The age-herald., 1901-05-14
Number of Witnesses Introduced
 by Prosecution GREAT CROWD WAS PRESENT
One of the Witnesses Testified That the Boy Had Been Told to Get Gun When Levy Was
 Heard Coming.

The preliminary trial of Louis o. Gravely and Blanche Snyder on the charge of the murder of Isaac Levy, which was committed last Friday night, was begun yesterday afternoon, but was continued until Thursday.
 A number of witnesses were introduced by the prosecution, but very little pro gress was made, on account of the rigid cross-examination to which each oerseh was subjected. The adjournment until Thursday was agreed to by Justice Aber- nathy and the attorneys for the defense at the request of Attorney z. T. Rudolph, who stated to the c. t, after the trial had been begun, that he had been re- tained as a special counsel for the State and he was under the impression that the case would be continued.
 When the continuance was first asked there was considerable objections raised, but the attorneys finally agreed to allow the case to go over until o'clock Thurs day. At that time the continuance will be pushed forward with much energy. but it is thought that several days will be consumed before a verdict can be an- nounced.
 The principal witnesses introduced yes- terdav by the prosecution were inmates of the house where the homicide oc- cured. These witnesses were all females, and some rather conflicting statements were made by different testifers. Espec- ially was this noticed with reference to the testimony of Myrtle Allen and all the other women of the place.
 The Hearing Begins.
 The trial of the prisoners were conduct ed in the Criminal Court room at the county court house, 1t being impossible for the crowd which assembled to listen to the hearing to occupy the office or Justice Abernathy. It was curious au- dience that heard the first afternoons evidence Young boys with u barely dis tinguishahle down covering their lips eagerly gave full attention to every word said Aged men whose cheeks were fur rowed and whose hair was greying look ed on with intensity. Faces showing curiously signs of dissipation peered at the prisoners. And middle aged, sympa- thetic men added themselves to the num- Der that packed the entire room
 The prisoners occupied seats to the left of the judges stand, and quite contrast they made. The boy-for he Is nothing but a bare cleaned-faoe youth-occasion- ally leaned forward to whisper some question to his attorneys. He looked rather nervous and shame-faced, though he evidently tried to hide this look by an attempt at bravado. His face was flushed and eyes swollen as if he had been shedding tears. A fever-blister on the lower lip gave the appearance of his having bit that lip tightly in his excite ment. All in all, he tried to look conf- dent and careless, but failed most pitia- bly, in the attempt.
 The woman, on the other hand, gave full signs of her twenty-eight years. Her face was pale and barely distinguisha- ble wrinkle streaked her face and added to the proof that her past few years had been full of dissipation. Her eyes had a scared look, a hunted kind of dread show ing in their depths. In all 1t seemed as if her life had not been a very happy sweeping of years. The contrast between the two was so very striking, ,and the difference in their ages so marked that one could but wonder at the story of the evidence told.
 Attorneys Nat L. Miller and Lee Brad lnxy neys Ullman and Rudulph appeared to assist the solicitor
 Testimony Is Taken.
 The first witness on the stand was pr Yeates. He told of finding Levy lying on the floor unconscious, with a bullet hole just in the left eye. He said he arrived at the mans side within fifteen minutes after the shooting and stayed with him until his death. He could not find the bull let with probe, but stated that 1t had taken a direction parallel with the floor. showing that both parties were standing when the pistol was fired. The powder marks on the face showed they were fac ing one another and very close.
 Officer Phillips then took the witness chair and told of being called to arrest the man who did the shooting. He had found the boy in rear room, and had escorted him to the police station. Bessie Ellsworth, rather stoutly-built, almost rotund-appearing woman, was next called. She stated that she was act ing as housekeeper, and that shortly after | I o'clock she had admitted Levy to the | house, by way of the front door She | had called Blanche Snyder to come down stairs and had listened to the converse | ton between the two. Very few words