Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24
MRS LILLE A SPECULATOR
Broker Who Paced Grain DsRlE TsIlt Of
Her O~psrs50-t q the Busri
NET LOSS TO HEB ONLY 2 sskll sun
SeveraI Letters writSen ~ Defendant
to the Breker ReE.rdtnE the
Deals and His Testimony
Imtred nced.

DAWN AIIh- Nen- zen S-cuerlHLl-
The third week O. he Lille murder ruBl
commenced his morning when court at
5ourned Saturday evening the state had
introduced twenty-five Witnesses Of TIE
fo-.y-sz endorsed on The Information. u
iE generally underwood thai some q The
Witnesses for he STATE viii nul hs called
until the testimony Of TIE defense is in.
when The safe will INTRODUCES evidence in
rshutrHL Counsel lur The state think tbey
VIII UUncludt TIE sKauinRuon Of Witnesses
By torurrow evening.
Mrs. Lliit is showing the Effects Of The
rrrtnE ordeal shr is pale and presents Z
c~Ere-Wu-n. tired appearance. but seems 70
take great Interest il the ease. listening
10 ever ward e the testimony. Occasion
Blly she speaks TO Der counsel. persum-
ably in reference 70 the evidence Consid-
sri2E lns gravity Of the crime With Nhich
she is charged and The fac; Ihst she Is
not q person o. more than average ply
Eique she is standing the trying ordeal
with remarkable foruru6s.
The jury. being al farmers. DO not al
together relish the close confinement which
they are required 10 endure They are
given outdoor exercise every dBy. but
this is nDt sufbrient 10 fully satisfy them.
HoEvvsr. they are submitting 10 heir
condition cheerfully. Yesterday The jury.
accompanied ay Deputy sheriff warm and
BBIif Hsrkwo-1h attended church al The
Congregational church snd LIST, Jeo 70 q
sermon delivered by Esv. &c win Booth as
s~tIentivsly as they liE-en to The evidence
Defendant q Speculation.
When rou-t convened this morning there
vas verE few spectators in the court room.
EdwHre L Runyon was The FIRST witness.
He sRi5 IN pErr.
! an engaged in the broker business.
working for SleUnEnn- The nature o. The
business is buying and selling options
on The Chicago Board of Trade.
Mrs. Lille traced with ne in nv line
Of business from August = 1909. 70 The
tine Of Nj Lilies death. she would Or
der grain bought o. sold and put W the
margins. This Was done mostly over the
telephone; On one or TWO occasions ! ss =
her psrsorsny- The margins were most
aluRys. with one OF two exceptions. sent
ne through The pnstUfbcs- She paid ne
in money.
Prom the 7th day Of August. 1902. 10
The time o. Lilies death she paid ne
1915. and she had 3 credit on tho III day
Of August o. $40. and her loss vas sLDZ5.
III u GA Gay d DEHLEEL- 4NN-a she
gave ne e order 10 sell 10. OOO bushels @,
corn she gave ne this order some tine
IL The forenoon by telephone, and The mar
ksl IVES going Up and I aid not place 1hs
order She called me Two or three times
about The matter and ! told her the margin
would be $500 and = The market stili went
NJ il would be more and she would get
the money 10 me that night or the mex,
morning.
Two or three dHys after lhis Mrs. Var
ren brought a note 10 ne. and on The 2Bfh
Of October ! received another communi-
cation from Nn- Lille.
Some times she would pay me the mar
gins On the day they were called and some
times ] would moi get il til the Dsx
morning.
~On the afternoon Of October %. ] had
3 conversation with Mrs. Lille over the
telephone and she asked me Il ] had seen
Harvey and ! told her ] had not, and she
said If he comes and asks you anything
you know what 10 say 10 him. Same time
before This she had told me not 10 say
anything 70 Harvey OF any one else Hboul
this business with ne.
II communication that Was delivered
10 me by Mrs Warren ] burned I'd as sOou
as ] read IL. The substance Of Il was. she
spoke about the trade Of 10000 bushels n
corn and for me 10 keep il good. that she
had been before the coroner's jury and
Dr. Sample hAd tried 70 tEnEls her NJ and
II they tried that on me 10 be careful and
not lei them DO So