Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-03
AwYERs TR YTO BREAK HIM
Young Man Declares Shooting Fol
lowed nQuarrel.
FAITHFUL DOG GUARDED BODY
Peculiar Actions Of Defendant Told
by Miss Hendricks.
EXTREMELY NERVOUS UPON VISIT
Came oHer Home Looking for water
for His Auto when Il was Not
LentsfnE-OtheE
Witnesses.

PONCA. Neb.. Dec Especial Te
m.)-AIbert EichtsncsmD hired man.
who says he saw Louise blege killed told
his story on the witness stand today Ia
the trial ef william Flege for the murder
Of his sister, Louise. Testimony was given
by Miss Ida Hendricks 90 whom Flege
was paying attention
Henry Hendricks was recalled TO testify
to having handled and shot the revolver
belonging TO the defendant. William Flege
He said in answer TO the question whether
Flege was right handed or left handed
that he was left handed and used the left
hand IN shooting with the revolver
A. W. Myers, justice of the peace OF
Ponca. presented TO the court a revolver
and spent bullet. which he said he had
received from the county attorney OF
Dixon county at the preliminary hearing
and had held until now. Hendricks was
recalled and testified that he could not
say that the revolver was the Identical one
that he had handled. but that Il was tha
same make and same caliber.
Herbert Heinrichs said that when will
liam Flege, the defendant came out into
the field on the afternoon OF June 80 he
exhibited handful OF money and threw
clods OF dirt into the air which was a
strange performances for him He testified
to a conversation with Pledge regarding
his keeping company with his sister. Ida.
in which Flege made threats 20 do some
thing awful in case anybody else kept
company with her.
Counsel for the defendant moved to have
all the testimony relating TO this CONVEX
sation, which took place In the German
hall near Emerson, stricken out. and the
jury was given a recess while the grafton
f,N ~
present and the jury was recalled and the
case proceeded.
County Attorney Clarence FinEsbury and
Detective W. G. Davenport identified the
gun and bullet which the former had found
on the Flege premises June so and de-
livered to Mr. Myers, the justice OF peace
at the preliminary hearing
This afternoon when court convened at
!: 80 o'clock the hallway and stairs to tha
court room were packed ana about tvrirs
a. many people as could get In were wait
ing. Women formed a large part OF the
crowd and few came near being seriously
hurt.
County Attorney Kingsbury. on the stand.
told OF his examination Of the house and
yard OF William Fiege nthe night OF
June 80 for evidence OF robbers The house
was found In good order and fresh bread
va AA@AA " nAAE hAAIuGA EAule and dinner
dishes we're washed and put away. sixty
dollars in currency belonging to william
Flege was under the bottom Of this bureau
drawer in the room where the defendant
slept. couple Of purses belonging 10
Louise Flege we're missing. but were found
later and the only money missing was a
small sum belonging to Albert Echten-
camp, the hired man. This was evidently 10
show there was nc motive for robbery.
W. c. Hendricks, a carpenter who had
done some work for Henry Flege a year
or more ago and also built an automobile
house for the defendant in June. testified
that the relations between the defendant
and his sister we're not congeniaI, and thar
he spoke to her seldom and then In a
manner that showed they were not on
good terms. He said Louise stayed most
OF the time in the kitchen while he boarded
there and THAI he talked angrily to her
some times.
Grant Mears, sheriff OF Wayne county,
said the defendant had downcast look
when there were several officers together
In tn coffee OF A. r Davis, county attor-
ney OF Wayne county.
Miss Ida Hendricks testified that she
had long known the defendant an dthat
she had been keeping company with him
for some time On the afternoon OF June
30 when he came to see her home about
5 o'clock in tho afternoon, he said he
stopped because his auto leaked and he
wanted 10 get water but that he only
succeeded in getting about a half gallon
in the tank and that the auto showed no
signs OF leaking. They talked about an
hour with her two sisters also present
When the defendant came back IN tho
evening he told her that his sister. Louise
had been shot. She said. Il don't believe
it. and that he looked downcast and did
not look at me-"
The star witness was Albert Eichten-
camp, the hired man. who related how
William and Louise had quarreled IN the
house and then Louise had backed out Of
the house onto the porch. then into the
yard. with William IN front OF her, talk
ing ali the time IN German. He heard
Louise say, Leave me alone" several
times. and What have 1 done 10 your
Eichtencamp said he saw william Flege
put his hand upon her and he ran Up ana
asked William what he was going 70 do.
to which william replied, That Is none OF
your business; get out OF here"
Then Eichteneamp ran to the barn and
on the way he heard a shot and turned
to see what had happened. He saw Louise
on her knees. Gfter he got inside the barn
he heard another shot and looked out and
saw Louise lying on the ground.
william went in the house. then came
out and got into the automobile and came
70 the barn door and said 20 Albert Keep
still about that or the same would happen
70 him"
Flegs then went of to his brother Freds
home TO make a Drearranged trip 10 Dixon.
When he came home that evening the
testimony OF Herbert Hendricks and others
showed that a beer drinking had been ar
ranged for az one OF the neighbors 20
which Henry Hendricks had been invited.
Al o'clock IN The evening Albert Eich-
tencamp came by the neld and found the
dog that Flege had kicked just before be
shot his sister, watching the gate. where
he had kept the hogs out OF the yard where
the dead sister lay Albert then called up
the neighbora.
The reason Eichtencamp gave for leav-
IND ths body an day in the heat was. Be