The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-06-20
Of Anderson
Murder Charge

Murder Charge
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merchant, whose home is east and
across the street form the Ander-
son premises, said that on the
evening. Of the explosion that she
was seated at her sewing machine
in front Of a window facing And
erson's. That the storm window
was still on but the inner window
was raised and the ventillator
of the storm sash was raised. She
was not running the machine but
she was. sewing by hand. She
said she heard the explosion and
thohtug Anderson was blasting
ground to plant trees. The sound
came towards her and sounded as
though it was farther away than
Anderson's garage, and thought
it must have come from the 9TH
er side Of his house. She glanced
up at the time but did not look
out. When she testified to MIR.
Bangs as to the kind Of a sewing
machine she had, and when she
said it was an "Old Homestead"
Anderson, the accused, laughed.
johanna Schulz, age 10, said
that with May Nelson, she was
going home from the train. which
had been late that night. She
said she and her companion were
on the sidewalk at a point that
gave her a view between the Funk
and Anderson houses. She had
been attracted by a loud report
that seemed to her to come be-
tween the two houses. She stop
ed and looked only for a second.
She did not go over to the Funk
residence, but she told Attorney
Bangs that she knew Anderson
had previously blasted ground to
plant trees, and thought that was
what had caused that loud re-
port. She was not familiar with
rifle shots or the sounds of a
gasoline engine when it exhausted
She did describe this explosion as
making a loud dull noise.
May Nelson, age Is, and dau-
glitter of Mrs. Axel Nelson, and
companion Of the Schulz girl on
the evening Funk was shot, testi-
fled similar to the, Schulz girl on
She said the loud report startled
her, she stopped for a second and
looked, and then walked on. She
also knew that Anderson had been
in, the habit of dynamiting for
the purpose Of planting trees.
Frank johnson, a laborer, who
had worked a good deal for Wal
fred Anderson, fixing and improv
ing the premises about the Ander'
son home, testified that he had
been leveling the yard near the
garage on the day Of the shoot
ing when Funk was killed. He
said. that about 3 o'clock in. the
afternoon that Mr.. Callahan and
and the gentleman had been at
the garage, and went away. He
remembered Anderson coming
home alone about 5 o'clock in the
afternoon, and that he entered his
own house through the kitchen
door. johnson said he had seen
no one else about the Anderson
premises before he left about six
CLOCK that evening, except two
or three ladies he had seen earli-
er IL the afternoon passing down
the sidewalk. He said he did
not know who had taken off the
storm window on the south side
Of Andersons house this spring,
but he did say that he had never
seen Anderson heretofore make: a
practice Of taking off storm sash
of his house himself.
The accused wore a change Of
itsuits Of clothes when he appear
in court this morning and.
stemed to maintain the same in
different composure that has
Hen usual for him during the trii-
al SO far this week. He again sat
beside his wife Wednesday morn
ing and talked with her, and
when the court had the forenoon.
recess the whole Anderson family,
ia did nearly everyone else in
the court room, read the account
Of the trial. I :5
Sosfar the defense h~as5offeredI
no testimony though Attorney
Bangs has questioned closely the
witnesses q thay, have been put