The evening times., 1899-12-13
GEARING qHB TESTIMONY
violence Introduced by the Gov
ernment in the Funk Case.
The Prosecution Gives an Outline of
What II Will Attempt to Prove
Regarding the Murder Of William
IL. BroOks-The Defence Reserves
Its Statement for the Present.

At no time since the commencement of
his trial for the murder of William H.
Brooks, has Frank w. Funk, who is
charged with the crime, exhibited such a
supreme contempt and indifference for
what is going on about him. as he did this
morning when Assistant District Attorney
Taylor was making a statement of the
Governments case to the jury. During Mr..
Taylor's recital of the circumstances con-
nected with the commission Of the crime,
Funk sat and listened with a smile upon
his face.
Mr.. Taylor stated that the Government
would endeavor to prove that the defend
ant charged with the murder Of William
II. Brooks. at his home, 914 Twenty
ond Street. on June 30 1898; that at 80
D. M. on the day the crime was commit
ted all was well at the Brooks home; that
the two daughters were absent, there be-
ing no one at the house except the muir
dered man and his wife, Martha Brooks
Mr. Tavlor then gave a brief history OF
the manner in which the crime was dis
covered. He told of the bodies of Mr.. and
Mrs. Brooks having been found in small
back room of the Brooks home at p. m.
by Mr. Larson. 1t will also be shown,
Tue DislIlCt aliuiHts Sdiu, Ahat -hi D
Brooks had in her possession large
amount of money, and that the defendant
was aware of this fact.
Ii will also be shown in evidence. il is
claimed, that on the day Of the murder
the defendant was at the Brooks house
more than once: that about the time the
crime is supposed TO have taken place that
Funk ate his supper at his boarding house,
in a great hurry and Immediately left and
AL ,lc
Mr. Taylor stated that Funk acknowledged
after his arrest that when he left his
boarding house on the afternoon of the
murder he went directly in the direction
of the Brooks home.
Reference was made TO the suit of clothes
stained with blood which Funk is said TO
have left At downtown hotel on the even
ing of the murder. Ii will also be shown.
it is claimed by the Government, that Mrs.
Brooks was robbed of between $l,S0O and
S2, 600, and that the next day upon his ar
rival at New York, Funk deposited large
amount in a bank.
At the conclusion of the statement of the
Governments case, Mr. Baker. the leading
counsel for the defence, announced that he
would reserve his right for making state
ment until later during the proceedings.
The taking Of testimony then commenced
and Henry W. Brewer was the first wit
ness called on behalf OF the Government.
The witness introduced plan of the scene
Of the murder made by him. The drawing
showed the relative distances and measure
ments oil the different slrts of the house in
which, the murder was committed The
next witness was Henry 4. Wise, a pho
tographer. who made pictures of the house.
Deputy Coroner Glazebrook, who made
the autopsy on the body of the murdered
man, was next called. He testified as to
the wound found on the body of Brooks.
He stated that there were seven distinct
cuts each of which caused fracture OF
the skull. found on The head of the muir
dered man.