| Show NEAR NG ENO Of TL Only a Few More Witnesses in Murder Case JUROR SHORTEN TAKEN SICK The Proceedings Yesterday In tho Trial of Lynch and King Wore Curtailed Cur-tailed Messenger Wittenberg Sticks to His Identification of King Under Severe CrossExnml nation Police V Officers Testify Tho Defense Has Few Witnesses Probably Reach Jury Wednesday iI I i i Owing to the Indisposition of John n Shorten one df the jurors in the murder mur-der case against James Lynch and I Robert L King the proceedings at the trial yesterday were curtailed In the forenoon Mr Shorten was taken with I chills and court adjourned threequar ters of an hour earlier than usual for luncheon In the afternoon the oiling Juror had not recovered and after sitting sit-ting till 3 oclock court adjourned until Monday morning when the trial will be resumed The prosecution expects to rest its case by noon on Monday Attorney I At-torney Wanle counsel l for the de lendants said he had not a great deal of testimony to offer and thought that he could get through with the defense In not much much over half a day The I case will therefore probably much the I jury on Wednesday afternoon Tuesday I Tues-day being election day Judge Booth intimated in-timated he would not hold court on I that day VV I WITTENBERG STUCK TO STORY The pioceedings opened yesterday J morning with the further ciossexaml I i I nation of the messenger boy William Wittenberg who idcntlllcd King us one of the men who ran down the alleyway I alley-way from the Sheep Ranch and entered en-tered Rellleys saloon after the shoot ing TL witness was handled rather severely by Mr Wanless but stuck substantially lo his original story the only point on which he was confused I I was as to the kind of hat King wore a light Fedora or a black broad brimmed hat DUDLEXT FOUND HANDKERCHIEF V HANDKER-CHIEF I Walter Dudlext examined by V Mr Putnam said he went to Relllcys sa loon after the mooting He noticed a blue handkerchief with white spots i hanging on the chandelier he removed I It and gave it to the police Shown a handkerchief he identified it as the one I he took from the saloon The handkerchief I handker-chief is one of those which It Is alleged King bought a few hours before the shooting and which he had on Jiis face I t when he entered the gamblinghouse and which It Is said he left In the sa loon Sergt Burbldge testified that he arrested ar-rested Lynch and took him to the po lice station about half an hour after the shooting V I KNEW KING AS MARTELL Detective Sheets testified to finding two revolvers on the window sill outside out-side in the alley In the rear of Rcllleys saloon Those arc the guns which It Is claimed King and the third man had but got rid of when they ran awry from the gumbllnghouse Witness said he knew the defendant King two or three weeks before the shooting under the name of Bob Martell Witness then testified to finding In Kings room In the Walker house the piece of brown paper In which the clerk Meyer said he wrapped the valise and the handkerchiefs bought by King Court adjourned till Monday at 10 oclock |
