Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04

ward. / stood on the west side of the bed
and sighted through the hole in the window
and the screen, and the revolver would have
been about six inches above the top OF the
bed clothing"
This evidence was given to prove the i'm
possibility of a man standing where Mrs.
Lille says he did and firing a shot through
the window, as indicated by the hole In the
window and screen.
WindOw Is
Witness was shown the window taken
from the Lille home. He said: EFF this is
the window which we examined, 1t is not
just in the same condition it was when we
first examined lt-for the reason the DOW
der burn is not near as black as II was and
the hole Is larger than 1t was then.
Il went out on the porch and examined
the hole in the screen and It appeared the
same as 1t did from the inside, except the
wires were bent out.
When Mrs. Lille was testifying before
the coroner's jury she was asked II the
revolver the man held in his hand was a
long or short one, and she said: I was not
measuring gun barrels that morning and do
not think you would, either"
witness testified at length as to the tests
made by the %coroner's jury to discover
from what distance powder would burn
similarly to the powder burns on the win
dow and curtain in the Lille home. His
testimony in this respect corroborated that
of John d. Sprague in every particular.
Hole in the WIndow Screen.
In the cross-examination Of westover the
window screen was shown him and he said:
II that Is the screen that we saw the hole
1t is of a different shape"
The hole in this screen at this time is
about one inch by one-half inch. II is
probable that the window screen will be
introduced in evidence later in the pro-
ceedings:
When court convened his afternoon
Westover was recalled for further cross
examination. Witness stated that when
Mrs. Lille demonstrated to the coroner's
jury the position of the man when he was
pointing the revolver at her, she used a
revolver. This corroborates the testimony
of DR.. Sample on this point. Witness
sprague was not positive about this.
sheriff VESTS story.
Isaac ]. West. sheriff. was the next wit
ness. He said: o the morning OF octo-
Der "a, 1902, 1 heard OF the shooting OF Har-
Vey Lille. / Immediately went to the Lille
residence. 1t was partially daylight. When
l first went in there was no light burning.
DR.. Stewart, Burt Hall and Night Policeman
Taddiken AID several others were there at
this time. They were all in the bedroom
where Mr.. Lille lay. Mr.. Lille was lying
almost on his back. a little inclined to the
left, his head turned a little more than his
body. made some inquiry Of Mrs. Lille as
TO the occurrence and she said that she had
seen a man standing a little north and west
OF the bed. She described him as a man OF
about the size Of Mr.. Lille, saying that he
either had on a cap or a hat with a narrow
brim and she thought he was light COM
plected. He was pointing a gun at her and
she saw there WAS no show for her and she
rolled of the bed on the east side. The
man left the room Immediately and she
heard him run downstairs. / looked In the
bureau drawer and also noticed the hole In
the window. l made no further investiga-
tion in the room at hat time"
Witness gave a description of the posi-
ton Of the bed with relation to the window
which was substantially as testified to by
other witnesses. Witness continued:
Mrs. Lille called my attention to the
bureau drawer and said $500 had been
stolen. The drawer was closed. The con-
tents of the drawer we're mussed around
Mrs. Lille did not do anything In assist
ing me in investigating the condition OF
the drawer and did not speak Of anything
else being missing. l again went into the
house about IL o'clock. Mr.. WestoVer and
Mr.. Duncan were there. I made a further
Investigation by looking through the bureau
drawers and examining the bed. / also
looked through the other rooms, both up
stairs and down. At this time the BED