The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-18

witness stand. Dressed iii deep mourn
ing, she took the oath and without q
trernor told of the awful circumstances
that occurred at her home that eve
ming. Nothing was referred to the time
she confronted the accused man, and
it is thought she will take the stand
again. Immediately after she had tes-
titled she left the court, accompanied
by Mrs. Falgren, her servant, and EoSs
Funk, brother of her murdered hus-
band. and returned to her home. She
was not cross-exanlined by Attorney
Bangs for the defense.
After the jury had filed into their
places, Attorney Lawrence presented
the case to the jury.
Seated in the courtroom when the
accused, Anderson, appeared with the
deputy sheriff, was his father, mother
and two sisters, Hilma and Florence,
and his brother. Emile Anderson, the
county treasurer. Just before the
proceedings commenced, Anderson's
wife, unaccompanied, entered the
courtroom and took a seal alongside of
the Anderson family, directly behind
her accused husband. She seemed the
most concerned of all, and at times
read the account of the case from The
Bismarck Daily Tribune. The accus-
ed was apparently not moved by the
tSStllIoayS ana SIlOWaQ HO Signs Oh
weakening.
The only time Mrs. Funk displayed
any noticeable emotion was when on
the stand she recalled how her hus-
band had walked through the house
and remarked to his wife regarding
the little child playing in the yard
that "she loves to be Out DOORS With
that statement Mrs. Funk's counter
.ance WINGED somewhat but she kept
back the sobs though there were many
over the crowded courtroom who all
but broke into tears.
Joe Leach, the young steamboat cap
tain, was next called, and he testified
as to how he was just passing the
Catholic church when he heard Mrs.
Funk call for help and how he went to
er home and with Attorney Madden
and Clerk of Court Hanson carried the
body into the bedroom.
Dr.. Sawyer was on the stand for
over two hours this afternoon, and
told how he had gone to the Funk
nome, examined the body and probe
the bullet wound. Tom Madden, about
the same size of a man as Funk, put
on the coat and vest the murdered
man had worn and showed to the Jury
how the bullet had passed through the
BODY over the right nipple to where it
exlted in the back about an inch and
a half from the spine. Attorney Bangs
IT some length led the witness as to
the course of the bullet wound and as
to what kind of a bullet it was.
The chart Atkinson had prepared
with the assistance of Addison Falcon
er of Bismarck and j.. H. Starbuck of
Washburn, was shown. Attorney
Lawrence took the surveyor oyer ey-
cry foot of ground to show where the
bullet Jacket had been found buried in
a pile of papers on top of the refrig-
orator in the shed. The elevations be-
tween the buildings on both premises
We're given, and also the size Of the
AZ was given and also position
or where Funk was standing when he
fell. Detailed measurements wera
wen and it was shown that the bulee
let could have taken a natural course
through Funk's body as he stood on
he sned platform, and through the
shed door to the alleged point
over the refrigerator in the pile of pa
,ers on top. To supplement the chart
the engineer drew lines on the chart
to show the jury this course as if the
shot had been fired from the window
in Anderson's home where it was said
only the storm sash had been removed,
son had just finished these lines
when court adjourned for the day. He
will renew his testimony in the morn
ing, and it is thought he will occupy
the stand a large portion of the fore
noon.
When court started, Court Reporter
VIM. Green of Judge Pollock's court,
was sworn in as an official reporter
and together with Reporter Wattam
they r working in relays and are
furnishing typewriter transcript up
to minute as trial proceeds.
Through the afternoon Anderson
followed the proceedings closely and
displayed no signs of breaking, not
ven when Atkinson drew direct lines
from the window of his private room
to point at the Funk home where the
banker was said to have been shot.
During the recess he took a seat be-
tween his father and mother and de-
voted his attention mostly to his
mother. He gave his wife no signs of
recognition till it was time for him
to go back to the jail for the night.
when he went to her and they both
exchanged pleasant remarks, but only
briefly.
The court has been well filled
throughout the day and a large por-
ton has been women. Most Of the
spectators have been people of Wash
burn. A b~reathless silence has pre-
vailed throughout the day and though
the people of the town seem deeply
affected by the trial no comment is
heard. The jury is a body of. com
p~aratively young men of marked in
telligence and they have given The
closest attention to all the testimony