The Alaska daily empire., 1913-07-17
Defense Presents lmpeaching
 Testimony.

. Andrew Petrie, who lived in Skag- , way at the time the first grand jury met at that place, but who now lives in Portland. was the first witness to testify on behalf of Macdonald. He testified that he had been a member of the first grand jury.
 Petrie remembered the details of the testimony of Mrs. Marks, L. F. Keist. Mrs. Olson and Carl Erickson almost perfectly, according to his tes- timony. What purported to be the testimony of Mrs. Marks before this grand jury was read at length to Mir. , Petrie by Mir. Hellenthal, and Mir. Pc trie said quite positively that it was correct. After another reading from the paper, Mir Petrie was asked if that was not what Mir. Keist said, and he said it was. After the reading of another statement, he was asked if that was not what Mrs. Olson said, and he answered in the affirmative. He testified similarly to a statement said to have been that of Carl Brick son. These statements differed mater ially from the testimony of these same ! witnesses in the present trial, and were generally that these witnesses had said that they did not see the shooting
 In cross examination by Mir. Rust gard, Petrie said that when Si. He'll enthal came to his house in Oregon last May. and asked him what he re- membered of ,Ie testimony of the witnesses. he said that eleven years was a long time, and Mir. Hellenthal would have to give him a couple of days to think it over Two days later Hellenthal returned to MT. Petrie. and the latter then dictated to Mr Hel- lenthal just what each witness had said. and he was even able to remem- Der and reproduce a sketch of the grounds at Treadwe1. which he had never seen, from his recollection of a little sketch which the foreman of the Skagway grand jury had drawn at the time. Mr. Petrie explained that the reason he could do this was because he was a carpenter. and he could re- member and reproduce every drawing he had ever seen. Mir. Petrie could remember the names of two or three other witnesses who testified in the Macdonald case at Skagway, but he could not remember with certainty what they testified to. He remember ed about 60 witnesses had testified be- fore that grand jury in various cases, but he could not remember any of them except those he mentioned all of whom he said were in the MacDon- aid case. Asked if he could remem- ber any of the other cases, he said that there was another murder case, but he could not remember the name of the defendant nor the victim nor the names of any of the other wit nesses. He was very positive. how eyer, that he remembered what it was that Keist, and Erickson, Mrs. Mark and Mrs Olson said at that time. The Macdonald case had made a marked impression upon his mind.
 Sitka Man Corroborates Petre.
 Peter Trierschild, another grand jury man who was at Skagway at the ! session eleven years ago, still lives at Sitka. Mir. Trierschild testified very positively that he could remem- Der in considerable the testimony of ? Mrs. Marks. Mrs. Olson, Mir. Keist . and Carl Erickson. What purpOrted to be the testimony of each of these witnesses was also read to Mir. Triers- child, and the grand juror also said that he remembered distinctly that was what they testified Further, MT. Trierschild said he remembered strict ly that all the witnesses that testified at the Skagway hearing, except one . Cross, said they saw nothing of the shooting, and practically that they knew nothing about it.
 In cross examination, the witness b said that he could not remember any other witness in the Macdonald case 5 than the four sought to be impeached 5 though he said that according to his recollection there were about 25 or 90 witnesses sworn in the MacDon aid matter He said that he could not r remember the name of any other wit 5 ness who appeared before the grand jury, other than those four, or what 5 any other witness testified to except these four, but he was positive that he recollected exactly what these fOul 7 had said, and was sure that the teSti t mOny of none of them could have be } come confused in his mind with the - testimony of other witnesses. Asked s if he could recall the names of the . grand jurors who were with him dur ? ing the session which he said lasted , month, he named nine, six of whom - are now in Juneau as witnesses il
 the present trial.