Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-14
THREE WITNESSES POSITIVE IN
DECLARATION He is
SMITH MURDERER.
MISS SLATER CERTAIN
He FIRED FATAL SHOT
Two. Other Witnssse Say They Saw
Hauser Near Scene Of crime-De-
PENDANTS Mother and Wife Unex-
Tse.sa!y Appear in csart-M;!! Seek
to Prove Abb.

Council Bluffs, Jan. 14.-The web of
guilt the state of Nebraska is attempt
ing to draw about Art Hauser, alleged
slayer of Harry Smith, national treas
urer of the Woodmen Of the World,
was more tightly drawn when Nels
Gunnerson. street car conductor, and
Mrs. Letitia Newton, $3.50 Davenport
street, testified that the defendant is
the man both saw on the night of the
shooting. Both Mrs. Newton and Gum
nerson were quite positive in their
Identification of Hauser.
During the cross examination OF
Miss Slater, the attorneys for the de-
Tense tried to find discrepancy in her
testimony as given at the inquest and
at the present trial. At the inquest she
had expressed doubt as to her ability
to identify her assailant and had said
that it was too dark to recognize him,
whereas at the present trial she was
positive in her declaration that she
could and did identify him.
Considerable questioning as to her
friendship and acquaintance with
Smith was done by the defense. Miss
Slater said she had visited at the
Smith home, but in response to later
questioning said she had been there but
once.
Asked as to whether her meeting
with Smith on the night Of his murder
was by appointment or chance, she
emphatically declared it was by
chance.
Mrs. Newton Is Positive.
Mrs. Newton on the stand told OF
Hauser stepping out from behind a
house on Twenty ninth street and fox
lowing her and her husband for a dis
lance of more than block to Twenty
ninth and Dodge, where they halted
beneath an arc light. Hauser drawing
near them was easily recognizable. she
said. She described him as wearing a
dark felt hat. She denied he wore an
overcoat She was on the stand
twenty five minutes.
Gunnerson followed Mrs. Newton.
The street car man told Of Hauser
boarding his car at 1884 o'clock the
night Of Oct 16 at Thirty-f1rst and
Farnam streets. ,, 49,.
"He grabbed the car while it was still
in motion and I thought he was going
to lose his hold and fall. The manner
in which he caught the car first at
tracted my attention to him. On look
ing closer saw something bullying in
his pocket"
Gunnerson said he continued to
watch Hauser because his passenger
OF that night whose identity he after
ward learned entered the car without
paying his fare. The fare, he added,
was dropped in the box by Hauser as
he stood just inside the door. Going
forward the defendant, he said, sat
down three seats from the rear and
dropped off at Seventh and Farnam,
while the car was still in motion.
Hauser Was Nervous.
Gunnerson laid stress on Hauser's
nervousness His attention was at
tracted by the trembling of Hauser's
hands.
He described Hauser's dress on the
night of the murder as had Mrs. New
Ion, testifying that the defendant wore
a dark suit and dark hat pulled low
over his eyes and was without an
overcoat.
lone Fogg, 90 and pretty, living at
3116 Dodge. told Of seeing two persons
running across the tennis court at their
home Immediately after hearing the
shot that killed Smith and woman
scream. She was unable to give
minute description Of either. The per-
son in the rear was crouching she
said. He wore dark suit dark hat
and was without an overcoat, she said.
She could not say whether or not the
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