district attorney in Carson City,
and that she knew Mrs. Elois Nelms
Dennis during the latter's residence in
Carson City.
LI TTLE CROSS-'EX AM INING.
After identifying a picture of Mrs.
Dennis. Mi«s Atherton stated that she
saw Mrs. Dennis and Innes together
quite frequently in Carson City. She
said she was introduced to Mrs. Innes
as the wife of Victor E. Innes. She
said she had cashed a number of tele
graph money orders for Innes from
Mrs. Dennis, from J. Lorenzo and from
other names in Atlanta. She said she
knew Mrs. Dennis was a client of
Innes After the solicitor had finish
ed with her. Miss Atherton was ex
cused with only a few words of cross
examination.
The next witness was L. T. Mizell,
assistant manager of the Western
Union in Atlanta. He identified a pic
ture of Mrs. Dennis, stated that he
saw her at the Western Union office
several times during 191 S and 1914, and
stated that she deposited with the
Western Union, during that period,
about 91,800, for remittance to Victor
E. Innes at various points in the west,
Including Los Angeles. Carson City,
Portland and San Antonio.
He said the money was sometimes
sent in the name of Elois Nelms, some
times in the name of John L. Bently,
John Bennett. Rama Vittur, and A. Lo
renzo. He identified a number of re
ceipts and telegrams, but was not al
lowed to go into their contents.
NO ONE WITH MRS. DENNIS
When Judge Hines took up the cross
examination of Mizell, he asked this
question:
"The identical currency was not trans
mitted by telegraph, was it?”
“No.”
“Was any of this money received by
Innes in the state of Georgia or Ful
ton county?”
“No.”
“Did you ever see anybody come to
the telegraph office with her?"
"1 don't remember seeing any one.”
"Do you know L. P. Weathers?”
“I think so.”
"Did you ever see him with her?”
“Not that I recall.”
This concluded the cross-examination
of Mizell, and the solicitor did not re
examine h|m.
MRS. DENNIS USED MANY NAMES.
G. A. Beattie, Jr., cashier of the
Western Union Telegraph company, in
Atlanta, was the next witness called
by Solicitor Dorsey. He identified the
picture of Mrs. Dennis and testified
to accepting a number of remittances
from Mrs. Dennis to Victor E. Innes,
covering a period from June, 1913 to
April, 1914, and aggregating about
*2,000. He stated that the money orders
were purchased by the same person
(Mrs. Dennis) each time, but that she
usd different names. He said the first
money order was issued In the name
of Lois Nelms, the second in the name
of John L. Bennett, another in the
name of John L. Bennett, and an other
in the name of J. Lorenzo.
There was only a brief cross-examina
tion, which developed in the name of J.
Lorenzo.
There was only a brief cross-examina
tion, which developed no material points.
The next witness called by Solicitor
Dorsey was W. D, Crowe, a clerk at
the Southern Express company, who
testified that he issued money orders
to a woman who gave the name of
John Bennett, that these money orders
aggregated *SOO, and that they were
payable to Victor E. Innes. He said
they were issued on the same day,
and were for SSO each, the express com
pany’s money order maximum being SSO.
He could not identfy the picture of
Mrs. Dennis as the woman who pur
chased the money orders.
There was no cross-examination of
Crowe.
Following his testimony. Solicitor
Dorsey offered as evidence the money
order applications involved and the re
ceipts signed by Innes, covering the
amounts named in the applications and
corresponding to the applications.
PUTS RECEIPTS IN EVIDENCE.
Following the testimony of Beattie,
Solicitor Dorsey put in evidence a num
ber of additional telegraph money order
receipts, signed by Victor E. Innes.
At 12:50 o’clock Mrs. John W. Nelms,
the mother of the missing Nelms sis
ters, took the witness stand. She first
identified temporary letters of adminis
tration issued to her on September 15,
1914, authorizing her to take charge of
the estate of her daughter. Mrs. Elois
Nelma Dennis, who was represented in
the letters of administration to have
died intestate.
Mrs. Nelms also identified a number
of the express and telegraph money or
ders issued to Bently, Bennett, et al„
and payable to Victor E. Innes, as the
same which she saw in the possession
of Mrs. Dennis, prior to the. latter’s dis
appearance. Mrs. Nelms said some of
them were removed by Mrs. Dennis from
her regular pocketbook and placed In a
little purse which Innes gave her as a
Christmas present
Solicitor Dorsey exhibited to Mrs.
Nelms a number of letters Identified by
other witnesses as having been written
by Innes, and he asked her if she recog
nized the handwriting. She replied that
she did, and the solicitor asked:
“Did you read any letters in that
handwriting ’’
"The defense objected to the question
on the ground that Mrs. Nelms' knowl
edge of the handwriting -had not been
properly proved, and Judge Hines sub
mitted numerous authorities in support
of his contention.
OBJECTION OVERRULED.
Judge Hill overruled the objection and
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allowed the witness to answer the ques
tion. to which her answer was:
"Yes. I 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 in
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
ria age?”
"Yes, he said he was coming for her
in March, 1913, but in that month she re
ceived a letter saying: ‘I cannot claim
you now, for the wife who, I thought,
was dying, seems to be coming to life
again. I believe she is getting well, and
as soon as she does I will get a divorce
from her. I believe that I 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
grate, and don’t you let a human being
see it.' ”
"And what did he do when October
came?" questioned the solicitor.
“He said he would have to put it off
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 a government
position.”
Continuing. Mrs. Nelms said:
’’lt was decided then that they would
leave for India on July 1, 1914. Later
they changed their plans and decided to
leave on June 1, 1914.”
"How were they going to India™’
"They were to be married in San An
tonio.”
Continuing. Mrs. Nelms said:
“From San Antonio they were to go
to India.’
“Did he make any refrence to reli
gion in these letters?"
“Yes, he said a 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 deteictive, and
he told Lois she must be very careful,
or the detective would arrest her for
alienating 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
950.091 —there were lands in Mexico, in
Montana, and something was said about
lands In Utah, though I don't remember
the details about that.
“In some of the letters Innes said:
‘lf you don't send me more money at
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 did* she send
away?”
"Between eight and nine thousand dol
laA.” *
“What was left when she left At
lanta?’ •
“There was nothing left except the
91,500 she had on her person.”
"Did any of Innes’, letters make ref
erence to a visit hfere of some one?”
“In one letter he said that in the
spring, March, I think, that his aunt,
Margaret Mims, would be in Atlanta.”
“Do you know the fee charged by
Innes in the divorce case?”
“Yes, it was 9125, and I paid it myself
with a New Y’ork draft sent to her in
March, 1912.”
“Did you send her money while she
was in the west?’
“I sent her money direct until she
went to Sait Lake City, and after ,that
she told me to send it to Victor E. Innes.
I did that once or twice, and then 1
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 Innes told her that he
had changed his name to Y. Rama vit
tur, and he told her to send some other
mail to M. M. Cavanaugh, Box 383, 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 it 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 I tplll
you to? You are not carrying out my
instructions.’ ”
“Was there any break in the chain i
•of letters?"
“For about a month he didn't write;
her, and she was very much wrought up. .
and would write to him every day.”
“Did you ever read about the name, ,
L. Creswell?”
“Yes, he told her to sign things tha r .;
way.”
At 2 o’clock court aws adjourned, with '
Mrs. Nelms still on the stand.
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