Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18
SELLERS SHOOTS HIMSELF
Olive Hiscox Gives Her Version Of the
Tragedy at Oakland.
HER LOVER THREATENS TO KILL HER
Points the Pistol ut Her, hut She
Turns the MugZlc on Him
just as lie Pulls
the Trigger,

just He Pulls
the Trigger.
TEKAMAH, Nov 7,-Csrecial)-The trial
of Olive HiscoX opened this morning by the
defense placing upon the stand the defend
ant She testified to knowing Dan Fuller
and to hearing his testimony. She denied
ever telling him, as he testified, that she
would like TO kill both Sellers and his wife,
She also denied telling Warren Sellers, as he
testified she did that she would shoot or
kill Fred As to Mrs Sellers testimony in
which she said the witness told her at the
barn on the Sellers farm in August, 1894.
that il she ever did Sellers any harm it
would be to kill him, the witness said she
did not say this. The conversation between
her and Mrs. Sellers was given by witness
in this wise: Mrs. Sellers told her II she
were Olive she would kill him. If she did
so nobody would ever do anything with her
The witness told Mrs. Sellers that she did
not want to injure him.
On June 2 saw Fred Sellers in her home
at Oakland. also her brother Calvin, and
uncle. Grant. She had a talk with Cal and
Grant before they came into the house,
thought they came in about $50. She did
not know Sellers was in the house when
the boys came in. She saw him first stand
ing in the kitchen; he said he was going
and picked up the revolver from the kitchen
table and passed into the entry. She went
to the door to see II he had gone, and
he was there and called her out She went.
While in the entry he put his arm around
her and asked her If she loved him; she
told him she did, and always would. He
wanted to know why she was going to leave
him. to which she replied that she was
going for his own good He said he
wouldn't let her go-that both would die
first He took a revolver from his pocket
and pointed it at her.
WHEN THE SHOT WAS FIRED.
She turned and went into the house and
he followed her to near the sofa in the front
room: here he caught hold of her, then she
turned around and saw that he was pointing
the revolver at her He had 1t in his right
hand; she caught hold of the barrel ana
turned it toward him; then it was dis
charged. He was holding the "evJlver
little above her head Her height is five
feet and one inch. As soon as II was dis
charged his hand dropped from the revolver
and her brother Cal grabbed her around the
body and carried her to the kitchen. She
returned to the room and found Sellers lying
across the sofa; she lifted his head and the
body rolled to the floor; she sat down and
took his head in her lap. She testified to
going and telling Mrs. Sellers and cor
that she did not say she did the deed out of
revenge upon Mrs. Sellers. The witness said
that Mrs. Sellers told her she supposed that
she Uhe witness) had done the deed for re-
venge upon her; to this the witness said
she told Mrs, Sellers that she had no cause
for revenge upon her
The witness denied making any statements
to the officers as to her guilt, Did say to
the marshal who arrested them that the
boys had nothing to do with the deed. Said
she did not state to Charles Mann. the con
stable that no one was in the house but she
and Sellers when the crime was committed,
as he testified she did, but did tell him she
did not think either of the boys was in
the room when the shooting took place.
She testified that while working in the
hotel at Marcus she gave most of her earn
ings to Sellers, and that at a subsequent date
she gave him $50.
On cross examination she said that in the
talk Warren Sellers had with her at the barn
on the Sellers place, in August, 1894, he
treated her kindly and offered to assist her
in getting away. Had been at the barn
two or three weeks before she left When
she took hold Of the revolver which was in
the hands of Sellers she said she pushed 1t
upward and toward him. She said Sellers
had been in the house all night and slept
in the bedroom. and that she occupied the
bed with him. The revolver with which the
crime was committed. she had had in her
possession for several weeks, 1t having
been given to her by Sellers. She said
she did not at any time make any cutlery
for help, nor did her brother or uncle at
any time volunteer any assistance.
CLOSING TESTIMONY.
A. C. McMurrin of Quimby, Ia, was placed
'non the stand. but gave no testimony, as
Judge Powell sustained the objections of
the state to the line of testimony which
sho defense wished to bring out; this was
also the case of o. N. Hammerlun of Oak
land, who was called to the stand. Attor-
ney Mulvaney of Cherokee testified as to
the statute of Iowa. which made it obliga-
tory that in the commencement of a case
of adultery the wife or husband Of one of
the parties must commence the case. The
defense here rested its case.
The first witness called by the state in
testimony was Mrs. Lund of Oak
land who lived next door to the Hlscox
girl, and who sold her milk delivering the
same the morning of the tragedy, just
short time before the defense claims it oc-
Cured. Mrs. Lund went into the Kitchen
she noticed the clock shelf ana table, and
says she saw no revolver on either. as the
defense claims there were.
r. j. Hunter of Cherokee was next called
He had known Sellers for fifteen or sixteen
years and was a partner with him in 1894
and 1895. He said Sellers was sound physi-
cally, with the exception of his right arm
and that he got injured in
saloon in Cherokee, disabling it so
that afterward he was never able
TO raise it higher than his shoulder and
was unable to entirely dress him
self without assistance. He had seen sell
lors last spring in Oakland, and at that time
Sellers was unable, without difficulty, to
raise his right arm to saloon bar in order
to shake dice. Mrs. Sellers was called. She
corroborated the evidence of the others that
Sellers Was unable to raise his right arm to
any height and had to be assisted in
dressing she saying that she always as
sisted him to put his suspenders over his
shoulder and his coat and vest on. Dan
Fuller also corroborated this testimony, and
said he had often assisted Sellers to put
his coat on.
Here the case rested, and tomorrow morn
ing the arguments TO the jury will COM
mence,
FARMERS CHAUTAUQUA ASSOCIATION