The Washburn leader., 1913-06-27

facts and circumstances clearly
before them before they convicted
the defendant, and the jury
sould be cautious in celebrating
this case. One question in this
case said Mr.. Bangs, was if An
derson had fired the shot where
was the empty cartridge, the
cartridge had been found. Tom
Madden Mr.. Bangs said, thought
the shell could have fallen down
the register pipe in the den, and
that when Madden searched the
basement the box was intact.
But Mr.. Bangs said Madden had
been mistaken, and in view of
such a mistake "For Gods sake,
gentlemen Of the jury, consider
the case cautiously 'tYou have
q great responsibility, the life Of
Walfred Anderson is in your
hands, don't be hasty.' With
that the Anderson's were weep
ing again.
Mr.. Bangs then reviewed how
Victor Anderson and James Poor
at Huntley's livery barn, hearing
the shot thought it was muffl-
ed explosion, how Joe Olson,
also a deputy sheriff, was at his
home and while he thought it
came from the west said it sound
ed like an explosion. August
Wahl, the postmaster and a pio-
neer of the town, heard it,
thought it was a gun Shot but did
not locate it. Callahan, the
auto man was on the street and
he thought it the explosion of a
gasoline engine back, of the
Schulz house. Ludwig Peterson
had heard it while he was back
of his pool hall and he thought it
a rifle fired on the hill. These
were all men said Mr.. Bangs and
were all in the open when they.
heard the shot. 8 Where did the
shot come FROM he enquired,
"the witnesses have not told you.
Emil, Oberg .and.C. A. Carlson.ha
testified that the sound depend
ed on the distance from which
the shot might be fired, and
thought the state, Mr.. Bangs
said, had secured such experts as
A. B. Chaplin and, Major Gregg,
who only that morning had con-
Quoted some experimental shoot
ing did not contradict the testi-
mony of Oberg and Carlson.
The next effort Of Mr.. Bangs
was to establish that there was NJ
telling which way Mr.. Funk was
standing when he was killed. The
testimony had shown that he had
come home from down town abb
out supper time and that he had
walked through hi5 house and
that il would Be but natural fof
him to walk to the rear where
there was a closet. The testi-
mony had also shown that Hilma
Fahlgren had rushed to the back
door to pick up the baby when
she heard the shot and that as
he stepped ont Funk was still
moving, or stepping about, and
Mr. Bangs, thought be. might have
been facing another direction
other than east, % the state
would fix his position on the
platform. He might have been
facing the north, thought Mr..
Bangs, and 40 he was going to
the closet the shot that killed
him might have come from off
the hill. He then drew a pencil
sketch for the jury to show that
it might have been possible for
the bullet to have pierced his
body from that direction, and re
hected to where it was found on
top Of the ice box in the shed.
For an illustration he recalled
how the bullet expert, A. B. Cha
pin had told Of how q bullet he
fired at one time had DETECTED
window and have killed Funk;
deer which he had not seen till
sitter it was killed. Mr.. Bangs
thought it imp for the shot;
to- have been fired from Andersou A
iWudOw and have killed Fink