The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-21

attorneys Tor the deIenSe put an EN-
to this line of questioning.
Mr.. Oueary was excused at 4.3i
o'clock and recess was taken unit
Wednesday at nine o'clock.
Some little delay was occasionet
this morning in the trial because Of
the absence of some of the witness
es for the state but the trial was
gotten under way again shortly after
nine o'clock. The jurors were all In
their places a few minutes before the
appointed time. and at $3.50 the prison
er was brought into the court room
| by Deputy Sheriff Breen Houck was
very bright and cheerful, his APP
pearance indicating that he rs stand
ing up well under the strain of his
trial.
Mrs. Harry Houck, the wife of
the accused was present i'm court this
morning for the first time. She was
accompanied by their only child, a
bright little boy, about three years
of age.
Chief of Police John w. Klinefeltef
was the first witness to take the
stand. Wednesday morning.
Chief Klinefetei stated that jerome
Hostetter had been detailed by him
to lcok for Harry Houck at the in
stance of Mrs. Houck. He stated that
this was about n week or ten days
before the shooting.
Mr.. Klinefeter was not cross ex.
amined.
Chief of Police James O'Leary Of
Sidney. was recalled by the attor-
neys for the defense for further
cross s-examination. MIR. Moloney ques
toned Mr.. O'Leary concerning what
took place at the Houck home af-
ter Harry had been arrested and be-
fore he was taken TO the county Jail
in Sidney. MIR. O'Leary stated that
Houck conversed with his wife, in
forming her of his arrest and the
charge upon which he had been ar
rested.
DR.. H. l.. Uhler was the next wit
ness called. DIR. Uhler testified that
he had assisted in caring for Jerome
Hostetter. after he had been shot
The witness described the condition
of Hostetter. identical with the con-
dition described by DIR. II. j. Lower,
Tuesday afternoon. DR.. Uhler stated
that Hostetter told him the shot had
been fired from the second window in
the coach. He described the course
taken by the bullet as disclosed by
the post mortem examination i'm which
the witness assisted. The description
of the course taken by the bullet and
the injuries inflicted. Tailed with
the description given by Or. II. J.
Lower.
DIR. Uhler was not cross-examlned
by the defense.
Albert House who was brought here
from the Ohio penitentiary was call
ed to the stand. House was i'm the
Jail at Sidney at the time Houck
was incarcerated there. House is now
In the penitentiary serving a term of
one year for failing to provide for
his family. Houses home is in Sid |
ney.
The witness related the conversa-
ton he had had with Harry Houck
in the Jail in Sidney. when Houck |
stated that he was arrested on a |
murder charge; that Houck told him
a man had been held up in Marion
and relieved OF thirty cents in money
and a gold watch. After supper
Houck again talked to the witness
when Houck told him that non-sup-
port was the start of his trouble; that |
Jerome Hostetter had been put on
mis- track. Houck told him that Hos
letter with some other officers had
come down TO the Erie yards to arrest
some fellows and had ordered them
)ut Of the car and he had shot him
from the car. House stated that
Houck showed him where the bullet |
had struck Hostetter. After Houck's |
trunk had been searched, Houck said
they had found his pictures and that
this was the cause of the police
man being put on his trail. When |
Houck went away from the Sidney
Jail in custody of an officer, Houck
told him to keep his mouth shut and
not tell what he had told. The wit
ness testified that Houck had told
him that the watch taken from the
man who was held up and the gun
had been pawned in a shop in Dayton.
Before House was cross-examined q
recess of ten minutes was taken by
the court.
Mr.. Moloney conducted the cross
examination of the witness and gave
him quite a severe grilling before he
was excused. House was taken over
the ground covered in his direct ex-
animation, and all points were brought
out thoroughly. 1t was disclosed in
the cross s-examination that House had
made written statement on the
day after Houck had been taken away