Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-20
CROWDS At LILLE TRIAL
People Are il Attendance from All Portions
Of Butler County.
BETTER PROGRESS THAN EXPECTED
Cashier Of hank Tell. of Visit Of
Defendant 10 the Bank on the
Day Previous to the
Murder.

DAVID CITY. Neb.. Feb. 1s-Cspecial)-
Notwithstanding the fact that the mercury
has registered from ten 10 twenty below
the zero mark this week the attendance
At the Lille murder trial was exceptionally
large. Yesterday a large number Of spec
tBtors were present from different parts
Of Butler county and some from other coun-
ties. Greater progress is made in the ex-
aiming Of witnesses than had been eX-
pected and from present indications the
cnse viii be submitted to the jury much
sooner than ct hrst anticipated.
When court convened his morning there
WAS a large crowd in attendance The
cross-exRminstion OF witness Mrs. Clara
Warren was resumed. The cross-exRmina-
ton ELECTED the fact that the pepper
witness discovered was in little heaps OF
punches. The FIRST pepper she found was
on the lower step Of the stairway, and
the match she found was lying near the
table in the sewing room.
When / found the match" she said, 4
picked 1t up and said to Mrs. Lille. 1
have found a match. is It like yours? She
did not answer. II was a match with q
brown head"
The further cross-examinatio ELECTED
nothing moro.
On redirect exeminsitnt witness said:
Just before this trial was commenced
Mr.. Hill. father Of Mrs. Lille, and Sam
Lille came to see me about my evidence,
and Mr.. Hill said to me that one wanted
TO be very careful about what they testi-
fed TO In this case, as II might make them
trouble"
AT the time I carried the letter 20 the
broker Mrs. Lille requested me TO say
nothing about It to any one"
Amos Smith was the next witness. He
was not called at the preliminary hear
Ing. His testimony cor-oborBted the EVIL
dence Of L c. Ren as TO the examination
by them and Mr.. Finley Of the bullet hole in
the lace curtain, glass and screen. and
the finding OF the bullet in Mr.. Roy's
barn. 300 feet east Of the Lille residence.
witness identified the bullet he found
in the barn. II lie a thirty-two cRliber and,
II ts claimed, is Of the same cAliber as
the bullet found In Mr.. LILIES brain. Wit
ness said the distance from the ground to
the caves of the barn is eight feet eight
inches, and TO the comb OF the roof is
fourteen feet. and the bullet was found
two feet from the top Of the ground.
Bank Cashier Tertihes.
Elmer williams. cashier Of the City Ma
tional bank. and who WIS q member OF the
coruner's jury, was the first witness this
afternoon. He was not called at the pre-
liminary hearing. He said in part: i wal
in the Lille residence about 3 o'clock on
the morning Of the murder. ! had a con-
versation with Mrs. Lille. / asked hel
II there was any way in which ! could
assist her and she said, Nothing, unless II
would be money, you know my money
was all stolen She appeared to be very
much composed for the circumstances
Mrs. Lille showed myself and Mr.. Down
ing the different doors about the house
and different places, that we might 1ool
to see II anything had been disturbed.
was at the Lille residence twice with thu
coroner's jury"
witness described the bedroom its con
tents, the bullet hole and powder burn OF
the curtain, glass and screen, as has beel
fully duue by other Witnesses Witness
also identified the curtain, glass and screel
now in evidence.
81 saw Mrs. Lille on October q, ehortl,
before 4 O'Clock in the afternoon. Sh'
came in the bank and paid a note Of 500
1 owed her an account Of SIS. She applied
that on the note and paid the balance ii
cash. She took the money out of he
} purse. did not see her have any othe
money with her. ] cannot state positivef
as to. The time she was in the bank. onl,
il was very near closing time, which is
o'clock. After Mrs. Lille paid the not
she told me about the bloodhounds hRvtnl
been poisoned and the holes in the fence
and ! told her II IT was me ] would b
uneasy. for the reason that something els
z besides the hounds was making the hole
in the fence. She said she was uneasy"
On cross-exRmination witness said: Mrs
lille was not weeping that day, and s
fas as I could tell she had not been. Sh
was perfectly calm. The note that Mrs
Lille paid was not due"
William r. Downing was the next wit
ness. He was not called at the preliminar
hearing. He said in part:
Finds. Piece of shoe Heel.
81 was at the Lille home on the day o
the murder, between 9 and 10 O'Clock. Nj
= Seilinger went with me. / was in tn
bedroom. Mrs. Lille showed us around tn
, house and showed US the position Of MI
Lille in the bed. There WIS a pillow o.
. the bed. There was a little blood and
small lock Of hair on the pillow. Tn
pillow WIS indented the same as il a per
sons head had lain on IL. The spot G
blood was 10 the east OF the indentur
on the pillow. ] asked Mrs. Lille ho'
, II happened. and she sale she WIS awak
sned and saw a rrbber standing. pointin
a revolver at her. and she rolled of tn
bed and the shot went through the window
Mrs. Lille was standing just about IN
middle Of the bed lengthWise, possibly
little 10 the north Of the middle. 81
did not say just where the man stoot
I, / asked Mrs. Lille where TIE money wa
! that was stolen, and she opened the burea
E drawer and showed us just where il WI
taken from. The drawer did not Rppea I
I be disRrranged. Mrs. Warren picked u
OF the floor the tap of a shoe heel an
: gave IL TO me. ] gave II 10 the sheriff"
John r. Zeilinger was not called al II
/ preliminary hearing. He corrOb0rated n
testimony OF Witness Downing, and in al
dition sad:
. Mrs. Lille showed where the man sto,
n when she saw him pointing a gun at he
h She said he stood north OF the stOVepil
and near the foot Of the bed on the we
= side"
Night Policeman Taddiken testified SUI
stantially the SAINT as al the prelilntnR'
hearing. and in addition said: Il ask
Mrs Lille IL anything had been taken fro