Show BENBROOCS 1JiULL N stORY I He Describes with Dramatic Force the fearf ul Struggle that Ended in the Death of MorrisWitnesses Iiorris Testify to His Reputation for PeaceThe Marks on His Neck John H Benbrook who Is on trial t i in i 4t the criminal court charged with murdering mur-dering Burton C Morris yesterday told his story of the struggle which took place In room 1 of the Merchants cafe on the evening of July 17th last and uhlrh resulted In the death o Morris and the story of the only man who Knows how Morris died was thus madc public for the first lime Uenbrooks story was dramatic and realistic In the extreme and the narration oC It held the hearers as IC spellbound Ills I voice which had been very low until he i cached that part of his story dealing directly with the light Jtself rose and became tense as he leaned slightly forward for-ward ana told his version of tnc uaule to the death In the little room HIS DRAMATIC RECITAL At times Benbrook would almost rise to his lCd as he clenched his hanus and showed how ho and Morns had grappled 1 grap-pled and swayed back and forth aDout Hie room falling and rising still locked lp J Jlercc embrace lighting for the possession pos-session Ot the weapon WhiCh was spit ilng vicious bursts of fame between their homes until at last Morris lay prone and Henurook stooping over tne body and still lighting felt tho pistol wrenched from his hand and saw an olhccr standing over him Often Ben brook would halt and the calm voice of Judge Powers would be heard telling the witness to continue Benbrooksi story littered In several details from the testimony of Loda Slromberg and Steve Kfcne hut agreed wdl with the opening statement of the defense Bcnbrook was dressed in the brown business suit he has worn ever since the trial began On talcing the stand he sat calmly surveying the crowd for a time while waiting for his examination examina-tion to begin but as the questioning proceeded he grew more excited and kept shifting about with his hands moving restlessly He made a very good witness on the whole and told his story most effectively The defense Is confident that his testimony will not suffer materially in crossexamination The Morris parly was Increased by the presence of Spencer Clawson in the forenoon and during the afternoon Mrs N V Jones an aunt of the deceased I was present wJlh her husband While Benbrook was on the stand the brother and two sisters of the deceased seldom removed their eyes from the witness and when court adjourned after Ben brook had been telling of the exciting incidents S which resulted In Morriss k death both the sisters shed tears while the other interested parties were scarcely less affected ROGERS STATES DEFENSE The day was one of great Interest 1 aside from the placing of the defendant on the Bland and the usual large and curious crowd was In attendance The prosecution rested at 11 clock and Col Rogers who acquired the title at the hands of a colleague yesterday occupied occu-pied half an hour in an able presentation I presenta-tion of the case of the defense Men I I who had been In the army with lolls and different citizens and ofilclaly were nnr nc then called to testify to Morrlsn physl cay strength and Benbrooks previous reputation for peace and quietness Bcnbrook was the last witness called yesterday and was still on the stand under direct examination when court adjourned Interest was also given lo the afternoon by the calling of Mrs Bcnbrook wife of the defendant andS and-S the recalling of Miss Stromberg who removed her veil voluntarily this time and at the conclusion of her testimony V volunteered an explanation of a statement state-ment made on Saturday END IS IN SIGHT I V The direct examination of Bcnbrook V will be finished soon after court meets I this morning but he will probably be under a severe crossexamination the greater part of today The defense has V hut little mere direct testimony to offer V and may conclude tonight There will be some testimony In rebuttal introduced V intro-duced by the prosecution and In all likelihood some testimony in surrebut V lal by the defense Argument will probably prob-ably begin on Thursday and the case may reach the jury on Saturday brooks appearance Mr Brown then questioned the witness further on the point asking him If I It were not just his conclusion that Benbmok was uignt crIed and witness said from his pnn i ner and the in Jr way which he spoke he thought BiMihrook was frightened Witness Wit-ness testified further that the defend ant did not appear angry at the time but excited and frightened Witness was asked why he had told Burton Mor i rls that he would get killed If he went Into room J 1 If Bcnbrook was not angry WeIl I and hu said that L In knew Renbrook had a gun and thought he would protect I i woul himself I 1 I 1 I Mr Keene was then asked with reference I refer-ence to his having made a statement of the case to Mr Rogers If he did not make ono on the night of the tragedy 1 r 4 r i Q f I V i j lf I h y I y t c1 C5mcler If jf I A 5teye I Kee e i I l I t f L I tgr vi B I l = e J I A I i I I I LV Geo DWer and employ Mr Rogers as his Ken c s attorney He denied that ho had that night or at any other time employed I Air Rogers to defend him In the case Witness el was asked if he had contributed contrib-uted anything to the defense of the defendant de-fendant and replied Not one cent Tudgo Powers then asked Keene if he did not know I that Powers Struuu LIppman were attorneys for Benbrook and that am it Rogers were not employed em-ployed until the day prior to the preliminary pre-liminary hearing but witness replied about It that ho did not know anything |