The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-03-31
COLLEGE, CoyaI
CONvE:uE:S
Judge Pojtevin Calls Case Of
College VS. McCullo.
After Very Hard Legal Fight
the Prisoner is Found
Guilty as Charged.

uullty as charged.
Friday afternoon at 4:20 Judge Poit
evin called the case of The College vs.
McCullo up for trial
McCullo was arrested, charged with
the theft of the A, L. A. programme
from that societY's bulletin board and |
held for trial until the case was called !
at 1920
Attorneys Newcom and Gotter we're
attorneys while Attorneys
joyce saa Romans were etaluad for
the dc fease. Ihe work OF Bl1Eiag Il /
iurv Gegln at once and 81, asnow 5imej
d iugY Gf s5X was sworn IN, the iag0ra |
beng Iartgan. Kraft Hanna Wes., |
Essex. and Pasco.
At 4;4G Sheriff Maynard brought in |
the prisoner, Who appeared calm and
confident and Immediately took his seat
between his eounseiors.
The case was stated 10 the jury by
the college attorney and attorney for
the defense very briefly relying on the
stories OF their witnesses to bring out
the story q testimony. The prosecuC
ing attorney SAID SHAT on the morning
of March jG5h, al abouC 8.l5 q. m. said
defendant McCullo did most malicious
IL and feloniously with malice afore-
thought take. taer and destroy the A.
L. A. programme from the said,A. L. A.
bulletin board which is hung in the
main corridor of the college building,
that witnesses would show that he had
threatened to do said deed, and that he
did said deed sneakingly and in Grim
inal manner.
The defense merely stated that they
would disprove the statements of the
prosecuting attorneys by proving an
alibi. The first witness called was Mr.
Clause who stated that he and Miss
Newcom were in the study room which
is directly across the hall from the
said bulletin board. and that he saw
Mr.. McCullo slip into the hall from the
Library. open the bulletin board and
tearing the programme therefrom. run
down the stairs leading to the first floor
He also stated that he had over heard
Mr.. McCullo make threats toward the
A. T.. A. society and that something
would soon be done bv him.
| The defense tried,to confuse the wit.
ness nv sharn cross.examination hut
i
Miss Newcom testified TO the same
facts that Mr.. Clause had.
1 The first witness broupht nv the de.
| Tense was Mr., Houlihan who stated
that on the morning of March 26th he
and Mr. McCnllo left the college a+
Q. 20 to on 70 tho nostofice that short
ly after leaving tthe college Mr.. NC.
| Cullo waited for Miss Johnson who was
| q short distance behind and going in
the same direction and that Mr.. Nc.
Cullo walked to the postoffice with Miss
johnson where thew were afterward
seen by Mr.. Houliban: were also seen
! by him going toward the PEOPLES store
and little later in Solomon, y furniture
store. It was then 1918. Mr. Sim
norman was also brought by the de
| tense to state that between $50 and
9:45 he had seen Mr.. Houlihan and Mr..
McCullo and Miss johnson WALKING
toward the business part of the town,
i Mr.. johnson was called to the stand
to prove that Mr.. Neu who had testi
fed that he had seen the programme
duly posted in the bulletin board, was
in Kiron at the time he had said that he
was at the college. The prosecution
: succeeded in confusing the witness
somewhat but not to any damaging ex
tent.