The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-06
Important Action Will Lene-
then the Cooper MUIR
der Trial
defendant LEFT STAND TODAY
AFTHlENGTAY EXAMINATION
Thomas Madslky Declares That Ross
Threatened to Kill-Giveu Severe
Gruelling in the Cross Examins.
tion by George A. Bangs.


dence by the defense tending to cor
roborate statements made by McLain
cooper on the witness stand and con-
'cerning threats made by Ross against
the defendant as we'll as other state.
ments OF violence on the part Of Ross
toward others. the prosecution today
admitted such testimony without q
1ght after having laid the foundation
Tor such a contest. BY admitting this
testimony the Cooper murder case
Will be heightened several days at
least, as the prosecution probably will
seek to combat the evidence in re-
buttal, having already subpoenaed
nearly forty witnesses.
When the trial of Cooper for kill
!ne J. F. Ross was resumed this morn
Ing. MclAin Cooper on redirect exam
!nation testified that Ross had a limp
but 1t was about the same at the time
Of the shooting as at any other time.
He was further questioned with refer
ence to the publication, 1.-THE Shotgun"
Issued by Cooper at one time. He
said 1t concerned agriculture. Blows
Ftven him by Ross on the night be-
lore the shooting, the witness said were
directed toward his arms. After the
fight on the evening Of March 10 and
after Fowler left the place, Cooper
said that he watched the farm build
angs for period.
The only conclusion Cooper had
reached on the morning Of the shoot
Ing was to ask Ross to leave the place.
Cooper declared he had asked Ross
TO leave the farm without having any
trouble. He said that he was afraid
Ross would start trouble and that he
himself did not want to have any row
with him.
Cooper said that the idea Of the gun
~ -
him until Ross made the threat to
get the gun.
Il felt that I had to stop him some
way because believed that he In
tended to carry out the threat and
shoot said Cooper this morning.
First he said he entreated Ross to
stop, and not have any trouble and
that whom he made such plea, Ross
quickened his steps. Cooper then said
to Ross that he would have to shoot.
On re-cross examination Cooper said
that when Ross started to the house
he did not disarm himself nor did
he retreat. Cooper said that he did
not know at the time whether Ross
had any settlement with his father
for work during the year.
It was 1880 o'clock when Cooper
was dismissed from the stand.
Thomas Madsky was then placed on
the stand and the defense. through
this witness, sought to corroborate
McLain's statement relative to threats.
The witness first stated that he had
seen Ross about January 25. this year
The witness was asked whether or not
Ross had said anything about Cooper,
but he was not permitted to answer
the objection Of the prosecution being
sustained.
An offer of testimony was made GOV.
lVA6 vNSH&Sn fns-,v
cution withdrew its objection. Mads-
Ky said that In the conversation Ross
had declared that he would kill Coop
er in the event that he (Cooper) ever
said anything to him. Ross had also
declared that McLain was attempting
to starve the stock.
Madsky said he had also heard Ross
tell Of the Moorhead hay burning
episode.
On cross examination the witness
declared his belief in Supreme Be-
ing and hereafter and said that he
had not made any statements to the
contrary. He had been witness in a
blind pigging case, being the same case
in which McLain Cooper had been a
witness said. had been told by Ross
several times. being in the nature of a
stock story. The witness was com.
PEELED to enter into all details sur
rounding the circumstances l ncon-
nection with the telling of the hay
burning incident and in connection
with the alleged threats of Ross
against Cooper at the Hillsboro livery
born Madsky was still on the stand
at the noon adjournment.
Madsky said that he thought Ross
was bad man and that he thought
when Ross made the threats that ne
might carry them out.
The witness was asked whether or
not he had not said to Gus Onkrud,
three days after the shooting, that
1t was too bad and that Ross was a
good, nice man. He was also asked
whether or not he had not discussed
in the Nelson restaurant the shooting,
several days after the affair.
In the Nelson place he wa sasked II
he did not state that Ross was good
man and that he had never had any
trouble with him. The witness did
not remember to whom he had made
statements concerning the alleged
threats. He admitted that since the
shooting he had spoken highly of both
men. Also he admitted that he had in
fact. no real trouble with Ross.
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