The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-06-20
carry Ful the house he saw
Hanson feel Of Funk's pulse.

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Then he went out, on the shed
platform at the back door, and
saw Mrs. Madden and Mrs. Han
son in the back yard with Mrs.
Funk. He then turned around
and for the first time saw Ander-
son across the fence in his own
yard, he knew Anderson we'll, and
hid he was walking slow. Leach
went over to fence and said to
Anderson, Chunk is Dead" And
erson answered. by.repeating twic.
"ls Funk dead,," Anderson said
no more, but walked away. Leach
testified that Anderson face was
red, and he seemed flushed.
To Attorney Bangs for the de-
Tense Capt. Leach testified he
was on his way to supper when
he heard the shot and admitted
that he might have been some
what excited when he ran to the
scene Of the shooting, but rememt
cred we'll the circumstances, and
was very much impressed with
the fact that Anderson was flush
ed. Attorney Bangs attempted.to
bring oat the fact, that was And
erson's natural color and leaned
over in his seat so the witness
could take a good look at the
accused.
Victor Anderson, a teamster for
Chas. Huntly, heard the explo-
sion, and he said on the stand it
had a dull sound as though it wal
smothered or muffled. Victor
Anderson was in the office of the
livery sable, almost across from
the Catholic church at the time
OF the shooting, the door Of the
barn was open, and he thought
the shot from the direction Of
the Funk and Anderson homes.
Attorney Bangs asked him if he
thought the shot might have come
from aover the hill, but Victor
did not think the sound was that
far away.
another day is over with" re
marked Walfred Anderson with
a smile as he passed out the
stage entrance Of the little opera
house where he is being tried for
the murder Of Cashier Frank E.
Funk, and went back to the coun
ty Jail for the night with the
deputy sheriff, and after a long
day in the court room. During
the Tuesday afternoon recess
Anderson sat beside his wife,
and for the first time since
the trial started he engaged in a
long confidential conversation
with her, though she seemed to be
doing mos+ of the talking.
The first ripple Of excitement il
the murder trial here occurred
yesterday %aftrnoon when Attorne.
Bangs for the defense cross ex-
amined P. G. VAIL, the deputy
sheriff who has the accused man
in charge. Wahl stated that at
the corners inquest he had stated
that the shot or explosion heard
the evening Funk was killed had
a dull sound. Bangs looked
through and read Wallis testi-
mony from the transcript, and re-
marked that the testimony taken
did not show that VAIL had saio
any such thing at the inquest,
but VAIL stuck to it that that wa.
the first time he had stated the
report had a dull sound. VAIL
also testified on the stand yester-
day afternoon that ct tbs. time
he. heard the noise he and George
1Pipin, one Of the prisoners at
the county Jail, were sitting in
the door Of the sheriff's garage,
and that the door faced north,
of Funk's and Anderson's He sale
that he and Pipin paid no at
tention to the report at the time
but kept on smoking and talking,
and that they paid no attention
to the explosion till Mrs. Simon
came out 70 the Jail and called to
them that something had happen
ed at Funk's home. He said that
later he went down there and
made some examinations. One OF
the places he examined that eve
ming was the Congregational
church where there was a base
ment. VAIL also testified to
difference Of rifles and the noise
they made when fired in the open
air. But it was when he stuck to
the statement the statement that
he had said the report had a
"dull sound that matters warme
up. Bangs asked him if it WASH t
a fact that the 'sdull sound" had
been suggested to him recently
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