Omaha daily bee., 1885-03-12
THE TERRIBLE TRUTH.
The Testimony Being ELECTED in The
Inward Case
Confirms the First Suspicious of Muir
oer-Evidcncc in Brief.

Tas taking of testimony In the How.
ard murder trial was rssumed Tuesday
afternoon.
EMIL Bolle was the first witness Of
Importance for the stats. He was pass
ing the house on the morning of Nov.
Goth, the date of the alleged murder,
about half-psst one o'clock. He saw a
light in the Howard tenement and went
over with his two companions, one of
whom knocked for admittance. While
parleying to get Into the houte VIZ"
Howard cried "the building is on fire."
and he saw a flash of light under the
door. He was granted admission by
some one, aud when re entered Thomp.
son and "Liz" were In the front room.
They all went hack where the fire was
In the second room and saw Nettle How
ard sitting on the front side Of the bad,
her clothing on fire from head to foot,
her arms above her head. The next he
saw of the burning girl she WAS In the
front room. Apart of this time ''English
LIZ was walking the floor of the front
room crying "The house is on fire"
and "Nettie is dying; get a Doctor"
After a while Thompson said,
SECT out of here. you -; you are no
good, anyhow" and they left. The girl,
when he and his companions left, was ly-
Ing In the front room on the floor, The
blanket was not put around Nettie How
ard by Thompson.
Peterson and Hassinger, who were
companions of Bolle on that night, offered
substantially the came testimony.
The next witness w. II. Winson, gave
his testimony, most important In itself,
in such a manner as to greatly strengthen
the prosecution. The main points, how
ever, are contained In the testimony Of
Bolle.
WEDNESDAY SESSION.
The taking of testimony was resu med
this morning. AS before. Messrs.
Shields and Felker conducted the cross
examination for the defense, while Mr..
. Estelle handled the examination of wit
nesses for the prosecution.
VIM. Voss, the architect, testified to
to the plat of the building where the
burning took place, which he had pre-
pared.
Marshal Cummings also testified as to
the exact position of the furniture, etc..
In the house where the tragedy &C.
Cured.
Constable Edgerton was called, and he
testified to the position of the bed In the
room of Nettie Howard.
Father O'Conuor, the pastor of st.
PhIlomena's church, was called to the
atand. He tsstifed that Officer Mike
Whalen had called at his house to escort
him to the residence of the burned
oma Nettle Howard. There were
several persons In the room when he
called. He went to the bedside of
Nettie Howard and asked her how she
felt. She replied that she was very
badly Injured, and asked the father if he
thought she was going to die.
He replied that che wal dying. She ac-
copied his statement with but little agi-
tatlon. He then took her confession.
Attorney Shields closely questioned
Father O'Connor and tried to get some
facts from him in regard to the Statement
but the reverend gentleman refused tt
divulge anything that was said In thu
confession of'the dying girl. He wal
further questioned by the counsel for lde-
Tense, on some unimportant points rela-
tive to the customs of the Catholic
church In taking confession of dying
persons.
Roundsmsn Mike Whalen testifet
that he had questioned Nettie Howard a
to whom 1t was tina. had burned her ant
how 1t was done. She answered tina
che did not know.
Nellie Fuller testified that on thu
Saturday morning that Nett!e Howard
was burned Thompson leaned over Nettl
and raid: scan anyone be forgiven VIII
commits such q crime"
Nettie said: ''if l suffer all the brim
stone and fire In hell, I'll never give yo'
away" She testified that the Gimme
and burner were lying on the floor nea
the door leading into the front room
while the lamp was standing on the stan
near the head of the bed. She %testiie
that she heard the statement Of Nettit
Howard to j.. Hamill, of the Times.Dls
patch, that Thompson and English LIZ
had burned her.
This closed the testimony for tn
morning session, and an adjournmen
was taken for the noon recess.