The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-06-27
Recess Tuesday Morning.

Upon motion Attorney Law
renee at 1920 Tuesday Morning
Judge Crawford granted that q
recess be taken till 2 O'Clock ~
the afternoon to permit the at
torneys to prepare their defense.
both he and Mr.. Bangs had been
said they would be better prepar-
ed to present the case to the
jury if a few hours time were
granted.
When court opened Tuesday
morning, Attorney Bangs an
nounced that the defendant rest
ed, and Attorney Lawrence com
menced the rebuttal.
Major George w. Gregg, OF
Garrison, testified that on Sun,
day with others he had helped
conduct some experimental.sh shoot
ing under direction Of attorneys
for the prosecution. This experl,,
mental shooting was continued
at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning, at
which time A. B. Chaplin, the
aged bullet expert from st. Paul,
was present.
They went to an unoccupled
house about five miles from Wash
burn, and went into a room a.
bont 12 feet SQUARE. The room
was closed atightly with the ex-
ception of a small opening OF a
window through which Gregg did
the shooting. Gregg held the
gun for the first shot over the
window sill and discharged the
rifle, which was a 80 Special Win
chester, and while Karl Klein
was in the room. Those who had
been left outdoors came in i'm
mediately but but could detect
no odor of burnt powder, Meth
er were there any powder marks
on the window sill or any part
Of the window frame. The same
condition existed when two more
shots were fired from the inside.
Then when alone in the room, Mr.
Gregg fired five shots out throug
the window in rapid succession,
extracting the shells as fast as
possible, and after waiting ten
minutes men from the outside en-
tered the room and at that time
could detect a slight odor Of the
burnt powder, and Gregg testi-
fled he could only see a small
fog of smoke as he extracted the
shells from the gun. MI. Chaplin
then testified in line with what
Greg had told. Others of the
party, who had remained out
side said the shots fired from
within the room had a dull sound
were loud and roared something
like an explosion.
Attorney McCulloch, director
Of the First National Bank, was
then. called OF the stand by At
torney Lawrence, and was asked
to tell Of the conversation he had
had with Anderson in the county
Jail about removing the storm
sash from his den window, but
Attorney Bangs entered an OBJ
lection, and Mr.. McCulIoch was o
only permitted to tell that Ander-
son had informed him that the
carpenter had taken the screws
out of the strap hinges. Ander-
son didn't tell McCulloch who put
the window back on, nor did he
say what time the carpenter had
taken it off.
Hilma Fahlgren, Mrs. Funk
servant girl, was then recalled to
the stand and she testified that
she saw a carpenter take the
storm sash off the window Of An
Ederson' a1dens during The
month 81 March while that room
was Delng painted, but she also
said that she saw the sash back
on there but she could not remem
Der when it was, though she
was sure it was during the month
of March.
With her testimony Attorney
Lawrence's motion to take a re-
cess till 2 o'clock.
Mrs. Funk and her two year oil,
baby girl, whom its father was
about to pick up in his back yard
when he was SO mysteriously
murdered, and accompanied by
her servant, Hilma Fahlgren, ap-
peared in the court room Tues
day morning just as the proceed
3ings commenced. She seemed to
take her same usual interest in.
the case, though sits lmost Of
the time with her head bowed.
Anderson, appeared as though
he had been refreshed after a
nights rest, while his wife and.
other members az his family sat