Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-05-12


what I say.
Signed, F. w. Thorbahn."
Thorbahn testified that he had writ
ten the letter in the woods and that
Froelich, one of the peace emissaries,
had taken it into Deitz.
Hayward, Wis, May 10.-With the
testimony of two witnesses originally
discovered by the state, John F. Detz,
his wife and his son raised what is
considered the reasonable doubt" of
their guilt, and prospects of the Cam
eron Dam defendants have assumed a
rosy hue. Testimony directly attack
ing all the principal features of the
states case was introduced in the ex-
animation of Captain Robert Kane, a
Milwaukee gun expert of fame, and his
attending physician, DR.. William Doern
who assisted in his Investigations at
the Deitz farm.
The points brought out are these:
The bullet that killed Harp was a de-
fected piece of lead which had struck
the ground a glancing blow before en-
tering the deputy's body. Distinctive
marks found on the bullets since fired
from Deitz guns are not identical with
the scoring on the fatal bullet Shots
fired from the meadow, presumably by
Van Alstyne, Ackley and Thorbahn, on
2 direct line with the Deitz barn, and
the spot where Harp fell, passed thru
the north gable and one side of the
roof Of the barn, with velocity and
reserve penetration sufficient to have
killed the deputy in whose direction
they were firing. A bullet fired on q
straight line from one of the barn roof
portfolios. 600 feet to the place where
Harp was crawling, would very like
ly" have passed clear through the
mans body. Smokeless powder fash
es could not be seen as testified to by
the states deputies and the sound Of
a. bullet whizzing by a deputy could
not be heard for a period Of second,
as testified to, or for an appreciable
time in which the course of the bullet
could be determined by the nearer.
The bullet from a 5000 Winchester
metal patched smokeless cartridge
travels almost twice as fast as the
sound of the report.
Deitz Scores Heavily.
The defense stumbled upon an ace
card when the characteristic distrust
4 1fo Sc fo1
4 reason in Kane's withdrawal by the
prosecution. Without having as much
as seen either of the two witnesses be-
fore they took the stand, DeitZ, after
several of his crude, crafty questions,
brought out answers that caused
the jurors to move about in their seats
and the states attorneys to rustic pa
pers and hold whispered consultations,
We'll, can you tell me, in your
best judgment, whether the bullet TAX
en- out of Harp's body was fired by
Deitz' gum was asked.
TO the best Of my judgment and
taged on my experience, | should say
It was not" answered Captain Kane.
DR.. Doern Testifies.
DR.. Doern testified to having found
numbers of bullet holes in the north
gable and west root of the barn. He
said that the bullets entered the north
gable at lateral, obtuse angle, and
that their course was slightly upwards,
and that they went through the gable
into the barn, and then out through
the roof In this investigation he testi-
fed that with the aid of small sticks
eight inches long he had lined up the
holes where the bullets had entered
the gable and left the roof, and found
that the alignment pointed directly to
the spot where Harp fell. He testified
to having looked through the bullet
holes in the roof on a line of vision
determined by the bullet holes in the
gable, and said that through the holes
he could plainly see a stake in the
ground indicating the spot where Harp
fell
Dismissal Motion Lost.
motion by John Deitz for dismissal