The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

times left Lyons and her mother in the
latter's bedroom She had seen him kiss
her mother and sit on her lap and had
seen her on his lap.
AT her grandmother's at Logan, ,Lyors
had slept in room connected by q. door
with the one in which her mother slept
Bott she had seen frequently during
the last four or five years. He had called
on her mother often at their present
home, usually slipping in the side door.
Then he would go upstairs and enter
my mothers room, she said.
One evening last fall Mr.. Louis Hoster,
Nather Hardesty and Miss Hardesty
were calling on Florence
while Mr. Hoster was telephoning
BOtt entered the house, she said MY
mother wanted Bott to enter her room
while Mr.. HOSter was telephoning Bott
was in the closet down stairs, near the
stairway.
7 objected to Mr.. Bott entering my
mothers room while Mr.. Hoster was
there. l told her to wait until my COM
pany went downstairs. My mother and
I had quite a scene, and it ended by Mr.
Hoster coming out from the telephone {
box and going downstairs. My mother
wanted me to keep Mr.. HOSter in the tel
ephone box until Bott got into her room.
L said, MT. BOtt shall not come up these
stairs until Mr. HOster goes down l
didn't want people to know"
Wait, wait" shouted the attorneys
for Mrs. Sells.
I didn't want the men to meet Flor
ence continued.
Miss Sells said that her father was
away from home on business when she
saw Lyons in the bedroom When Mr.
sells was at home, Lyons was entertain
ed in the living room When her father
was present Lyons was never entertain
ed in the bedroom. There were children
in the hotel, and Miss Florence would
visit them at night; also visit guests
and get her lessons. She was put to bed
about o'clock. Lyons would sometimes
be present IN the living rooms or bed
room after she had retired to her own
little ROOM Miss Sells said she had seen
Lyons kiss Mrs. Sells very often; more
than once she had seen her mother sit
on Lyons lap and had seen Lyons sit on
her lap. Miss Sells said she had also
seen them embrace more than once
FLORENCE was in the fourth reader and
about IL years old when she first noticed
those things
Miss Sells remembered that her moth
er gave Lyons an unset opal she had
brought from Australia and she had
seen Lyons wear it. Neckties. a night
shirt and a cane were given Lyons by
Mrs Sells, said Miss Florence The
ties were made of white china silk
by my mother She saw Mrs Sells
make them; saw Jim Watson wrap
them up; heard her mother say to
take them to Lyons room and had
seen Lyons wear the ties Miss Sells
says that she knew her mother made
nightshirts and sent them to Lyons
room by Jim Watson.
Inc ties were sent TO Lyons before
the Australia trip as were the night
shirts The cane was natural wood
with crooked handle and a heavy sill
yer top. Miss Florence had heard her
mother speak of the cane to Lyons in
her presence. Lyons also sent flowers to
the Sells room.
At the conclusion of this testimony
Harry Lyons was recalled to exhibit
diaries containing records which were
deemed important in the case.
Lyons said he had not brought the
diary of '95-did not wish to produce
it the same was true Of '96. '97, '9S
and '99. Here Judge Earhart arose
again in favor of his client. Lyons
said that there were matters in the
diaries that he did not wish made
public.
rs there anything in them that
would incriminate you2"
Not in this case" Then witness said
that there possibly was evidence in
them to incriIninate him in other cases.
On the advice of counsel I say. yes
sir" said Mr.. Lyons.
Here Lyons was excused from fur
ther testimony of an alleged incrimi-
mating nature.