Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-14
WITNESSED SELLERS DEATH
Hisoo1 Boys Describe the Shooting Of Last
June,
THEIR SISTER HELD The REVOLVER
state Attempts to-shOw that the Con-
dition of the Body Did Not
Bear out the Defend
ANTS story.

TEKANAH Neh.. Nov 1S-lSpecialD-
Last night short time before court al-
journed Calvin Hiscox brother OF the pris-
uuer and one OF the co-defgudauts was
called 20 the stand Efforts were made by
counsel for defense 20 prevent this witness
t1s-lfy.ur. but upon Instructions OF the
court that he must answer all questions NOT
of a nature taat would lu0r.mluate himself
and need answer nothing that would do SO.
la was permitted by his counsel TO take
;ha stand He testified that he was a, his
brother EuEeues place. IN this county
June ]. that he, in company with Grant
uiseaz. left the place that day going 20
Lyons They cumped outside Lyons until
early morning and then took a road leading
TO the east Of Oakland Eurou,e the Wit
ness said they took ropes from two places.
one from a well and one from a flagstaff.
He said the object OF their visit 10 Oakland
was 10 get his sister, Olive. and take her
back 20 Cherokee He knew OF his sister
Intimacy with Sellers; she had told him OF
it in June. 1888 He talked with his sister
then and tried 10 persuade her 20 break OF
the relations. The witness said he resided
on his fathers farm during the summer Of
1895 when ms sister, Olive was there. He
did not know OF Sellers visiting his sister
there during that time. Il said ne had con-
verSel with Sellers about Olive In the sum
mer OF 1898. The witness said he had never
addressed any letters TO the Sellers for his
sister a letter which Mrs Sellers testified
that Cal said he addressed for Olive. was
submitted 10 the witness and he declared B.
was not his handwriting and also denied
ever telling Mrs. Sellers that he had ad-
dressed IT,
PLANS OF THE COUPLE.
He had talked with his sister and with
o. o.. !
and taking her and going away TO Central
America He had talked the same thing
over with his brother Eugene last spring .u
the presence OF Olive.
He was in the room al Oakland when
Sellers was shot When he came into the
house he noticed a revolver lying on the
kitchen table indentfyiuE the revolver in
troluCed In evidence as being the one from
which the shot was fired ns the one he saw.
Witness did not see Sellers when he lthe
wicuessl first came into the house. but in
Few moments af.erward Sellers came out Of
the bedroom and, speaking 10 Olive passed
into the shed al the back OF the door where
Olive followed him. The witness was iu the
front room. heard a sCuffe and turned and
saw Sellers and his sister They were
sruiiliuE Sellers had hold OF her arm she
turned facing Sellers and as she did SO the
shot was fired. witness grabbed his sister
and took her 20 the kitchen. she had the
revolver in her right hand and grasued by
the barrel He took it from heI and handed
il TO Grant. who had been In the kitchen
oil the time. Until taking the revolver
from the hands of his sister he had not seen
q revolver In the haris of either II did not
know which fired the shot. After taking the
revolver from Olive he and she returned 10
the front room, and found Sellers lying
partially across the scfa. Olive lifted his
head and the body rolled 20 the floor.
CAREssED THE DEAD MAN.
She held the dead mans head in her lap
and kissed his face. The witness said Sell
lers Erosned couple Of times after dropping
to the floor The witness examined the
pulse OF Sellers and could find no signs
OF life. Within a few moments he and
Grant started for a doctor.
The witness said he had known Sellers
since 1887 and Mrs. Sellers since 1855, was
quite intimate with the Sellers and went
there and was at home whenever he wished
10 20 Sellers had loaned him money and
signed notes with him.
At this point the ropes taken from the
well and flagstaff were shown the witness
and Identified by him as the ones referred TO.
He had talked with his sister about laav-
ing Oakland and going back 70 Cherokee but
there had been no settled arrangement
Is 10 her going. She would not consent to
go back 10 Cherokee. where she was known,
but II the family would move away where
they were not known she would 20 10
them. Witness said he had tried to have
the relations existing between his sister
and Sellers broken OF on CrOgs-eEarlina
tion witness said he had talked to mis- sis
ter about these relations and had told her
that Sellers did not think anything OF her
and would desert her when be became tired
OF her just as he had several other women
OF that neiEhborhood His sister told him
that Sellers had agreed 10 marry her and
that he had said he could get a divorce from
his wife any time he wanted IL and as
soon as he could get business matters ar
ranged he would carry out this plan. Wit
ress told his sister this would not be right
and that she would not happy if she did so.
He said he had also told Sellers TO let ms
sister alone and not come TO see her any
more.
GRANT HISCOX'S STORY.
Grant Hiscox. half uncle of The prisoner
and one Of the co-defeudants in the case,
was called TO the stand by the state. He
stated that he wGE y years OF age and had
known the defendant for q little over q
year. He had been making his home with
Eugene HiscOX for q little over year The
witness corrOborated Calviu's testimony Re-
EardiuE the trip from Decatur TO Oakland
on June ] and .. Upon arriving al Oakland
the witness was first 10 so 20 the house. He
raped az the outside door ana got no re-
sponse. He then went into the entryway
and raped again and getting no response.
called Olive who then came TO the door and
told him they could not come in He told
her to get them some breakfast and he went
back 70 the barn. He suspected Sellers was
there as il was late in the morning and .ne
blinds were all drawn Afterward Olive
came down 10 the barn and talked with
them few moments and then went back 10
the house He and Calvin STAYED AT the
barn for some time GfterWard until Olive
came out and beCkOned them to come The
witness said he was in the kitchen when the