The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-06-27

this county would ever hear such
a magnificent effort again. He
said when he had gone to his
room during the noon. recess he
WAS almost inclined to believe
the magnetism Of that great
lawyer and his ingenuity in as
sembling elements would have
led him to support a verdict of
acquittal were he a juror. He
realized he knew the facts in
this case and said that he had COZ
cluded to go before the jury and
could and leave the responsible
ty with the jury. He laid no CLAIM
to being a great orator, but
hoped to prove by the written
evidence that Walfred 7. Ander-
son was guilty and should not les-
cape.
In cautioning the jury not to
be carried away by the magnetism
and by the oratory Of his oppo-
sing counsel, for an Illustration h
referred to the story written
some years ago by Sir Gilbert Pa
ker, 1.-The Right Of Way" which
referred to the services Of lawy-
ers in a murder ease, where the
jury had returned a verdict for
acquittal upon the oratory Of the
counsel in place of upon the
facts. He then sited where the
jury in the Cooper case from
Trail county had brought in a
verdict for ,acquittal even though
there had been an eye witness.
Here Attorney Bangs, who had
defended the Cooper case, stat
ed that that was a case of self
defense, one where Cooper had
killed the hired man after he had
ben attacked.
Mr.. Lawrence called the ata
tention Of the jury to their oath,
that they were sworn to render
a verdict according to evidence.
He discussed the testimony and
the argument OF Mr.. Bangs as
to the location OF the sound, and
he brought out a strong point
when he told the jury that they
needed no stronger testimony
than that which had shown that
Anderson himself had located the
Sound OF that shot when he had
told one witness that he thought
it was t'unk's cellar door falling,
and to another that he thought
it had been his own furance door.
He then discussed experimental
shooting the state had caused to
be conducted How the rifle had
been placed in the window Of a
mouse just as it might have been
placed in the window Of the An
derson house and how to those
who heard the shot tired from in
side it sounded like the roar Of
an explosion and when fired, out
doors it had the sharp crack.
He called attention to the fact
that wnen the people heard the
shot the night OF the murder
they did not run to the church,
they did not run to Anderson s
garage, but they went to r'unk's
They knew where the sound was
and he read considerable testi-
mony to show how the witnesses
had located the sound Of that re-
port. lie told how right after
the shooting Anderson who was
lin his own basement at the
time came out doors and went to
his garage and then came back
again before he seemed to be at
tracted with the knowledge Of
anything happening at bunk
next door, and thought. that his
veryEsa actions WerebA guilty,
fAAA014S 0lAxO re1k0E
ed with ~ttihtU5sse iatE the scene; after,
wards the expressions he bore
were the marks of Cain.
He discussed to the jury.how.At-
torney Bangs had attempted to
make it appear that when FUNK
had come home that evening he
had gone through the house out
the back door and was going
north to the clubhouse. Mr.. Law
renee explained where Funk was
when the shot, through the tes-
timony Of Mrs. Funk and her.
servant girl, Hilma Fahlgren.
Hilma had said that the minute
he had stepped out the back
door to pick up the baby she
heard shot and as she ran out
the door. Funk was turning to-
the south and that he finally.
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