Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-17

this explosion; that this servant girl
rushed by Mr.. Funk to pick up the
child, not knowing what had happen
ed, and that child, l believe, was cry
ing at that time; and she stopped and
licked up the little girl who was
upon the southeast corner OF this
porch, laying across the corner OF the
porch.
"a Am Shot," Mr.. Funk's Last Words.
Immediately following Miss Falgren
came Mrs. Funk, and as she came out
there Mr.. Funk was just turning
about, and as he turned he reached
out his hand and grasped the hand
Of hia wife and said. II am shot" She
put her arm about him aad attempted
to hold him up and steady him, and
he fell backward off the porch, and
within a few moments died. Shortly
after this citizens, who had been at
tracted by the noise Of the explosion
or shot, FASTENED to the scene, and
one in particular a there almost
Immediately afterward, a lapse Of a
very short time, and when he arriv-
ed Mr.. Funk was lying upon the
ground. and SO far as this witness
could discover was at that time dead.
Two or three other citizens having
arrived. they carried Mr.. Funk into
the house, through this same back
door through the different rooms, into
the front bedroom, and unQuestion-
ably at this time, so far as the testi-
mony will disclose, Mr.. Funk was
dead.
Found Track of the Bullet.
So far, there was no indication Us
to what had caused the death OF Mr..
Funk. Upon the arrival Of the doe
tor, however, an examination was
made by him, upon which it was
found that a bullet had entered the
body Of Mr.. Funk, going in the right
breast at a point which will be in
by the doctor, who made the
examination, through the body, and
came out just to the left of the spinal
column; that this wound going in the
direction In which it did. straight
across through the body, striking the
parts of the body and the organs
which it did, was sufficient to cause
practically instantaneous death; that
the bullet came very close to-, If not
touching, the spinal column and by
the concussiOn caused a reaction Of
the spinal cord, which resulted in i'm
mediate death.
Found Jacket of a Bullet.
The citizens had gathered about
the scene and were engaged in search
ing for the cause OF his death. Some
discovered in this little shed which
the porch entered, a jacket of a bull
let, resting upon and partly in a pile
Of papers, which were laid upon the
top of a refrigerator. Following the
finding Of that jacket a search was
made a little further, and it was found
that a hole had been made through
some of the papers and a bullet was
found upon the floor partly under the
refrigerator. Some time later, how
ever not until several days after,
there was found an indentation in the
wall back of this refrigerator, which
showed where this bullet had struck
the wall.
Anderson Went to Garage.
The defendant, Anderson, came out
of his house some few minutes after
this transaction, which l have detail
ed, went from the back part Of his
house, first to his garage, went to the
door OF his garage and either stayed
there for a short space of time or en-
tered think the testimony will dis
close to you that he entered the gar
age, and came out and closed the
door and then came back to this
scene where the citizens had congre-
gated; that when he came back there
he had conversations and talks with
some of the citizens who were there,
but he did not for the space of some
little time 60 over to the scene OF this
transaction.
Connecting Defendant With the Cir
cumstances.
1t was disclosed later, upon exam.
nation that the bullet and the Jacket
which was found, and which had pass
ed through the body of Mr.. Funk vas
the bullet and Jacket of what is
known as a 80 Special Winchester
rifle; that the bullet and the jacket
were in such shape and had so pre-
served their appearance and condition
that it could be determined cOnclu-
sively that they were a bullet and
jacket from this particular kind of a
gun. Several facts and circumstances
were then discovered which will be
placed in evidence before you for the
purpose Of showing the connection of
the defendant with this fact, among
which are these: That at the time of
the shooting, and as discovered later,
the window of this room from which
the storm window had been taken Off
that afternoon by Mr.. Anderson had
been raised a distance of some six or
eight, possibly more, inches; that the
curtain or blind had been pulled own
to the extent of the aperture, that
there was nc view within that
from the outside except through this
particular space between the window
curtain and the window sill; that i'm.
!nediately opening off from this room
was a little closet in which were kept
several guns owned by Mr.. Anderson: