Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-28
HALE 0'RILEY
DREAMED ONCE
ABOUT 4 HOME
Deputy Kama Tells Jury Of Adj
missions Made to Him by
Youth en- Trial for Murder.

year ago, pictured himself as the
owner OF q little cottage and a
certain pretty Rock Island girl az
his wife.
The bubble vanished iEte moth
Ing 4 few days after the new year
had arrived ORiley was rudely
awakened 10 the fact that he was
under arrest charged with the MUIR
der Of Sheriff JAKE Wigers on the
night Ct Dec. 20, 1915
Iais became known this Eorping
wnen Deputy Jess Hanna repeated
on the witness stand what, he said,
ORIey had told him IN discussing
the crime for which the youth is
on trial
on Jan. 10. few DAYS after
CRiley was placed in cusody,
hanna asked him why he was cut
on the Ccaltown road that night,
according " to the deputys tesu-
mony.
.he said he vas going to get
married soon and GRABBED at the
chance to obtain 5000 or $1,000
from one Of t1s gallon houses It
was the only way TOR ne to stact
Housekeeping in the right manner,
he added
Again On March -. when Deputy
Hanna was taking O'Riley to the
Mercer county Jail, he said 0 Riley
admitted in response to question
ing tina. he was the only one in the
gang who did the shooting.
Fears Rope.
II hope I don't get the rope for
IT," was added by the prisoner, ae-
cording to the witness.
This testimony as to staten ents
alleged o. have been made by the
defendant were given to the jury
in the redirect examination Of the
witness, who had taken the stand
late yesterday afternoon.
In the LUrLler CTnss-eXa min alton
he stated he admitted that two Of
the bandits might have been firing
revolvers at the time the sheTin
was sho4 down. At a rough guess,
he estimated the total number of
shots fired by each side at from 10
to 20
Haven't you made the statement
that you were sure two guns were
fred by members Of the bandit
gang
i gave you my opinion as / re-
call it that ell three had guns. My
opinion is that when bandits go out
they do not take just one gun along
with them"
Wilbur Hepburn, former deputy
sheriff, from the stand motioned
at o Riley and said he is the man
who had stood in the glare of the
automobile lights and >fired three
shots, once in the air and two in
the direction of the sheriff. He
stated that he had already identi-
fed O'Riley shortly after the arrest
had been made.
The defense met with determin-
ed resistance in its efforts to trip
up Hepburn on the cross-e1amina-
ton. The witness ahlitted that
the clothes the man wore at the
time were not distinct in his mem
DRY, all his attention having been
directed at picturing the features
of the man in his mind
Once I see a mans face. I never
forget it." he said. Admitting that
he could be mistaken in some
things. he chung steadfastly to his
statement that the defendant was
the same person who was seen by
him to fire at the sheriff
0'Rileys attorneys sought to
bring out evidence that the sher-
IFS party that night had stopped
at the gallon houses for the pur-
pose OF drinking liquor and were
to a certain extent under the intlu-
ence thereof.
Hanna denied that he had taken
q drop Of strong drink and said
that he saw Hepburn drink only
one pint bottle of beer.
Admits Taking Drinks.
Hepburn talked freely On the
subject; admitted he had taken the
bottle Of beer aud Is minutes later
g gulp Of whisky. which was fol-
lowed by a second drink of the
same He denied. however, that
the imbibing could have acted
against clear-thinhin during the
crisis. In fact he coptended that
he was absolutely cool throughout
the battle
Leveling his finger at tae wit
ness. Attorney Olmsted asked:
isn't it true. Mr.. Hepburn. that
yea said 70 Walter Eittilsen after
wards that you probably was IN
der the influence Of liquor tho
hight Of the shooting?"
Yes. I did" vas the rsspease,
with the addition Of, but any man
who takes q drink PUTS himself in
der the influence
Hepburn described that which
occurred leading Up to the meeting
with the bandits substantially the
sans as Deputy Hanna. except that
he stated he saw ? man crouched
o. the running beard OF the auto
mobile. which had come under tbs
suspicion Of the sheriff's party.
His testimony differed from that
Of Claude Padech in that he stated
the nan Who fred the first three
shots stepped out in front of the
taXiceb in the glare OF the auto
lights to do So Radeeh said the
nan was standing to the south of
the taxi
Jesse Hanna On Stand.
Deputy Sheriff Hanna. who with
Deputy Wilbur Hepburn. accsr4
panied Sheriff Jake W-ige-s on the
fatal night in search Of automobile
thieves. recounted the events that
brought the officers to the scene OF
the holdup being perpetrated in his
testimony begun yesterday after
noon
According to Hanna. word had
reached the sheriff's Office early. ir