The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-14
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PROVE WEBERG
DRUNK
DR.. Lindberg Was the Star
Witness For the State Wed
nesday Afternoon.
HE HAD BEEN DRINKING
Witness Today Said Defendant
Was Addicted to the Use
of Liquor.
HE HAD BEEN DRINKING

Of Liquor.
In an endeavor 10 prove that Otto
Weberg, the slayer of Anna Engals-
rud was addicted to the liquor habit
to a great extent, the state placed
two witnesses on the stand this morn
ing. One of these. Ed Carlson a car
penter, was on the stand the larger
part of the morning. He testified that
Weberg had been drinking consider
able for the last ten months. He was
under cross examination for long
time, and the court room was in
laughter the larger part Of the time
as a result of questions asked of the
witness. Carlson was with Weberg
at the time of the exploding bottle
incident.
Wednesdays Proceedings.
At the opening of the morning ses-
sion, attorney for the defendant, E. r.
Sinkler moved the court for an adj
journment until the following morning
in order that he might be able to pro-
duce DR.. Engstad of Grand Forks be-
fore the jury as an expert. The motion
of the counsel was denied and because
the counsel would not take the re-
sponsibility of resting his case, the
court placed the case in the hands of
the state to produce their testimony
in rebuttal.
Were After Him.
The first witness sworn was G..
Barsness. The testimony sought to be
ELECTED from this witness was con-
corning the happenings in the o. K.
Restaurant, the place where the cap
ture of the defendant was effected. He
testified that he had just completed his
supper when the defendant came into
the kitchen of the restaurant and said
to Mrs. Edwards, the proprietoress of
the place, "Close up the place, they are
after me; have killed Anna" That
after this remark the defendant came
to the door of the dining room, looked
around the room and went to the back
door leading to the outside opening
and shutting it the witness thought
that he had gone out; later the search
ing party arrived and spent some time
in the kitchen of the restaurant;
finally one of the searching parties,
Mr.. Voter, CHANGED to place his hand
on some quilts lying on top of a
lounge in the kitchen and felt the leg
of person. That, Immediately there
after, witness saw the upper part Of
the quilt move and the face of the de-
PENDANT appeared. The boys of the
party rushed in and grabbed defendant
who, at that time stated II am here;
take me out and hang me or burn me,
or do anything you want to with me-"
He was then searched and turned over
to the marshal Of the village.
Only Saw Eye.
On cross-examination, Mr.. Sinklar
succeeded in getting the witness to
swear that at the time that the quilt
was raised the only. portion of the de-
PENDANTS person visible was the right
eye; that the appearance of the eye
was staring" further that both the
pupil and entire eye was expanded;
that witness had never seen persons
eye have that appearance before, al
though he has, for years past been a
photographer and had arranged the
sittings for thousands of customers.
The witness became so positive of the
appearance of the eye before the con-
clusion of his testimony, that the state
did not examine for the purpose of
modifying his statements.
Corroborated Testimony.
A. B. Voter and Herman Naglie
were called during the forenoon and
their testimony corroborated that of
Mr.. BarSness concerning the search
in the o. K. Restaurant and the finding
of the defendant and the words and
actions of the defendant at the time of
his capture. There was no new evil
dence ELECTED from either witness.
Star Witness.
Charles Lindberg, physician at
Fairdale was the star witness of the
day. He testified that during the
month of December and early in Jan
uary, the defendant daily purchased
liquor from the drug store at Fair"
dale; that his reputation in and about
Fairdale is that he is an excessive
drinking man and has been for some
time past. Witness saw the defendant
shortly after his capture in the o. K.
Restaurant.
@. Did you hear the defendant say
anything at that time?
A. Yes, he said, what are all you
people afraid of, do you think that l
am going to kill all of you? At the
time three of the searching party were
holding the defendant.
Hands Were Tied.
Witness testified that he saw the de-
PENDANT later in the room in the Nc
Nish hotel and had conversation with
him there. He was laying on his side
at that time on the bed; some one
asked him to turn over on his face;
defendant did so without remonstrance
and his hands were tied behind his
back. A little later witness returned
to the room and defendant looked up
and said, "Is the girl dead" Witness
replied, What do you suppose, what
did you shoot for" and defendant said,
II shot to kill" II am glad of it,
intended to do it." Later on witness
again visited the room and the defen-
dant repeated the question formerly
asked and receiving the answer in the
affirmative he reiterated the former
statement that he was glad OF it.
@. What did ne say about being