Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22
STATE NAY RESI- TUESDAY
La-rs Eunbu Of Witnesses Are EsErd n
Lille kur5er Trhl.
DEFEEsE WILL REQUIRE TWO WEEKS
Attorney Hall Repeat Statements
MADE to Him ~ Nrr. Lfnie Despite
Ob5ectisn. that They Were 90
Privileges Nature.

DAVID CITY. Neh- Feb I-specisl
TelsErnmB-Th Lille murder case is al
tracing larger crowds every DAY. Tsster-
day afternoon the seating capacity Of The
large district court room vas not SUFFICIENT
to accommodate the multitude that came.
and many we're compelled 70 stand ].
when cour1 adjourned last night The state
had examined twenty-five witnesses. and
four more were on the stand today. Coun-
sci ior the state expect to complete their
side Of the case by Tuesday evening, pos
sIbly earlier.
e H. Aldrich o. counsel for the defend
ant says the defense VIII have from twenty
10 thirty witnesses and that TO examine
these viii probably take two weeks.
When court convened this morning wit
ness L C. Ren Was on the witness stand
on cross-sxRminRtion. which ELECTED the
farI hat when the tests were made with
revolvsrs Oh the lace curtain they also
made tests on q piece o. white muslin
thai a Mr.. Warren came into the room and
wanted them 10 use a revolver be had
Witness looked al IL and il was loaded with
long cartridges and the ends OF the bull
lets had been shaved OF They declined 70
use the revolver offered by Mr.. Warren.
John D. Sprague corroborated witnesses
Derby. wsst0vsr and Rsn as 10 the tests
made on the lace curtain.
In the testimony OF witness SprREue IL
appeared mai there was also & blind in The
Lille window al the time Of the shooting.
but the bottom Of the blind was ronsid-
erRbly above where the bullet went through
he window.
4. 6. Hairs story.
Z. G. Hall was not called At the preHm-
mary bearing. He said in part: on the
morning O: October - ! WIS up about
$50. About 3 O'Clock ! went 10 ny tele-
phone and called VI central. Kot them and
asked them 10 give me the E1khorn DE-
pct" The purpose Of this testimony is
10 show that the operator al central was
there. Continuing, witness said. About
FIVE minutes past five ] started down TO-
ward The Elkhorn depot ! hEd gone about
one block and learned the train had not
come yet. ! went hack horne 10 get a
lunch. ] Was going to York that morning
Oh the freight. As was returning home.
Just rs l got home. I heard a shot and
as I stepped up 10 the porch I heard an
other shot. They we're in the direction
OF the residence o. Harvey Lille. II was
possibly one minute between the two
shots. ] talked with ny wife about bearing
the shots. Il was probably $40 when ]
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Lille told me over The telephone. Al the
time ! heard the shots that morning II was
light enough for me TO distinguish OBJ
3ects Acruss the street and il was fairly
light, and the day had practically broken
so that I could distinguish objects at q
reasonable distance. When ] heard that
Lille had been murdered ] went imme-
diBtely 10 the Lille residence. When
arrived al the Lille house ! had h cen
vsrsHtion with Mrs. Lille. She asked me
to 20 10 the hospital. ] went with Mrs
Warren. While al the hospital Mrs. Lille
asked me 10 20 upstairs and see how Har-
vey was ] did 50. and came down and
} told her that he might come out all right
and she said he cRnDo; live. He will never
come out OF II. He viii never speak Il
me again"
Man Had Pads On His Feet
7 had a further conversation with Mrs
Lille and asked her TO tell me how th'
occurrence took place and she said shi
was awakened that morning by what shI
supposed was a shot, that she raised u
q little and saw a man standing a lttl'
- north Of the center o. the bed. with 3 re
vulver that glistened in his hand and a
? she rolled on the bed ne shot AT her. Tn
|. wav she knew Harvey was shot Was Ii.
WY he breEtbed. that. she heard the ma
run down stairs and Il sounded like he hAi
pads on the soles Of his shoes, she go
up and called the girls AID told then
we must have help. They all went dow
5 stairs. the girls went after Mr- Hall an
= Or. Stewart. and she went TO the tele
phone and could not get central. that !