LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The judge in the trial of two alleged white supremacists accused of murdering an Arkansas family said yesterday he will allow limited testimony from three Ohio prisoners who say a prosecution witness told them he gave false information to investigators.

U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Eisele said he would allow testimony from prisoners James Harrison, Deono Giergedis and Robert Taylor about certain comments Cheyne Kehoe made to them while they were all at the Warren Correctional Institution in Lebanon, Ohio.

Kehoe is the brother of Chevie Kehoe of Colville, Wash., who is on trial on racketeering, conspiracy and murder charges, along with Danny Lee of Yukon, Okla.

The judge said he would allow limited testimony from the three prisoners today, after which the defense is expected to rest. The judge scheduled Wednesday as a day off in the two-month-old trial and set closing arguments for Thursday. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

Cheyne Kehoe, an unindicted co-conspirator in the indictment, has testified for the prosecution that his brother and Lee killed Tilly gun dealer William Mueller, Mueller's wife, Nancy, and her 8-year-old daughter, Sarah Powell, in January 1996.

The prosecution alleges Chevie Kehoe and Lee conspired to overthrow the federal government and set up a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest, resorting to robberies, the bombing of the Spokane City Hall in Washington, and murders to carry out their plan.

The Kehoe brothers engaged in a shootout with Wilmington, Ohio police in 1997 that was captured on a police video camera and broadcast nationally. Cheyne Kehoe was convicted in Ohio and sentenced to prison, where he allegedly met the trio. Chevie Kehoe pleaded guilty and is to be sentenced after his trial in Arkansas.

Yesterday, Eisele heard testimony from the three Ohio prisoners out of the earshot of jurors. Mark Hampton, a lawyer for Chevie Kehoe, said he only recently learned about what the three prisoners had to say about Cheyne Kehoe and noted that the defense did not get to ask Cheyne Kehoe about some of the details related by the prisoners.

Harrison said Cheyne Kehoe told him of committing crimes he blamed on his brother, and said he gave investigators information implicating Chevie Kehoe.

Giergedis said Cheyne Kehoe told him he participated in the murders of the Mueller family, putting bags over their heads, but told federal investigators a different story.

''He (Cheyne) said he was going to get his brother. He thought his brother was having a relationship with his wife,'' Giergedis said.

Taylor said, ''He (Cheyne) told me he wanted to get even with his brother. That the murders of the little girl, the mother and father - he (Cheyne) put the bags over their heads. He said his brother was trying to have sex with his (Cheyne's) wife. He was going to get even with him. He was going to do whatever he had to do to make sure his brother got convicted for the murders.''

Taylor said Cheyne Kehoe said he was deceiving investigators to get a reduced sentence and get into a witness-protection program.