Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-13
GIRL TELLS JURY
HAUSER Is SLAYER
OF w. H. SMITH


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went TO Cunning whers 1 took an Al
bright car and went home. When I got
home / called the police"
Describes the Murder.
Miss slater said the murderer Of Smith
wore dark clothes. dar's felt hat and
mask After they left the scene Of the
crime. the mask was removed. she testi-
fled. She described the events leading to
the murder az follows
"On October 16. I was living at 432
North Thirty-fourth street. which is near
Cass. In the afternoon went TO my
mothers home at e0l7 Howard. In the
evening we came down town. At Six
teenth and Howard streets we met Mr..
Smith about Q O'Clock. He started to take
me home and my mother went home.
we went up ST. Mary's avenue, then
to Harney and by the boulevard to Dodge
street At Thirty-first and Dodge we we're
on the north side Of the street. I heard
a man running He came from behind US,
from the Turner park side Of the street.
lie flashed searchlight when he
reached the curb and circled around TO
the west OF us. We backed away.
"He said. Throw up your hands
Mr. Smith said. There is no use OF
holding us up,
'I asked Mr. Smith to put up his hands.
"He said lie won't shoot and took
me by the arm and turned to go.
THE man fired Before I knew how
badly Mr. Smith was hurt or saw him
fall, the man took me away"
Identification Positive.
on cross-examination by J. +. Bednar.
attorney for Hauser. Miss Slater made
her Identification Of Hauser emphatic.
She told of picking him from crowd
Of prisoners in the bull pen" OF the jail
at Wichita.
when / looked at him. 1 knew him.
she declared.
In answers TO questions whether she
had not said soon after the crime that
she would not know the murderer. Miss
Slater declared she had only said she did
not know at that time whether she could
identify him.
She did not sec the front OF Hauser's
face, but saw his profile by looking back
several times while she was with him, she
testified.
To Take stand Again Today.
The girl will resume the witness stand
this morning for further cross-examina-
tion.
The first indication Of the position
which the defense will take was given
when Attorney Bednar made his opening
statement to tho jury.
The evidence will show this was not
the first time Smith had accompanied
Miss slater home; that she had other
suitors. and that she had Just broken an
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will not be shown i'm justification OF who
ever committed the murder.
I'VE do not ask mercy-we will ask
only justice.
Then. too. the information in this case
charges first degree murder. while at
tempting to rob. The evidence will show
that whoever killed Mr.. smith had an
other motive than robbery. IT was to
attack the girl
Miss slater's Identification of Hauser
Is worth little. as her impressions OF the
murderer were gotten while she was in
an agitated state of mind. We viii show
that she said she could not identify the
man and would know him only by his
voice"
other witnesses Testify.
Miss Slater was the fourth witness
called by the state. Louis Bostwick, pho
tographer, whose name was first called.
identified six photographs which he re-
comfy took Of the scene OF the crime at
Thirty-frst and Dodge streets.
Dr. 5. McClenaghan. cOroners physi-
clan, testified that the bullet which caused
MIR. Smiths death entered the back side
of the right hip, took course two and
one-half inches downward and came out
from the inside of the leg In front. It
severed an artery and Mr. Smith bled
to death. the doctor said.
w. s. Heller. il6 North Thirty-third
street, who discovered the body. told OF
Mr. smiths death, which occurred a few
minutes after this shooting.
Jury OF Married Men.
Selection Of a jury was completed dur