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had looked for a weapon when he went
to the Oeirichs house. He said he had
made no special search on either oc-
caslon. He did not tell Mrs Oelrichs
not to send the revolver to the District
Attorneys office. Lieutenant Daley said
the money he saw was all in one trunk
and aggregated over $500. 1t was most
ly in brand new bills
II might say. said Lieutenant Daley,
that the reason moro thorough
search was not made is that it would
have taken several days. The house
was full of rubbish of all sorts from
top to bottom
"A sort Of junk shop?'' Suggested Mr..
Lipscomb.
Daley said there were no scratches on
W eedOns person when he was exam
ined at the stationhouse, except one.
which appeared to have been there
several days.
Tracing the Revolver.
Miss Sarah Rosenthal, daughter of
Solomon Rosenthal, from whose store
the pistol is supposed to have been pur-
chased by Weldon, testified that she
kept books for her father. She indenti-
fed the books containing an entry show
ing that a revelover had been sold on
December =
Solomon Rosenthal followed his daugh-
ter on the stand. He said he kept a
store at SOS D Street northwest, and
sold mems furnishings, and other things.
He sold revolvers and cartridges, and
hald sold an American Bulldog revolver
on December Z, as his books showed. He
did not remember selling a box Of car
tridEes. He could not identify anyone
the revolver. He did not remember the
man who bought II. Rosenthal became
a little confused at times.
He Identified Weldon.
Samuel Solomon. who next took the
stand. testified that he was IN Rosen-
thars employ, and did general work
about the store He identified Weldon
as man he had seen go into Rosen-
thaTs store. He had gone to Jail, and
pointed out the same man there. Mr..
Mitchell. cross-examining Solomon, at
tempted to show that witness did not
recall the dates Of the murder, and OF
his seeing defendant go into tie store.
Solomon was vague in his answers, but
said he thought Weldon had gone TO
the store about a week before the death
of Mrs Beall-
Mr.. MuIlowny asked Solomon if his
business was not to stand outside the
store.
you are a barker are you not?' the
Assistant District Attorney asked.
yes" said the witness with a smile,
81 pull EN- in"
a puller in, suggested Mr. Lips
comb.
| Solomon. as he left the stand. The
! laughter in the courtroom had TO be
! silenced by the gavel.
Saw Weldon Enter.
One Of the Governments star wit
| nesses, Fredonia Miles. an elderly ne
/ gro woman, followed the Rosenthals on
| the stand Fredonia lived in Wylies
| Court. back Of 1874 II Street at the time
OF the murder She had known Mrs.
/ OeIrichs for some time. She remembered
/ the morning Of the murder She was
| upstairs ironing when she saw a man
come to the back gate of the Oelrichs
| house He reached his hand over the
/ fence and tried TO open the gate. This
/ gate was tight, and witness. looking out
| Of her window, started TO call 10 the
/ man that everyone was out Finally he
/ got the gate open and went IN
| When did you next see this man ?"
! asked Mr. Mullowny.
| L saw him at the stauonhouse IN
/ Lieutenant Daley's room
/ when did you see him after thatE
u seen him at de mortgage" tmor-
/ gue) the witness replied
Identified the Man
! Asked If she could see the man IN the
court room, the witness stood up in the
/ box and pointed at Weldon
Thar he sets That man with The
striped necktie on FredOnia said. posi-
| lively.
| The time she saw Weldon enter the
/ Oelrichs gate was some minutes befo'
/ ten" witness said
Later. she saw the little girls come
! and bang on the gate Witness leaned
! out OF the window and tod them their
/ aunt and uncle were out
Describes His Clothes.
I
stand after the noon recess. She said, in
answer to questions from Mr.. Lips
I comb, that the man she saw so into
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