Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-02
RAPID PROGRESS BEING MADE IN
TRIAL OF ED MCNAMARA AT
MoRTHWooD.
REVOLVER AND BULLETS
FATHERS CHRISTMAS GIFT
Defense on Cross Examination Bring
ing Out Evidences of Defendants
Mental NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Testifies
That He Was "oueer" - Witness
Turns Tables on Lawyer MarkIey.

Special to Times Republican.
Northwood, April 2.-The state rested
its direct case yesterday afternoon
about 4 o'clock, concluding with the
testimony of DIR. C. A. Hurd, the cor
oner, who has probably spent more
time than any one else. except the
county attorney, in working up the
states case
DIR. Hurd was on the witness stand
q good share of the afternoon. Mr..
Markley, for the defense, put his thru
rather severe cross examination. DIR.
Hurd was called the 27th of December
to hold the inquest, and ordered the
post-morten performed by Drs. Gaes-
er and McGlone. Sheriff Lee asked him
to bring Ed in his rig. and he had a
conversation with Ed on the way up.
He was allowed to tell over objection
of the defense that he asked Ed sew
eral questions about what he meant by
saying Il meant to run bluff on him."
and elected the fact that he meant to
Kill him. When asked why he took
chloroform instead of acid, or other
poison, he said that he had read that
enough chloroform was sure death. Ed
told the coroner, as he told others, that
the trouble arose over his fathers re-
lations with Miss Keegan, that he
thought it was all over when he went
to Dakota, but learned it was still on,
after he came back last fall. Witness
said that he tried to cheer Ed up, but
could not. After Ed was placed in the
Jail, DR.. Hurd became his physician, so
the court refused to admit testimony
concerning conversation after that
time, as privileged, between doctor and
patient.
On cross examination Mr.. Markley
caused little amusement over DIR.
Hurd's detective work" on behalf Of
the state, especially over his taking the
measurements of the heads of numer-
GUS Northwood people, to compare with
those of Eds head. Asked if he did not
make a mistake once and measure a
fence post, he said, yves, but I thought
it was Mr.. Markley."
Ex-Sheriff Leo Testifies.
Ex-Sheriff G. A. Lee was witness.
nected confession from Ed He said
that Ed, when he confessed to him.
seemed nervous and excited, but did
not seem ito be sorry for his act at any
time until after the preliminary exam
nation before Justice Hunter.
Mr.. Lee was asked several questions
as to his opinion upon the defendants
mental condition, but the court would
not let him answer them.
Peculiar Christmas Gifts.
John Dorsey told how he and Frank
Murray accompanied the constable to
the Mcnamara home the day of the
tragedy, of his talk with the injured
man, of how they broke down the door
and what they saw when they en-
tered, Ed was kneeling, with his head
on the bed, with an empty chloroform
bottle behind him, unconscious. He
told of Eds remarks to him when he
regained consciousness. How he said
that he had learned that his father
was still writing to the woman al
Clear Lake, and he intended to STOP
| it. He told Dorsey: II went to town
to buy Christmas presents for my
father and myself, and / delivered
them" The impression given the wit
ness was that he bought the revolve,
and bullets for his father, the chloro.
form for himself-as presents. He sait
he shot his father to put a stop to his
relations with that woman and he
guessed he had" He wanted to go t.
sleep and never wake up, SO he tool
chloroform. He told Dorsey that he
only meant to run a bluff" on hi:
father, when he went upstairs will
the gun. but that when the old gentle
man refused to give the woman up
and said "shoot away" he shot-hov
many time he did not know. The WON
an was Miss Keegan at Clear Lake
This is the first time her name ha
been mentioned in the record.
Hereditary Influence.
! The attempt of the defense to prov
hereditary influence was begun whel
J. P. Dougherty. attorney of Chicago
formerly of Dougherty and Rockwell
took the stand to tell of his acquaint
ance with Tim and Tom Scanlon, twil
brothers of Eds mother. He said tina