Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-04

King and this woman were legally married,
and that she had been greatly wronged. He
also declared that be would show and prove
| that at the time OF the shooting, King and
| Miss Biechler had walked across a
| the parlor TO the elevator, aud, while stand
ing there, King turned, grabbed her by the
| throat and exclaimed:
| Damn you, could
| SHUT YOUR WIND OFF
| and nobody would ever know it,"
For an hour or more after the outbreak
made by the prisoner, the women in the
audience displayed considerable agitation,
and continually whispered expressions Of
| their feelings to one another.
20 my" said the fat fairy with gorgeous
| bangs and red bird on her hat.
| Poor thing" responded her pale, sad
eyed partner. What will they do with
heri"
A sweet-looking little angel, not over six
teen, grew very, very frightened aud white
and was on the point of fainting, when Judge
| Croft shouted ut those who were standing up
to sit down and keep quiet.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. GOWNS address
| the first witness, DIR. Robert, was called and
| testified
performed post mortem on body of Henry
| w. King, at the coroners office. DIR. Lee
assisted me. Two inches and half TO right
of the spine was bullet hole. l opened the
| chest cavity, found entrance into this. The
bullet struck upper edge OF fifth rib and was
DETECTED upward and inward, through the
trachea lodging in the breast BONE The
| result OF such wound is death necessarily.
Two bulleCs were handed the witness for
| Identification aud Mrs Biechler became very
| red In the face, resorted to her handkerchief,
her counsel turning her chair around with
| her back to the box.
Continuing, the doctor said: ~
can't state certainly whether these are
THE SAME BULLETS
or not After such wound person might
rtncc oil tixrn Htrn mi tnC Octh
person might run q half minute. don't
think he could speak afterward, as the
trochea was filled with blood. Blood would
flow profusely from mouth and nose i'm
mediately.
s-examination-The bullet went in be-
tween the shoulders, to the left of the spinal
column, four or five inches from tip of
shoulder blade. (Witness re-described
Redirect-Tne bullet continued downward
through the thickness of the chest wall,
from the back, lodging on the same level
with its entrance
Paxton hotel. saw Miss Biechler
to the elevator. No one was
in it. She said she wanted TO go to Mr..
Kings room on the third floor. conducted
her part Of the way to it. l didu't see what
she did. She asked me if there was woman
staying with hun, and l SAID "Yes," She
said it was not his wife because she the de-
fendant) was his wife. 1t was little after
in the morning. / saw her next time 1
came, sitting in a chair four or five feet from
Kings door. Next, saw her going down to
the parlor with King. They took seat on
the sofa in the parlor. They sat there ten or
fifteen minutes. Heard no conversation be-
| tween them. next saw King on west stair
way landing. He stumbled and fell on the
landing. Went up to him, He was on his
back He said nothing. Had heard four
shots before saw King on the stairs. Saw
Miss Biecher coming down stairs. She said
has dessrted havs es @e She hSsDdea Ssndsa the
revolver to a gentleman; / saw her when
saw him fall. She was coming down at the
head of the stairs; saw blood drops all along
the hail
Cross-examined-I was the elevator boy;
didn't hear her say anything before she got
to the elevators; the bell boy was with her
in the elevator; she said nothing goi ng up;
they got out at the third floor; went to
show her to Mr.. Kings room; she had sent
the bell boy with her satchel to her room;
Mr. King was living with woman he
claimed to be his wife; don't know whether
she was there then or not; Miss Biechler
said, "Show me Mr.. Kings room;" took
her to Kings room, to the door to the large
room; she asked me; rs there here lady stop;
she said ut amt his wife, Pm his wife, he is
only staying with herr; then went down;
1 came up again, saw her in a chair against
the wall; the chair is usually there; she was
her head on her breast; in three minutes,
went up again, saw her in the same place,
in the same position. Next time L was
called up to third floor. King and Miss b.
were at the door. He said:
stake US TO THE PARLoR."
They got in the elevator and took them
down. They said nothing. saw them seat
themselves on the sofa. Then went down.
think it was twenty minutes after l first
took Miss BiechleT up. / saw them sitting
there two or three times after 1 had left
them there. The elevator was on the move
when 1 heard first shot. noticed blood
near elevator on carpet, then along north
hall.
Re-direct-While sitting IN the parlor they
faced the north--she on Kings left hand.
While the elevator boy was telling his
story, Miss Biechler kept her eyes rivited on
him, but her face never changed its white
sad expression, except when that other
woman,'' meaning the wife who was living
with King when he was killed, was men
toned. Then, she flushed and, for a moment,
buried her face in her handkerchief.
Dr. Edward w. Lee took the stand when
the bell boy left it, and testified that he had
assisted in making the post mortem examln-
alton on Kings body. The wound was, be
said, mortal one. He was on the stand just
Two minutes. No croSs-examination was In
dulged in.
Joe Smith, the Paxton bell boy, followed.
He had known King about three months as
guest at the hotel He saw Miss
of November II, sitting in rocking chair in
the loboy of the hotel There were two or
| three men around her at the time.
When asked whether he had heard any
| thing that morning unusual, the witness an-
| swered:
''Yes, heard crack which sounded like
| electric light globes breaking. / heard
THREE OR FOUR REPORTS,
| but, after the first one, | commenced to
| think it was revolver. / then saw King
coming down the stairs and saw him falln
| County Attorney Mahoney asked whether
| Kings body was taken up stairs by way of
| the stairs or in the elevator.
| 30, THAT'S IMMATERIAL,"
| interjected Mr.. Gown.
| mo, its not immaterial,n - replied Mahoney
| sAll right, if its material to you / with
draw my objections"
The evident object Of this question was to
! show that the blood found in the hallway
| dropped from the corpse. The cross exam
nation was confined to two unimportaut
| questions.
John Noggle, porter at the Paxton. saw
! Miss Biechler when she first came into the
office, between and o'clock.
| SIZE REGISTERED
and went mp stairs. Five minutes after she
| left the office he saw her and King sitting
| together on o sofa.
81 passed them two or three times, and
once thought l heard King say, What
|