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lii Hint) of tlit- liny Mitjitl Mlllt r liml iMt'ii
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tlll'V llltll HiklMl JIllt
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I mil litlklng hIhiiiI I lilt tiimi wlm t-nm iiilli
llitt hIhiiiI till' lull lull, Aftrr vnil tnlil liliii
uliiiiii Hit' liuiitin. you y ln illil inn Kk jrim
hut ihiin lit wit llii'ri'.
I nuilil linl ny it l' ll'itl- . , .
Vim i-iiiilil nit ttht'llH'r tin imki'il you IihI
tlmii lin u Uii'rt'.
NoBlr. . ...
I ltt Ito ntk yttu If any oiw n llit'tt' with
Mm.
Vi.ii nlr.
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wiim ri'ply dhl you i
Wo liilil lilni -
I III It hi.
Wliu li i,
Mint l,uui'iH
IHil you loll lilin. J , , . .
I tnlil Iilm HiiTti tutu dark ciitiiiilin'lt'ti
in n- lull fi'llow mul lii'itvy wt fi'llnw.
I Hit hf itnk you If Hicy liml iH'i'ii tlrlnkliiK.
or npimri'iilly liml Ihhhi tlrlukliiK.
I ci ui lil nut hy hi In (lint. I i-iiiilil not nay
tlittt lit-itk-'Uii.ii that.
Coulil you miv Unit lii'ill'ln t itxk you Unit,
I wimlil nut y lit) Ulil or dlilu't.
Illil hi auk you turoiue nnil nil down hiiiI
t ui U with him Hliout It. Wlimi Iim li'itrni'il
from you Hint Mttyor Mlllur hint btinn tlmro
tlmt tiny.
Ulil ho turn nml Hii'iiktn miybody nlmul, It
whmi you told lilin, didn't lit) turn tot'ol. Hv.
Hun. 'htirn In B woiiibii that miw Muyor Mlllur
uf ouri'lty to-dnyl'
I didn't lifitr lilin nay tlint.
Did he nity miythliiK alHiut It,
Not to my knowli'ditii. 9
I I tin liml In your iiri'wiirn ttnd huurliiK. you
wmilil rt'int'inlHT It Wouldn't you.
Vtmitlr. . , ,
Did you It'll tlmt It dark eomplwtml mini
wim with lilin.
A told him I hitd tu'Dti Iilm.
Did lin link you who lit) wan.
No nlr,
llw didn't link you who ho wax.
WIiimi you told hint you lutd ''" IliU mini,
lin niivxr aNkud you anolltur iimiHtlon.
Dm duln'ii auk If you had anoti thin niuu In
South Omaha.
No nlr ....
lin didn't auk you wIiito, you had ation thin
limn.
No lr.
! Von 'Hit not tnll lilin IliU man a imtne wiii
)tv. k,ti'rtlti,tnd lived la Houlli I'muliit.
" You dJdti't tll Mm that you hud ant'n thla
"rftinut-Him-i rUHtovw tl.jt -iH.ii wlitirt. you
aftttrwitnla n 'iT Dotty, um ytm.
anii'Vdii didn't U'll lili'i you aw tint man
In iuni Dirrtf and Br the -.hot
iluwii. ( lu you. .
No !').. .,,ti
Why didn't f'tti'll Mm.
VlmawVMd'Cl ...,.y ..f r MUUt.
and ri)foKiil'd It I h'-a y'" ""
YHaw 'it ly iuKth. In f t.t. tilood and
(fnrit.
Ami yoit aw a button upon htm and r:m
nlfwl II afUirwardaV '
Vou'had aiM-ii him In company "h thi-w
HiiMl that day?
AnVyiiu kntiw Col. MavitKo of Houth Uma
liar ,
No all- . .
you knn wholm wan?
Didn't you nay you kni'W who ha wan.
ai .i...j l.,,,m. if n nil. navaati.
Vou know lutllvt'd In Hout h Omaha.
Yen nlr. .... ,
Vou had aoe n him lifforn?
Vou'learned that nlhl lu Hid In Houth
Omaha?
Vouhnaw Hint thla tti'iitleman who waa
with him lived In Houth Omahar-
ThJy wtire tlmre lniUlrln of Mnyor Mllli'r?
'rheiwereoalealbly for th piirpiaitt of atm
n how Mayor Mlllfr came lo hl death?
Anu you know limy wi-re Hut for that pur-
OIH
Yta air
Tht-y both lalkud tti you about It?
No air. .
Only one?
rhTt'f Mayi'a talki'd to you about It?
Didn't iw.tt.nlve llayt'a talk to you alamt
tli at?
Iltt wit'nt to that Intuati, and nnvnr aald
urd to you alamt It?
V ft air. lie apoan it. niti.
r !",' iiu Thil"1 h;"wai
..t.nu t'.A a.vutftt w ii . IliiTt) lliat no wan
M,t vnr Miller tri
; ..... ' ji,i..'i w,... .i.i.i nti
Iilltyor niuiei n t... . -
rVei.lr; they all apparently were frlenda.
Didn't I'ol. HavaKe ay he waa a friend of
Mlller't, ,
And didn't you hearliltn ay to?
Yea air.
You heard thlt other gentle man aty ao,
dbln't yjou?
AnVyou knew ho wa friend of Mlller't?
Andyott knew you had aeen thla man llayea
atandltiK on that bank and nre uowu in mat
hollow?
AnVyou knew then, didn't yor, that he
hitil i kin.'d Mayor Miller? you knew It didn't
Mldn't know It. , .
