The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-12-13
Lesser DECLARES
ANDERSON FIRED SHOT

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anything?
He told me to take the gun away
from the old man."
did you do it?'
7 told shefaeid to throw the gun
away, and said to hell with the
money"
What did Sheffield doT'
He looked at me, then tossed the
gun towards me. It struck on q
chair and fell TO the floor"
What happened then"
sheffield sank slowly to the floor
sort OF collapsed"
NO; he never spoke word all the
The distances in the office and the
location Of sheffield's body were lo-
Gated by the witness.
He told how he went over to the
ticket window and got the cash draw
er when ordered to do so by the man
at the window. The other man. In
the meantime, had come over to the
conductors' window and they began
to help themselves to the money.
What did they say about the
moneyT asked Mr.. Palmer.
when they saw it was only the
change, the man who had shot Shelf
field raised his gun and said. Il have
got half a notion to shoot you, too.'"
Was the gun loaded2"
"Yes; saw him reload it after he
shot Sheffield"
What did you say TO the man?"
Don't do that, you can have the
Were you frightenedY'
Guess / was. 1 had my hands up"
The witness then described the Ioca--
tion OF the light at the conductors
window and told how the shade threw
the light directly upon the face OF the
man at the window.
Where did the man stand when he
shot Sheffield?" asked Mr.. Palmer.
Directly under the window. He
was leaning through so the light
shone right on him when he shot"
he told how the man was dressed
and said he wore q dark slouch hat
ana oYeratls Tor witness saw the bib
Of them above the shelf in the con-
ductors window.
did he have his face covered?" was
the next question.
He had a blue handkerchief over
the lower part Of his face. II had
fallen down here (indicating) and left
mis- face uncovered from the top part
OF his lower lip up"
could you see the rest of his face?'
Il could see his mouth. nose, cheek
bones and the lower part Of his fore
"Did you look particularly at his
4C&k0IGbs
Il was looking directly at him and
my attention was fxed on his face"
sAll the timer
,'Except when glanced at shef-
How long did the whole affair
1T was all over in a few minutes.
Did you observe the man so you
would know him IL you saw him
yes"
Are Are you sure?'
20 20 you see that man now~
Where is he?'
Sitting right over there at the ta-
Bile" (pointing to Anderson).
rs he the man who fred the shot
that killed George Sheffieidg.
Yes. he Is the man."
Are you sureT
Yes, am positive."
did you look at Sheffield after
these men had gone out?"
Not until a little while after they
"pid they say anything as they
They were talking but could not
hear what they said"
Lesser then told how he went out
OF the ticket Office on his way to the
notify the police. He testified that he
left the depot through the south door
of hew omen's waiting room and ran
across the block to the hotel When
he returned the hotel porter came
with him. and as they entered the Of
nee, Rheas the baggage man. was tele-
phontnB the dispatcher about the
murder.
the Moorhead and Fargo police Off
GERS and OF DIR. O. j. Hagen. who pro-
nounced sheffield to be dead as soon
as he touched the body.
Mr. Leiser said that as far as he |
knew sheffield was in good health |
and appeared to be well and strong |
the night Of the murder
Asked when witness saw Anderson |
in the Fargo police station when he |
was brought into the chiefs office.
.Dsd you identify him at that timer" |
'PositivelyY'
You knew him at once as the man
who shot Sheffield"
Described Scene.
The assistant attorney general /
called the attention Of Mr.. Lesser to /
the plat OF the depot and, in answer
20 questions put to him, told OF the
location of the several persons in the i
building ON the night OF the muir
der
Describing the window the witness
testified that there were powder /
marks on the casing OF the south
side, of the window. This he was
directed to remove and bring to the
courtroom this afternoon.
Asked about the iron grating that
has been placed over the window the
witness testified that there was no
grill at the time Of the murder. At
that time he said the opening was
sufficiently large for the head and
body Of a person to project through,
did you observe the gun used by
the defendant the night Of the MUIR
der"
Yes, it was dark. sort of blush
color
Was it large or small?"
Pretty fair sized revolver"
The revolver handed him by Mr..
Palmer states exhibit No. 3. he said
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