The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-22

shoe shop. In the evening he went
nome ana alter supper ne returned TO
the shoe shop anu later went to his
fathers home and remained there ali
nlgnt. Houck declared he had not
assisted In hold-up; that he was
not IN a car IN the Erie yards ana
that he had not snot and Killed Je-
come Hostetter.
| Mr.. Gutnery conducted the cross
examination, asking Houck concerning
his movements IRON the time he first
came to Marion in June or July OF
1909.
Houck was shown some pictures
ana was asked whether they were in
his tool chest when il was searched
in Sidney and he answered that they
were. The pictures were marked as
exhibits for the state.
The picture of the girl, which caus-
ed the trouble between Houck and
his wife was in the bunch OF pictures
and Houck Identified 1t as the one
which had been given him by the
girl In the Erie Hotel. Houck stated
that he had never heard of Hostetter
until the morning of August 10 when
he was told by his father that a
policeman had been shot and
later he had heard Hostetter's name
| from some persons who came into his
| fathers shop and were talking about
1t.
Mr.. CUTLERY questioned Houck re-
jlative to the confession which he is
| alleged to have maze to Albert House
In the Sidney Jail. Houck denied hav-
ing told House anything or made any
| statements to him about having
pawned u watch and revolver in Day
ton. Houck denied having told De-
tective Mclaughlin that il he told
the truth, he would go to the electric
chair and that he had talked too
| much already. He also stated that he
| had not told Prosecutor Justice any
| thing about having been at home on
the night of August IS. When asked
to explain why he had not told the
| officers or the prosecutor that he was
at home on that evening, Houck stat
| ed that he could not explain why 1t
was. Houck stated that he first told
his attorneys about his having been
at home on the evening of August 1s,
before the preliminary hearing but
that none of his family appeared at
the preliminary hearing to testify to
his whereabouts at the time Hostetter
was shot. 4
Houck admitted having had a ten
or fifteen minute conversation with
Albert Houck and Robert Cart about
the shooting and related 10 them what
he had heard about the shooting of
Hostetter. He denied having told the
men to say nothing, as he left the
jail.
Houck was excused from the stand
at 1855 o'clock and the mother, Mrs.
Libbie Houck, was called. Mrs.
Houck stated that Harry Houck was
at the home on Scioto street on the
night of August IS: that he came
home between $3.50 and O'clock and
remained there the remainder of the
night
On cross-eXamination Mrs Houck
admitted that she had never told any
of the authorities that Harry was at
home at the time of the tragedy and
never suggested to Harry himself that |
he might tell the authorities this and |
free himself. Mrs. Houck testified |
as to Harry's whereabouts on and af-
ter August 13. to August 20.
John g. Stark was called to testify
concerning the time Roy Hoffhines
came to the Jail to see Harry Houck.
Sheriff Stark testified that two coats
were put on Houck at the request of
Hoffhines
Mrs. Harry Houck, wife of the ac-
cused was sworn and placed on the
stand. On her lap sat the little son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Houck. Mrs. Houck
testified that she and Harry we're at
the home on Scioto street on the ev-
enlng of August IS. She told of the
differences she and Harry had hal /,
and stated that 1t was due to her |
Jealousy; that people had told her |
things which made her jealous. Mrs. |
Houck told of Harry having been ar
rested in Sidney and then being taken
to the Sidney jail. She told of having
come to Marion with her husband and
going with him to the police station.
She stated that she had not heard
Mclaughlin. who was with Harry,
say anything to him on the way to
the police station.
Mrs Houck was cross questioned
by Mr.. CUTLERY. She was questioned
very much as the other witnesses who
testified as to the alibi with about
the same results.
Mrs. Houck was still on the stand
when the Mirror went to press.