Hut you knew Ihe circumstance pointed
to It m directly that you could not have been
tlatakell. , .
It aiwmed that way aflerwarda.
it aneined to you that way
AnVlt teemed lo you rlnht then that thlt
nan waa a murderer.
I could not Jiiatexactly tay. I did not think
at the time that he waa klllfnil anylxaly,
At the time he wut ahot, you didn't think
'it I... found Mr. Mlller.then I thouitht
It came to you that Ilayet thot hint.
ltPcarnet) you that Berlin had gone and
looked on hit bleeding and dying body.
Vet tr.
And then you went and found hi friend
In your houtw lniulrln afu rthe men who
brought liliu to lua death.
Hunting fr the caune of hit death, didn't
you.
Audyou aealed your lip, and never told
them one word, didn't you.
Ven nlr. .. . .
W lnitunw a 11 your oiw. " '',':'."
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Jnk, was It money that unw-aledyour lips,
Wliat'did umtoal yourllpn?,
I felt like I ought to tell It. It worried me.
Now lotig afterwards were you In fee ng
like you ought to u-U It. uutll you felt like
y".""" Kl1 "JitU. I nmrht to tell It!
11. u vt'in vnu uiiHurer inaL. itn
Vim felt that way that nlgTiU didn't you?
Well, there dldu't uobody
seem to pn -
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Kmti ttu.r I Mt.i luiit an'l iniml nnif
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Did tM lU.' tit It." ! la llii fax
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Wn.lilN. i l h ti' tin if hii'lf ttmn ottt
t ruiilil nut T I'1 tlmt. ht I aniini.l t I
tiflfii.
I tlH'Btl IS'lll'ltt't) tl'iyi'l.'
1 lint l aim I nii iiii
WaaTmii Hii', lilt luiitlii-r. Ilii-rti iinin
tli nn mu l", llttlri't Tiihi llHytl
IIk I tltrtti iiilti if i n
I iiii'ihi in I'liiiiii riiiiii with llil I'antv
So llii't iialil
I am imi aikln wlinl lltt-y aald, wi'rt' Ihry
llii'ii) Im w iifii-ii tut Di'tiN lItt' lliiyi'o lln'H
lo talk alaiut thin raw thai you know nf f
I i'iiiiI'I not itv niiiy tin' mil' tlnu'.
WaalHIh'i'r Tom Hnyi' tln'rti nmrti tlmil
iniri'
I ciinlil mil nay.
Did ymt I'vit it'll tlm drill li'iniui hi itiitlltiR
llii'M", alHiut tliN. Anwi-r mo iUlrk, did you
I'Vi'ii It'll liliiir ilmlli'iitlliK Muliir Mniwiilli'i l,
No nlr. I ni'vi-r.
Did lint'vi'r IiiIitvIiiw you about It?
I ini't him wltli tin' m'liili'ini'ii
Dld you I'vi'r it iff t him, wlii'ii did you tiii'i't
llllnr
iiiiii day liint work. I I'ould not any JtiM
what IIiii'k It wiih.
Did ymt llii'ii It'll him all about thlaV
No 1r.
Did vou It'll lilin anythltiK about It,
No ilr.
Did you know Iilm In I'n'inoiit.
I hitVf hki'Ii Iilm?
Didn't you know Iilm In Kri'iTioul.
I havn lii'iinl tin' iiamti, but I i'ould nut any
1 kni'W tin' Ki'iitli'iiimi,
Had you nvnr tnit Iilm?
I had aiii'ii Iilm.
Had you tmtr talkixl with Iilm?
I could not any I bud.
Could you miy you linvn not!
I i'ould any I don't think 1 nvcr did.
Tin' II rut iH'rmut you nay you told about Ibla
whk 1 iiiii1y Hhi'rllT 'J'hoiiipHon, wim It?
Vita, Mir.
Do you know tliimi'iillcmini NtandltiK llicrc
by tint iliHir?
Mr. HiiynH?
Vna, air,
Yna, air.
lin wiim ilicru at your Iiouno that nlKht?
Yfa, air.
Am! lin lie vnr imknd you onn word about
whi'llicr Mayor Miller had been thi'iti?
Not dlrni't to me,
Ha did not auk you directly?
No air.
Did you bear him auk anybody?
I heard Iilm auk MlMiHcolt.
What reply did aim iiiakti to that?
I ruiilil not any,
Vou went to tlm door?
wan lu tlm bonne, I could nut Juat cxiu'tly
any wbnlliiir I did or not.
Dldi you no up alalra and cliiuiKi! your
rlotbt'M?
I don't know aa to that, I may hit vu done It
ami may not,, i i-oiiiu not Buy,
Do you know whether Iou Huott nittdo any
reply or not.
phi. iiiiki'U to ii i mi, ni r, iiiiyc cull inn vou,
am aikltiK you.
,'Ui'i't know, I could not aay. .
lUt Villi .11.1 I I.... ..-I,...! ..'"
Mill... I....I I i . i rreMVi7fl' 1HV7
I could not any aa to that, tbuv witra Utile
..... ,.i,,,i 1 1, i, a., ueniliiiiieti. I roil Id not any
wbelber lin directly aakt'tl hfr about Mayor
lini'vuii'Yii.iir him iiu'mImii Hi'ott If "lie had
ecu thiil Ki'iiileuiiin who waa ahot that day?
Imd alien him In Hit) hmian. ....
