Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-18
ALLEGED ~ RDERERf Il BREAKS
DOWN WHEN CONFRONTED i,
-: BY$.NlFE o il cashier. i. r :.

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BOWS, cAREssEs5 AND, KISSES
BODY WHEN TAKEN TO BIER
OF MURDERED MAN. s'
Washburn, ~ d., April 1S.-When
confronted by the widow Of the man
he is alleged to have murdered, w. T.
Anderson broke down and cried like
a child for a few minutes but later
regained his composure and continued
his denials of the guilt Of the murder
of r. p. Funk, cashier of the First Ma
tional bank, which occurred Monday
morning. Mrs Funk asked continually
since the death of her husband for an
opportunity to question Anderson, but
it was not until this morning that her
friends thought she was strong enough
to stand the excitement that would be
caused by. coming face to face with the
man she accused Of committing the
crime W: /, lJ,iss.ff..ya -.}.@ n,
When Anderson denied connection
with the killing, she made the state
ment that; inasmuch as he chad lied to
her before, she couldn't believe him.
Officers at the court: house, were
mildly surprised Wednesday morning
when Anderson asked to be taken to
the house where the remains of Funk
are being kept. When he entered the
room, he fell on his knees beside the
bier, threw his arms about the body
and kissed the; dead face of his former
friend and employer, and kept calling
to him to come back and help him out
Of the trouble into which he had been
forced. He was not allowed to remain
in the room long, as the undertaken,
who has charge Of the body, feared it
would be pulled to the. floor, SO strenu-
GUS we're the caresses Of. !. the accused
man. Anderson was then returned to
the tyssla Sheriff
Simon, where he spent the rest spf The
morning helping: an officer. OF. the
bank with the .sban nk oolks.| &s:@s5 s.3:.#
FuneFa! Today. -,. I: =
Clarence II Funk The murdered
man. will be given d Masonic funeral
this afternoon, the services to be held
at Washburn. The body will be
brought to Bismarck and then taken
to Los Angeles, CAL, where the Wife's
mother and sister reside, and where
the widow will make her home after
her affairs are settled. 4. Z. 3s, =
& Anderson Walked to Garage.
There were a number Of people who
congregated at the scene of the mur-
der Immediately following the dis
= charge of the gun Capt. Leach was
across the street and was there in
time to assist in taking the body into
the house. Others were within a
short distance 38of the house and were
there almost Immediately. .s:ti III 4 y
But despite the fact that Anderson
Z admits he was in his own house, thir-
ty-five feet away, hts did not appear
on the scene fora least five minutes nut'
after the tragedy. occurred, say the
witnesses. He had, however, left the
. house and gone to his garage II is
said, and, then, returned to the house.
Not3until he was asked, did he state
anything about hearing the discharge
of the rifle, and he,&4 then, said ;hat he
heard it, but was in the basement at
+: the ti1ne 4 He stated q fter: he was rs ar ar
rested that le and the dead III man 3 y bad fl
!. never. had any differences and that llee
was on tleSbest= Of terms with Funk, #
That the shot was fired from the in
sidc Of the And derson house, the #55}1' of-
. Ecials seem positive, but the fact re re
mains that no one saw he act, and N 1 II I
will be hard to prove positively that
he, was the, man Who held the rife
Anderson has denied that he is guilty, u "
81 but: furth refuses to tall HI;
5.. 5s Tho coroner's jury returned the 9: fol y
lowing verdict late Tuesday night .S.#f
THAT i. u. Funk Of 2Washburn[l, y =,
d., met his death III, q feloniOus man
ier5 at the hands aof an I'm Known 4 I,
son by a rife bullet fired from 4 win in
dow In the west wall Of the W. 7. An AZ
s. derson residence. Signed, s5 Frahnl a.
\ Thompson, Thos. McCann and George
Yackey. y, hi 81:
6, An examination was made .of the g g I I
fairs Of the bank and the cash count llatE
ed and there were no 1 discrepancies ,f'
( found in And derson's acc cunts Y. a U Y
T gust 2. Johnson, one Of the directors Fl
of the bank, was appointe tempo'lrar'. y Y.
cashier and will continue the business \ q
s The bank IS one of the strongest n r. tn tn
state. 81 53,5 MI N
e 4 People can always escape seeing q q
4 Play by paying 4 high price and q s'lt slt
4 ting in the boxes.
Over in England all "a woman Il ! lla1 q
. TO TO- Do to get ont of Jail Is to refuse y
5 eat her dinner, 333s :s55s
It Eis believed there are several q DAY "
Z fopeall reg giments that dare to tackl
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