The Calumet news., 1912-02-21
HENDRlCKSON
MAKES DENIAL
DEFENDANT IN kAFELA TRIAL
SAYS he NEVER OWNED OR
FIRED A PISTOL. CASE
is CLOSED.

roborated by the testimony Of Under
Sheriff Sheridan. the defense called
20 the stand Hendrickson. the defen-
dant. who denied absolutely everything
the prosecution had sought TO prove.
He denied that there had been any ill
feeling between he and Holappa, that
he had ever had improper relations
with Mrs. Kaarela, never asked
her 20 marry him and never wanted To
marry Ter He said also that he never
owned a pistol. never fired one. never
had one i'm his possession and never
in his life had he seen the pistol pro-
duced in court.
Regarding the incidents Of the night
of November 25, he said that the rea-
son he ate no supper was that he had
had several drinks and did not feel
hungry. He was also very tired, not
having gone TO bed until very late the
night before After the departure OF
the two Jacobsons and Alatala, he had
sat on a chair TO the right of the
kitchen door. He was aroused by a.
sudden crash. followed by a burning
sensation at the back Of his neck. and
then knew no more until he recovered
consciousness at the hospital.
Tells Of Finding Pistol.
Under Sheriff sheridan. the last wit
ness called by the prosecution yester-
day. told how he came 10 secure the
revolver. A week ago he had received
from Jacobson an admission that he
had taken the pistol and could lead
the officers 10 the spot where he had
hidden the weapon Last Saturday
morning. with a party Of men whol
were i'm Jail serving time, sheridan,
with an interpreter and Jacobson hal
gone 10 the spot pointed out by Jacob
son. The latter walked directly to "A !
certain spot in the field and declared !
that the pistol was somewhere almost |
beneath his feet. The men were set at
work shovelng the snow from an area
Of about thirty-hve feet i'm diameter /
around the point where jacobson
stood. Still nothing was found. The
circle was gradually extended until itl
was found about sixty-ffve feet west of
" AlfAt odAVN0NAl AAtAN AAAAAA'hA'hs
A Parallel in Fiction.
Attorney Corgan for the defense I
asked the under sheriff il he had not
taken a great deal of interest I'm this
case and had worked on II very ex-
jensively. This was admitted
And you've become quite a studen,
Of criminology, studying books on the
subject, reading detective stories, etc. /
haven't you?" asked the attorney Mr.. |
Sheridan admitte me had read a /
story as loaned him by County Physi-
clan Jackson in VIII the circum-
stances bore strong ,esemblance to
those In the present case
one incident of this story which
happened 10 he Gaboriau's Widow /
Lerougc,' told how the detective had |
himself imprisoned with tho suspect to
worm out OF him evidence bearing on
the case, which involved the murder
OF a widow named Lerougc
you had considerable help in con
Quoting your Investigations" did you
not, asked Mr.. Corgan. including a
detective from Minneapolis who was
placed in Hendrickson's coll 10 which
statement the officer gave an anirma-
tive reply
The court room was nllcd by large
crowd yesterday afternoon in antici-
patton Of some interesting develop
nents, but apart from the testimony ot
Jacobson nothing very startling de-
ycloped, the testimony given by Mr.
Sheridan being already discounted byl
.he story given by jacobson.
Case Ends This Morning.
Hendrickson was cross examined
his morning on the testimony given
BY him, and he repeated his general
'onlal Of the points brought out
against him by the people. Bat Mfa-
lo. a deputy sheriff. who was at tho
hospital with Hendrickson for several
lays after the shooting and Dr. j. r.
Scallon, were called by the prosecu-
ion in rebuttal Of Hendrickson's tcs-
imony. 10 endeavor to show that Hen
lrickson's prolonged unconsciOusncss
ftcr the shooting was foigncd Attor-
leys for the defense objected thatl
hesc witnesses should have been call
% Ia The main case and not in rebuff
al and the point was sustained by
he court recess was taken after
which Prosecuting Attorney McDon-
Id opened his address 10 the jury for
he people. defining what murder Is
ccording TO the statutes and Impress
ng upon the jury that they should
Weigh carefully the evidence IN thel
ase and give the respondent the ben
ht Of whatever reasonable doubt
light exist.
During the case Chief Thor Of Han
ock was called yesterday by the state
b testify as TO the finding OF the car
ridges and keys on the floor near
During his cross-exam-
iation by Attorney Corgan. Thor was
uestioned relative to having asked "A
Ind reader who was exhibiting in
ancook as TO where the missing pis-
u was The chief said that he had
Dt asked the question. but someone
Sc hal done so. From the develop
onts in the case the mind-rcader was
lone wav or In her guess. she having
ated that the pistol would be found !
a pool Of water one hundred feet Z
lst OF the Karela house, while as