I could not any to that. I didn't act In tint
r,,.,, luuif miuiiuli lo iiav any iillenlloli, I
know Haven wntit In and talked, I could not
any what limy aald.
It wiih not t rouiiiiiiK you very mucur ,
, I had -omi'lliliiK kImi to do tlien.
Wl.l.t. lllll Villi linvn to do?
I diiii't know now, 1 had to ho around Dm
hoiiwi. , ,
What wera you doltm?
I u,.,. H r. i nn ) nl m mid down Nta ra,
Don't you know that oillcer IlitV' t waathu
flr.i. olllcer wbowii- Iherti lo Interview Hit)
illlllllll'" of Hit) Iioiim.?
I ...llll.t IIUl., HIIV.
Hut you do any that he never talked to you
about tbl matter?.
Hi) nevtir talked direct to um, t havn heard
him talk In my prraencti, but lit) never talked
'''n'i'ivW Baked yfuoiiiiieatlon. did he?
Nm .If
And tlm nti I tf Ihlnit yotl ever heard Officer
llayitaiiay about thla miitlt'r waa to Home
unify elwi In your preaeiice?
Vei nlr.
W ho did you ever hear hint auk itny tliliiu
In your prmtence?
Mr. Hail-mi wan with hint one time,
Ha wuajrt ankltiK iilm, waa tier
No.
Who dll he ak In your preaettce?
M m aiitit.
Any holy elae?
INoair
Waa M
i Davla there In the hotiae?
Yea air
Did he
M,. .!
Ilt-rvlew her?
lie miidiim liniulry at that time?
No air. I
How maly time did yotl ever hear onha-r
llaye nutf' any iiiiiiirii'r
I ciinlil ikt nuv to that, either,
Did youtver hear him ak any one hut
Ml Hi oil
. Montr.
How mail people did you ever hear him
nap, Bini.,. ..... ui ,
I niuu .. ir mm ann -
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H vi'U ''t ""?
il Tt'aair, ii-tttKi'tt .tn--rt ...i
A 11, 1 I tint
1 the only one hn ake(D
A far a inow, at the bound there,
In your prkence, I tiitianr
Yelr. I
Then he 01W ankf d her onco In your pr.-a-
Meot.ld n.iay a to that, he waaln and out
there 11 II lie en.
When wan le II rat he waa In?
That evenllr.
About wlutttlme?
I could mitiny.
Wim id blijln?
What did hi any when ho ttt'pped I11U1 the
Tie' anked X where Ml Hc.ott wa,
T'Zi l!b&wa;'h-r the parlor, and I
would brum rtnr , .
Did he go lithe parlor?
1 - 1
Wat anyla.it In the parlor when he went
there?
iMd you hrlAMMcot t there?
Hhiicame, I lou t know whether t c11'''1
her-
ItutnliH can!
Dbl'you U'liler who wanted to her?
1 told her ml. man or Mr. Iliye. 1 don t
know exactly Khlch I told her
Ve. lr.
They had U n In there an :"
way and I coul not exact ly tay
Him went Hill we ipari.ii.
Vetnlr. ... ,
..1.. li wllh tier?
Yclr. aftelMr. llaye went In.
Did you golJwIth Mi;o' .,.
No,nbecaiiiilln from the back parlor
Where did yi.t Hnd her?
kd you ;rber omcer llaye. were there?
Dlii you go In'lhe front parlor with her?
Did you hear any convfrnallon when
Umt went In then' between '" " J ,",'
No, I count not nay. 1 a'"'" "'V
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me
visit, did he talk to you at all?
o sir, tin ouin 1. . , ,....
He dldn I say a word to you except to
win-re l.ou K-olt wat.r
1 hut wa all. , H.t vlnlt
Did vouona.e ticcaalon of h s Brat . v s I
there hear hlul ask Visa N:itt any .,tiitlon
ri .". ".' T' ,:; t ;,tr mat
as heard hlni sar anything.
no air. 1 w.'Bu.t.v. . - - ,...,
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tin t- i ail
II. ,.t. I.P tli.-t im ttp tt.-.-t.iw tf
til. at i i,n ii,i f-.t-niHi
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A t"t tn .' t iw Alb a Itiat ti Hit" t..
f.l.u ! I. la M.t lt lit" Itl tlt aV4 a
I Hit t.llt'tl.t'
lf
I t.-ifl In abet Wim a,-..)! '
t e ir
Did n.i-.,,-rt tlm a.viictiihliil him ak
ti atv mmI tint
iii if
Nn! i'tit uiifklliin
S.t ittt
,,ii tiiitiv. it iiittii t llii.lwiii
lt. it I ain't tiiUtiiki-ii
on kii,i nttlif r Turn Have, iton't yoti'
t r" ll
Did tutt "f t lib f Ik'twllt llayi'a tbt'tt'
nun In liml vuiiliia'
I I'ttiild mil y, li tta lu ami nut two tit
lIlM I' llllll'
1 1 liti a tit and toil yuu did ati1 Iilm
t"lt
I akeil tmi If ynil aaw Iilm hfli r tin' Hrl
thiift
V i" lt
W tin li t him In?
I .In I
W bo ai'ciiliiiaiili'd Iilm on hl wi'iuid vlM?
I i'uiiIiI mil miy In Unit
Did hiivImiIv aruiiiiiiny lilin'
ea nlr.
Wan It Hliiilllceriif Ihlni'lly?
