Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-26
LILLE DEFENSE PROGRESSES
Carpenter Tells of Measurements he Made
in the Bedroom
BLooDHOUNDs TAKE TRAIL FROM HOUSE
Several witnesses Testify that the
Marital Relations of the Defend
ant and Her
Were Pleasant.

~ SfENA- ~N
Lille murder case is attracting larger
crowds daily. Mrs. Lille is constantly &C
companled by her father. mother, Mrs.
Grisinger, her sister. her daughter Edna
and her niece, Mae Lille. She appears in
a more pleasant mood than when the wit
nesses for the state we're testifying.
E. r. Watson was the first witness. He
said in part: II am a carpenter, have been
upstairs in the Lille residence. On the
18th Of February, 1908. l made some meas
urements in the bedroom, and the bed in
which Mr.. Lille was murdered. From the
northeast corner of the bed to the east
wall is twenty-three inches; from the east
side Of the bed to the windowsill, nine
inches; the width of the bed, hfty-two
inches, outside of the bed rail; length OF
bed, six feet; from head Of bed to south
wall, ffty-three inches; from north end
Of bed to north wall, thirty-three inches;
from north side of window to middle of
south window sash, twelve inches.
II saw Mrs. Lille lying on the east side
Of the bed. saw her raise up in the bed.
and the distance from the head Of the
bed to her head was eleven inches.
The foot OF the bed is twenty inches
nearer the north wall than the head Of the
bed is to the south wall"
Cross-examination.
Il took no measurements from the east
bed rail to the window stool. l do not
know that the bed was in the same posi-
ton it was when Mr.. Lille was shot. l
made the measurements at the request OF
Mr.. Miller
Girls Tell of Tragedy.
Mae Lille said: Harvey Lille was ny
uncle; lave been staying with Mrs. Lille
afpca NV tncIoS. doatb -ag,- q. -,h1.t I
saw my uncle the morning he was muir
dered; noticed his head lying on the pill
low; his face was nearly fiat on the pill
low; face toward the west. The first shot
woke me up. l saw him Just a few mo-
ments after l woke up; saw blood on his
face; it was running from the wound to-
ward the right eye"
Stella Kilgore said in part: 81 was sew
Ing for Mrs. Lille, learning the dressmak-
er's tradej Mr.. Lille was always home in
the evening. Mrs. Lille never did any sew
ing, but visited with Mr.. Lille and the lit
tie girl. | remember one evening he did
not want her to sew In the evening; that
he could not be at home during the day
he wanted her 20 visit with him in the
evening"
Characterization.
1T has been a little more than FIVE years
since l stayed thcve."
Mrs. Lena Griffin testified as to the ap-
parent afiectionste relations between Mr..
and Mrs. Lille.
Mrs. Nellie Morgan said In part: ~ have
met Mrs. Lille at the Degree Of Honor
lodge. Mr.. Lille was with her. They
came in and took their seats as other men,
bers did. ! was at the Lille home the day
before Mr.. Lilies death. Mrs. Lille was
fitting draEgea for Enma rnrfnparg CIa
seemed to be perfectly natural"
Cross-examination: when saw Mr..
and Mrs. Lille at lodge was about a year
and a half ago. When I was at the Lille
residence the day before Lille died II was
about 3 o'clock"
Anna Jacobs, Ada Jacobs and Jennie
Stork testified as to the apparent friendly
relations between Mr.. and Mrs. Lille. They
said they were very s~ociable. very pleasant.
BIOOdhounds Took Trail.
F.. A. Buelow, the first witness this after
noon, said in part: ION the morning OF
the murder l arrived at the Lille home
about $3.50. When / got there DR.. Stewart,
Mrs. Lille and Mrs. Bert Hall was there.
The left side Of Mr.. Lilies face was lying
fiat on the pillow, face to the west. I went
home in a few moments, came back. The
bloodhounds started a trail and stopped
where some campers were in the south
part Of town. There were two men. a boy
and a woman and a small child there. The
sheriff did not make any search Of those
parties. just looked in the wagons. l was
at the Lille home that afternoon. The
girl was sweeping the room. She came to
the door and said she had found some pep
per on the floor. | would say this was red
pepper. Mr.. Derby wrapped 1t up in a piece
Of paper and put It in his pocket"
Cross-examination: "Sinee l came to
David City have been running a owline
alley and ping pong parlor until about
January ! Of this year. I was subpoenaed
as a witness for the defendant on February
10 to appear forthwith. L have been pay
ing my own expenses to a certain extent,
as near as have been able to. Have paid
part of my board bill and certainly expect
to pay all OF 1t. l was arranging to get
out Of town when ! was subpoenaed. / told
Mrs. Lille that we were liable to pull out
any time. ! cannot say when It was / told
her this"
Joseph Bentgen said: ION the morning
Mr.. Lille was killed I was with Taddiken.
We heard Bert Hall coming. Taddiken
sent me up to the telephone once. l raped
on the door, but operator did not answer;
then l kicked the door. He answered. ]
told him to phone over to Ike West that
Harvey Lille was shot; that the phone at
Mr.. Lilies would not work"
Mae Lille. recalled. said: "when saw
Mr.. Lille lying on the bed Mrs. Lille and
Edna were also in the room. We all went
down stairs together. Julia Ficke carried
the lamp"
Characterization: II remember I tes-
titled before the coroner's Jury that Mrs.
Lille went down stairs first and when
went down stairs she was standing at the
telephone, and ! told her that Mr.. Lille
was shot In the head or something like
that. Mrs. Lille has told me a great many
times shout the killing Of my uncle and
just what happened there. I think | testi-
fed before the coroner's jury that Mrs
Lille was at the telephone when started
down stairs"
Several witnesses testified this afternoon
as to the apparent aiectionate relations
hat existed between Mr.. and Mrs. Lille.
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