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Show i;oiis; TSIAL IS DULL; STORY OF KlUiae REPEATED Slayer Was StmcK With Umbrella; Christensen Testifies.- Mot nodi progre. wag made In the Marti mnxder trial before Judge T. 0. Loofbonrow'i division of the third district court this' morning. Most of tho time wee contained In the erose examination of rred Howard, firemen, fire-men, who panned MorrU down SUte etreet In the flight to escape after the holdup of the Uncle Sam loan office, oren X. Chrlatenaen, an eye witneef to the shooting of Aztell. told practically practi-cally the eame ftory of the tragedy ae did John Held laet Saturday. Morria' interest seems to become more intense aa the trial progresses and when his uttorney are consulting with each other he listens carefully to every word. While he take aot practically all of the time in the court fnom he mairitainn a calm attitude. . F red .Howard, who pn Saturday aft ernoaa testified to bavins pursued Mor-ri Mor-ri dowa State street and of hia -hoot-in two ihota at a point near the Empire Em-pire tbeatra, was recalled by the d-fense d-fense for eroaa eaaminatlog woes the trial was resumed. - Attorney ioren X. Chnitensea, who waa oa tha aceae whe the trageJU occurred, oc-curred, testified that ha aaw Morrw ran across Second South street from t-omtaercial street, gtrnck With UmbraUa. Mr. Chriitensen aaid that aa Morris ran toward Hold's stora soma one appeared ap-peared to hit him on tha head with aa umbrella, which caused him to turn hia course directly south on the ei de-walk. de-walk. Mr. Aitell then attempted to apprehend Morria, according to Mr. Chrieteosea 'a testimony-; when Morris turned around aad shot him. V pn cross examination Mr. Ohnstea-sen Ohnstea-sen told how Murray was captured by Patrolman McCormaek hnd ho apma ana ahoated: "There's a ne other one; catch him." Ha than . reiterated tha atory of AxtePI 'a death. Mr. Christensen waa on tha stand when-court adjourned this noon. Tall How Shop Waa Bobbod. During tha afternoon session Saturday. AdolphL. White of tha Uncle Ham Loeo office described the manner In which the , robbery of the loan office waa committed " hv Morria aud Murray. He aaid that V Murray held the men In tha stora under tbe rauaale of his revolver and Morris raided the diamond jewelry and demanded demand-ed tha money in tha cash drawer and the safe. Both men backed out of the front door. Mr. White told how he followed the men out of tha store and pursued them down Commercial street to Orpheum avenue, theivoa south In State etreet to Second South atr.au He heard a ahot hut did wot-aee It. rr. A. W. Hanson, county physician, tmlfled ae to the ooura. of the bulM that killed Axtall. and th. character of Injury lnf!letd. Th. bullet that eaoasd AxteU's death waa Introduced aa evidence. Ivl C. Aatell. father of Walter Ax-tell, Ax-tell, testified that hia son waa In no4 health when ha left hoe on the afternoon after-noon he waa ahot. Oeorge Friedman, a bookhep.r In th. TJncle Ham Loan office. toM a graphic story of to. holdup, corroborating the story tola) by Whit.. He eald that Morris Mor-ris took about 170 In cash. He said that he had called th. police station by telephone tele-phone tmaesdlaUly after Morria left the store. Kred Howard, a fireman, toM bow he followed- Morris dowa th. street whsn Morris waa attnplln to aacaps from th. pawnshop. Howard aaid that Morria fired toward th. crowd that waa following Mm. twice In State atraat. and hia actions Indicated that be waa reloading his gun. Howard told of the ehootlaa of Axt.ll. " Mllae i. Brier told of the character " of the wound In Axt.ll'e body. |