The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-24
Shots Fired in Room
Near Washburn IF
No Odor Of Pow J,
Unique Experiment Was Carried Oh BY Witnesses for the
State ID the Anderson Murder Trial
Only After Several Shots Were Fired O Of Window That the
0dor Was Detected No Trace Of Powder o. Sill
Defense Maennel Will Open Argument for the State
Bangs VIII Follow Lawrence VIII Close for for State

ItDeen inquired OF Dy the state at LnaL
time and the court sustained the OBJ
Election of Mr.. Lawrence, as it was IN
the nature of a self serving declaration
possibly might lead to that.
| Then Mr.. Bangs stated that he de-
ISired at that time to introduce testt-
lmony by the witness Peterson as to a
conversation had by him at the time of
Injecting Anderson at the fence for the
purpose of showing the conduct Of
Anderson, the manner Of his express
lsion, in connection with his facial ex-
preston and looks, and general con
duct. Here Attorney Lawrence offered
lanother objection which was sustained
by the court. Other attempts to bring
out what Anderson had said at that
time were made by Attorney Bangs and
when Attornty Lawrence objected he
1 was sustained.
Peterson did testify, however, that
when he went to the scene of the
Ishooting he met Anderson, and they,
/ both went towards F'unk's shed. Pet
erson said he could not get in the shed
at the time because it was full of peo-3
pie, though Anderson did get just in
side the shed door for a minute or so
land that after both Peterson and An
tderson crossed the yard and went to
told Walfred he had better throw open
his house and let a search be made
whereupon Anderson exclaimed: My
4 God, they can't suspect mel"
When the court ruled that Peterson
could state whether or not there
was any other conversation Peterson
said that while he did not see that
Andersons face was flushed or that his
face had any unusual color He did
notice that he appeared to be grief
stricken and that tears came to his
eyes. Peterson also told of Anderson
and himself going into the house and
| how they searched the house from the
basement to the garret and that they
went to the garage, although while
the garage was being searched Ander-
| son remained at his house near a north
corner While they went through the
| house Anderson took revolver with
| him. Peterson said that after the
garage had been searched they went
farther north and UP the hill to the
ICongragational church, and searched
the basement. There they found the
basement partly open. but those who
/ heard the testimony said the open
door could be accounted for from the
| fact that Attorney Madden and Attor-
ney McCulloch searched the church
basement before Peterson went there.
Peterson said that after the search.
| had been made that he and Anderson
| and Perry and Harry Wahl and Harry
| Johnson came down town about
o'clock and went to the bank. Attor-
ney Lawrence did not cross examine
Peterson.
Mrs. c, G. Forbes. wife of DR.. Forbes
was put on the stand by the defense
and stated that she was at her home
at the time the shot was fired and it
sounded to her as though it had come
| from off the hill and that though 1t
was very loud she thought at the time
that 1t was boys shooting gophers.
Her husband followed her on the
stand and he said he had known Wal
| fried Anderson ever since he was a boy.
| He had also known Funk since he
came to Washburn, and that while he
/ did business with the bank frequently
during every week after the bank was
started he always supposed that both
Funk and Anderson were always
/ friendly.
August Wahl, the postmaster of
Washburn ever since 1898, said he was
hurrying to the postoffice to distribute
| mail when he heard the shot fired that
levening. The train had been late that
evening and he was taking short
| cut down town from his house. He
heard the shot but did not pay
! enough attention to it to tell what it
sounded like or where 1t might have
been located. He said he had done
business at the First National bank
/ ever since it started and it had alWays
appeared to him that as Funk and
Anderson worked together in the bank
their relations were of the most friend
| ly nature.
#. a. Callahan, the automobile man.
was then called to the stand. by the
defense. and said he was on a street
crossing between his garage and 4
livery stable. He was on his way to
| Anderson's garage when he heard the
shot fired, and he thought it was the
explosion Of a gasoline engine at the
residence of Dan Schulz He saw q
commotion shortly afterwards, and he
went down town before he returned
to the scene of the tragedy He testi-
| fled as to having made an examination
of the house several days after the
shooting while the Anderson house
was still in charge of the sheriff and
with Attorney Netcher OF the defense
and examined the window of the den
for burned powder marks and
scratches on the sill but could And
none, He also testified that the box
affair under the heating pipe from the
den which had been open all winter
had evidently been cut upen with
timers shears and the sides pulled
down.