The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-06-20

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where the shot had come from.
} Attorney Bangs . then attempted
to draw from Hanson a difram Of
the interior OF the garage as to
the doors through the different
rooms inside the garage, and dur
ing this Bangs stopped to con.
suit with Anderson. On cross
examination by Mr.. Bangs Han
son repeated much Of the same
testimony he had given Mr..
Lawrence on on direct examina-
ton.
Recalled again, Hanson said
that when he saw Anderson 20
to the garage the west door of the
garage was closed, that Anderson
went to his garage about five
minutes after the shooting. He
said Anderson opened the door
went in the garage and when he
came out he partly closed the
door.
Joe Olson, one Of the deputy
sheriffs, was recalled again. and
said he hdd talked with Ander-
son as to his whereabouts several
Etimes,. and at different places,
at the bank, at his house and the
basement, an hour and a half af-
ter the shooting. Coming back
from the bank Olson said Ander-
son remarked, that he supposed
he would probably lose his posi-
ton. Olson said he was in the
basement of Anderson's house VIII
he asked Anderson where he was
when the shot was fired. Ander-
son told him he was in the base
ment and that the report sound
ed like a cellar door dropping.
Olson told Mr.. Bangs that he
went from Anderson s den to the
basement Of his house. He had
asked Anderson to light the lights
in his home. Anderson turned on
all the lights and they went into
the basement. Olson said And
erson remarked, that he would
have to put more water in the
batteries in the basement before
he turned on the lights. There
was 10 one else there aud they
went ito the basement from the
outside cellar door, the top door
Of the entrance being open. After
the batteries had been filled they
went through all the rooms Of the
house to make a search. All the
lights were burning in the house
then. Olson said he had a CONVEX
sation with Anderson in the base
ment and he remembered there
was a fire in the furance at the
time.
Mrs. Hanson was recalled to the|
stand and she related the CONVEX
sation she had with Anderson
right after the Shooting as to his
whereabouts. Her first question
was:
where were you, Walfred, WI
the shooting took place?
II was in the basement putting
water in the storage battery jars.
did you hear the noise9"
eyes, said Anderson, "and /
thought it was Funk s cellar door
Assistant States Attorney Mad
den took the stand again and he
said that the deputy sheriff had
phoned him that Anderson wante
to see him. Anderson told Mad
den that he had come up from the
bank about 5 o'clock. He had
found the house warm and he had
taken off two storm windows, two
from the bath room and one from
his den. Madden said he had
seen the condition Of the den win
dow, and that from the outside
it looked as though it may not
have been raised more than three
or four inches. To Mr.. Bangs
Madden tod the position Of the
furniture in the rooms Of the
Anderson house, particularly the
furniture in the den. He also
said there was a hot air register
the room the tin pipe from which
is covered with asbestos led into
q box affair in the basement.
Madden said the officials had pos.
session Of Anderson s house till
the 29th or Both Of April and dur
ing that time the box affair had
not been opened but remained ms
tact and that there had been no
attempt tolopen it. Mr.. Madden
said he hadn ot attempted to ex-
anime the box, and that later the
keys had been turned over to
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