Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-14
JUST AFTER The SHOOTING
What Witnesses Saw and Heard at the Igh
Residence.
STORIES BY The HUSBAND AND WIFE
Each Took Rcsponsibiiity of the Kill
iup-Tcstimony Going to show
ChnppIc Was Invited TO the
House that Evening.

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buttal and many of them have but little to
offer In the way of making the connecting
chain M ovide,c, u,is. K,yyor hoe de,ar-
r,Ina1 a. - '1 -" IT.
m'".u w nav 'o ioo'S""sSs I'll '"e "'".''s
4 vi the case ana VIII not summit TO any taelics
, OF attorneys or witnesses that would tend 20
retard the progress Of the trial in the slight
est degree. He has made every possible ar
rangement for the con fort of ths inrorg and
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as niue WEAKNESS as possible.
Attorneys on both sides Of the case have
apuarentiv caught thp snirl, of I'll. co,,r, and
p moIirn on 80. ~ -. A. a,i,aaaa -,
A. 800 M '"o't W sot '"e 'e"I W
'he many witnesses Detofe the jury win as
little friction and objection as possible. While
the witnesses oro closely croes-evamiued and
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'estlihony' there Is an evident deslte on the
part Of the attorneys to get at the meat Of the
testimony without anv bodeer,ng Of witnesses
or hsrgiing over Observation-Disclosures Of the law
At the openinp Of ronrt Yesterday the
ATTORNEYS made a stiruIo,ion that tho record
should show an evcontinn In favor ~ tbe sill
against which Tho co,rt sho,iI n,ka n rriino
without the ,ormatits - ,Ia aitnrnsv astine
for iha aycon,jan MT. ,o,ton ,vos ,alnn for
the purposn of avoiding deiav and was saiis-
factory 70 ~ 80. nn IL ~ as,o,.s
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n,ner.esos ani ~ 60, 80, 700 crovioi
ayain vea,arhdar ~ NJ ,oo"' rooro 30 ,vit-
nessa, 49, o CO.., thoss wb,
- Is pie'e,,, as.ue ito"i -" -
~ Ease MIS- Ohappie " ny ~.
ppea,eu ~ the court ROOM; que Il IN e"S
ss ar n" VIII propaoiy De calleu as Wine I
W u s'a'e pelore tne comp'e'oh Vi '"e
e''ucice LOT the prosecution.
TOLD BY THE JANlTOR.
George w. Armstrong, ianitor at the Train
school, was the first witness called yester-
day. He was in company with w. r. Adams
and was passing the Ish house, on Georgia
avenue, on Sunday evening. June o. last, and
heard the shots that were fred at the scene
of the tragedy. He explained that the seven
shots werr fired within a half minute, the
first three shots coming in rand succession
and the last tour at n longer interval The
witness ran across the street and saw Igh in
the yard. He saw Hall going into the house.
He saw Mrs. Ish at the dining room door.
The mother OF Ish was not in tn room where
Chapple Law while the witness was there
He saw her in the sitting room as he came
out of the room In which ChappIe's body was
lying. The witness again described the posi-
ton in which ChapplE's body was found. his
statements agreeing with those of Hall and
Adams. ChapDle was stilI alive when wit
ness entered The room He was pasninp and
+ his face was so discolored by powder that the
witness at fist thought he was a colored
man He lived but a mo,,ent after ritness
entered tn, room, ~
~ head Ish state - soid tho witness uth.t
his wife had killed cbapnla becansa H. dad
man had attsmnted m assault her I head
I.b saw that one NJ tho rsvolvnrs camo ont NJ
tho huraam drawsr" ~ - -
Nv Arna,,rona said that vh,,o :, tho i,
be saw Ish rois, his foot NJ tbomyh ~ t;on
the bodv Of Channle and heard him saw w. "H
Nv uuuy % tna rb II nea,u nm say;
~h.ts ha Geservod" uu u se' "''i
The witness had soma ev,dapca on the
charge that Ish had been instrumental in
getting Chapple to visit the Ish house. when
/ asked Ish who the dead man was" said
ChapnIa that he was a sewing machine apsnt
Ish said that he telephoned twice or several
times thet dav for ChappIe to come IN the
house and thnt No bad nnt oonaa rn.u , -.
tbenn ~
what conversation dd Won have with
Young Mrs. Ish?' asked Mr.. Baldripe "
'V."XnT5h w. arrraa on ~ doonm LIB .,o
WIEN = arriVeu a. n aoor, rePieu Ihe
$ w' was MN W. ~ w.. Auaams. MIS- Ism
man d u uG9i II ~ i =, a"sone sa'u any.
ana nv child rhan sna soid ~ C m Snp
h WV my u hsr Nc "e 1sh 'u ha ada Gh1ppre
~, d ssS am u . un ms. - nau her papy
Al &c lii !, IL I'm NJ " a uonvelsatoh,
On eross-eSanlnatioh Mr.. armstrong stated
o onut he u man I've m III u n n@tss from Ky
was no ar.nclai lght IN tne rooms or house
CURING ms stay, out !. was nSnt on account
OF the season ana the clear SKY. MI Ran
som succeeded IN showing that Mr.. Arm
s sskaa 10 al d.t .he , 6orC Cnnvsrs ,nqn9s It, mac had been
anu I.h noatannoa - :. ,hs , t. u mau hearu
.. " h. nsn hns henu al NE ,nhe oi tne shoot-
i u ~ may testr unaoe ~ sbne awning
tha ,rioI nou IN noros - Tho nm ~ s,ven a
thot during hts stay IN no bar,a ha Sid saw" az
see Mr. Jsb,s mother unti, inst as he yos
leaving and then saw her in the sitting
room and did not see her in the room in
which Chapple was living dead.
HE THE ISu STONY
- chor,os E,ooho h,,toh.. I'M oo,o
Mason stree. n bo,f bIoot, fron' .he a |'io
which the trageJv occrrrad tos,isea tha, ~ ~
saw Channle on The norch of he Isb horae
in comnany with Jsh n few minutes hafors he
heard the shots fired. He saw Channie 90
upon the porch. where he was cleaning his
shoes. Ish was standing at his side. Ish
went into the house first. and was followed
by the man whom he afterwards saw dead
in the house, and who proved to be w. II.
Chappie.
} WHEN me sho.s were nteu the W1hess ran
.omuru ous rsn mouse, ~ saw Mr, ran ana
senernt o'neis la"nins .ow"'S lhe nous. he
paw MIS- > a .ne uoo.' Sne was holulnS
h.r pauy on ohe arIn anu heIa d reyolver IN
ne, u.sn' naht. NIT. isn s",u' 1 ana IT,
! hi,eu MN ~ p.o.eet ny noh9r ana my
SGnimu' Hne y na"uIu ~ rtVoiVer TO MI,
aiham' Mnen hv sam ma .hupple was sun
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