Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-21
ANDERSON IDENTIFIED
Mrs. Inter Identifies Man Who
Shot Her Husband at
Burlington.
Trial Of the Case For As.
sault on Mrs Inter
Begun.
Murder Charge to Be Brought
II the Evidence is SUI.
ficient.

II
who killed her husband. The woman
still suffers from the effects Of the
wound, the bullet being in her left lung.
The trial Of the case began at 10
o'clock a. m. The large court room and
corridors of the big court house over
flowed with an unruly crowd anxious
to hear the famous murder case, and.
when word was passed around that
George Anderson would first be tried onsl
the charge of assault with intent to
commit murder there seemed to be keen
disappointment. At 10 o'clock Judge
Smyth took his chair and the sheriff
convened court. A few preliminary
matters were attended to and at 10:20l
O'clock the Anderson case was called
and jury secured within twenty min
utes. Both sides seemed entirely salts
fled with the jury.
Mrs Linter. her brother-in-law and
sister-in-l law were in the court room
and sat within a few feet of Anderson,
who sat perfectly quiet. His face was
very white and, tho he seldom moved,
when he did SO his hand could be seen
to tremble.
When Mrs. Inter was In the hospital
in this city the week after the shooting
Anderson was brought to her room and
forced to stand by her bedside. She
then said that she thought him to be
her husband S murderer, but was not
sure. This morning the sheriff placed
her in a position 50 that when Anderson
was brought from the jail he would
have 20 come up hill towards her, much
| in the same manner as he did on
Thanksgiving night. When the prisoner
came Mrs. Linter took one long look,
then covering her face With her hands
sobbed: That's the man; / am posi-.
! tive,
Mrs. Linter was called to the stand
and testified as follows:
| My name is Mrs. Flora E. Linter:
live at Cedar Rapids, Ia; my home was
there on LAST Thanksgiving; was Wis
lifting here; had been married to William
Henry l.inter about twelve years: we
arrived lin Burlington on Thanksgiving
morning; went to visit on Pine street,
this city: left the house that evening;
4 don't know what time exactly. hut in
4 time o catch the 9:l5 train; husband
4 was painter in b.. G.. r.. & N. shops.
4 we went across the bridge on Fourth
lstreet to Pine: Mr. Linter had small
had watch chain, watch and pin; l had
watch and other jewelry:: sidewalk was
very slippery; 1 asked him not to hurry
and he put his hand back and helped
me to the bridge: was putting on my
glove when we turned on Locust street
from Fourth-street: Mr.. Linter had on
an overcoat and light trousers I was
4 dressed much as am now: he carried
on1,a Il,
and saying that it was slippery. ste pped
! into the gutter; when we came to the
i big post i saw some one coming mp the
sEstreet and stepped up on sidewalk;
4 there are three small houses on Locust
near Fourth street; when we We're by
a these houses was about three feet be-
fence and felt timid; the man had on a
cap and overcoat; sized him up--that
is. l looked him over.
County attorney-Wh was that man.
Mrs. Linter pointed to George Ander-
son and replied: That man is sitting
4 there
y That man sitting there said: Hold
up your hands, Mr.. Linter raised his
grip. The man said. IN shoot saw
1.-the revolver: he shot and Mr.. Inter
y,
come to this? leaned over him and
the man shot me; fell at his feet, then,
screaming, picked up the grip and
rose to my feet and saw the man run
a down the street; walked up on a
Isporch: a woman in the house turned the
4 key in the door and went into another
sI'part of the house: came down and
went up the street: met people who took
tn. !.
Land is still In my body; was at Bur
4 ington hospital from November 90 to
4 December "a: had never seen defendant
j before; saw him next on Friday at the
hospital; he had his cap pushed back at
hospitals; his clothes and around his
shoulders looked the same; his voice /
again today; he was coming up hill;
walk was the same as on that night his
cap was down; 1t was the same man.
"A Cross examination Was coming
down Locust street: had been up there
phone pole: when first saw him. he
II (pointirg to an object ebout twenty five
4 feet away; stepped on the sidewalk
n when saw him; houses all had lights
IL lNct5 u A0SkSy IelII uSlIi Z
know whether the moon was shining or
not; night was dark, noticed that he
looked at Nj. Linter; Mr.. Iinter was a
: trife taller than ] man said Hold up
A your hands said 1t very low; was
near enough to him to put my hand on
: him, but did not when i said No you
I don't after the man had said I'll
shoot was afraid as soon as saw
the man.
In the afternoon much larger crowd
! gathered in the court room. Mrs. Linter
again took the stand. In addition she
gave the following testimony:
/ do not. know exactly how the man
: was dressed and am not sure about his
wearing an overcoat; he stood IN the
!, same place after he shot my husband
until he sho. me; fell across my nus
bands feet; the murderer ran west on
!. Locust street.
Miners strik est Nums.
Ottumwa, Feb. 2l.-ons hundred And
fifty miners in the employ OF the Chi
i cago Coal Company att Numa1 struck
yesterday because the boss weighman
locked out the check weigkrhan and for
4 the further reason that he 1Ocks3 out
j 1.-THE miners from the weigh house Ia the
interval between their arrival ct the