Show JQ 2 61BLS ON THE STAND Nana Witbeck and Mrs Dan iels in Benbrook Case ALBERT MORRIS ALSO CALLED S Examination of Young Robert I Doolan Occupies Forenoon Session a and Ho Becomes Slightly Mixed p Neither of the Four Witnesses However Threw Mich New Light on the Tragedy Leda Stromberg will Probably be Called by tho Prosecution r When 10 oclock sounded from the tower of the cItY and county building I yesterday all the court machinery nfc continue the trial of John II cessary to contnue ccssr Benbrook for tho murder of Burton C S Morris was in readings There was a heavy decrease in the at I the morning session The I trndance al mllnlng ventilated courtroom was thoroughly vcntlated exisience illiln Us walls was so thai e lstnce Is wals much more pleasant than on any day since the Impaneling of the Jury began There was little If any change In they the-y complexion of tho audience within the bar The same people relatives and friends of bolh defendant and deceased were in their accustomed places and j nil evidencing greater interest as the i I days go by than they did on the opening I days In the afternoon the room allotted to ppectators WaG packed 1 to 8uuocatlon and among the faces seen were some which have not been absent for an hour while the case has been In progress extremely obstreperous Baby Benbrook was extrcrcly streperous yesterday and grew so vociferous vo-ciferous on several occasions that the nurse felt constrained to lake him out In the hal for analrlng BENBROOK WORRIES THEM There Is one thins that is worrying he men and women in the audience pho have not yet caught any better lew of Benbrook than the back of his bead or a brief glimpse of his profile a I has turned to say u few words to nls prattling child That Is i the rapid jlsappeatance of the defendant soon fter the Jury filen out of the room fudge lilies has made 1 a rule that all nust remain seated until the Jurors nave disappeared The twelve good men and true having vanished than those who desire to gaze upon Benbrook make a rush for the elevator They wait for a time at this polnl hut Ben brook does not appear Then they slowly descend the stairs to find a carriage car-riage at the weft entrance Another S wait ensues Mrs Benbrook and some of her friends may perhaps be seen to cnlev the vehicle But still no Ben brook A further wait and the crowds saunter up lown unsatisfied At the lime this last proceeding Is going on Penbiuok cleanly shaved fashionably dressed and with an erect carriage majv be wen In company with 1 Sheriff IIowclls un Second South street anyvhere between Second East streetS S and the county Jail on his way to the S building hlch huu been his home for many months The gum habit is Increasing among those who arc In attendance on court Judge Powers IH the latest victim to the contagion and while Arthur Brown clings valiantly to his toothpick he has shown Kigivj of discarding It for a succulent suc-culent wad of luttlfrulli DOOLAN SIIIKD AT FIGURES The examination of young Robert Doolan occupied all the morning session ses-sion and a portion of the afternoon Ills a testimony In u general way did not r dllfer very materially from that given on tho preliminary hearing but when It camp to dates and distances and other details he became almost hopelessly entangled en-tangled Judge PlWir read a Herald Interview hud with him in which he 5 was made to IlflV that Il saw Bnbrook on his knees astride the body of Burton C Morris beating him on the head with S a pistol This he alleged wain not t rileS rile-S ami said that his story musl have been L changed after the newspaper man hod tnlkcd ulthhlm What h did tntkCll wlthhln say was that he saw Benbrook astride of Morris but he was standing erecl partially s and in such a position thai II would have boon Impossible for him to have hit a man lying on the floor with a gun An amusing Incident occurred when Judge Powers got the lad mixed on dales thc later replying In answer to n request that he explain away some discrepancies by Haying that Judge Powers had suggested figures and ho said yen Doolan shied every time distances angles tiuu or flgun of any kind woro thrust al him and refused In be exact exc pl In one cashii knew it asS as-S twentyseven minutes of 8 when he I went up the stairs ALBERT MOICR1S APPEARS S Tho afternoon proceedings wero attended I at-tended with u good deal of Interest from the fact that Albert C Morris S cousin of the deceased Nnna Wltbeck and Emma Mathlesen all notable witnesses wit-nesses and closely connected with the tragedy were examined The result however was t little dlitappulntlng to those who expected much new light to be thrown on Iho circUmstances of the shooting I I The prosecution did not Intend call Ing Morris at all and would not have done so hut for the order of Judge lilies that all eyewitnesses > or those near nt hind at the time of the killing must be examined Vhtn MorrlH was called he was not it hand and Senator Brown suggested that a bench warrant bo Issued I for him He however soon appeared and took the stand His affected npplrec fected manner and attitudinizing af orded > much amusement Ills testi mUll CrdCd WRH substantially the wime us at lll projlmlnary hearing He did not see any of the phots llrod but when ho rushed Into the room Benbrook and the deceased were struggling The deceased de-ceased fell down and Benbrook struck him twice with Limo revolver after he fell Ho ran down stairs to telephone to somebody and did not hear any ono 5 cry for police either after or before the shooting WERE RATHER FLIPPANT Nana Wltbeck and Mrs Daniels formerly for-merly Emma Mathlescn gave their testimony in a rather flippant manner man-ner but neither she much additional light on tim tragedy Neither uw the shooting or the struggle MIA Wit beck didnt her any one call for the police MM Daniel heard sume one call for police but didnt know whether It was Benbrook or not She saId she want acquainted with Bwnbrook and didnt know his voice She heard some fehots Ural l but couldnt esr how many 5 1 Replying to l < iuo Uon by Mr Brown i she was Intoxicated Miss Itbesk denied that the wal toxicated at the time of the shooting She IM Daniels and some other were dining In 1 room near the one where S the shooting took place Neither side Inquire of the ladles who their companions com-panions war L13DA TESTIFIES TJODAY Loda Slromberg It Ii 1 txpofcled will be called when curt convene this P9JnlnS and her examination will I probably day occupy the greater part of the I |