The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-21
DEFENSE,
STARTED
IN TRIAL. I.
State Rested Yesterday Bangs
Outlines Defense
Anderson Family Sobs After
Bang's Address
Adjournment Taken Early To-
day Over Sunday

Washburn, N. D.. June 21.After
Attorney Bangs had recalled A. b.
Chaplin, the aged bullet expert from
u st. Paul, to the stand this morning to
secure additional testimony as to the
detection of bullets fired through
muscular tissues, the veteran attorney
I only briefly outlined to the jury what
the defense would show, that the bull
let killing Banker Funk could have
been fired from various other places
than from the window of the private
den or w. e. Anderson, who is On
trial charged with F'unk's murder.
The attorney for the defense said
he would show that on the day Funk
was killed the weather WAS calm and
cool, that the Anderson house had been
closed and that the only opening was
that OF the window in the den. He
would show that had q .32 special
Winchester rifle been Tired inside that
den the discharge would have left a
pungent odor of burned powder in that
room for some time afterwards, and
he would also show by the states tes-
timony that such an odor was lacking
when the first people went into An
derson's house to make search
shortly after the murder.
The defense did not delay the case
with anything but a short address, and
stated that the defense only intend
. ed to offer very few witnesses. A large
portion of the balance Of this morn
ing's session was occupied by the de-
Tense In offering as an exhibit to the
Jury various photos taken at4khe@ sdt-
rection of the defense from various
points about the Funk and Anderson
premises, and that In each the camera
had been focused ON the shed door In
the Funk house,
This leads to the belief that the de-
lenses main line will be that it might
have been a. stray bullet that caused
the mysterious death of Banker Funk.
There were numerous points within
the radius of several hundred feet
where the bullet could have reached
the Funk shed door.
Anderson's mother, who has been at
the trial constantly since the case
morning and at the conclusion Of
Bangs address she broke into long.
continued sobs as did the accused, and
his two sisters, and his wife. After
Attorney Nelchler for the defense had
testified that he had taken certain kodak
pictures from the Anderson garage, At
rorney Bangs moved that a recess. be
taken to Monday morning, which was
granted.
Bangs said he. hesitated about ask
ing the request on account of the con-
finement OF the jury, bur the state had
finished earlier than he had expected,
and he wanted time over Sunday to
gather his witnesses and that he would
make up for lost time after the case
started next week.
Resume of Friday.
SIT would make no difference to me
IL they cut Anderson into inch pieces
and threw him into the river was
the remark Clerk of Court Hanson
admitted to Attorney Bangs as having
made a few days ago. Hanson was
testifying on the stand when he made
this admission in cross animation.
Hanson also admitted that he and An
derson had had some difference two or
three years ago. but said he had only
helped secure evidence in this case
at the request OF Assistant States At
torney Madden and that he had not
been unusually active In helping to se-3
lect witnesses
AS Hanson admitted having made
the remarks above quoted Anderson
took out his handkerchief and broke
into tears. as did his wife who had
accompanied her husband in the morn
ing as he walked to the trial from the
county jail. She was sitting behind
her husband when this statement was
Brought out OF Hanson by Attorney
Bangs. Mrs. Anderson buried If her
face In a book she had been reading.
and was comforted by Anderson s two
sisters. Both Anderson and his wife
were still weeping when court adj
iourned for the noon recess.
Hanson stated that he was In the
ward standing beside his wife when
she had d conversation with Anderson
about Ave minutes after Funk # was
murdered. He had seen Anderson be-
fore then 60 from his house towards
This garage, turn around and come back
to the fence between the Funk and
Anderson houses. Anderson was
walking slow
When Anderson came up TO the
fence Mrs Hanson remarked to him:
Mr.. Funk Is shot. He Is dead. z
Funk shot? is ha dead 2" was An
derson's reply to Mrs. Hanson.
Hanson said he heard no more OF
the conversat tion between Anderson
and Mrs. Hanson IL, #
iii anson said ii was hard for him
te describe the look ON And derson's 8 face
at that time. His face had newer had
such look b hefnre. His face was
white about his chin, while HIS
cheeks had 9, dull red color There
was perspirati0n on his forehead He
had 4 hat on and his yes Were q sh t-3
ing about.
aansor said that at that tine lie
mad noticed the window of Anderson. .s
private den. 1T was open ai few inches
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