Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-12

secured the revolver from the bureau drawer.
WHAT THE ATTORNEY SAW
Attorney NJ A. Hall was among those who
went into the Ish residence when the shoot
Ing occurred. He stated that he lived
across the street. and was just entering his
own residence when he heard the shots fred
lie ran down as far as the street when lsh
ran out and told him a man was shot, and
added that he had shot him for attempting
TO assault his wife. Witness then went
on TO the Ish cottage. when he was met by
Mrs Ish who pointed revolver at him and
said: II did It." lie took the revolver
away from her and recognized 1t as the
small revolver which, 1t is claimed. Mrs.
Ish had snatched from Chapple. At this
time Ish had the heavier revolver, which he
also turned over to the witness. lie was
the first person to enter the room where
Chapple lay At that time Chapple was sit
ting up. leaning against the wall, and
second after he fell over to the right, his
head making the bloody mark along the
walnscoatng as he fell The dying mans
lips twitched slightly but he did not utter
sound.
George w. Armstrong was walking past
the Ish residence with Mr.. Adams He also
went in wher he heard the shooting, and his
testimony was substantially the same as that
of the two previous witnesses. He added
that lsh had made motion as though to
kick Chapple's body, saying; THE -
got just what he deserved"
CHAPPLE'S CHUM TESTIFIES.
Ferdinand Meyer. salesman for the C. F.
Adams company. said that he had known
Chapple since February. They had been quite
intimate. Chapple had several times talked
with him about woman, whom he supposed
was Mrs. Ish. Chapple had told him that he
was going with young married woman, who
was deeply in love with him, Her husband
was wealthy, and she had small child and
servant girl. He had wanted the witness
to go along with him some night and make
love to the servant girl while he attended
to the mistress On one occasion Chapple
had showed him letters which he had re-
ceiyed from this woman The witness iden-
titled the letters which were found on Chap
pos body signed mabel" and m. Il. l."
as those which Chapple had shown him. He
also told of The garnet ring which Mrs. Ish
had given Chapple, and when the ring
produced he also identified that
The last time Chapple had spoken to him
OF Mrs. lsh was about week ago. On that
occasion ChaDple had said that he had met
the woman and the servant girl in Hanscom
park, and he and his mistress had gone off
by themselves. On that occasion the woman
had offered to give him Sl00 with which to
buy some clothes, and had said that she
would get all the money together she could
and then wanted him to run away with her
to South Dakota He had never seen a re-
volver in Chapple's possession, and Chappe
had told him that he had never carried one
In his life.
oHE WAS The SERVANT.
The servant girl, Grace George was then
called. She had worked for Mrs. Ish during
April and May. She testified to Chapple's
frequent visits to the Ish residence for the
purpose of adjusting the machine. but denied
that she had taken notes from Mrs Ish to
Chapple, except on one occasion. She denied
that she and Mrs. Ish had ever met Chapple
in the park or anywhere else, and was
deDsely ignorant as to what had taken place
between Chapple and Mrs Ish during the
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strictly to her own business and had not
even glanced at the address on the note she
had left for Chapple
Charles Flebbe was another witness who
had heard the shooting and went into the
1sh residence to investigate. His testimony
was a repetition of his statement which was
published in The Bee of the following morn
ing. Ish had told him that Chapple had come
to the house to fix the machine, and that his
wife had then sent him down cellar after
kindling wood. He heard Mrs. Ish scream
and ran back with the revolver which he
handed to her through the crack in the door
Mrs. Ish had then shot Chapple. The wit
ness had assisted in going through the dead
mans clothing and identified the letters
which were taken and handed over to Coroner
Maui. He had found bullet lying in the
middle OF the bed. and there were two small
spots Of blood on one of the polliws. He
had seen Chapple when he was admitted. and
1t was from three to five minutes after that
when the shots were fired.
STORY OF CHAPPLE'S WIFE.
Mrs Annie Chapple, the wife of the dead
man, said that she was married to him in
Wisconsin June 4. four years ago In regard
to the garnet ring which it was claimed Mrs
1sh had given to her husband she said that
Chapple had given it to her, but had not
told her where he got it. He had also given
her novel. which he had claimed to have re-
csved from the same party. Her husband had
told her about a married woman on South
Twenty-ninth street who was in love with
him. He had said that this woman was
continually telephoning and writing notes to
him and that he had met her frequently.
She identified the notes found on Chapple's
body as those which she found in her hus-
bands pockets two weeks ago. He had told
her that these notes were from the same
woman who was in love with him and that
her name was Ish. He had also told her that
Mrs. Ish wanted to raise 81. 900 and then have
him elope with her She swore that her
husband had never owned revolved nor
carried one.
One of the most important features Of Mrs.
Chapples testimony was that which related
TO his departure from home Sunday night.
She said that he had come home to supper
after the Woodman exercises and intended to
spend the evening at home. At the supper
table she recollected that man named
Brown had called during the afternoon and
left word that he wanted to see Chap
pie that evening. That being the case
wanted and asked her II she would not like
10 go along. She replied in the affirmative
and was putting on her hat and cloak, when
an arrest that was made across the street
caused them to look out of the window She
then saw that 1t was raining a little and
decided that she would not go. Chapplc
seemed very willing that she should accom-
pany him. but finally started of alone. That
was the last she Of him alive.
The prosecution will use this incident as
a basis for the suppostion that Chappls
did not expect to visit Mrs. lsh when hC
left home II is their theory that Brown
who was another Singer agent, had a mes,
sage for him from Mrs. Ish. asking him tC
call that evening and that after he had
seen Brown he went to the Ish residence
In compliance with the request.
MESSAGES SENT TO CHAPPLE.
William A. Moepius of the Singer Manu-
. featuring company testified to receiving
telephone message for Chapple at IL O'Clock
Saturday forenoon asking him to call at tbs
Ish residence between ~ and l o'clock tha
day. Some time after he received another
message asking whether the first one hat
been delivered. He thought that It was
man at the other end of the telephone. HI
positively Identified Mrs. Grace Fitch -Georg,
the woman who brought a note to tn,
office for Chapple. Chapple was not in at tn,
time but the woman was very anxious tha