Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-19
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Talked With Anderson

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Talked With Anderson
Hanson said that after the shoot.
ing when he and Anderson were talk.
ing IN the garage Anderson was lean.
ing against the fender Of his automo.
bile, and he told Hanson that after
he reached the garage he turned
around, saw a crowd gather at Funk's,
and that he went over there. While
Hanson was with Anderson at the
garage they went down in the base.
meat, and they went through the fresh
excavation that had been dug for the
entrance to the garage basement, and
made a search, Later Hanson talked
! With Anderson at the fence on a line
with the real Of the two houses. Up
to that time Hanson had not been in
AndersOn's house. Hanson said that
he had heard people speculate as to
| where the shot had come from.
Repeated Much Testimony.
Attorney Langs then attempted to
draw from Hanson a diagram Of the
interior OF the garage as to the doors
through the different rooms inside
the garage, and dul.ns this Bangs
stopped to consult with Anderson. On
cross.examinatlon by Mr.. Bangs Han.
son repeated much Of the same testi-
mony he had given Mr.. Lawrence on
direct examination.
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 Recalled.
Joe Olson, one OF the deputy sher.
IFS, was recalled again, and said he
had talked with Anderson as to hs
whereabouts several times, and ut diff.
ferent places, at the bank, at his
house, and the basement an hour and
a half after the shooting. Coming
back from the bank Olson said An
dersoa remarked that he supposed he
would probably lose his position. OF.
sou said he was i'm the basement of
Anderson's house when he asked An.
dersOn where he was when the shot
was fired. Anderson told him he was
in the basement, and that the report
sounded like a cellar door dropping.
Olson told Mr.. Bangs that he went
from AndersOn's den to the basement
OF his house. That he had asked An
derson to light the lights in his house.
Anderson turned on all the lights, and
they went into the basement. Olson
said Anderson remarked that he
would have to put more water in the
batteries In the basement before he
turned on the lights. There was no
one else there, and they went into
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 iii the house
then. Olson said he had a c~onversa
tion with Anderson in the basement
and he remembered there was a fire
In the furnace at the time.
Mrs. H1tsenFoSks lsnd.
Mrs. Hanson was recalled to tn;
stand, and she related the conversa
ton she had with Anderson right after
the shooting. as to his whereabouts
Her first question was:
Where were. you. WAlfred, when
the shooting took placer,
Il was in the basement putting wa
ter IN the storage battery jars"
Did you hear the noise?"
YES said Anderson, land
thought 1t was Funk's cellar door"
Attorney Madden Called Again.
Assistant States Attorney Madden
took the stand again, and he said
that the deputy sheriff had phoned
him that Anderson wanted to see him
Anderson told Madden that he had
come up from the bank about S
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
window, and that from the outside 1t
looked as though 1t had been raised
four or five inches, while inside 1t
looked as though it may not have
been raised more THAI three or four
Inches. TO Mr.. Bangs Madden show
ed the position of the furniture in the
rooms of the Anderson house, par.
mcularly the furniture in the den. He
also said there was a hot air register
IN the room, the tin pipe from which
was covered with asbestos and led
into a box affair in the basement. Mad
den said the officials had possession
OF Anderson's house till the 29th or
goth OF April, and during that time
the box affair had not been opened.
but remained intact and that there
had been no attempt to open it. Mr.,
Madden said he had not attempted to
examine the box, and that later the
Keys had been turned over to Emil
Anderson, the brother of the defend.
ant.
Was Soon Near the Scene.
j.. T. McCulloch on the stand said
that he had been a practicing attor-
ney In Washburn for 13 years, and
that he was at the Funk home within
10 minutes after the shooting occur.
red the night Funk was killed. He
said he talked with Anderson several