The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-06-20
Trial Of Anderson
Murder Charge
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taken at the coroner's inquest
The shed was locked again after
the coroner and his jury left, anc
the walls Of the shed were not ex
amined till two weeks later.
While his attorney, Mr.. Bangs:
was examining the bullet and the
jacket, Anderson leaned over his
shoulder and looked at the bull.
let and jacket with intense in
terest.
Deputy sheriff Joe Olson, was
recalled and testified to being in
the shed after the bullet and jack
ct was found, and that he locked
the outside door as had been or
dered by assistant states attorne,
Madden. He did not see the JACKIE
the day it was found but he was
there and saw the bullet when
Frank Thompson found it. He
identified it in court. He was
given the pile Of papers as had
been brought from hunks shed,
and using the corner Of the re-
porter's desk he indicated to.the
jury the position Of the pile Of
papers Is they lay on the refrig-
orator. He also pointed out the
hole in the front Of the pile and
the torn fragment in the top pa
per. Olson said clerk Of court
Hanson, was present when the
papers were taken from the top
of the refrigerator and fastened
together with pieces of board to
be saved for evidence. AS they
were presented in court Olson
said the papers were in same pos
sion as when he first saw them,
except that possibly they were
compressed. Olson explained the
photo that had been taken Of the
papers and the refrigerator.
States Attorney Maennel took
the stand, but he said that he
was at Sioux City, Iowa, at the
time banker Funk was killed,
but that he started for home as
soon as he heard of his death, and
reached Washburon on Thursday,
that same week. He was not pres
ent when the bullet was found,
but he was there when the pile
of papers were given to deputy
sheriff Olson to keep for evidence
He explained to the jury the
position Of the papers on top Of
the ice box and also pointed out
the bullet hole and the torn frag-
ments.
Frank Thompson, a member Of
the coroner's jury and; who found
the bullet on the floor under the
refrigerator, then testified. He.
used the reporters desk to show
the jury just where he picked up
the bullet. He said it was lying
in linewith the front Of the ice
box, he identified the bullet in
court and said it had the same
shape as when he found it. He
said others present at the time
examined, and that one Of the Of
ficers took it.
Assistant States Attorney Mad.
den then testified as to examin-
ing the walls. He said he found
an indentation about a half inch
long and a quarter Of inch in
diameter over the ice box. It ha
made a. hole. about an eighth of
an inch deep. The jury was.then
shown pictures Of the refrigera-
tor and the pile Of papers on top.
Clerk Of Court Hanson was
again recalled and said that on
the evening Funk was killed he
was at Funk's more or less till
IL O'Clock that night. He also
said he had a conversation 10 min
utes after the shooting, with Wal.
lfcu DIS W Ills WHITE
abouts. He said they were at
Anderson s garage when they.had
the conversation, and when he
asked Walfred where he was at
the time, Anderson told him he
was in the basement Of his house
putting water in his storage bat
teries. When asked by Hanson
if he heard the shot, Anderson
told him it sounded as though
Funk's outside cellar door had
fallen. Walfred also told Hanson
he heard the children crying in
the yard. Walfred then said he
came out Of his basement and
took a bottle Of water to the ga
rage to fill a battery.
Hanson said that after the shoe
ing when he and Anderson were
talking in the garage Anderson
was leaning against the fender
of his auto, and he told Hanson
that after he reached the garage
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