Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-31
Nebraska
COCHRAN TRIAL MOVES SLOW
First Week is Taken Up with Get
ting Jury and Examining
Five Witnesses.
LITTLE GIRL TELLS CLEAR STORY

FENDER, Neb May 1-tSpeciaL)--
The trial OF Jesse Cochran. who Is
charged with the murder OF John Jump OF
Rosalic for nearly week is making slow
progress When court adjourned yestor-
day until Tuesday only five OF the sixty
/ five witnesses had testified Two hundred
and fifty talesmen were examined before
jury was secured. an the iuiors are
married except one.
District Judge Graves first ruled County
Attorney Larkin out from active particle
patton in the case because he Is attorney
/ for Mrs. Cochran in her suit Tor divorce
which is to be tried as soon as this
case Is disposed of. lie next followed by
placing the ban on Sheriff Dorcey be-
cause nc Is to be one OF the witnesses in
the case.
| Attorney Harry l. Keefe OF walthill.
Neb.. and Judge Allen Of Lincoln were
then obtained to conduct the case for the
state while Attorney Howard Saxton OF
Fender and Judge Dan sullivan Of Sioux
| City are protecting the interests Of
, Cochran. Coroner Johnson is acting as
sheriff
Mrs, Wuiton's Testimony.
The first witness-Mrs. Lorin wolton.
at whose home the murder was COM
mitted-wRs called at o'clock Friday
afternoon. the first part OF the week being
consumed I'm getting a jury. She devoted
her time to telling the position OF the
furniture. and the occupants Of the room
the night Cochran made his appearance
at her house, and identifying photographs
taken OF the interSr OF the house show
ing the position - the furniture and an
other showing the position Of the people
in tho room when Cochran made his ap-
pearance at the door with a revolver in
his hand. IIer testimony showed that
Cochran's wife, who is her sister and
herself and her two children were in the
room besides the slain man. and that the
three had positions around kitchen
table, with tho exception Of Jump and her
little boy, Arthur with whom Jump had
been playing before Cochran made his
! appearance.
County Surveyor w. A. Raoely was
called and verified drawings made OF the
place shortly after the murder, showing
the position Of the house, buildings. and
rooms In the house.
| LoTin Wolton was called and tested
that there were several men in the room
| adiolAiiAB thN Ouc III WHliNu NUb InuTueE
was committed and that thoy were play
ing cards. wolton also identified the
photographs OF the house taken after tho
murder, which the attorneys for the de-
Tense tried to have stricken out because
Mrs. Cochran was in the photographs
and In this way she would be giving testi-
mony against her husband but Judge
Graves overruled their objection. woiton
also produced the bullet found on his
floor the morning after the murder
Little Girl Tells story.
| Vivian Wolton. s-year-old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. wolton who was In the
kitchen when the murder was committed,
was next called by the state and sub
stantiated the testimony given by her
parents. The defense objected TO the ad-
ministering the oath to the little Girl, but
the Judge held differently and the oath
was administered. Her testimony was "a
1 well given as to cause some comment
among the great crowd OF spectators who
have been in attendance to every part
OF the case. She told wildly how she had
been In the lrichen with her mother, Mrs.
Cochran, her brother. and John Jump,
when Cochran entered the room without
knocking and Immediately began shoot
ing at Jump with the revolver he held
In his hand when he entered the room.
DR. Francis. OF Bancroft, told of at
tending the wounded man and how he
had held little hopes OF his recovering
without an operation. Jump was taken
TO Omaha ON his advice. but It was on
the way to Omaha that the important de-
velopments took place from which he was
called. He told OF Jump asking for his
father and mother while they were on the
train. The defense here tried to prove
that Jump had also asked for Irene (AArs
Cochran), but DIR. Francis said that II
Jump had asked for her he had not heard
| him