Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-12

the other bedroom, which was separated by
the bathroom from the one in which Chapple
and Mrs Ish were, and took revolver from
the top drawer Of the bureau. He then went
into the other bedroom by means Of the bath
room. Chapple was sitting on the chair
with his back toward him, but he did not
shoot at first on account of his excitement.
Shortly Chapple arose from the chair and
then Ish shot him In the head Chapple
turned around and then he shot him in the
front and Chapple fell like snowman
melting away" The witness said that the
last were the identical words used by Ish.
He also stated that Ish said that Chapple
did not see him when he entered the room,
but that Mrs. Ish did, but did not get of
Chapple's knee.
In answer to a question the witness said
that Ish told several different stories Of the
affair First he maintained that his wife
fired all the shots. Then he said that she
wounded Chapple with his own revolver,
having snatched it away from him, and that
he Ushl, attracted by the shots, then came
into the room with a revolver and killed
Chapple. Finally he told the story which
the witness had related.
WHAT MRS. IsH SAID.
Witness said that after receiving the state
ment Of Ish he asked Mrs. Ish for a state
ment, but she refused to make one except in
the presence OF her husband. Ish was taken
into her presence, and when he repeated the
statement he had made to the witness, at
her request, she substantiated It, She re-
marked that she was forced into the COM
promising position in which she was found
saying to Ish: Jimmy, | could not help
it,"
did her statement that she was forced
into her compromising position impress you
as being true?' asked one OF the jurors.
mo, it did not" answered the witness.
This concluded the evidence. The attor-
neys for the prisoners were asked If they
had any evidence to offer, but they answered
that they had not. The room was cleared of
the spectators, and the jury was left in the
court room to deliberate on their verdict. At
this moment, however, two women appeared
who said that they had been asked to be
present and testify. Coroner Maui had not
subpoenaed them, but they had been sum-
moned by the police. Their names we're
Mrs. Samond and Miss Maggie Leonard OF
809 South Nineteenth street.
ISH LOOKED FOR CHAPPLE.
Their evidence was admitted, and was of
importance from the fact that il showed that
Ish had suspicious of the relation that ex-
listed between his wife and Chapple, although
he said that he had none until the evening
that the murder occurred.
The witnesses testified that on Sunday
morning between IL and IL o'clock Ish came
to their house on a bicycle. He asked Miss
Leonard If a Mr. Chapple lived there. Miss
Leonard thought not, but as there was
new boarder in the house whose name she
did not know she referred him to Mrs. Sa-
mond, who was standing beside her. Mrs
Samond asked Ish what Chapple did, and he
answere he was a sew rg machine agent Mrs
Samond answered that there no such
person in the house and Ish left Both wit
nesses told the same story.
This concluded all the evidence, and the
jury retired for consultation. In three-quar-
| ters Of an hour they returned with their YER
dict
MRS. GEORGE AND MRS. ISH.
The witness, Mrs. Grace Fitch George, was
| ordered to be held after the inquest, but
after being imprisoned less than a half hour
she was released. The police of the opin-
| ion that this woman knows great deal more
| of the affair than she is willing to tell or at
| least has told. In her testimony in the in
| quest she said that when she delivered the
note from Mrs. Ish to Chapple she did not
| know to whom it was addressed. and later
contradicted this and admitted that she knew
! it was for Chapple This was suspicious to
| the jury and it was by their order that she
| was detained After she had been placed in
a cell she called for Sergeant Haze and told
| him that everything she said on the stand
| was the truth.
When she was taken down stairs from the
| court room she allowed to see Mrs. Ish
| for few minutes. When she entered the cell
| Mrs. Ish embraced her and kissed her twice,
saying:
| 81 thank you / thank you very much for
| standing by me-"
| After a little conversation she was taken
| out and Mrs. Ish remarked
| "They brought her down here to testify
| against me, but instead of that she stood by
| me-"
She stopped suddenly and then went on:
"She couldn't do anything else. She only
| told the truth"
Throughout the day and even after they
| knew the verdict of the coroner's jury both
| Ish and his wife appeared to be in good
| spirits, although the latter was more ner-
| vous than when she was first taken to the
station. Ish was in attendance at the in
quest and listened intently to the evidence.
| Both refuse to talk about their case. Their
little child was at the Jail and laughed and
| played with the jailors, happily unconscious
| of the shadow that overhangs her parents.
| PUBLIC OPINION OF THE MURDER.
| The opinion was almost universal yester-
day not only among the police. but among
the great mass Of citizens that the killing
| of Chapple was premeditated, especially since
both Ish and his wife confessed that their
| first stories were pure fabrcatons. Ac-
| cording to their own statements Chappe
| was Invited into the Ish cottage to meet
| his DOOM He wanted to go away, but Ish
insisted that he should enter, after which
| he purposely LEFT Chapple in the bed room
| alone with Mrs. Ish, while he went out into
| an adjoining room to get his revolver, and
watch for an opportunity to catch Chapple
| In compromising position. He then claimed
that he saw Chapple take liberties with Mrs
| 1sh, and the shooting followed.
| According to their story, 1t also appears
| that MRS. Ism told her husband TO go out
after kindling wood, but instead of doing that
he simply went into the next room and re-
mained to watch for developments.
1t is claimed. in support of the premedl-
tated murder theory, that this was a par,
of the plot, Mrs. Ish giving Chapple the
impression that her husband would be out
OF the way for a few minutes, giving him q
chance to caress her, and thus give Ish a
chance to catch him in that position.
Both 1sh and his wife assert that Chapple
had threatened to expose Mrs. Ish, and the
letters which he had in his possession would
have made II possible for him to do so with
out fear OF contradiction. Therefore, the
only sure way to shut Chapples mouth was
to get him out of the way, and the fact that
Ish demanded that he should meter the house
on that fatal Sunday evening, and the sub
sequent proceedings, it Is claimed, all go tC
indicate that murder was in their minds
The only point left in doubt is whether Isl
knew that Chapple was to visit the house
last Sunday. Since Mrs. Ish had confessed
to her husband Of her relations with Chapplt
and the fact that he was in the habit o.
calling on her, 1t is not considered unlikely
that she had assured him of Chapple's pros
pective arrival on that occasion The fac
that Ish had stated that he was going Il
Fremont, but instead spent his time in trying
to find Chapple, Is cited as further indica
ton Of a plot.
This opinion that the murder was pre-
meditated was so general that II was almos
| imnos sible TO find any one Yesterday eyaninI