Omaha daily bee., 1885-03-16
THE MoKUNE R
Continuation of the Trial of DIR. Cross
for the Murder of DIR, McKune-
Expert Testimony.

CROSS.
GLENwooD, Iowa, March 19.-The de.
PENDANT said: 1 made lone of the threat.
against DR.. McKune as stated by Susan
Brooks, Emma Brooks, Mrs. Metcalf,
Mrs. Ballard, G. W. Robinson and Mrs
Goode.
In the forenoon of the day McKune
was killed he passed me on Pearl street
scowled and struck his shoulder against
me. The day / drove past him, when he
shook his fist at me and cureed me l said:
"You had better attend to your W bust.
ness and let me alone" Robinson Ia
Mrs. Billiards. son-in-law. DR.. Hart did
not dress my wounds after the ARRAY, but
visited me at the jail the next day and
saw my condition.
MRS. HoRToN.
Lived next door to DIR. Cross at the time
McKune was killed. Shortly before the
killing / had some conversation with
Mrs. Cross and saw Gross ard wife In
their yard with the dogs. Soon after
the doctor went out. McKune was
killed coon after 6 o'clock.
Adjourned.
! SATURDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Court convened promptly at 8 o'clock
with all the parties in their places.
Mr.. Baldwin announced the serious
Illness of Mr.. Clark, the official steno-
grapher, and by consent Mr.. Sholss Of
the circuit court was substituted.
A lengthy discussion followed on the
motion to. suppress dispositions filed by
the state yesterday. They relate to the
question of the good character of DIR.
Gross while a resident of the city of Balti.
more. The defense made a showing Of
to the powers of notaries public In Mary.
land. The objection Is that the deposi.
tions were not taken before the person tc
whom the commission was addressed.
The motion was sustained by the court.
The first witness to-day was
j. N. PALMER.
He has resided In Council Bluffs for thirty
years. He examined DIR. Cross the mex
day after McKune's death. There was q
heavy bruise back of his left year, his
nose was injured, the skin over his left
eye wa broken and there we're some
discolorations about the throat. 1 am on
DR.. Cross bond.
Mr.. Baldwin announced:
1.-THE DEFENDANT RESTS"
The state began the introduction Of
rebutting evidence by calling
J. P. FALL,
who resides at Silver City, Iowa: Heard
Frank Scsnlan testify yesterday. l had
a talk with him this morning.
RAM sCANLAN
recalled: SAW Fall at the Commercial
house this morning and had some con.
versstion with him. | did not tell him
that the reason l testified yesterday that
l could not remember my evidence be-
fore Aylesworth was because I did not
want to remember, or l was afraid /
would get caught.
j. P. FALL
l talked with Scanlan about his cross-
examination yesterday. He said he
could have remembered better if he had
wanted to. | told him his evidence did
not agree with his statements before
A~ylesworth. He said his memory of the
facts was fresher then and that he told
the truth at that time. He said the rea-
son he kept saying 81 don't remember"
was because he was afraid he would cross
himself.
Ed Morse and Webster Mains corrobo-
rated Falls evidence.
DR.. H. w. HART.
Have been a practlcing medicine for
thirty-fve years; reside in Council Bluffs;
knew Cross and McKune at the time of
the latters death; | saw Cross at the jail
the next day; [ examined him there was a
| slight abrasion of the skin on the bridge
of the nose.
The court held that DR.. Cross physical
condition as to the cuts, bruises, etc,
received In the affeay could not be shown
by the state on rebuttals; he intimated
that the state should have done this in
chief. Adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The court room is filled to OVERLOOKING
and public interest continues lnabated.
The state asked to be permitted to
introduce the evidence in chief as a part
of their original case. The defense
objected. The objection was sustained.
WIN. Taylor
was recalled for further cross -examina-
ton. l testified yesterday. / don't
know whether there was q store near cor
ner of Main street and Fipt avenue.
Don't know whether there was a barber
shop near there or not. Don't remember
being In the barber shop next day after
the killing. Do not know Gus Lofts.
don't remember telling him at the chop
that | did not see the shooting, but that
| came out of the barn afIer McKun
was dead. ! did not tell him the game
thing at the barn. / don't know any.
thing about Lofts, never had any con.
versation with him. (Lotts stood up and
Taylor swore positively that he never saw
him before.) This man never shaved
me.
GUS LOFTS.
Have lived in Council Bluffs for about
nine years. l remember the circum'
stances Of the death of McKune. / saw
Taylor at Chickentanz's barber shop the
uext day after McKune's death. / have
shaved Taylor. l had a conversation
with Taylor at the barber shop at that
time. l told him how near 1 came to
seeing the shooting. He said He was In
the stable at the time the shot was fired,
that he came out and saw the man lying
on the ground and two men Standing
near the body.
SARAH J. BALLARD.
have testified several days ago / never
made any such statements to Cross In
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