The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
BELIEVED HE WAS
Behind THREATS
Was Clerk in First National
Bank, of Which Murdered
Man Was the Cashier.
SENTIMENT GREATLY
AGAINST PRISONER
authorities Are Of the Opinion That
the Bullet Was Fired From Ander.
son Home, Next to the Funk Resi-.
dence-Victim Was ON Back Porch.
Believes ANDERSON INNOCENT.

BELIEVES ANDERSON INNOCENT.
Fargo. N. D., April 15.-James
Mann. q stocI1holdcr in the First
National bank of Washburn, is in
Fargo today attending the demo.
cratic meeting, and in an inter-
view. declared that he believes
Anderson is absolutely innocent OF
the murder. He is intimately &c.
quainted with the prisoner, and
says he had no motive whatever
for committing such a crime. As
far us Mr.. Mann knows. Anderson
and Funk never had any trouble.
(Times Special Service.)
Washburn. N. D., April 15.-Senti-
ment here seems to be thoroughly
against w. T. Anderson, who was ar
rested last night charged with being
implicated in the murder of Frank
f. Funk, cashier of the First Nationa!
bank of this city. Anderson is a clerk
the Funk residence. According to tho
course the bullet took, the authori-
ties believe it must have been fired
from a window in the Anderson resi-
dence, from which a storm window
had been removed during the day.
Funk was on the back porch Of his
residence at the time the fatal shot
through his body under the right
shoulder blade to the front of the
right nipple. was imbedded in the
wall of the summer kitchen. The
bullet must have passed through an
open door. as it could not have taken
the course it did without having been
fired from a position above the height
r.A< At0I h,, -G
DOW at the Anderson residence. The
bullet was what is known as .32
caliber. special, and Anderson has a
gun of this description in his house,
and it was the only one Of several
firearms that had evidence Of having
been recently fired. all the other steel
still being oiled. as they had been pro,
pared for storage late last fall.
The opinion prevails here that An
derson is at the bottom Of all the at
tacks that have been made on Funk
during the past year, and that his
efforts were directed towards getting
Funk out of the city so he could se-
cure control Of the bank. Anderson
having considerable wealth.
There will be coroner's inquest
held late this afternoon when the
coroner arrives.
Funk is a son of a Methodist min.
lister. who was at one time located at
st. Paul. and in fact pioneer of that
city, but is at the present time located
at Los Angeles.
There was no foundation for the re-
port out Of here last night that
lynching bee was being framed, as a
result Of the murder of Mr.. Funk. W.
T. Anderson, the man charged with
the murder, was placed in jail about
1880 o'clock, and at no time was there
even the slightest sign of lynching.
Anderson today denied any knowl-
edge Of the shooting and stated that
he and Funk were on the best Of
terms and no harsh word had passed
between them.
Mrs. Funk is bearing up we'll under
the shock. Funeral arrangements
have not been made.
Anderson refuses to talk to newspa.
per men or others regarding the af-
fair. He was seen this this morning
by his brother, who is county off,
cial. but nothing was said regarding
the shooting only a conference was
held as to what attorneys should be
retained.
The murder occurred about 6:15
Mrs. Funk and their family were on
the back porch. While STOPPING over
to help his little boy. who had fallen
off the steps. Mr.. Funk was struck in
the hack by bullet. He was imme-
tliately carried into the house. where
he passed away a few minutes later.
1t Is stated that Funk has been
threatened on several occasions during
the past year. Just a little over .
year ago. he discovered skull and
cross bones, with the warning well
get you yet" painted on the bank
Three weeks ago. it is said.
several windows in his home were
broken.
an hour last evening before placed un-
der arrest.