The Washburn leader., 1913-06-20

he engaged for some time in con-
versation with his wife. His brow
was wrinkled part Of the time
during the forenoon, as he follow
ed various phases Of the state 8
testimony. Part of the time he
chewed a pencil rather nervously,
and at another time whispered to
one of his attorneys for a little
memorandum book which he per-
sued with evident care.
Wh:n the prosecution placed
on the stand yesterday afternoon
A. B. Chaplin, an old hunter. and
an expert on bullets, whom had
been secured after considerable
secret search, and he measured
the bullet jacket with a michro-
meter and testified it was from a
bullet Of 80 calibre. Tracy Bang
the veteran attorney for the de-
fense, seemed puzzled and Walfre
Anderson, the accused cOmmenc-
ed rreading a newspaper.
Mr.. Chaplin made an examina-
ton of the gun with which it is
claimed by the state Funk was
killed, and said he had had ex-
peri nee with similar weapons ant
with bullets fired from them. He
gave minute and technical parti-
culars of the mushrooming Of soft
nosed bullets, stating that they
would mushroom through simple
muscular tissues. He was taken
very carefully into this feature OF
the examination, and testified
with positiveness as to the cali
ber of the jacket and of the bull
let. The bullet, however, was so
MI shroomed and deformed from
its passage through the body of
Mr.. Funk that he admitted it was
imL ossible to measure it with the
mir ;hrometer, which is an instru-
ment of such fine construction
that it is cabable of measuring
to the ten thousands part of an
inch. As to the DETECTION Of the
bullet Mr.. Chaplin said a deflec-
ton of two. feet and some odd
inches in distance of fourteen
feet was not at all unusual. This
th.t would be necessary to prove
in case the bullet was fired from
the window in the Anderson resi-
dence.
As to the noise of the explo-
sion, Mr.. chaplin said it would be
mat rally different if: the gun
were fired from within an en-
osure such as the room from
which it is claimed this bullet
was fired. He said the report Of
smokeless powder when fired out
of doors would be a short, sharp
report, while if the weapon were
fired from inside it would be a
mutfled and different noise. Mr..
Oh 'pin was given careful cross
examination by Attorney Bangs
who ref rred frequently to a
catalogue Civ ing the callbres and
weights OF " RIO. s bullets. The
tendency Of t.e cross examina-
ton w4s to sh wv that the jacket
might have expanded when the
bu let was Tired, and that it nigh
not be possible to tell with posi-
tive accuracy whether the jack
ct was Of a 80 calibre or slightly
smaller. Mr.. Chaplin s testimony
r, r,mained unshakel, however, as
to the ca.ibre Of the jacket found
on the refrigerator in the shed
in the Funk home, where it plow-
ed its way through some maga-
ziEes before spending its force.
Major George W. Gregg, of.Gaz
rison, who qualified as an expert
in the matter, Of fire arms, follow
ed Mr.. Chapin. Gregg testified
that he had been for a number Of
years in the army transport ser
vice, that he he'd laid out rifle
r nges, coached army rifle teams,
and had had considerable expert.
ence along these lines. Gregg
also WIS familiar with the use Of
the. michometer and with that
de icate instrument he meas
ured the calibre of the jacket,
stating it to be that Of a 81 bullet
He also gave testimony as to the
I'd feet on OF bulle.s, sgreeing witt
Chapin that it would be no un-
usual thing for a bullet to be de-
flected something over two feet
lin distance of fourteen feet.
His testimony as to the relative
character of the noise made by q
rifle fired without and within an
enclosure, wgs to the effect that
|if fired within the noise he
thought wcu.d 5e greater from