Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-06
Nebraska
FLEGE NERVOUS OYER CRIME
Testimony in POnca Trial Given by
Defendants Detective.
OBJECTED TO ExHUMNG BODY
Refused to Enter House and View Il
and Gave Decisive Opinions Rs
10 who Was Not Guilty
of the Murder.

PONCA. Neb, Dec. 5.-(special Tele-
gram.)-One new development in the Flege
murder trial came today when witnesses
told OF a protest made by the accused man
against a plan Of the state to eNhume the
body OF his dead sister Flege, when this
was proposed, wanted her body to lie where
it I ad been placed, undisturbed. Other tes-
timony was admitted to show the defend
ants nervousness in connection with all
mention Of the crime, and witnesses re-
lated how. when various clues to possible
guilty persons were mentioned, Flege dis
posed OF them with finality, barring out
from completely all persons save Eichten-
camp. and later declaring that Edchten-
camp was not guilty.
When court convened at 1870 o'clock this
afternoon Albert Eichtencamp resumed the
stand for further ss-examinatiOn. The
boy was unmoved from his story through
the long examination, which covered seven
hours and forty minutes. About six hours
and forty minutes were taken in cross
examination.
Detective w. C. Davenport testified that
when he was employed on the case by the
defendant the whereabouts OF the various
persons who had been observed about the
place that day was traced.
william Flege, in his automobile, hunted
for a tramp, who was located too far from
the defendants home to be responsible.
Then the defendant declared that the
tramp did not do It. Next, a man by the
name of Weshoff, involved before in a
crime, was suggested, and traced until II
was proved that he was in another part Of
the county too far away to be implicated,
when the defendant declared that Weshoff
had not done It,
When all the suspected parties suggested
were found the defendant declared that
they could not have committed the crime,
and the officer concluded it must have
been somebody on the farm. Then Flege
said Albert Eichtencamp had not done It,
Narrowing IL Down.
Detective Davenport then told Flege that
It was between Albert Eichtencamp and
himself.
On July IL, in the office OF A. r. Davis,
county attorney Of Wayne county, Albert
Eichtencamp and william Flege were ex-
amined by Detective Davenport and Sheriff
Mears of Wayne county, when the hired
man told the story he tells before the court
now. Davenport testified concerning the
appearance and actions of the defendant
on several occasions, that his face was
flushed red and dark" and then pale in
turn" when they talked about the murder
Of his sister He would not go in to zee
the body at the house. When it was sug-
gested that they view the body, he urged
that some one else go into the room.
Detective Davenport testified that when
it was suggested the body of Louise Flege
be taken from the grave after 1t had been
buried, William F1ege came to him and
asked II they had any right to do 1t and
the witness said: "Well they do 1t only
according to law
The defendant protested that he did dot
want 1t done. This is the first mention of
exhumlng the body, at the trial and
aroused a tremendous interest with the
audience as well as the jury.
William Flese employed Mr.. Davenport
as a detective on the case and the
brothers were not with them as they
secured the country in William Fleges
auto.
Davenport stated that William Flege had
said, Albert Echtencamp could not have
committed the crime because he had seen
him going in the field to pillow corn when
he got to his brother Fred's home. Wit
ness stated that he had been with the de-
PENDANT every day from July to 49, with
the possible exception Of two days.
The witness said when he had suggested
the idea of securing some bloodhounds
william said that there was no use in that
At o'clock court adjourned until tOmor-
row morning