Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-24
WREDE POINTED OUT BOND
Statement of Dead Man introduced
Against Alleged Murderer.
WITNESSES IDENTIFY PRISONER
One TestiAes He Saw Bond Run Away
from saloon Few Minutes
After Shooting Took
| Place.

The dying statement of John wrede, the
murdered South Omaha saloon keeper, was
introduced in evidence Tuesday afternoon
as a part of the case by which the state
hopes to send George Bond to the gallows.
Chief Briggs of South Omaha ave the
testimony.
He said about 9 o'clock the morning after
the shooting he took Bond and Gerald scho-
field, Bonds partner, before Wrede. Wrede,
he said, pointed out Bond.
That is the man that shot me- said
wrede.
After he had said this schofield spoke
up and asked Mister, 1 didn't do any
shooting. did II"
mo" answered wrede, according to the
evidence. you didn't do the shooting
This evidence was offered to support the
contention Of the state that it was Bond
and not Schofield that fired the fatal shots.
: The state also offered some minor testi-
mony, tracing Bond after the shooting to
his room at l12h North Twelfth street,
where he got his grips, and from there to
Council Bluffs and then back TO his room,
where he inquired for schofield. 1t was
while he was on his way back to Council
Bluffs that he was arrested.
In order to hurry the case along court
will begin at 9 o'clock Instead Of $3.50 here
after.
Bond IL Identified.
Several witnesses positively identified
Bond as having been in the neighborhood
OF Wrede's saloon about the time of the
shooting, He was also pointed out as the
man seen running away from the saloon
just after the shots had been fired.
In order to modify the heat in the court
room an electric fan has been installed In
the judges bench to blow cooling breezes
in the faces of the attorneys and jurors.
A small crowd heard the testimony.
William L. wilkinson was one of the i'm
portant witnesses. He lives a short dis
lance from the Wrede saloon. On the night
OF the murder he said he was sittipg or
his porch and saw a man pass his place
Later in the evening, after he had gone tc
bed, he was aroused by shots in the WredS
saloon and he saw the same man running
way from the place. He positively iden.
titled the defedant as the man. Amands
Peterson. a i3-year-old girl, said she saw
two men with caps looking over the fence
back OF the Wrede place. She could no.
identify the defendant, as she did not SEE
the mems faces, but their descriptions cor,
respond to those of Bond and his partner
Gerald Schofield.
p. 7. Smith, a street car motorman. iden
titled Bond as a man who entered tn,
Wrede saloon about 1880 the night of tn,
murder. Bond. he said. asked for a cigarett,
paper, but no one in the saloon would Civ,
him one. Smith went out and had gone
few blocks when he heard the shooting.
Miles WEIGH, another witness, was on hi
way home from the carnival when he heart
shots in the saloon and saw a man ruI
out and down F street east. He corrobor
ated Wilkinson as to the course the mar
took. He ran to the saloon and went in
Wrede met him near the door.
They tried to hold me up. They sho
me and l have one Of them In the closet
said wrede. WEIGH said he tried to US
the telephone, but could not get centra
and Wrede told him the men had cut tn,
telephone wires. Another man ran TO
neighboring telephone and notified tn
police. The man locked In the close
proved to be schofield.