Omaha daily bee., 1885-11-12
Total. .... 80. lN. 49i,;iST
HNo corn crop reported.
tNUt formed.

TIE POUND CASE.
Tho trial OF A. l.. Pound for the killing
of james Griffin Was esumed in the dis
trict court yesterday morning at D
O'Clock. The defense called Miss Morse,
an employee in the land commissioners
Office, who testified that she was just
coming out of the auditors Office when
the frat shot was fired. She thought the
shot was from tho revolver held by Grif-
fin, and il was pointed in the direction
whsre Pound stood. The witness said
she was cool and collected when all this
occurred, but there is II difference be.
tween her testimony and that OF Lee and
Dimmicks, who sworc that Griffin faced
them and that he stood TO the left of
Pound
The next witness for the prisoner was
j. Milton Hoffman, private secretary to
his eXcellency the governor. Mr.. Holt
man said that he had just come down
stairs and had stool in the hall, rs near
as no GOULD judge, about ton seconds
whom the first shot WAS fired. The wit
ness thought that Griffin did not raise his
hand until after Pounds first shot. There
8 discrepancy between Hollmun's evil
donco and that of Pound himself, whom
the prosecuting attorney thinks is the
best witness he bad in the case. Pound in
his testimony first said that his first
shot was fired in tho mir and that the
, second shot WAS fired after Griffin com
mcnced to hobble Oft. Again he said
he knew Mcclure and Griffin were des-
perate characters and that he did not
care to face them, leaving the Inference
that his first shot had not been fired IN
the air, which statement is best corrob-
GRATED by tho act that scventy-two buck
shot weru picked from Griiiin's body,
which was more than one barrel would
hold without bursting,
The other witnesses examined did no
develop anything new.
During the production of the evidence
no reference WAS made 80 tho part his
exoellency, the governor, played in the
homicide, and anything tending that way
was carefully excluded, AS il was, doubt
les thought it might injuro the govern
or 4 boomlet which he is carefully nurS-
ing in his hot-house down in Saline
county.
Tho district attorney does not expect Il
conviction. but expects 10 hang the jury,
When questioned why he did not think
the chances ut lcast even. he limited
darby at various i%nilucnces, but would
not put his suspicious in u tangible
shape,
THE MITCHELL CASE AGAIN,
The quo warTslntO case brought against
Judge Mitchell by Hon. ). =. Watson
and others, oil Nebraska City, came up
Yesterday i'm the supreme court, 1t being
Ihe day set for answer by tho defendant,
Mitchell. Instead of answering. his ut,
toraeys :demurred to the pleading filed
by the ~relaior, Watson, on the ground
that no was not the proper party to bring
the proceedings and that under tho stat
ute regulating quo wirrantop proceedings
the attorney general was the only person
who Is authorized to br. ny thom,
tho attorney general was talked TO by
a BEE reporter on the matter. lie had
refused TO bring thu proceedin g, but he
believed tnat MIR, Watson had n right to
bring them in ease of tho attorney gen
erals refusal 10 do SO. lie had not
thought il nooesstTy to disturb Mitchell :
tjtIn and he did not think the people
wanted il DISTURBED. He sand il was rn'
morsd on the streets OF Lincoln that the