Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-26
TOLD HIM WHAT TO SAY

business with me. The COmmunlCa-
tion that was delivered to me 10y Mrs.
Warren / burned up as soon as l read
it. The substance of 1t was about
the trade of ten thousand bushels of
corn and for me to keep it good; that
she had been before the coroner'S jury
and Dr. Sample had tried to tangle
hel up and if they tried that on me
to be careful and not let them do so.
son October %, 1902, Miss Anna
Graham, assistant postTistress, de-
livered a letter to me. This was
about two O'Clock III the afternoon.
The letter was written by Mrs. Lille.
/ also received letters from Mrs.
Lille before the death Of Mr.. Lille.
These were burned up"
Witness here identified the letter
delivered October 26.
1.-The letters | burned up were in
reference to the trades that she had
made with me-
The letter delivered to Mr.. Runyon
was admitted in evidence and reads
as follows:
Mr.. Runyon: l have just learned
that Guy Walling has circulated the
report around town that l had lost
81 300 on the board. You know that
1T is not SO, and / wish you to brand
it as false. Stick to what | ask of
you and nothing else, as the gossipS
OF this town say some of the most
ridiculous things anyone ever heard
of. / don't know how l will ever en-
dure all have to go through.
THAT little trade L had there, |
suppose you took care of it, and / will
make it all right some day. l think
it is going to make me some money
soon. They have no way of knowing
anything only through you, and | beg
of you to be careful. You understand,
be careful what you say. l told them
that you never received any margin
only through the mail and that the
amount was merely inclosed in an en-
yelope and sent. How they know
anything is what can see but they
don't know much, and if you want
to ask me anything, you can through
the mail, and it will be safe"
"Since the death of Mr.. Lille
have also received other communica-
tions from Mrs. Lille which | have
not destroyed. One of these l re-
ceived about the time of the prelimi-
nary hearing by Martin HILL
Mr.. Hill is brother of Mrs. Lille.
This letter was identified by the wit
ness and admitted in evidence and
read to the jury.
The next letter l received through
the postot1ice, either December 8 or
10, / am not sure which.
The letter was admitted in evidence,
81 was at the home of Mrs. Lille
one Sunday afternoon after the death
of Mr.. Lille, going there at the re-
quest Of NJ S Lille. / think it was
about two weeks after the murder.
| had conversation with her at this
time. In substance she wanted to
know what condition her business
with me was in saying she had kept
something about it, / told her the
last trade she ordered had not been
placed. / do not remember that she
said anything in answer to this.
Il had another conversation with
Mrs. Lille at her home about three
weeks ago, about or 9 O'Clock in the
evening. | am not positive what was
said, but | think we talked about
the preliminary hearing. We talked
about what my testimony would be
in court. | told her my testimony
would be given from my books and
asked her if she had record of her
trades, and she said she had not. She
asked me if my books would be
brought into court. | told her |
thought not, that | had a statement
from my books and thought that
would be enough.
"We talked about Harvey coming
to my Office and looking at the mar
lletS and she said Harvey knew about
her trades. / had another CONVERSE
llOll Will llcI du MY uOuSe Ollc eNell-
ing. This was since the arrest. Sam
Lille was present. She asked me
why / picked out part of her trades
and showed them up. She asked me
to give all the trades she had made. !"
The last two letters referred to
are as follows:
MIR. Runyon: When they call you
as a state witness remember what
you are to do-give a four years re-
port as you said you would, and do
not allow them to work on what Sam
pie tried to work before the coroner S
! jury. We have not established any
thing at all yet-only that Dyaid City
! has poor telephone system, and |
will count on you staying by me as
you should and you must, as they are
going to try to make your book a
strong point against me. Don't let
them do it,. They have not "A single
thing against me, and so far they
have not been able to dig up any
! thing, so do not be the means of such
a thing yourself. | will count ON you
as a friend to do the right thing by