Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-11-22
Heard Screams Much Earier
Than Prosecutor Oscar Nc
Daniel, Defendant Claims
y Killing Occurred
DISCREPANCIES ALSO
REGARDING PISTOL SHOTS
Defense Believes It Has Some
Advantage From Admission
BY One Witness for the
State,
,.,.,.,sa JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wrssi


6, rosepb MO, Nov. 2l.-Two
,romer witnesses in the trial Of Pros
,,,tor oscar d. Mcdaniel for the al
logod murder of Mrs. Harriet Moss
vonaniel his wife, testified to having
hard scream7 from the Mcdaniel
homo the nia 1t the wife was slain,
and fixed the time as having been
oerIier than MT Mcdaniel had said he
Isf his home in response to false
telephone call from an uptown saloon.
Tho women were neighbors of the
,,nrJared wife. one Mrs Caroline
Borgboff. employe of an insurance
anmnanv lived across the street from
tbo WcDaniels. The other, Miss Edith
PrelI stenographcr, resided few
feot south of the residence. Each tes-
ti0od that she was certain the
srrroms we're not those of any but
human being, although neither was
ahlp 10 distinguish whether they were
from man or a woman,
Screams Horrible.
oTbov were horrible and startled
mo . said Miss BusI. 1T sounded as
II someone had cen Cfoked and
could not have beet maze by cat
Miss Berghoff testified in refutation
Of the defenses attorneys claim that
the noise was the cry Of an animal
VIII dell was called, Nc
anie. ward in his chair
tbo f5o \; : : witness. Her ex-
aminai : e r,furt She testified
She had retired shortly after 10
o'clock and was awakened by a
scream from the direction of the Nc
Daniel home about rnTry minutes lat
or Then shortly after 70, she heard
four revolver shots from the same d.
rection, spoken of as having been
from the revolver duel Mcdaniel has
told Of having had after he returned
home from answering the bogus tel
ephOne call Her testimony was shak-
en- somewhat in the opinion of the de-
fense, by cross ss-examination when she
declared she first thought the noise
was that Of a cat but that her sister
after investigating, had told her the
noise was not of such origin,
When Shots Were Fired.
The questioning Of Miss Buell. was
marked by a continuous firing
Of objections and argument between
members Of the opposing counsel.
Miss Berghoff fixed the time of the
scream as about 10:45 o'clock and the
number Of revolver shots as five. She
also told Of having heard Mr McDan-
lei reaching home in his mptor car
drive it up to the garage, and then,
as the witness said, quite a little
while afterward,' she heard the re-
yover shots
States attorneys explained the
Questioning concerning the shots was
designed to refute the theory that
Mcdaniel engaged in a revolver duel
nut that the shots were fired by Me
PANEL himself, as a rusc. They de-
cared his story was that a larger
number had been fired and that he
was fired upon as soon as his car
uove up TO the garage. other teSt-
Hony earlier in the day had attempt
eea through the location of bullet
noes In tho windshield and of marks
on the hood Of his motor car, to bring
oul a similar hypothesis.
=, Durlng the examination Of Miss
neFghoff, the accused prosecutor was
on MS feet several times, whispering
.nlo the ears Of his attorneys and ap-
aIehtly suggesting questions and OBJ
lections.