Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-06
DEFENDANT MOVES FOR A DISMISSAL
County Judge 0verrules the Motion Without
Making Comment
MRS. LILLE MAY OFFER NO TESTIMONY
State Introduces More Testimo %ry .-i-
ments with Revolvers
GRAIN BROKER TELLS OF sPEcULAnONs
Defendant Had Lost over 81 900 Dur
ing Last Year, hut Total LosSes
by Her Ventures only
Few Hundred.

DAVID CITY Neb. Jan. 5.-(special.)-
During the Sunday recess people we're anx-
ious to get the morning papers. which they
read carefully and discussed the Lille case
earnestly This was the principal topic OF
discussion during the entire day.
Mrs Lille remained at home during the
entire day. She received no callers.
The seconS week in the preliminary hear
ing commenced this morning Long before
court convened the walks leading to the
court house we're alive with humanity anx-
ious to get into the court room, which was
completely filled for fully an h~ar before
the proceedings began. Several from the
country and a few from the city brought
their lunch baskets.
Mrs. Lille arrived promptly on time.
accompanied by her parents. Sam Lille,
brother OF the murdered man. and Mrs.
Grant, sister Of the murdered man. She
spoke politely to the reporters In passing
their table and took her accustomed seat
near her attorney.
Ren Makes Some Investigations.
Lewis C. Rem was the frst witness. He
said:
IL arrived at the Lille residence on
the morning of October "a, a few moments
after the patient had been removed TO the
hospital. Went into the bedroom, ex
Rmined the bed carefully, found the pillow
was all wet. somewhat bloody, but looked
like there was more water than blood. The
impression where the head had laid was
still plain and the blood stains we're on
the side where the right side Of the head
lay.
Went back to the house about an hour
and a half after that and examined the
room more carefully than / did the first
time l was there and everything was In
tho same condition II was on my first
visit. Think this was about 10 o'clock. I
Investigated the range Of the bullet that
went through the window and screen. I
did this by using a pencil and ruler, and
the range OF the ball was near on a
level as ! could tell. II any difference
Z rungrd slightly upward. II was on a range
with Mr.. Rays farm" (Thls farm is 300
feet directly east OF the Lille residence,
and where one of the bullets now in evi-
dence was found)
Witness here gave a description of the
holes In the window glass. screen and cur
tain. which was substantially the same as
testified to by other witnesses.
IT measured the distance from the bed
to the window glass the bullet went
through and 1t was Just thirteen and one
half inches.
what Mrs. Lille Said.
81 had conversation with Mrs. Lille
about the occurrence and asked her II she
had any idea who did this and she said
she had no idea who could be mean
enough.
''she said she was uneasy about having
this amount of money in the house. She
had several times had from 500 to $3.50
in the house, but the reason she felt so
uneasy the evening before was she saw a
strange man in the alley the day before
had another conversation with Mrs. Lille
on the next Tuesday. At this time she de-
scribed the man who did the shooting as
a man about the size OF Harvey, only she
thought he was broader and heavier.
asked her II she did not think 1t would be
hard for a man to hold a gun and shoot
Harvey on the right side of the head, Il
being dark in the room. And she said that
the moon was shining In at the window and
= II was getting light in the room.
II told her that heard that Harvey had
$4,000 life insurance and $500 OF it was
made TO the little girl. and she said thai
was a mistake that $3.50 was made to tho
little girl and the balance was payable Il
her
Kitchen Door Open.
Mrs, Lille said that all of the doors wer,
locked the night before and when she came
downstairs that morning the kitchen dooi
was standing open about two feet, and the
key was lying on the floor close by the door
The key was bent and bright on the enc
that went In the door.
II and c. w. Derby made experiment.
with S2-caliber revolvers. as to what dis
tance powder would burn window glass ant
lace curtains similar TO the ones in tn,
Lille residence. We made several test
with long and short cartridges, both rim
and center fire. The first test we made wa
at a distance OF two feet and there wa
no powder burn whatever. The next wa
one foot and there was just a dark colo
on curtain. but not on window glass. ~
distance OF six inches both the curtain an
glass were blaekened slightly and at
distance OF three inches the curtain an
glass we're powder burned about the sam
as the window glass and curtain as l sa,
them in the Lille home on the morning O
the murder"
The cross-examination elected the fac
that Mrs. Lille also said that anothe
reason she was uneasy was that two G
the bloodhounds had been poisoned Ais
that when he and Mr.. Derby examined "A
house they went all over, including tn
cellar and kitchen utensils
The redirect examination brought out tn
, fact that the tests were made with blac
y powder and not smokeless powder.
Mrs. Lille SPeeUIated and Lost.
The first witness this afternoon was Ed
ward l. Runyon. a broker.
II have been engaged in the broker bus
mess for about four years and during a
this time Mrs Lille has transacted bus.
ness with me. The nature Of the busines
was In the buying and selling OF futuE
options on grain. / oannot state Just N
extent OF the transactions exactly. Th
last transaction was the day before N
death OF Mr. Lille" The amount of IN
transactions from November 1. 1901. up
the time OF Mr.. Lillis's death witnel
2 could not tell without referring to h
books,
After refreshing hts memory from N