The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-11-11
Murder Trial
Under Way
C.M.ANDERSON FACES JURY IN COURT
Was in Vicinity Night 8efOre Says WitnosSeS---De
fenSe Scores Point on Cross Examination

A Jury IN the " NJ. ANDERSON muir
der trial was secured at a late houi
Friday evening, as follows; George
Yorkshire, rauoher; Henry Lamb,
ranoher; John Fl. Jones, farmer; j.
o. Miles, farmer; George Carlyle
lumbermau; J. A Trainor farmer j.
r. Mcdonald lum herman Z L Gen
try bookkeeper; Oscar Nelson poul-
try man; j. NJ. Qantenance carpen-
ter; e Crawford carpenter and P
Downing farmer
Nearly go venlremeu we're called
before the jury was secured
The taking of testimony started at
ten O'Clock Saturday morning
The first evidence introduced by
the state was to establish the fact
that Anderson had been near the
scene of murder at late hour of
the afternoon the day before the
crime was committed
Mrs I Jenson whose husband is a
farmer living near Hauser Lake and
In the summer accommodates hunting
and fishing parties swore that the de-
tendRnt whom she identified unqual
lldedly was at their place at elk
O'Clock on the evening before muir
der Mr. Jenson has a package liquor
IL ense and Anderson was trying 60
trade two perch that he bad for a
bottle Of beer but failed to make
the trade
Mr. Jenson's evidence supported
that of his wife On Cross examina-
tIon be was positive that Anderson
did not state that he was on his way
to Rathdrum
O Il Morris engineer and W Fl
Pierce conductor on the Idaho Wash
ington and Northern railway aud
J H BItner conductor on the Iuterna-
tional gave evidence of the finding
Of the body of the station agent
murdered In his bedroom and that
they had seen Anderson In the Station
making bedroom out Of the waiting
room prior to that time They testl.
fed to finding the door leading from
the waiting room Into the bedroom
standing open and the till broken
open also that cot 10 the waiting
room had been made up but not oo-
cupied
Several witnesses living between
Hauser Lake and Grand junction
testified to seeing Anderson walking
along the highway between HauseI
and Grand junction carrying "a pal
of fsh
Cunningham agent at Hau sci
Junction identified the murdered
mans watch charm and chain He
also testified that irwin and Anderson
borrowed the cot found the waiting
room short time before the m urdeI
It was, also shown that Anderson had
been feying with Irwin at the sta
tiou for few days before the muir
der putting In his time picking
berries
l. Roper deputy game warden
testified to visiting the scene of The
4urder of the next morning aud find
ing TWO perch there It being the pur-
pose Of the state to show that thes'
we're the two perch which earlier II
the dsyAnderson tried to trade Will
Jenson for a bottle of beer
On CROSS exanmination he testified
that he WAS sure rhey weIe perch thai
be was we'll acquainted with perol
though be had never caught an , bu
as game warden he had seen a gres
many caught by other parties AM
could testify as an expert as &
perch
In describing the hsh he testifie
that they had not been dressed Ths
there was no scales on them an
that perch had no scales and tbs
the Dish he. saw there we're perch bu
had no scales
This is considered a strong poir
for the defeuse as showing that th
fsh they fouuds here could not be th
ones A nderson tried to trade to Jeu
son rs both Mr. aud Mrs Jensen test
fed that the fish we're perch Perc
have scales and Roper testified POI
lively that the fish be found In II
waiting room did not have scales
Attorney Keetou Is representa-
the defendant and Is conducting
vigorous defense The line of b
cross examinatlon seems to indioal
that the defense will try to prove q
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