Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-15
Strong Case Made Against Man
Charged With Attempt to
Kill Attorney Mccall
STATE CLOSES DIRECT EVIDENCE
HarrelI, Burrelps Aeeompliee, Goes on
Stand and Makes Confession Of the
crime-TeIIs How Assault Was
Planned and That HurreII Struck
Mccall With Brass knuckIes.
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Special TO llUeS.HepuDuCAus
Nevada, Jan. 15.-The trial of the
case of Lester Burrell, accused Of max
ing murderous assault upon COun-
ty Attorney Z. NJ. Mccall, at the head
of dark alley near the Mccall home,
upon the evening Of November 2. has
been in progress in Judge Lees court
since yesterday forenoon. Almost the
entire forenoon yesterday was spent
and the jury venire nearly exhausted,
in securing jury. Ex-County Attor-
ney D. J. vinje has charge of the pros
ecution, and u. G. Baker, a Boone ate
torney, is conducting the defense.
Among the witnesses examined yes
terday were Charles Dan and Ruth
Reese, children, who testified to seeing.
man walking around the Mccall res-s
idence just previous to the assault, and
to having discovered the same man In
the act Of assaulting the attorney.
r. s. Patrick, local hardware man.
B. A. Mackey, a grocer, and Franz
JONES' a teamster, testified to over
hearing a conversation between Bur-.
rell and Harrell, the latter the man
who was indicted as an accomplice, IA
which threats were made against Me-
Call
Sheriff Ricketts, told Of finding the
brass knuckles with which the assault
was presumably made. Other minor
witnesses were examined YESTERDAY.
The first witness on the stand this
morning was Floyd Hardesty. a young
man confined in jail at the time Bur
rell was placed there He testified that
Burrell, when placed In jail, had g !
razor secreted in his clothing. which
weapon he gave to Hardesty with In
tstructions to hide It, Hardq -
told of Burrell telling him thM he had
taken the razor for use in case Nc.
Call put up a fight. While Hardesty
said that Burrell had never directly
acknowledged making the assault, he
had told him enough to giv0
him to understand that Burrell knew
how it was made. When ho
asked Burrell how the assault was
made. the latter told him that Mccall
had been struck with pair Of knuck-
desty also testified that Burrell had
endeavored to induce him and negro
from Boone, then confined in Jail, to 90
before the grand jury and swear that
they had overheard Harrell, then con-
fined in a cell in the second story Of tbs
Jail, talking in his sleep, and making
the remark: III had just hit him 9
little lower, I'd have got him."
Both Attorney and Mrs. Mccall and
DR.. Conner testified as to the injuries
received by the assaulted man.
The state rested its direct testimony
at noon today, after which the defense
submitted motion for dismissal which
was overruled. The sensation Of the
case was expected to be sprung this
afternoon when Harrell, who was with
Burrell the day Of the assault, between
the time Burrell left the grand jury
room, angered at the prosecuting att
torney and the time the assault was
made on Mccall, was to be placed upon
the stand by the state.
Harrell was indicted as an accom-
plice of Burrell in the case, but after
being confined in the solitary for sew
eral days, made a confession Of the af-t
fair to the county attorney, ShertH
Ricketts, and others. Harrell will tes-
tify to threats made by Burrell to him,
as to how he would "get" Mccall or
any other attorney who ever attempted
to indict him, how they discussed the
plans for carrying out the assault, how
1t was carried out. how Burrell ac-k
knowledged 1t to him afterwards. and
as to other important details Of the
crime.
The case will probably occupy all o4
today and part Of tomorrow.