I I'oiibl nut miy an loiluiiz
In n von In Iilm In tin .'i'('inl time, wn
llii'tr n n V liml l l-.ejll Hie Iioiim', any otliei'
Ki'lilli'meli?
I Ibliik llii'i'ii waa, lu lln luii'k tin it, I woulil
nut nay for mitt', HtIH vi, but I think Iberi)
w tit.
Wa Hhnrlir llelinetl unn of IliemV
I could nut rnty, I did mil know Mr. Ileniii'll
at tin' limey
You know him now, don I you?
Yen. but I don't ri'tiit'iniier of nee Inn Iilm
then.
toil don I remeiiilier of bin belmt In tliv
hoiiii', do you?
Mi air.
You ilii not remember that HberltT llennetl
witn I here lu company Willi ('id. HaviiKe? Inee him. He iitked inn If I knew when) the
I could not nity tlinl, I did not know hliu'oilieronn lived, mid told him that lin lived
1 lieu
Hut you do know htm now?
Ye nlr.
Do you know whetheror not the nentleniiui
whom you know a Hbnrllf llnnni't t now, wit.
nl thill house on t lint I uenilay nlnntf
No nlr, I could not miy that lu wit or not,
You don't ny aiiylblun about that?
No lr.
You don't nnv whel her he tulked to you o
tun 1
No nlr.
On tlm oci'iihIoii of llaye' aecoud vll
there, did he ank you any iiutmtlou?
rxo air,
Didn't Im ak vou whether thla man who hn
been nIioI had been at your houtt durliiK t
day?
No
lr.
Did you hear him auk that uuellon of Ml-
body?
I count not ay 1 did. 1
Could you nay you did not? I
I could not nnv I did. becauwi I wim noun
the room when they were litikliiKi 1 let tljm
In, and went In the hack parlor. j
iln never came lo you Hum on the oeeiiitm
of lilt Ni'conil vlall. 1111U unHcil you liny i
liona. din tier
No tlr.
And Olllcer Vlznrd didn't, did he?
I don't know the Kchllc man?
The factor the mailer I that nobody Ver
did, except, lb In one man from Houth tin ha?
i ll ut. In all I talked lo-llnU In a t bawer
meiitloiied anylhliiK tome. 1
A nil the iif x t. pemon lo whom yotl ttililHa,
that la that you hail nee 11 Mayor Mllll at
your liounti oil that day waa Deputy Hirllf
Thompnon? , .
yeanir. ' ,ct
have been lliree, and mllli have Inn a
moiith, 1 could not any,
Where did you meet I1I1117
Al, till. llOUHII.
Did you know him when he came the
bonne?
No air.
What time did he cothi) there?
Well. I could not any a to the time dibn
mouth or day either, II wa In llii) evei
Din tie come wnu anyuouyr
Vea, nlr,
Who wan with Iilm?
I could mil tell.
Did ymt ever nee Hie ifcnl Icmiin lliulun
With Iilm, or wan It a ludy? I
It wa a Keiitlemnn. '
iliiveyou evernt'i'ii the Kent Icnuui nliV
Not Hint I know of.
Vou did not then know Thompnon? 5
No, lr,
Wa that thn evening1 you told Iilm of ty
Yen, Nlr. I
Tint llmt eveultiK that he wa there? i
Vea, lr.
The llrnl evi'iiluK he wn thera I the n1
nltiK you told Iilm about thla?
I no nrni, tiveinua un wan merit ut. n.u
about Miller klllliiK hlmnelf, and I mild
nln can have II that way If they want it, M
I know better,"
That wa the llmt evcnlnK he wa there?
Ve tlr,
lie wa ait abnolute tranaer to you?
Ye nlr.
Vou did not know that he wat deputy .hertiyi, and dcnerllM! the didn' t v u a ? t i'l
Iff. did vou? thi a deacrliiilmi of 1 1 ., L 1 J.'.' . ? ,M. K. v.8.
No. lf.
When did you learn unit nn wa onputymto llaye? ' "
nhcrltt?
Tint niliiin evenlnu,
After you told him all this?
No. air.
Vou learned he wim deputy. nherllT before
you told him all thla?
Vim. mIp.
What reply did he make to you
and Mr. Sullivan came In and arretted him,
That wa when he wa arroaieir
nPllll J WB III'IH V " J J w "-t r.T. n
Ve. lr
WH.it out of the
Did he nliow bin Ntar?
lie may have after
he
houno, ' ,
lil, I v..., mi... I.!,,, Iiii vu nutf nttrr
..... T,v ............ ,
I ....J,.,V.
on until am'rne caiint v"
be 1 11 K
. , . .,....,
Did
hail
been ar-
Ye. lr, '
Did you talk with nrt'urtherr
Ye, nlr. .1
VViu 1111 vli.wtf lrt'eri when you In I Led
with him?
in 11, nr. ,....,... ..
How tunil wan .1 " - nrat time?
A few miiiute.
Had InilMieil orinn.1"'
Wit "he lawxlcated at all?
Ni. nip. "
1 1,., 1 i.e.imnu drlnklntl any 'I
No, ir. . . , , I
Did he tend ror any of f
Wit. ir. . In 1
' hoiiie?-
Did he ape mi any ."'-
No.tir. ....... hereV
1 lid he may an in' ,
No, lr.
I ... t In. as Ollift.
