The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-15

ALIBI. PART OF DEFENSE
1t is said That an Effort VIII be
Made to Show Defendants Were
Not About Premises Early
in the Evening.

Opening arguments in the case of
the state vs.. Gale Hewitt and George
Dunbar We're made to the jury late
Yesterday afternoon. and the intro
duction Of testimony began at 800
o'clock this morning. The jury in
this case, by agreement, was drawn
from the original panel of twenty.
Only one juror was challenged for
cause, while the state exercised four
premptory challenges and the defense |
three. The jurors drawn to serve on
this case are the following: Jacob |
Ludwig, John Henke, D. w. Bishop, |
Neil McCaffrey, Theodore Scudd.
Frank Storms, Elmer Stove, Joe
Jeffries, T. G. French Charles Schil- !
ler Harvey Johnson and R. Fl. Holt. |
The witnesses who have been sub !
poenaed by the state are Albert Keep
pei, Harry Malone, Tom Freeman,
Frank Baldwin, Officers, and
T. N. Corners The rule on
witnesses was asked
The first witness to take the stand
was Albert e. Keppel, the states
witness. He testified that on the
night that the Golden Rule store was
entered, he noticed the two defend
ants sitting on the steps of the Horn
building across the street about 600
o'clock. He said he saw them walk
over to the Golden Rule store and go
up to the doorway and look into the
store. They then came up in
front of his place and talked. Mr..
Keppel then went to the post Office.
he says, and upon returning saw
Hewitt and Dunbar come out of the
shed in the rear of the Golden Rule.
i T. N. Conner, manager OF the
Golden Rule store, testified that he
was called over the phone about mid
night to come to the store. When
he arrived at the store he found two
policemen on the inside, who showed
him where entrance to the store had
been made That night the three
men looked around casually, but found
nothing missing The next morning
, he discovered that goods had been
stolen
In cross examination Mr. Conner
stated that he could not say whether
) the pane of glass found broken in the
rear of the store had been broken,
nor whether the goods alleged to
) have been stolen was stolen on the
) evening or not He did testify. how
7 ever, that the goods was missing, as
leh Ia, IL
: himself
!, officer Baldwin testified that he and
Officer Freeman left the station be-
: tween 10 and II o'clock, going lT
through the alleys south Of Main
:. street. Everything at the Golden
Rule was found intact and they con
tinued up as far as the street cal
barn. They then retraced their steps
. and upon reaching rear of Colder
Rule heard noise and flashed lights
, They noticed form of man coming ou
= the doorway and cross under the
stairway This man afterwards ap
. peared to be the defendant Dunbar
! who was arrested. Hewitt was fount
alongside of a box, back of the build
ing. He was also arrested.
s. The introduction OF testimony wa
II resumed when court reconvened a
d 200 o'clock this afternoon. TIL
r states witnesses were placed on tn
stand The defense, it is understood
will attempt to prove an alibi TO
g Dunbar and Hewitt during the earl
part of the evening by the followin
'e witnesses: Henry Walton. Joe Wa
ton, T. ]. Hickey, Ted Olcott, Mis-
Emma Schneiberg, George Almond
and Edward Montague In the body c
the court room as spectator toda
H. was Mrs. Louisa Grimsley
Witness 7. N. Conner was recall
ed to the stand this afternoon l
: redirect examination Mr. Conner te
tilted that he had never given tn
two defendants permission to ente
,r. upon the premises, this being tn
only question asked by the prosec
tor. There was no re-cross examin
to ton of the witness.
lie The next witness who testified VIZ
dl OH1C6T lOHl FIcelHdH VI INC lib
,lr force. I'VE left the station betwee
&c, 10 and II o'clock, and went up tt
tie alleys on the south Main and -four
everything in the rear of the Gold'
es, Rule store in good condition. v
he went up to the street car barn al
ks then back. When we reached t
cts Golden Rule store vie heard a noi
and flashed a light, Immediately 81
pie ing Hewitt come out and went unts
aat the incline and we also saw Dunb'
est We could see that the arch door W
open and a screen on the rear W
ar, dow was off and one of the panes
J. glass was broken. We arrested
l0c men. After going to the station
lie sent for the proprietor and then VIC
les back to the building. 1t was evid'
SITS. that the door had been forced In,