Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18
FRED SELLERS LOVE LETTERS
Full Correspondence with His Mistress
introduced in Evidence.
FEATURE OF THE HScOX MURDER TRVl
Entire DnN Consumed with the Rcnd-
ing of the acugthy EpiStics Di-
rcCtcd by the victim
90 olive HiScON.

TEKAMAH, Nov. 16.- (Spccial)- His
cox murder case was opened this morning
by the acceptance of the mass of curre-
spondence introduced in evidence by the
defense, and its reading to the jury. County
Attorney Sears, who has been sick APP
pyared in the court room at the opening of
court but returned home in a short time
The reading of the correspondence con-
sumed the entire day. It consisted almost
entirely Of letters from Sellers to the de-
fendnnt. These letters and notes We're fun
of endearing terms ana the authors pledges
Of love and alteration for his mistress.
They were dated from September, 1898,
every few days up to within short time
of Sellers death. In nearly every one Of
them Sellers made dates or asked for a
meeting with the girl. A great many of
tho letters showed remittancos of money
for her support. On September 49, 1898,
while she was at Storm Lake, he told her
that Cal Cme3ning her brother) was learn
ing to be all right. September 2l, he made
date for her to meet him at the Raymond
house at Cherokee. He told her that her
family was very hostile.
September % tells her of her letter getting
into the hands Of his wife and tells her to
address his letters hereafter to George Full
Ter, saying hes all right" November l3
he told her that Anna Cough had told his
family about them staying all night at the
Raymond house. He said his wife had also
got onto the Fuller business" On Octo-
Der he tells her everybody is watching
him, and her people are trying to get him
before the grand jury. On November he
writes her TO come from Storm Lake to
Cherokee He wanted her to hug him, saying
she could do it so much better than anybody
else On November 20 he told her to address
his letters to ID. Il. Hard, Quinby, la. De
cembor % he asks her to go to Calls and
then he could go over and see her. Jan
uary Is. 1894, he addressed her as Miss
| Olive Morris. Aurelia, Ia. January "a he
addressed her as O. Morris, Correctionyille,
Ia, care Petty's hotel On February 2, 1894,
no addressed her as Mrs. f. Sellers Shaler,
la. February s. after they had been ar
rested for travelling as man and wife, he
assures her OF his constancy and tells her
| he has taken his wife home; said he had
10 90 to Sac City to buy the papers off.
HAD TO SEE" SOMEBODY.
! February 10 he addresses her as Olive
Morris Carroll; tells her he had been to
| Sac City and saw the papers. 1t cost him
/ great deal Of money. He tells the girl
| that if his wife writes her to answer her
all right March IL, he says "Cal had ought
/ to let us meet" March lS he tells her Cal
| is getting all right. He is going to sell him
| interest in horses March 2S. he advises her
! not to let anyone know where she is going
/ outside her own family. April 10 he asks
| her to meet him and tells her your house
! was struck by lightning so can't stay there.
! April % he addresses her at Lsmars and
tells her that Parker has been spreading
| the news all over town that he saw us
! together" He also says he fixed two men
| that followed her over the hill. May IA,
! addresses her at Lamars and tells her to
get ready; to get anything she wants; they
| are going on another trip. June he tells
| her their trip had been the best time he
! had ever had The story had got home
| but he had fixed it,
June 10 he tells her If she does not want
to hear of suicide in Quinby to come
quick. July lac addressed her at Lemars
and tells her that John Rankin had served
| warrant of arrest upon him and was
| hunting her; that a landlord where they
| had stopped had caused the trouble, and
wanted their arrest or $lOO He said he
| had settled for $50. July 10 he told her the
officers We're still watching him and trying
| to find out who the woman was that was
| with him that night.
I FOUND HIS WIFE MAD,
August 2S he writes her from Washta
| says he went to the barn and found she
had gone; went home and found his wife
| very angry. September ~ he writes her
that he would marry her If he could. No
| vember he writes as though he was afraid
she would get tired of him because he is
out of money all the time. February q
doah as Mrs, f. L. Sellers, Nal
vern, la. In this letter he tells
of his hard times and how he is unable to
send her money to pay her board or to get
! away with. April he addresses her at
| Marcus, where she is working in a hotel.
lie deplore3 having brought her to it. He
| didn't want her to stay; seemed afraid some
| one would admire her or Insult her. Said
! her folks did not know where she was and
| were worried about her; said If Hunter
| would get hold of 1t he would tell every
| thing. April Is he addresses her from Onawa
| and tells her not to think of sending him
the money she earned Said reports at his
! home We're that he had gone to Texas with
| her. Thought ii must be nice for his fam
| lily. April he writes her he had Just got
home to find Warren (hs brotheD sending
The sheriff after him. He said he had moth
ing, not even feed for his horses He said
cal" cher brotheD said Hunter had told
| everything. He had said nothing to Cal
| about her; was ashamed to for the first time.
May he writes her that he is still worry
ing about her working in the hotel June
| he wrote from Oakland whore he had gone
to trade for a livery barn. still deploring
that she must labor, and said he never did
! expect her TO have TO work.
June 26 writes her from Qunby saying he
was having a terrible time has been sued
twice and everybody saw her the night she
! was there He thought If he were dead it
| would be better for everybody November
he has gone with horses, and asks her to
| work Cal and her father to fix that matter
up and get them to secure it, December 7
he writes her again from Memphis and in
qulIes about her aunt and makes the propo-
sition that when he gets home she and
her aunt sleep together and he will
sleep with them both then
nobody would suspect him and it would
not hurt her aunt January is, 1896, he
tells her he has made date with Cal. when
he would come to see her. January 16, 1896
he threatens to write to her father If he
does not hear from her soon. \ number
of letters written from Oakland, this county
after January L. 1S93 to the HiscoX girl
whom he addresses at Onawa, Ia, as Miss
Jennette Trayers. showed him to still be
in trouble and indicated that he was en-
deavoring to make some arrangements SO
that they could leave the country.
Trial of an Indian Policeman.
PENDER. Neb. Nov. 16.-(Special Tele-
gram)-The case of the state of Nebraska
against James Blackbird. was on trial in
tho district court of Thurston county this
morning. The court occupied several hours
in securing a jury, Blackbird, an Omaha
Indian policeman, is held on the charge of
| shoot ing his cousin John Blackbird. with