Evening journal., 1917-01-24

at lue ponce STATION Wnen GangeS and
Nicholas met at the station house and
heard Ganges say to Nicholas some
thing in language other than Eng
lish. The witness said he received
word Of the murder at las o'clock
in the morning and the auto patrol
went to the park, leaving at 2O5
O'Clock. On arriving near the top
of the steps, they found the body of
the dead girl and took it to tbS
morgue.
They then, went with the wagon to
No. 1911 Lancaster avenue, where
Ganges was found in an upstairs
room. The defendant was IN bed,
partly covered in bed clothes. and in
witness opinion he was awake
Patrolman Sewell d. Scott. who
was in the room at the time, showed
witness a clip Of a magazine
revolver and a coat which he found
in Ganges' room
Under cross-examination, Ohicep
Mcdaniel said Spirio was in the
room with the officers prowling about
with blood on his shirt. Deputy At
toiney General Green objected and
the question was withdrawn. Mr.
Ball then asked who took Spirio
there and the officer replied.
Recalled by Mr. Reinhardt. Officer
Mcdaniel said he found an under,
shirt and a vest, both OF which were
damp. Ganges said he had worn the
shirt the night before. There was
also pair of shoes in the room which
were damp.
Rolice Sergeant Wilmer X. Hahn.
VINO was patrol operator at the time
OF the murder and fire, on July 2l.
told Of going to the park at 2.O5
O'Clock. His testimony corroborated
that Of Patrolman MCDANIEL, except
that Ganges had said he went TO bed
at o'clock the night before. The
coat was produced and was admitted
as evidence without objection, as
that taken from the closet in the
room of Ganges.
Officer Mcdaniel, upon being re-
called. said the defendant claimed
the ownership of the vest.
Patrolman John Festa who was
in the party Of officers at the time
OF Ganges arrest. said the undershirt
and vest found in Ganges' room ware
very damp. When asked by the wit
ness where he had been, Ganges, the
officer said. claimed to have retired
between 8 and 9 o'clock the night
before.
Patrolman Scott, who knew Can
ges told Of arriving at his home after
he had been aroused and placed
under arrest.
officer Scott told Of finding a re-
volver in a pocket OF the coat which
had been offered in evidence. The
magazine clip was then produced and
identified as the one the officer found
in the coat. Cross-examined by Mr..
Ball. witness said he didn't know who
had been in the closet before him.
Patrolman Scott said Ganges said the
coat was his brothers, while the
brother said 1t was not his coat
Mr.. Ball Objected to the witness
reciting what Ganges had told him in
the fall OF 1915. Tee objection was
, overruled. the witness saying Ganges
told him he loved the girl. who would
be alright IL she was left alone.
PatTolman James T. Scott corrobO
rated the testimony Of the other officers
relative TO the clothing found in th'
room Of the defendant being damp.
Patrol Sergeant Howgate told of find
ing the body Of the dead girl and Of III
removal to the morgue.
Object to Interpreter.
Mrs. Helen Sopranos, Of No. 1911 Ian
caster avenue. was then called by th
State at the same time John Alexande
was called as interpreter. Before tn
woman who is a sister of Ganges, wa
allowed to testify, the husband of tn
woman called Mr. Ball to the rear O
the room and asked that he, the attor
new. object 10 Alexander acting as in
terpreter. Mr. Ball then objected L
Alexonder serving in this capacity, anC
Nicholas GOvatos. who had acted ~ IN
terpreter before. was called by the court
Mr.. Reinhardt obiecting. saying h
wanted the responsibility TO rest on II
the court.
Mrs. Sopranos then identified the
shoes found in Ganges' room az thos'
of the prisoner. The witness said Can
ges wore the shoes the day before tbs
fire. Police Sergeant Lorenzo Q. Kins
who recovered the shoes, identified thOs'
offered in evidence.
Sergeant Green. who received the
shoes from Police Sergeant King
identified the shoes and referred 70 a
blade OF grass stuck in the sole OF
b one Of the shoes.
Charles w. Boulden. Of Elsmere
who was sitting on his porch after
returning from the Springs, told Of
seeing a man Of Ganges' size running
towards this city between 2.SO and
o'clock on the morning of the MUIR
der and flre, but could not identify the
defendant as the man he passed on the
road.
Spirio Nicholas, a brother or Mich
olas Nicholas, the employer OF the
dead girl, was the last witness called
this morning. The witness said his
brother, John Alexander, himself and
Catherine, the dead girl, we're wash
ing the floor OF the restaurant. After
midnight, he said. his mother, Helen,
his sister, and the dead girl started
for their home, when he heard shouts,
! followed by revolver shots. SpiriO re-
lated how he, with two other men,
ran up the hill and tried to stop the
flow of blood from cuts on the dead
girls arm.
The witness related how, when he
went to the cafe with his mother, he
!, found Nicholas in the studio OF Isaac
Kohn.
| Detective Sergeant Green and Nick
II Nicholas were examined yesterday az.
ternoon. Green testified that Cath
crime Bodeeki was shot In the open
| and not under the trees.
Detective Green testified TO seeing
blood spots on the ground after the
/ ahootinR and ON q later occasion when