Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-25
Opera House Was Packed
When Attorney Bangs
Talked 10 Jury
Explanation Of q Biblical
Quotation Causes Tears
10 Flow
Attorney Bangs Becomes e.
oquent IS he Proceeds
with Address
Ey George Weatherhead.

Ey George Weatherhead.
Washburn, N. d., June 25.--After
talking for three hours Tuesday after
noon, Attorney Bangs did not seem
TO be more than half through with his
argument for the defense OF Wallred
accused of the murder OF
Cashier Funk here on the evening OF
April 18th, this spring. His effort In
behalf of the young man, whose life
hangs in the balance, was a mastery
one, and long before court opened
the little opera house was packed to
standing room with interested towns.
people. The first remarks of Mr..
Bangs were marked with compli.
ments to Judge Crawford and he add.
ed Judge Crawford's name to that OF
Judge Fisk as one Of the first trial
judges he had ever tried a case be-
fore. He also paid high respect to
the lawyers who made UP the coun.
sel for, the state and expressed him.
seif as 6s,hg highly pleased with thse
courteous treatment he had received
on this, his initial appearance In tho
courts of Mclean county
Brings Tears to Anderson's Eyes.
Preceding Mr.. Bangs, States Attor-
ney Maennel had opened the case for
the state, and like Mr.. Maennel, Mr..
Gangs quoted that passage from the
Book of Exodus, ''rhou Shalt not
kill but Mr.. Bangs said that the pas
sage made no reference as to what
kind of killing 1t meant, and he told
the jury that he believed it was just
rs wrong to kill man with wrong
verdict as any other way, and with
these remarks by his attorney, Wal
fred Anderson, the accused, COM
:nenced crying. Mr.. Bangs reminder
the jury of the grave responsibility
that rested with them and that it was
for them to say beyond reasonable
doubt whether or not Anderson was
guilty. He was Of the opinion that
Mr.. Maennel had not really opened
the case, as he had only talked about
twenty minutes and then left the de-
fendant without an intimation Of
what the states theory was, and he 4
was not sure whether or not Mr.. Ma
nnnel had left him these handicaps
On purpose or whether he had just
run out"
Asked Only for Common Sense.
Mr.. Bangs said that he was also
from the fact that he
was among strangers, but his long ex-:
Derience had helped him to be able
o judge men and all he asked was
or the jury to take up the facts and
OOk at them with common sense. He
discussed the statement that Mr.. Ma
,nnel had made as matter Of fact
hat the storm sash had been remOv-
I'd frca the den of Anderson's house
IN April 14th, and he asked the jury
+ they thought anyone who had con-
committing murder would
)e foolish enough to remove such
window and leave it standing against
he house, where everyone could see
t? Mr. Bangs wondered if the jury
,hought Walfred Anderson would
lave been foolish enough to have re-
moved that window and placed where
his" friend McCulloch, could have
seen it. Mr.. Bangs did not take much
,redence in the statement that Mr..
McCulloch had made, that Anderson
lad told McCulloch at the Jail that
le, himself, had removed the sash.
Case Of Auto Suggestion.
The attorney for. the defendant
hen called attention, as he termed it
TO the fact that the state at the
asst minute had called in Hilna Fahl-
,ren to testify that the window had
'een taken off in the month of March
" carpenter and had been put back
IN again, and he thought THAT it
would be hard for anyone at that time
If the year to tell whether sor not
here was every storm sash on any
mes house. He was of the opinion
hat Hilma had remembered this In
stance by auto suggestion, and he al
% thought that the imagination of q
was elusive. He called atten-
ion to the statement Of Attorney
Naennel that the window shade had
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