Show mm STRANGE E STORY TOLD ON STAND Defense Produces a Witness in Davis Murder Trial Which Causes a Sensation I STATE TAKEN BY SURPRISE DIRECT CONTRADICTION OF TES TESTIMONY TESTIMONY TESTIMONY FOR PROSECUTION Omaha Neb Web Dec 7 The Thc defense had bad an Inning this afternoon In the trial of Charles E Davis Dals being tried for the murder of Dr Frederick Tins This Rustin tin and created a sensation by pro producing producing producing a witness in the person of Mrs Emily Allen AlIen who testified to having seen Mrs Abbie Rice Rico on the street down town about 4 in the morn morning mornIng morning ing buying a paper a time at which according to several witnesses for the prosecution she was isas at the public house of Clara Gleason Mrs Allen AlIen told a remarkable story and went Into the minutest details to show that she was able to fix the time of each event which brought her into contact on tact with Mrs Rice Had Returned From Lincoln I had been to Lincoln Mrs Allen Alien said and got back on a Rock Island train Just before 3 i I took a cab cabon cabon cabon on arriving and started for home In Intending Intending Intending tending to stop at the dressmaking par parlors parlors lors of or Mrs Lovett at Fifteenth and Harney The cabman who drove droe me meto meto meto to Mrs Lovetts did not wait walt for me and I was therefore compelled to walk home bome a distance of or ten ton blocks I started at approximately 4 and when I reached a point near Sixteenth and Farnam streets met Mrs Rice i who had stopped two newsboys n to buy buya i a paper I watched her for some time as she walked down Farnam street and stopped under an electric light tight and eagerly scanned the paper I had seen her many man times with Dr Rustin and always supposed she was his wife Thought She Was Mrs Rustin I went directly J home and did not get getup getup getup up until 11 I heard newsboys calling Extra All AU about Dr Rus This tins Uns suicide and said to a neighbor I 1 saw Mrs Rustin down town when I came up the street and she was al almost almost almost most frantic It was as Mrs Irs Rice I saw but I pro pre presumed she was wife until I learned differently later All Alt the way through the prosecution has introduced witnesses to show that Mrs Irs Rice Rica that night got on a car at Fortieth and Farnam streets at 1130 and went directly to her room at Clara Gleasons where she re remained remained remained until the next day Mrs Al Allens Allens Allens lens evidence was no less a surprise to Mr English than to others who have hae listened to the testimony presented by the prosecution Cross Examination On Mr Ir English showed that some person verson who Mrs Allen believed wished to keep her tes testimony out of nf the case called her on the telephone and saUdi said You Sou are a great big hag bag of hot air and you bet better better better ter keep your nose out of this case Mrs Irs Allen Atlen declared she had never met the attorneys for the defense un until until until til two hours before she was called to give her testimony and had only been persuaded to tell teU what she knew by her son who said she ought to give her evidence Dr Matthews saw and talked to a aman aman aman man on Farnam street similar in ap appearance appearance to the man witnesses for the state described as Davis and said he lie was close enough to the man who was waS intoxicated to say say it was not Davis at all aU aUThe The case was as adjourned early as the state was not prepared to present Its rebuttal |