Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-03

ALLY BEE: TUESDAY,
walk across the hall. saying nothing to
Harvey. She did not shake him. She said
he breathed heavily. ] tell you she knew
what had happened.
Harvey Lille was lying on his back.
Grant that his head was turned to the
west. His head buried in the pillow. no
man could stand where Mrs. Lille says
he did and shoot Harvey Lille in the head
as he was shot.
Il say the shot that killed Harvey Lille
and the shot that went through the window
was fired from the east side Of the bed"
Comment on Runynn Letters.
When the court convened this afternoon
the large courtroom was crowded to its
utmost capacity and the halls leading
thereto were filled with people unable to
gain admittance. The argument Of Mr..
Evans continued:
When Mr.. Hall said to Mrs. Lille that
she was suspicioned she laughed and said
they could not prove II. / say that Mrs.
Lille was the only one that had the or
portunity to commit this crime. We do no.
know the extent Of her dealings on The
board Of trade. On the 2sth Of October
she returned from the coroner's jury and
told her sister-in-law that they we're in
curing about her business and she wrote
a letter to MIR. Runyon wherein she asked
him to stand by her and be careful what
he said. This letter vas written four days
after the murder. Ed Runyon was TO 20 on
tho witness stand and perture himself and
give the deals she testified TO but I'd did
not do as she wanted him to do. On De-
comber % she wrote to Mr.. Runy>n and
said: DO all you can for met Mrs. Little
had been gambling on the board Of trade.
An institution, I am sorry to say, exists
in this city which has sent more men to
hell than all other evils combined. All
Of the statements made by Mrs. Lille we
have proven to be false"
In closing Mr.. Evans earnestly asked the
jury to carefully consider the statements
made by the defendant, the letters written
and all Of the evidence in the case AMI ar
rive at such a verdict as their cousciences
say is right and just.
First for Defense.
c. II. Aldrich opened the argum mt for
the defense. He said: There is no evil
dence introduced here that tends % prove
this defendant guilty and you cannot find
her guilty Mr.. Aldrich severely crlti-
cised counsel for the state for the manner
they had conducted the prosecution. The
state must prove that every statement Mrs.
Lille made is not true or this prosecution
must fail. They have not proven that one
statement she made is not true BY coed
character we mean the standing Of Il man
in the community in which he lives. The
tests made by the state are frauds upon
their face. They should have placed Il
window glass behind that curtain. That
would he a fair taSt Thay 6id MT 10 t1se
II Harvey Lille knew nothing about these
board of trade transactions why vas he il
there getting the markets and In a short
time Mr.. Runyon would get an order by
phone from this defendant. In the trial Of
this case we have had boot-heels, pepper
and a few cobwebs. Mr.. Derby and Mr..
Rem say there was cobwebs in that lock.
Sheriff West says he saw no cobwebs The
reason was that Mr.. Rem lad put a key
in the door before he looked at IL. The
prosecution would have you believe that
during all of that day on which Harvey
was murdered that this defendant was cold
blooded and was attending to her household
duties, but we find her at'the hospital re-
p~eatedly asking how Harvey was and when
she went into his room takingohold Of his
hand saying; He is dying. He is dying. tie
will never speak to me again II the cold
DlOOueu woman the prosecution would
have you believe she is, why is 1t he sad:
Poor Edna, what will you do without your
papa?' iN
The prosecution has not shown the mo-
tive for the crime. The evidence is that
her condition financially was good, she had
a loving husband and child, a happy home.
The court may instruct you that you can
find her guilty Of manslaughter. We ask
you not to do this. If you find her guilty,
find her guilty of murder in the first de-
gree"
Judge Matt Miller followed Mr.. Aldrich
and said: The testimony in this case is
entirely too slight. The circumstances
upon which the state rests the case are
too unnatural. The county attorney ar
gued here for two hours and he dare not
state where the burglar stood when he
fired the fatal shot. Upon the information
we find the name Of DR.. Stewart endorsed
as the first witness on the part Of the state.
The doctor was not called to testify. Will
you tell me why? The prosecution have
had two principal Witnesses all through
this trial and when they would run short
Of material they would call Derby or Rem
Judge Miller here recited some poetry
applied to these two ex-sherifs which
caused some amusement. Judge Miller made
a strong, logical argument covering the
material points in the testimony and closed
with an earnest appeal that the Jury find
a verdict of acquittal.