Th.111 wa iiir- , , y
it waayourd'.'-J' w1" ,,
Mlb.i
'I fuivi
'.. "'.If... . I nu vn. "I know dlffere
1 u 1 11 it 1 1" ' . .
or nil week, afu-rwardn?
plt e l.mi( there,
I,,t wa ""
Alsiiifhowlona ali't'e would you
la-fore '!?. ,.u
nlniiii ihi-r.i, maylMi a month, he ha
Ume.Ithli'Hlnhl.day iMsia.
Yuu any iiiiti. 't'" ni'""
aulcldeof Mayor miiierr
u'nJi Lu the first thing he tald
came in, Hue flrtt word.
1 coillil 1101 nny.
Wlinl wa Hie first ono you remember?
I could tint ay, I uon i reiiienuier,
wtuit 1 the direct word you ri'
now-the llmt thing?
I COII 111 HOI Jlini eniuTii n ..,..,..-
,iy un.,. ' . I.,r.irv
What mine nrniinim 7""
I could not tell you to save iii. Just now
, r..i,ii,iul,er anvtblng bunalilf
aha
Nothing, only hn waa alt Ung talking to mi
Of the laille.
1 , ,... t. know which lady It was-hii
upat
talking to at the llmt). .
In that the same place where you are llvln
ui
liowf
l'.. .Im
V
. . .
I-.'ll. 11,11
V
"1-,
alii
i::s
m u 1
ab
X
1
What liidle were In Ihe bouse al the time?
and go.some stay two or thrre Q!"' tvSVV0",8
ly a week and aoiiie slay nmy be W'ly WlUl MUIer and VlcrlinV
1, 1 could nut say what ladles be M ' un-
Thev eomo a
day, some stay
a iiiont n or it".
1
AlHiat time how many ladles were there?
waB
I .
V-
t - .t !,. .
!,.! t t ... t... ( l., , It...
M l. IK..., r, ii,,
tti .. - tm.ilitlt. ,.,,.,14 m... Ml
I ill t t " t .... .. t h. ... I
DnHk, tn t !
tt.M tttf ... it,, t,4 ta
.tij
it nil
"4 ,tti H Iht t h, 1
S.i nit
Kll .w t'-i thf 1,1(1,1 t,,.,lt l,. t,
11,(t,tft W tliefn
)
H ! Hp ni-.tit II, K,,, ih.t Bif ,t
I r.iilrt tint an t.t It. at 1,1.1,1 1
ja, t. . tn.. aluirlnv im tltt
I t.. it mrf nny
! U, .",rtl tlrt-ti t
tif Mm imti, k lii l ,l
liftliil Nut talk la Itrr iovn. tt.vt
N.t nil
Titta 1 oh did nut talk I., hit-, In her ton.
Met-
1 nit
Hl vou Wn ttrlnklet that iiUhl
Nil air
t i n nay be hadn't Itwn drinking.
i .In!." ui) il,e citHemnil.tn y.111 h.
1 Mm Mint mthl liml yuu i nn rt'iuemln r.
I Mill llllii atnilll I lie Mn jut, t ... It llil. Bi'li.
II".. in l Inn I lie M" ftllh l.l,
itil ytttt it ll ,, tlmt ton knew one
Dll"!!.'
lit
) nil.
Jiirt yi 111 lell htm almllil. tiNiiie .
Ii'.uil.l mn nay n.l.iilini iu, ,, (,,.
hif alien I n-i, 1, Im.
til Vim ll ll bin, I, u in,,,,,, nn DlcnV'
I i niilil mil nny wbal I told him.
lie 1II1I11 I an ymi
'I ciinlil nut nuv lie tll.l
Did Im tmk you If y,,u knew where he llveiD
I Nit. I dun'l lliluk I con I.I not niiyanioHiat
Mil you tell Im,) where he lived.'
I cimlil imi Nay an in Hint,
j He did mil k yuu where be II veil?
I could not miy Hint he did the liml II
Dldn I you n il Iilm what Hit mull n liunl
t'n nut)
! No nlr I mid him he wan a Kiimbler.
1 Ami Hun In an much a you told him?
' t en, nlr.
j When did you liml lull him ulu.i 1.1. ,,,.,.,
kilt
I n linked me how they liHikedi what kind
riiKikluit Ki'iitlemen I hey were; bow they
miked; and linked me If I would know them
nut linked If I knew wl .1 il.., iu,, ,. .,,1 1
told hlni Hint I did not, know where one of
It hem lived, bull would know I, In, if I u.,,,,1,1
Slant winter In MouHi Omaha to my knowledKU
in hiih ihern. 1 didn't know whether lie
lived there, now.
Did he ank you If you knew what hit name
WIIH
Ye nlr.
What did you tell him?
Dick Keillii.
No afr'" l"" t,",t,,l llr8t "'K'1'
How I011K nfler the llmt Hum ho wa there
wit It you told him It wa Dick llnrlln?
I could not ay. It may have been two or
three iiIkIiIh.
Wa It the Hiieond time he waa there?
1 e air.
i.AL"1!.3"!',1 .J"1'1 1M1 tl,lH "' "tt'iie wa
Dick llerlln?
One of them wh.
And you told him that he lived In Houth
Hmiibai1
Ve lr.
And wa a unmblcr? '
... !.'7Hli''' '. to' belonned In Houth
ItllllLllll llmt. wlttl.tM I .11.) ....a 1 .
he wa them now or not, but he wa there
IliHt wlnLer. I Im, I 1,1.., ii..,..
1 JI . 1 h.1ve y"" 4"i of Octo
ber up to thn prenent time, have you been
here (n the city nil Hid time? '
Ye air.
Have you lived anywhere ele.
No air.
