El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-30
MRs. 0RNER TELLS HER OWN
STORY TO JURY At PEG05
Continued from Dage j.


, in California, she received a letter
from Mrs. Orner saying that her nus
band was dead
Child Repeated Charge.
Referring to the statement that
Lille Orner had accused her mother
of killing Mr.. Orner. she said Lille
was getting mad at her mother be-
cause she would not let her do some
thing that she wanted to and she said:
Mamma. you know YOU killed papa
She said that twice or three times"
Mrs. Orner here started to cry. She
put her handkerchief to her eyes and
the flood of tears that threatened
was stopped Her attitude from this
minute forth was that Of one deeply
interested but not disturbed b. the
disclosures made.
Mr.. Ross objected to the testimony,
saying- Il never saw anything so rep
rehensibIe. It should be banished
from this court rOOm- However,
judge Isaacks disagreed with the
counsel for the defence and allowed
Mr. NealOn to continue his question
ing, WhereupOn he asked the Witness
Did Mrs. Orner herself tell you
that she killed Mr.. Ornerg
she did, replied the witness.
Then the attorneys for the defence
took the ground that none of this
testimony was admissible and strove
to have it excluded from the record
and the jury instructed not to con-
slider it. However, judge Isaacks. in
anyone, not even the attorneys on
either side, said he would later hear
the arguments Of attorneys in regard
to the point
Talked when Very III.
However, before this occurred.
Nealon had asked how often Mrs.
Orner had told her she had killed her
husband. To this she replied. Once
Tt was while she was very Ill. about
year before She was taken to Kan
sas She was seriously i'll and 7 be-
Heved at the time she was deliriOus-
The doctor had said she might not
live until she got TO kansas
Mrs Edith Evans testified that Mrs
Orner had apparently been good ito
Lille and that she had been with
the child from o'clock in the after
noon until o'clock, the day she died.
She said that the child had been
seriously III and had come to the house
upon the request of Mrs. Orner. She
had not informed her what made Lii
lie sick.
The testimony as to the statement
made by Lille to Mrs Evans. which
was ruled out By the court OF appeals.
was also denied adnittance by judge
Isaacks-
witness Recalled.
Mrs Irwin was recalled for the pur-
pose Of explaining the threats made
by states attorneys to put her in jail
IL she QlQ not tel MnaE she knew
Asked by Mr.. Brady if he had not
told her that any witness who refused
TO tell the truth in the case would
be put in jail indicted for perjury and
sent to prison, she replied. 81 don't
remember the words you used, but I
heard you say if I did not come across
I would be put in So I said fare
well, here goes The manner OF Mrs
Irwin and the mode OF her speech
caused a litter to run through the
court room and judge Isaacks eau
toned the sheriff to maintain order.
On cross examination Mrs Irwin
denied that she had said Mr. Nichols
would not come across with any
money nor did she say that she would
be on the side where there was the
most money On redirect examina-
ton she said that she had not been
a witness before and had never told
what she knew until Mrs Orner had
been convicted in FL Paso. She also
said, 7 thought it was all over and
thought I had a right to talk If
had known I would have been called
as a witness would have kept my
mouth shut"
Robert E. Lee Newman. OF FL Paso,
testified that Mrs. Orner had told
him once that she knew a poison THAI
would cause death and doctors could
not detect IL. He was the last Wit
ness for the state Following the
closing of his testimony, the state
announced that IT rested