The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-12-13

shot was fired.
Asked about the removal of the
body Of Sheffield, the witness testi-
fed that there was a pool Of blood
under 1t. This was removed by Night
Baggage Agent M. II. Rhea; but he
could not say whether or not bullet
was found on the floor by Rhea-
Mr.. Palmer inquired what was the
color of the handkerchief worn over
Anderson's face the night OF the muir
der.
The answer was-blue.
Shown knotted blue handkerchief
and asked IL 1t looked like the one
worn by Anderson the witness said
1t was the same color This
handkerchief is states exhibit No.
This closed the direct testimony
and Mr.. Garrity began the cross
examination.
Cross examination.
After Mr.. Lesser had told OF his
movements up to the time of coming
to Moorhead that details OF the turn
over OF the work from Sheffield was
gone into. 1t was shown by Mr..
Leiser's testimony that $500 in cur
rency turned over by Sheffield was
placed in the safe and. according to
the record shown by the books after
the money and tickets had been
checked up, there was $63.31 missing.
The check up was made and the
money counted by Mr.. Gettys, the
agent, the night OF the murder.
The witness testified that he had
seen the revolver Sheffield picked up
the night of the murder about the
Office and knew ii had not been kept
loaded for he had examined it sew
eral times.
Lesser, in answer to q question by
Mr.. Garrity, said 1t was the second
shot fired by Anderson that killed
Sheffield.
The witness again described the
handkerchief as a common blue one
and he swore that he saw 1t plainly
as the light shone right on it. He
was standing, hands up, only two
and one-half or three feet away from
Anderson and was looking right at
him. He had watched Anderson |
nearly all the time and looked |
towards Sheffield only once or twice. |
so you got a pretty good look at
this man while you were watching?"
inquired Mr.. Garrity.
'Yes. I did," was the reply Of Mr..
Lesser.
The witness then retold the. story |
of the division of the money by the |
two men and Of their leaving the
depot.
The witness told of his visit to
Fergus Falls with NJ. III. Rhea to
look over two men who were under |
arrest there as suspects. He said
he did not identify them as the men |
who committed the crime at Moor |
head for they were not the men.
Mr. Leiser's statement was that he |
had never said anything more definite |
in regard to the men held at Fergus |
Falls than that "they looked some
thing like the men,.
The witness had not paid much |
attention te the other man that night |
he said for II was busy watching /
Anderson.
Redirect Examination.
In reply to a question by Mr.. |
Palmer on redirect examination Mr.. 4
Lesser said positively that he did not |
identify the men at Fergus Falls as1
the ones who robbed the Moorhead I
station. He said the men he was
called to look over at the Moorhead
police station were not the men and
he knew they were not as soon as he
saw them.
''Did you see the defendant, Ander-
son, at the police station in Fargo?"
asked Mr.. Palmer.
Answer. Yes. / did"
What did you say when you saw
him?"
"That is the man and / knew him
as soon as / saw him."
Mr.. Lesser testified that his eye
sight has always been good and that
his hearing is slightly defective. He
told again Of the location of the cleo
trio light at the conductors window,
and how It hung at a height to throw
a light directly upon the face OF q
man Of the height OF Anderson.
The witness repeated the story OF
placing the $500 in the safe and told
OF the height of the working desks
the one in the bay window for a
person sitting and the one in the
conductors window for a man stand
ing.
Re-cross Examination.
What did you say about the men
you saw at Fergus Falls; did you
identify these men?" asked Mr..
Garrity on re-cross examination. II
II said they looked something like
them" answered Witness Lesser.
Although Mr.. Garrity took the WITT
ness up and down; and jumped him
from one police station to another,
he could not shake his story. Lesser
stuck to his statement that he had
never said the men at Fergus Falls
or at the Moorhead station were the
ones who were in the Great Northern
depot at Moorhead on the night OF
the murder.
The court then declared a recess
until o'clock. i
Juror Is Dismissed. 4,
There were two incidents in the
Anderson murder trial Wednesday
afternoon that were unexpected. The !
first came when County Attorney
Dosland, after eleven jurors had been
sworn, moved to reopen the chal-
lenge on the part Of the state In the
case OF George Hansen who had been
sworn as juror No. 6. Hansen was
to the witness chair and, i'm
answer to questions by Mr.. Dosland.
admitted that he is a son OF Stefaa
Hansen F'urua who murdered his
wife and. baby son at the farm home
IN Tansem township several years !
ago. He was indicted for murder !
and. before trial, was examined as
to his sanity; declared insane and
was committed to the Fergus Falls
hospital where he is still confined. 4
emptory and Mr.. Hansen was eXcus~
ed from the jury.
powd Real Name.
The second unexpected incident ]
was the statement by County Attor-
ney DosIand that the true name OF
the defendant As Donald DoWd ana
Fred Anderson Is his alias. M
This statement was made at the !
OF the opening ad- )
dress to the jury and was the only t
part of the proceedings that appear {
81 to have any effect upon the de-
fendant His face flushed but there Z
was no further evidence that the
shaft had pierced hts armOr.
Mr.. DOsiand went over the story 3
If the movements OF the two men L
rom the time they first met ia Fargo
until Edmund II. Warner, the ALLEGED
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