A fter Hie omce'ra were there the Href, iilirht,
mid up lo the time of your talk with Thomp
Nondld you talk wltli anybody about the
III II I. H t
No air.
Did you ylnlt Houth Omaha?
it in, mini nere liilely.
Ho up to the time ymi told Thomimim had
!V,,nled Houth umuhi. um,,lm ,md
t'rui.i ll, II.... .. tt-.., ..
1 1 1 I hii 11,11 i ' u "mi nuw rilOlllpHOII un-
Mr.' Tl,,mlr.1nu,,;,,M',,' "' '""company?
Ve ma'um.
Vea air.
lln'SvHN?"1 "'""tf,"ry,,u told him who Bit
Vea nlr.
Did you on
lllj'iun" ,,,V,"IK of the day that
Kpa anyfiu",!!!';"!, 'te"
had linen then, d, ,' Z M Im , Z ,
Hl'ln't; he ank y.iu? Answer that or
mayor
come ti
Iln had
day,
no,
No nlr. not to my knowiedK,,, ,,,
NoMr"r l",,lm,t' ak you?
MiVioI! Mm.H.Mik y.".u "n tlmt occasion If
'.r mi,,:f Incomiimiy with nomeliodv
, And to that iiiem hin didn't you reply, "no
In had not .., 1 hem on tlmt ilay?" '
jto, ne iiiiiii t ank me anything of the kind
Vou didn't make that reply? U
aMiei i'!."!"'1 yo" ,f! r"JJ,v y "t Mayor
no ir. "
1 it mi ,1 hi,.', v.... 1.... 1.. . 1. .. . .
Hi 1 ..ii i I. r .1 . " .HIU,ln con versa
nti! tell htm that vou f, iiiiii ,i..-,...u.
M not know either f . , " iV iuVV I "
ir,
,U " noun 01 llll) KIIIU 10 I
41 VOU II III M't. UI. u ui.ttll. a .. , . . . I
I'.Vlif.3"",.,'""": u"11' "hid of conversation
iio iicer'j'omliuyiiNy rK,Uk'"
1. .
. Ibn't you Nay In Hie urenencn of c, i
Cllviilmilluti -v'l .-...i - ".
$ wal'r;!i:rrh1ry,","y u, Mr'
van t you say that he had not been
that day but had boon there tho
imiure in company with two
I you did not know?
men
nil,
jdn't you say to Olllcer Ifnyim that
Xesd.!vyH,t,lll,0r'"J ' U'"W0 mun
w. mr.
1 sir: I didn't.
'ri you didn't say anything of that
air.
Wl you hear Olllcer Haves there In .t.
on that. oU..r,t.,r. iii":
Hf.i. : ;. "-:'"""t "" tis
' " I Ai 1 Ml'IIT. ir tu ... 1.... 1 1 .
if MIH..P t,a,i i...
tu.r """" " ""nv.' not iieii
jw , "' ,nf th t-ourso of that day,
y!'tday, Tuesday? "
. M
tin, l'.' ""' uoyininir atxiui Mr.
anvthlinr nlmnl. M,
""I.f.fv!
Ui k-ry C """" woro
J Ml "
' Ufdu ff hoap hm ..... nnna lasonoorineonicers who were at tho
uon. tn tv. - .. : 1-.
No. . v "niwwr ttl V3 ov no-
she u,Z.KF Vvownc and didn't
acre yesterday "Y ' '
vO.Hlr: I dbln'n ...L, . ..
kl -j laiiytningonno
UlUl't v1,1 u.... 1. .
were wh, n m ha ilk, t j
1 ; dldn'tha K ft : oK
ui n i b thert,
,uJ" tarheraV rv'Tn.r;;
1 imi, riiiu.- i v s
No, sir.
1 on dldn t', ..
time In C. " i . "vt! 's?.u"n a?
.ug0of8ot.t70;n'Xtt,'01 uo,one'
UV ML HTKONU.
lam, you say,;ou novsr MUW
. .00 ueienot M(Jn lhat
wnl
him, yos, sir.
re tnat time:'' ,
ayDs?
A., f.. ....
ever seen hin. i
vauffhtta this wwa uuwl
1
you
I
W I,, tv'
"n - lt t .!
W I.. .
I a- t-,t ,. ,! ,
I .l, r t at ni-..niUtt,
I at takt tt nn t tin it In i ,. ,,, ,
lat t.rt m t
t '" t"tn t vin.kf a...t juin it,
Mt If
I fti jt t,t ri 111,1
Takw jtnir llm. I waul an n, t
rn't ii an.w.r vn;v.t,ii l.a.Binrf t
thai t'ttitltmiiei M).tr Mi lift?
Mr. TltitiniMitn,
XV l.al l Minim.
IVjmly Nh. fiff, t,i ,y knniti.sl.',.,
U ltii f tl. put t
Mr. Tlninit!n
ivprny th.-t lf? uf what r,iiuiij
I Vnl.-t" itiunt y.
W Mr. Mitiwiiil.'r ith
Nn, air.
I I it Mr. Mum a! U-r lalkutl it lib tun
Hitl' I lltlllwttit cailli' ili.W n frttin r iv
tiiitni nmttljr tin Ihla iiinit. ry
Nt, air.
Hltl Mr. lhiintatut tntit ttitl Mr,
llt I'B Ml Villi'
NS. air.
Illil yuu t'Vfr nni l Iilm U'fmv'
'ta, air.
Hut onwi
Y.a.
