The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-20

y CUT ANDERSON TO inch pieces and threw
him into the river was the statement
Clerk Of Court Hanson while on the
stand this morning, admitted to At
y torney Bangs, for the defense, that he
( had made a few days ago.
When that remark was brought out
Anderson broke into tears, as did An
/ derson's wife, who was conforted by
Anderson's two sisters. Anderson and
his wife had tears in their eyes till
4 the court adjourned for the aoon re-
cess Most of the testimony so far
today related to Anderson's actions
following the murder of Funk and the
expression of his face as he walked
aimlessly about his yard, Immediately
after the shooting. Mrs. Anderson and
Mrs. Madden told of his face having a
II drawn look; that his face had some
tl1ng of the color of that of a, dead
man. and that he had a staring look.
Clerk Of Court Hanson told Of An
derson sending for him the day after
the murder and that Hanson went to
the county JAIL when Anderson asked
him about the pile of papers on top
of the refrigerator. Anderson hoped
the papers could be secured and that
. he would give anything if he could
get possession Of these papers An
derson told Hanson he was suro the
papers had been moved and that he
z
their hands through them,
Mrs. Hanson told of going to the
fence between the houses and remark
ed to Hanson that Funk had been
shot and that he was dead. In his
bewilderment Anderson looked up and
said, MY God. there is the bank and
all that on my hands now. III have to
have some helD.'
Carl Knutson, q young storekeeper,
,s,ra4 n he oh n
a few minutes after the shooting, told
of hearing John Satterlund remark
that the bullet had been fired from
Anderson's window and that Satter-s
lund had asked Anderson to come into
the Funk shed and see where they had
located the bullet. but that Anderson
instead went into his own house. sf,9
j. 4. McCulloch told of placing two
men in charge Of the bank after the
shooting and that after he went back
to the scene of the shooting he was
notified that Anderson was In the
bank.
He went down and had a talk there
with Anderson. During the morning
session the defense was unable to
make any breaks in the chain Or cir
eumstarices connecting Anderson with
the mysterious murder as brought out
by the prosecution.
Resume of Thursday.
states Attorney Maennel of Mclean
county was the principal witness for
the state in the trial of the Funk MUIR
der case yesterday. Taking his wit
ness chair in the closing hours of the
forenoon session of the trial, the
states attorney told of two searches
OF the Anderson home he had made
within few days of the murder of
Funk On the first of these searches
ne had found in a commode in the den
of the Anderson home, from window
of which the state claims the fatal
shot was fred, a piece of red cloth,
stained with dark stains. such as
might have heen made by wiping off
the grease or oil from a rifle. This he
produced and 1t was placed in evi-
dence. 1t was a piece Of cloth oblong
In shape and little larger than a
small pocket handkerchief.
After producing this bit of evidence.
which the state offers as part of its
chain of circumstantial proof, Mr..
Maennel produced another and larger
piece Of red cloth, which he said he
had found in q search few days
later. on a chair In the dining room,
among some Victrola records which
were lying on the chair. This piece
of cloth was something OVER a foot
square, and from one corner OF this a.
square piece had been cut out. This.
piece OF cloth was brighter than the.
other. and bore none OF the stains
which were exhibited on the first piece
of cloth produced. Both of these were
placed In evidence by the state.
Mr. Maennel also Identified two
wooden rods, such as are used in
cleaning rifles. He said he had made
an examination of the slots in the ends
of these cleaning rods with q, magnify
ing glass, and discovered in the slots
bits OF red lint which were of the same
shade as the pieces OF cloth produced
The evidence of Mr. Maennel and
the production of the pieces of stain
cd cloth were accompanied with d
craning of necks of the spectators in
the courtroom and there was distinct
interest in the production Of the evil
dence This, together with the iden-
tif1cation of 2 box OF 81 special cart
ridges, containing ten shells, of q box
which holds twenty, with the testi-
raony to- the effect that nine shells
were found in the gun taken from the
den of the Anderson residence, leaving
one shell to- ba accounted for, and that
illferentially the shell that held the
bullet that caused the death OF Funk,
were the features Of the forenoon ses-
sion of the court.
Opening the morning session, Lud
wie, Peterson, the pool hall proprietor,
concluded his testimony or cross ex-
animation. He told of how he. after
arriving ON the scene of the shooting
and leaving Anderson, had advised
him to throw open his house.
ssNfy God, = remarked Anderson to 1
peterson sstl1ey cannot suspect me for
I could not hurt a little dog
This testimony was stricken out on
motion or the state. s
Before leaving the stand Peterson
identified the gun In court as the ono
hs had examined ait Anderson's 8 home
shortly after the shooting. s Ne $
In an attempt to- grill Joe Olson, a
deputy sheriff, while on the stand.
Tudge Crawford Interrupted Attorney
T3angs for the def fsnse, by instructing
Olson that he need not answer certain
questions in cross exaYnir ation
4 Olson had taken the stand and was
relating how he had gone to y he AIl-
lderson home after the lnu1d dsr and
found Walfred Anderson and Ludwig
Peterson la Anderson Is private den
standing together while Peterson had
the special Winch hester life in his hand
for examination
ATTORNEY Bangs Obi cted Sto what he
thought Was La iInp ssion tIa ii Olson
Continued son 1sage 81