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Show EFF KSE IS HELD Testimony of Prosecution Taken and Matter Continued Con-tinued to Wednesday. SHOOTING DESCRIBED Defense Will Put on Witnesses Wit-nesses When Investigation Investiga-tion Is Resumed. Oia.io Kjiji')!'-, i-Ii;u' -I with tliu mil r-drr r-drr on .Ii.ih li'j (if A urn H. .Wl'I', in t)y Kur.t Mill rr.-.-k .li.itri.-t, nppmml b.:-I'nn' b.:-I'nn' Justice of Mi" IVjj.-o I j. It. Martin- can, .Jr., 'i--t"n!ay fun-noun in hU pr;-lirniii.'try pr;-lirniii.'try In-arin. Following tin- examination exam-ination of m-vtral vita'i lor tin- prosti-cii prosti-cii t ion tin; lica rin was taint iinicil until WwiiMv ilay morning. 'I'll 11 wit nc-.'inH at' yr stop I ay inchnlfj.l T'-'i-ris WW, son of the vh-tini of tho 1 1 a'ril v, ni'ili !ini ;i who lia-l witni'scl Hie -hoorinti :iio! !.)r. Charles X. Kay, Cunnly pliysii-ian. C. M . Mor.'k. niana!;.'- of tin' H. M. T;t if i- A ( 'o. 11 1: li ' i taking l inn at Mnr-) Mnr-) ,i;. , v.:i:i I'ir-it. i'a 1 led to the witness wl:;n! lo .-t;i:l tin .-omlitiun of the hody oi tin- Miirik'ivil man ami the char-;i char-;i . t r ol the -uiishot wonm!-;. Ir. Ray also ifstitit'il as to the nature of the woiiihIh wliirli icsnlteil in the death of Mr. Xrlf. Approach Is Described. !. h Scely of Fast Mill crook, an intimate in-timate li felon frieiui (if the iiiiir-lererl man, who was vi. it i 1 1 lt Mr. Nei'f at the time of (lie shooiiu, was the first to rl.-t ail the story uf t lif tragedy. The witness said that 'while ho and Mr. Kofi' had 1 tee n seated on tiie lawn Uapulu appeared in an opening in (ho hede, Pnd had demanded of Mr. Nei'f if he thou-ht "it tair to keep both the money and the horvie.'' In tho exn mhiat inn of the witness ii. was brought out that this had been said in reference to tho sale of a hnrse by Mr. Nei'f to the Italian. The purchase price had been $25, of wh.b'h . ,") had been paid, find in default de-fault of full pu vii lent I he horse had been taken back by Mr. Xeff. The ilefendant had then, according to the witness, muttered a throat that he would make it cost Mr. Xeff $iiOU, and after walking a few steps, had turned with the added threat. "I will do Moinethine; to you yet tonight." Ten '. minutes later, tho witness said, the Italian reappeared with a shotgun and j'rum the hoik'e had called on Mr. iNeff to 'ive him liis money. Testimony Corroborated. Mr. Neff, arising, had asked, "What is that yon have in your hands?''' and had then 'one toward the house. When Mr. Xefl reached the porch, the witness wit-ness said, Kapole fired. Alvin 10. Morris of Box FJdor county, who was also a visitor at the Neff home and a wit ness to tho tragedy, corroborated corrobo-rated the testimony of Mr. tieely in the dil fereut details. I'Vrris Xeff, son of the victim, testified testi-fied similarly in detail as to' the incidents inci-dents leading up to tho murder. He said that when Rnpole, had raised the fj;un he, tho witness, had started to enter the house. From this the defense tried to force an admission that his object' had been to secure a pin, but this was denied, the witness asserting (hat his action was the result of a confused situation sit-uation in which he did not know what to do. Ho had just stepped behind his father, the witness said, when the shots wTie fired, and the father had dropped into his arms. The prosei-ut ion will resume its ease Wednesday morning. |