Vnu lulil Mr. Tlioui)twiii what Hie
niitii a nnmo wit, dlilu't ymt'
WI111I I hi'itnl lil nntiiii was.
.... 1. .1.1 1.1... . 1. . .
1 mi unn 111111 iiiiii 11 wit ilnyi'
il hi n t your
Nn, air; I ahnwi'd Iilm the timn.
Waa Hint tlm llrat tltuo ytm had ifn
hi in alitiot! tlut (h'cuhIoh vou ttwuar lie
uiM'hnrtfcd Ihu jiihUil?
Yea, sir.
What day wtw thaty
TI10 day boforo Thankajflvinif.
vvtiro yuu uiKeti tncre or tlm f.xprews
)itrK)Ho you wero tanen tliortj for the
oxpiraa puriume of swing Hayes, wero
you not.'
Yea, sir.
1 ou Hay there were two men with
Detective Hayea at the houae of Lou
LI . A - t .1 . 1 .
oeoiiontne evening tnat Miner was
round In the weoda, and that one you
recognized as Colonel Savage, didn't
you.
Yes, sir.
A .1 At.
aiiu vne oiner man you say you
u ui 11 1 Know at tnat timer
No, sir.
And that afterwards you saw hliu
and didn't know him, until you were
told what his name was; Isn't that so
1 ho one that was with Mr. Savage?
iob, arm xvir. tiayos together.
I couldn't say that I heard his name':
1 didn't ask anything about his name.
iou staieu mat uniei naves came
t,nuro w'tn a gentleman who he recog
nlzed as Colonel Savaire and another
man?
Yes, sir.
And you didn't kno'v who tha other
man was; never recognized him since,
but since then you have learned that
no was ShorllT Uonnett; isn't that word
lor woru as you stated itr
Yes, sir.
Can you tell how, never having seen
lan '0U C0Ula recof"
nizo him without him being pointed
tiayes oui once, mat you could recog'
and nuv rCooirntzi) LIih Hln.elfTv
I know Mr Hayes, I see him 'quite
often.
When did you Bee Hayes quite often?
I hava been In town for three years,
I have seen him quite often.
1 am talking about, this defendant.
1 don't mean that He vim. I m,.nn
Uofoetlvo Hayes.
Trc,in yu "r t ' 18 y
H,l"'H 0,1 B,Knt ln H"tt
dl,l"'t know arllT Dennett
would know
Onmh a, and
;n nett af turwapiluV
I could not say that I seqn Mr. Hon-
Let me auk you when Sheriff HimnoU
came there, who was-with hi my
I could not say who was with him.
When detective Haves canio. ho
came with Colonel Savage and those
three menir
Mr. Hudson was with hlrn.
inoso tnreo trentlemen nam a with
hI' tno cond time, didn't they?
th Mr.
oovage wnen no was there.
Turn back you memory; that evening
at Or?ift(tP. Tom ITat.oa ........ I..
Umt omp. Tom Hayes,
w th Ch l..f f )t,.,. .1 . fr . ..
came
in
on, Y ulZ Zuu 1?. : ' "
s, you
sat
V.h ' fnves iiay
aria umccr Tom Hayes sat down and
T.f. I K It1 WIT .1 I ..It W,..,4'J
uwui,;
ivo, sir.
nf.. .1..
t A"d dl,,,,'t,thy presently aftt'rwards
V'unge positions and each olllcer talk
to tint Other woman?
No, sir.
Didn't thev ask VOU on that, nmnubm
alaiut the man whom you rocoirnl.od bv
that Im ttnnv
that button'
No, sir; there was nothing eald about
Mm, only by tho gentleman who
noiiKrii trie Dutton.
Was there anvtblmr iimI,,,1 i,.n nl.,,t
, 1 . wA Hiywitu
ffi I? mm K tIie''6 that
No, sir.
Weren't you asked by those officers
" . M!WU ln yu'
I I . . ' ..WH viiivu 11(1311
had been there that duv, describing
!,!,".a.Ml n,:llHy ttsj.osslble, saying that
u,u .'"'" was Mayor Miner, ana vou
su H. "nn wa I bln't . n
r'"'. wulul see mem at all
'
mr ..,. U11'11 lli.t. iinul,.., .... MA-.1..U
Vj "'vvnvui U(jr . ULVllUay f
Mt I. I r.,- I.I. l.l
.,j u. umt Kiim;
II you recognlo these irentlemen
iiouse.'
Yes, sir,
the 4th laV 7 Tt" 1 .S, "V V "
Hldn't you toll him that they were
not them on Timu,l 1,,,. ..... ..
no K'f.
Nothing of that kind?
o, sir.
t.l' toll that to Detective
txavesr
No, sir.
ur .u iri . . -. . .
ttaani miss hcou asKeu in vour
presence whether those men had been
inero at ail that day, Tuesday, and she
lnyour presence answered, they had
not uoerj there on that day, but had
been on Monday?
No, sir.
Didn't you deny totally to those of
ileers when thev auestlonf il v.m. tbnt
neither Miller or tho two men with
him had been there on Tuesday:1
No, sir.
Nothing of that kind?
im, sir. )
uo you know (imoer 1 Vizard when
see him
could not say
I ' I . j' 1 '., Ve .
