Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-07
W|TNESSEsCLAIM
BUT ONE SHOT IS
FIRED IN ARRAY
s..te Produces Testimony Tending to
Show Dan Chasteen Alone Used
Revolver.
,roopY CLOTHES INTRODUCED
,.rusuts Which Hugo Alyine Wore on
pay OF Staying Admitted
b, the Court

contention Of the prosecution that
,,,v QUE shot was fred and that by
"a, Cbasteen, when Hugo Alvine, Rock
,.,.nd railroad detective, was killed
/ >, the afternoon of Dec. 9, last, is being
snhstsntiated by witnesses for the state
s. the murder trial in progress in cir
cut court
The case is attracting crowded
house. and all availale seats are being
rsed bv the curious who are expecting
'something sensational to happen.
&c. Seeley switch engine foreman,
IN the stand this morning, declared ne
had talked with Alvine in the railroad
Yards a few minutes on the day Of the
shooting and that Alvine had spoke to
him pleasantly. as was his custom.
Within five minutes the witness said
ne heard one shot and was among those
N find the body of the detective.
He was corroborated by James
Thompson, Carbon Cliff. bridge and
building carpenter of the Rock Island
road. who heard one shot and helped
Ioeate the body on the right of way of
the company.
Describes Wounds.
Minute description of the wounds OF
the detective and the autopsy which
vas performed. was given by DR.. R. c.
J Never, Moline. county coroner. who
was in Milan at the time of the Staying
and did not reach the body until 4:3O.
He described the strange course which
fhe single bullet took, which penetrated
practically every vital organ of the
body. Entering the chest between the
second and third ribs on the left side,
he explained the bullet took a down
ward course and struck the backbone.
perhaps a foot love" tr91 where it en-
tered. After str5'rirg trc -ertebrae. the
bullet J0os an uDr Sr shoot and was
located. AIR cs-st cable probing
within the sPira, cord nearly a foot
higher than where it st~Uc', the back
hone The only explanation that the
witness could give was that the bullet
lad struck the backbone at an angle
that caused it 10 be DETECTED upward
and that it had then shot upward inside
The spinal cord
Bloody Clothes Shown.
Bloody clothes which were removed
from the body OF Mr. Alvine. following
The shooting, were introduced in evil
dence after Identification by a. V Es-
terdahl. Moline undertaken Among
the garments were Alvine's overcoat.
dress coat vest, shirt undershirt. gun
holder and gloves. Mr.. Esterdahl has
had the clothes in his possession since
the shooting.
This afternoon the first witness sum-
mOned was Dr.. G. d. Hauberg, Moline,
who assisted at the autopsy and told
Of the nature of the wounds which
caused Alvine's death.
He is 10 be followed by Deputy Sher-
Ifs Jesse Hanna and Jacob Wigers, ].
" Griffith, special agent for the road.
and Cyriel Demoulia, the latter an
East Moline saloon man at whose place
Of business Chasteen is said to have
paWned Alvine's gun for some whisky,
following the shooting.
0ne Shot Fired.
That he heard only one shot fired
when Alvine was killed by Chasteen
was the testimony of Thomas Laugh
cry, switch tender for the Rock Island
hnes, Saturday afternoon. He was
Closely cross examined by the defense
relative to whether or not he did not
testify before the coroner's jury there
we're shots fireu
The witness stated he had seen AL
VINE shortly before the shooting. At
I;05, on the afternoon of. the fatal day,
De testified that he saw the detective
on the south side of the eastbound
main track in the east yards. A train
was due at ? o'clock and Alvine start
cd east toward the Barstow viaduct
while the witness threw the switch.
shot suddenly rang out. The wit
ness stated he raced up the embank-
ment to get view of the neighboring
held, but, unable to see any one, he
returned to the track and there ran
into Chasteen.
Where is Alvine?" the witness said
ne asked the defendant
oh, he is gone" Chasteen was
said TO have replied, pointing toward
the north.
Had Made Threat.
The witness also testified to pre-
Nous conversation he had had a month
before with Chasteen, and that the
latter had said that If any railroad de-
tectives tried to bother him Il will put
pill in them"
Chasteen's gun was identified by the
witness and also by c. F. Duncan
yardmaster in the Silvis yards, and
Louis Schildmiller. another yard en-
ploye. Their testimony corroborated
mat Of Laughery on every materia
point. Schildmiller said that Chas
teen used the gun to kill rats and tna'