Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-08
STORY OF THE CORONER.
Evidence Of Dr. SAMPLE Docs Not Help Mrs
Lillie-BurgiarS Did Not Kill Him.

numbering her husband. Public sen.
timent IN measure, II must be adj
mitted, has swerved toward the
woman since the day OF her arrest,
but at the same time the testimony
Tuesday was more direct and posi-
tive against her. DR.. Sample, the
coroner, made clear recital Of value
to the prosecution. The crowd 10
the court room was hardly as large
as Monday, but the interest is not
diminished.
Mrs. Lille says that the reports
published In Tuesdays papers that
the Lilies and Hills had inteImaI-
rled several times is not true and
asks that correction be made. Sam
Lille, brother OF Harvey, married her
I sister and this ~as the only two mar
1iages between the Hill and Lille
families. She says she has only i've
relatives living in David City.
This trial is the fourth murder case
Ia the history Of Butler county. The
| first was that Of James Kastner, who
was charged with killing a man by
the name of lima, at Bohemian
wedding on the Platte valley in 1884
or 1885. AT this time the late Will
liam Marshall Of Fremont was dis
trict attorney, and he was assisted In
the prosecution Of the case by Matt
Miller OF this city. Kastner was
found guilty Of murder in the third
degree, and YVES sentenced to the
penitentiaTy for i've years.
The next was that of Dan Casey,
charged with shooting Mis-. Raori-
dan near B"ainard, in 1888. Casey
admitted that ne shot the woman,
but the defense proved by expert tes-
timony that Casey was temporarily
insane at the time, and he was ac-
quilted.
The third was the case against
Mary Anna Armaogst, charged With
poisoning her first husband, whose
name was Roberts, in 1892. This
case Is still fresh in the minds OF the
the people Of this county. 1t occu-
pied two weeks in the district court.
and the jury, returned a verdict OF
not guilty.
In the last two cases and the case
of Mrs. Lille, Matt Miller has ap-
peared as counsel for the defense.
} County Coroner NJ. V. Sample takes
exceptions to some OF the reports pub
lished in an Omaha paper, and says
that great injustice has been done
him. In an interview last night DR.,
Sample stated to the reporters that
no sweating process Of any kind what
ever was INDUCED in with ary wit
ness at the coroner's inque,t Oh the
death Of Harvey Lille, and that Il @
reports published in an Omaha paper
are not true; that Mrs. Lille YVES
treated like lady and she was not
on the witness stand four hours as
reported, but she was on the witness
stand about two hours, and this in
des two different times; also that
Mr.. Lille was not even asked o %
to the court house, as all other wit
nesses were required to do, but the
coroner and the jury went to her res
idence and she was treated with a
due courtesy.
lit is my desire To make thor
ouGh and complete investigation Of |
the matter and if possible locate the
party who committed the crime, "
said DR.. Sample. when 1t began to I
look like Mrs. Lille vas probably |
guilty, | tried hard to locate it sume. I
where else. | wanted to shield her
all possibly could" |
Some Of the members Of the coro. S
ner's jury were also interviewed and
they confirm the statement made by |
DR.. Sample. .
Tie active part that some OF the
m mbers OF the Woman's Christi .
Temperance union are taking in the
Lii lie case is diSrupting hat orpani- 5
latio Sc erdl IF the members have
already Withdrawn from the organi-
cation and others are threatening to
90 so Tor the reason, as they say, I
lhey are going beyond their limits, I
ana the purposes Of the UlganiZatIun. [
several heated discussions were heard i
IN and about the cunt house yrsIcr- Y
1aV Afternoon, and some epitnetS ex- h
that would not look we'll iu +
print. q
Dr.. NJ. V. b. Sample, county coro- t
1er, was the first witness called. He h
vas at the hOstpial soon after Mr.. II
Lille was taken there, and also af er G.
he patient died. lie made close
OF the wound aud found
he flesh around the wound WIS
)ackened from powder. About thiT-
y minutes after Mr.. Lille died wit D
ness and Drs. Beede and Stewart held a
post-morten examination and found l.
'lains Of powder inside Of the skull. e!
witness, 10y tie use of the skull II 81
IN adult person, demonstrated the Z,
course Of the bullet. lie said the ST
bullet struck about two Inches II
ront Of, and slightly above the righl al
ar, and was found Just behind the p'
eft ear, and that bullet passing CT
through the brain as this one did, II