' I hw i ., fc j,
f V an I I!., iv. , !),,! t,,,,,
' I ' ' 1 . t thin ),,,. , s
1 ,t. n
. t J V 1.,.,.,;(
I" i ?' 11 t?
it.tr i'il, trf tt,,, y,
"' 14 ItMH
lit t lt.lt tl till .l,.t, ,V
Ni, '
.i .in.ke ttilnul." tirt itl tiattng
Mtt , in I n n.twt f, tt U m ). '.!, iil.-a...
tt.t bat htt t Dlf y.vti , tv In
I filtt a littnan irf tf.ltiiti,
hi ltf thai tlm,. ,.tv t int .n nt.Hj -
t f, tlr.
Putins lint.. M Mr. fnli.twalu.t
iniH.s, ,, n ,rti,vr ttf lh.t pitt -f
I If ma tnarthal.
I'ltln l h arntti jihi tntHni limn oi)(h
No. alrj rut! tlmt I Mni'tnln-r ttf,
Wt tv you pvrr rtvnt.., m ukett In
Ihe atatlnit whlln you wi'tv lhctv
I iniilil tint ktty a Ut liml,
Win n tlli jim first lHMtti.t attnutlnt-
tl Willi Mr. Mitttmr!.
I timid nut imy, 1 have ati-n Mm tlii'tv
and Isti. H t.f I, im hj, Mng n rtlieer of
Iht'i'lly,
When did you flral am lilio .ImH. Ilie
dalf that Mayor Miller rta f.tund In
A lamt a vttvk ago.
t tit'iv u ui you atHt Kim?
. J
lo iiiy knovrlt?dgu ,t m u, u
... 1 . 1 iiiuimmtii a tii
How did you 'c
Thompson's olliti-y
la? up at Mr.
I waa there to set
Mr. Thotiipaon.
My apiailnttnonty
1 ea, sir.
Where is his ofllcJ
t)n Fiftoi'iith and How UlLl'll .
1 .1
That is the ollico of the Dcpttutv Slier
iff of this county, Is it?
Yes, sir; to my knowledge.
You have laieti accustomed to go
there to see tho olllcers of the law,
have you?
1 have been there three or four times
to see the gentleman.
When was the Hist time vou we
there with reference to present date?
I could not say as to that, it was so
far back.
Was it over a week ago?
es, sir.
Was it before the time that M
Miller died?
No, sir.
It was wholly since then?
Yes, sir.
Will you tell tho occasion? Of meet
ing Mr. Showalter there?
1 just accldently met him there.
You are sure of that are you?
Yes, sir.
Didn't you say within a moment that
you mot him there by appointment?
rtotftir. snowaitor, Mr. Thompson.
You are sure of that?
Yes, sir.
Didn't I ask vou what was tha nc.
casion of you meeting Mi. Showalter,
anu you saia by appointment?
I meant Mr. Thompson. .
In the early part of your testimony.
you testified to a son, that would lie
about eleven years of ago, is that boy
with vnn'J '
JNO, sir.
What became of him?
He is here in town.
lav y ftry other children, and are
they living?
Ihey would certainlv be doail If thou.
were not living.
jiow uiu they dlo?
They died a natural death.
There was not anv nunni,.i,in in
gardtothat? ' v
i hardly think so, not that I know of.
lell how far it was from th
of Lou Hoott's house, 103 South Klghth
street, to whore you saw this man
Hayes standlm? on t.h fnnetb ,.f
October?
I could not say.
Isn't H as mujh
Jh as a full block?
IV o, sir
Nowhere llko it?
No, sir,
Is H mere than a block?
No, sir.
Isn't it true that right north and
northwest of tho Hiandon house, which
s next north of tho Lou Scott house,
there are weeds-it Is all covered with
high weeds, and was last October?
1 es, sir.
And those weeds are higher than a
man's head?
No, sir.
Isn't It truo that the south side of
this basin, which would bo tho north
lino, of Dodge street Is paved or level
to the grape, and a bank neat-lv a hbrb
as a man's head is up over the grade,
before it descends down in tho busln
you know tho ground there, don't you?
Isn't It truo that on Inn nf that l..,U
that the sunflowers or wild weeds of
that character were growing very
thickly? '
Yes, sir.
Very thickly?
No, not so very thickly,
Didn't you testify that above thlt
porch at Lou Scott's old house them
was a balcony?
There is a llttlo roof over this porch.
Didn't you state that there was a
balcony above?
There is a little roof over this porch.
To set on or stand on? -
No, sir,
So tho highest point of observation
h tho balcony upon the main front
11 1 Kir?
Yes, sir.
Is that where vou want uiiii,,,. ...
this time? "
Yes, sir.
What time of a day was that?
Hetwoon twelve and one.
To whom did you first ruin to ti... nit.
cumstance of hearing this shot, and
This sick girl upstairs.
You called that out loud, did you?
Yes, sir. '
Who did you tell next?
Nobody else.
When did you tell Miss Scott?
Never told her at all.
Then you sav vou Went, It. until .,,.-
conscience troubled you. if I und..rt.n,i
you?
1 es, sir.
When did your conscience p.(mii,i,.n..
to trouble you?
It bothered tno all tliVt tlm,. r.tt.i-u
feel right about it.
Was it troiiblini vou tlmt.
that tho olllcers worn nt-,aut .1,?.
. - - .- i uvii u flllj
evening the man was found?
it was not.
How soon after that wim It thot.
otiHcionoo awakened?
1 wo or three days after that mavbo
week. J
When tho olllcers wne iinunnii..
their inquiries as to Mayor Miller
catastrophe there, von hn,i
about keeping quiet had vou. althmnrh
I
n
1
you knew or claimed you knew at. t!,
, li i..