Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-09

where did you goy'
Took the Farnam street car and went
out to Fortieth."
Did you have any plan to shoot him7"
mo. sir"
Did he tell YOU to so out there?'
mo, he did not suggest it,
What were YOU doing when you went
out there?'
II was taking the morphine he had given
me"
Where did you go when you got off the
carr
II went down Farnam street toward the
railroad track"
where. did you finally stop?"
Il laid down on the grass"
did you see DR.. Rustin out there7"
mo-"
Did you see him later"
mo"
why Did You Go ThereS
why did you go out there when you
live at the Chatam?'
Il was going to take enough morphine
SO 1 would not have to come back"
Had you thought before OF committing
suicide7'' A'
Yes, l tried it the night before"
Had DR.. Rustin said anything about
committing suicide himself?'
mo, he never mentioned the subject"
Did you hear the testimony Of the Rice
woman when she said you were to go out
there to kill DR.. Rustin. and is there any
truth in such a statement
Nothing in IT, said Davis, as the crowd
laughed.
"Did you go there 70 kill yourself?' was
the next question OF Attorney English.
Yes"
did you go there to kin DR.. Rustin2"
mo"
Mr.. Davis testified that he was in Omaha
a day or two after he learned of the death
Of DIR. Rustin and then went TO Excelsior
Springs, returning to Omaha Tuesday to
be present at the coroner's inquest.
F. H. Davis on the stand.
f. II. Davis was called to the stand as
the last witness Tuesday afternoon before
tbe coroner adjourned the hearing until
10 o'clock today. It was with an effort
that Mr.. Davis told what he knew of the
shooting and his brothers connection with
it and an effort that he talked at all,
being convulsed with sobs. He said:
The first l knew that my brother was
implicated in the case was when Detective
Maloney told me that Mrs. Rice had con-
nected him with the shooting. started
out to look for my brother to ask him
about it, but could not find him until even
ing. | then asked my brother to tell me
just what connection he had with the affair
and he told me substantially what he has
told here today. My brother has tried sew
eral times to commit suicide. He made an
attempt a week before, and had tried that
night dhe night DIR. Rustin was shoD. He
is an unhappy man. His home has been
broken up.
1t being such an effort for Mr.. Davis to
testify and the hour being late, the inquest
was postponed until 10 o'clock this morn
ing.
Mrs. Rustin TestIRes.
Mrs, Frederick T. Rustin, the widow. was
questioned at the c~oroner's inquest for an
hour and fifteen minutes Tuesday morning.
She testified hat her husband was much
depressed the evening of September /; had
often said his wife and daughters would
be better off without him, considering the
large amount of his life insurance, and had
once attempted to take his own life by
injecting disease germs into his body.
Mrs. Rustln entered the little inquest
room, where the air was close, with her
mother, Mrs. How; her husbands mother
Mrs. Rustin; Forrest Richardson, the friend
OF the family. and was assisted to the wit.
ness chair by her attorney, Frank t. Ran.
SOM In a clear voice she took the oath,
seated herself in the. witness chair and
throwing back, the heavy black veil, faced
the jury with a countenance at first very
white, the paleness disappearing as she
became more at ease. Many times Mrs
Rustin smelled a small bottle of camphoI
| which aha hald and aqIaa for q n1aoa ~,
water several times. She answered ques.
lions distinctly and offered to raise hel
voice that the jury might hear her answers
more distinctly. Only in minor details
which escaped her notice in her excitement
on the morning of September 2, did she
fail to answer the questions put to hei
by County Attorney James p. English.
Long before time for the inquest a crowd
gathered about the Davis undertaking
establishment, 700 South Sixteenth street
but the police admitted only those
who could show they had business in the
rooms, including Attorneys w. +. Gurley
Frank T. Ransom, Charles A. Goss and w
A. DeBord. The attorneys refused TO say
whether they were at the inquest in thu
interests of insurance companies or not.
Ransom Attorney for Widow.
49, hAANN az """ &c III IL
interest of the widow, saying he wanted t
look out for any testimony that NIGH
have a bearing on the insurance. 1t wa,
the general impression that Mr.. DeBord
represented one Of the insurance companies
though he evaded a question on the sub.
Ject.
DR.. Lavender was the first called ant
gave his testimony in "a professional man,
ner; then came a night watchmsE and car.
rier boy, who had seen DR.. Rustin go home
DR.. M. Langfeld was testifying when Mrs
Rustin entered the room. He was temper
arily excused and the widow took the stanc
at once.
In reply to the county attorneys ques-
tions she said her name was Grace How
Rustin and that she had been the wife OF
DR.. Frederick 7. Rustin for ten years; LIVED
in the east two years, coming TO Omaha
in 1900. August 20 she returned to Omaha
after a visit of two weeks with Mr.. anC
Mrs. Bartlett Richards at Ellsworth, Neb
She found liquor bottles in the cellar; &C,
cused the doctor OF drinking, which he ad
mitted, and she passed the incident oveI
because she knew he was worried and haC
been alone.