The Alaska daily empire., 1913-07-26

noon today, and the defense began the introduction of sur-rebuttal testimony contradicting the rebuttal testimony of the government It will close with it's evidence tonight, or early Monday and the arguments of counsel will be made Monday and Tuesday.
 Bishop Impeaches Becker.
 Harry A. Bishop. foreman of the grand jury that indicted Macdonald, testified this morning that R. NJ. Beck CT had told him that he was not mem Der of the Skagway grand jury that investigated the Jones' shooting. He said. however, that Becker is hard of hearing and might not have under stood his question.
 Mrs. Gordon Cross Examined.
 Mrs. Ellen G. Gordon, who testified yesterday, was cross examined this morning The defense tried to estab- fish annimus against Macdonald, but she denied any such feeling. She was asked if she had not bitterly assailed Macdonald in a conversation with Rob ert Willis in which she blamed the former for keeping her husband out of the Masonic lodge. She denied it.
 Special Agent Denies Willis.
 Elton Watkins, secret service man, who worked the case up for the gov ernment for several years and is now a lawyer in Portland, Oregon, testified that he had gone south on the Princess May last December in company with R. J. Willis but had never told him that he (Watkins) would recommend that the case be dropepd as there was no merit in it. He persisted in say ing that Willis was under he in- fiuence of liquor on the trip South. Watkins said that Harry Sterling told him on this same trip that he would do everythinb in his power to acquit Macdonald. Watkins denied that he had told F. J. Kenendy that nearly all the government witnesses had been impeached and that the case might as we'll be dropped now.
 Martin Conway, deputy clerk at Skagway. testified that IT true bills were found at the session of the grand jury in 1902.
 Witness contradicts Kinzie.
 Mrs. R. R. Rogers, wife of Mac Donld's secretary, testified that she lived in the present assistant super intendent's home from February to June, 1901 and that the yard surround ing the house was uncultivated at that time, and the bushes were not high or thick enough to hide her IA months old baby from sight while play ing in the yard.
 Dunn Denies Jones Confessed. N J. Dunn, who in the presentation of the case testified to helping Mir Lapslie care for Jones' wounds said he heard the dying man say, while still lying on the counter, q never did him any harm" or words to that effect Dunn said that he did not hear him say ''it was all my fault " Dunn saw no marks of burning or scorching on Jones' clothes, nor any powder burns on the wounds How ever, he had seen a black mark around the wound in Jones' back.
 The witness confessed that he had told Mr. Kinzie and others that he did not admire the defendant person ally, but insisted he had no grudge against him.
 Gillette Says Jones Was Sane
 Judge L. R. Gillett, Assistant Unit ed States District Attorney for the Fourth Division, former United States Commissioner with offices at Douglas at the time of the shooting, was the second witness offered by the prosecu- ton in rebuttal Gillette testified that he had known Jones for over two years. seeing him every few days, and had never considered him other than sane; and that Jones in his presence in company with Judge Thos. R. Ly- ons, of Juneau, had denied the story that he exulted in the assassination of President Mckinley. This talk was before the fight over the same sub RTr rf ant superintendent of the Treadwell company. and Jones.
 MT. Jones, to Gillette's knowledge carried no gun until threatened by Mir. Macdonald.
 The witness swore emphatically to having a conversation with Dr. l. H Moore in Ruby, Alaska, about the Mac. Donald shooting in which Dr. Moore said that he had spent $700 of his own money entertaining in MacDon aids name during the Skagway grand jury investigation and that he had never been paid for it, but that he would get it back yet.
 On cross examination Gillette em phatically denied any animosity against the defendant
 Rogers Saw No Blood.
 R. R. Rogers, private secretary tc Joseph Macdonald in May, 1902, tes tified that he did not remember seeing any blood on Mir. MacDonald's left cuff, sleeve or hand and that if il