The Washburn leader., 1913-06-27
Not Guilty." Was Verdict Of Jury
In Case Against w. 7. Anderson

fired from the direction Of the
Anderson garage or from the hill.
Where was the motive fo.
Walfred Anderson to do it., ask
ed Mr.. Bangs. "The testimony
on a slip Of paper meant moth
ing, neither did the expression
! Of Fahlgren."
Fahlgren said Mr.. Bangs. had
been brought in to testify, and
had but one expression in his
mind, and he was anxious to give
it on the stand. Mr.. Bangs re-
called how he had gone into the
bank on Saturday and asked the
question. Where's Mr.. Funk. ''ht
said that Walfred had remarked,
that, Eyes the sonsiof a
ought to be shot, that is the best
l can say for the son Of --."
The attorney said that as
soon as Fahlgren had spit that
out on the stand he had run out
|of town, and why, asked Mr..
Bangs.
Because he had been bought
to give that testimony, and L
could almost point to the spot
where he got that testimony, and
who prepared the witness, and
| could almost say who bought
him"
Ed. Ritnour had been in the
bank the same day as Fahlgren,
and had also asked for Mr..
Funk, but according to Mr.. Bang.
Anderson had made no such re- 4
ply as Fahlgren had stated. Mr..
Ritnour had known Anderson for
years and he did not notice any,
thing unusual with his conduct
that day. !
"That testimony Of Fahlgren
was nothing but damnable per
jury, (" said Mr.. Bangs, "and gem.
tlemen Of the jury, he comes here
and tries to hang man he had
known for years by his lies. Such
men as j. T. McCulloch, August
johnson and Karl Klein all direc-
tors Of the bank, have known
Funk and Anderson for years in
the bank, business men Of the city
in and out of the bank every day
depositing their money there had
known these two men through
their years of association, and
not one Of them have told Of any
indication.of feeling between them
except this man Fahlgren, who
had been brought in from the
country, and as soon as he sJppit :
out his vile venom he immedi-
ately left town. 'E$ssi Essi
There has not been a man."
continued. Mr.. Bangs, "to, inti-,s
mate there had been any trouble.
August Whal; the postmaster and
81 ponce, had never noticed Sny
trouble. But a motive was imper
alive, and after these years the
only o. man they could dig up was
Fahlgren. Are you, gentlemen
OF. the jury, going to take his
testimony, which was enough to !
damn all the other testimony tie
state did present. =
In opening the case to the 1uu.,r ur,r
Tor the prosecution, State 8 At
1ttorney Maennel noted the bibi-
cal passage from Exodus. ssThoux
shall not kill" and he continued
by saying that it was today.
necessary that the law be entorc-
ed that the people might be pro- I,rs !
tected, that the Officers Tor III
state had no feeling in the M. q
other than 70 protect the peopl M 81
He outlined what he said the.st Sf.S
had proven. The story o. tllis u
crime he said, was simple ands'
that all the facts pointed to III
IN the guilt on this defendants
Proceeding with the same I'LL
ligence in his attempt to Y M
lishf to the jury that the sSS &
Of that shot had been locat
lnll many different places by th1 81 M n
nessea who had testified Hx Il
state, Attorney Bangs cont tanSS y = y y
Wednesday morning probably y tlis
greatest effort he has ever mad
IN any criminal action 1I1 haa