Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-15
STATE N REBD|IAL
DOZEN WITNESSES CALLED TO
DISPUTE EVIDENCE OF NINA.
MARA's DEFENSE.
TESTIFY THAT HIS MIND
APPEARED 10 BE NORMAL
State Makes Good Showing in Effort to
Rebuff Insanity Testimony-court
Warns Newspapers Against PubIiea-
ton Of Rejected Evidence Of Physi-
clan, Fearing Jurymen Would See It.

NOrlHWOOo, April l0.-Ine state, al.
ter calling fourteen lay witnesses, who
have known Ed MCNAMARA, on trial
for murder, for periods of time varying
from a few months to the whole of his
life, closed its rebuttal, except medical
testimony, last evening. These men all
said that they had noticed nothing abb
normal about the accused during their
acquaintance with him, and that they
mad good chance to notice his behav-
ior They all admitted, however, on
cross-examination that they saw
great difference between Ed and Pat,
his brother, that the accused never
cared to p lay when a boy, or for
amusements, of women when older and
was very slow worker. The state at
! tempted to prove that Ed bought
great deal of his own clothing, calling
&c. r. Patton, the clothier who usually
furnished the family, but Patton said
Ed never bought a suit, without his
father being present in his life. This
is one of the things the defense claims
indicative of insanity.
Many Witnesses Examined.
Fred Wahl. of Grafton, who has
known Ed for many years, testified
that he never saw anything wrong
with him mentally. Ed was always
slow, he said, and was not of the same
temperament as Pat. Ed always stayed
at home and worked, while Pat had
most OF the fun.
George Wahl, a brother of the prev
ious witness knew nothing more about
the defendant. He simply said that
during his acquaintance he never
thought Ed of unsound mind. He never
mixed" with the other boys.
George elliott, a long time resident
of Grafton, told of the Scanlon boys,
the uncles of Ed who are alleged to
have been demented, told of their
"edementia" from the states stand
point. The witness said that Tim
Scanlon was drunk the major portion
of the time, and while Tom was not
drunk so much, they both managed to
get into many muses." and keep the
neighborhood stirred up
j. j. -Bringold, the implement deal
err at Grafton, has known the defend
ant four or five years. Once Ed talked
to him about buying truck wagon,
but finally got one elsewhere. But dur
ing his acquaintance he never noticed
anything peculiar about him, except
that he did not go with girls, and take
pleasure in amusements like his broth
err. A little merriment was caused when
the witness was compelled to name a
few young men of the vicinity, who
could afford good clothes. who dressed
as carelessly as Ed does.
Louis Laudeck, the harnessmaker at
Grafton, was the next witness. His
testimony concerning his business
dealings and conversations with Ed
was clean cut and concise, and evil
denced a desire to tell the truth and
that only. 1t was merely repetition
Of the testimony of others, to large
extent.
The only time during his fifteen
years of acquaintance with Ed that
Herman Walk remembers Of his pay
ing bill at the Walk store, he paid
) it with a check, signed by his faith
er as he had at Landeck's, Walk
said that when the family wanted
many supplies they always gave Ed a
list of them. He never bought anything
for himself except few shirts and
overalls. Walk gave Ed his mail, and
! a package of honey for which Martin
Mcnamara had telephoned, just be-
fore the shooting. At that time he mo-
ticed nothing peculiar about him.
Frank Knack, and Charles Christians
were two more merchants who were
called. Neither of them had ever seen
anything the matter with Ed when he
did business with them, and Knack
did not the day OF the shooting, when
he sold him the revolver. u
William Kruger, one of the nearest
neighbors, never saw anything queer
about Ed, but knew he was different
from Pat
He said that Ed never went about
much, and never cared for amuse-
ments, but stayed at home and worked.
He said Ed was always slow, and
faithful, Of a kind, affectionate dis
position. He never could help at work
such as butchering cattle and the
like.
Caleb Stock. an old school mate, said
that Ed got his lessons as readily as
any one. He never saw anything out
of the way with him. Richard Snyder
the barber who has been shaving the
defendant since his incarceration, was
called, but nothing Of the slightest in
terest developed on his cross examina-
ton.
Publication 10 Barred.
. At the request of the state, Judge
Clark has forbade the making public
OF the exhibit in which the defense
made written offer of what it desired
Ito prove by DR.. Mcdonald which was
ruled out by the court.
The court held that. the publication
of this matter, which has not been per-