Evening journal., 1917-01-25

was then that the witness was ques-
toned about telling Stevens in Cam
den. about the quarrel between the
two brothers and of hearing the wo-
man shouting "Spirio let me alone"
followed by the pistol shots This
the witness denied saying, but he ad-
mitted discussing the case with Stew
ems while intoxicated
Mr.. Ball then fired question after
question at the witness concerning
statements alleged 70 haye been made
by him to Nicholas and others about
hearing women crying "Spirio let me
60" all OF which were objected to
by Mr.. Reinhardt. The objections
were sustained
Identifies Revolver Clip
Sergeant Of Detectives Green was then
recalled by the State and identified the
magazine revolver clip found in the coat
pocket Of Ganges by Patrolman Sewell
d. Scott Sergeant Green recalled how
he with Deputy Attorney General ebay
tor and several children. among them
Pauline Cotton. had searched the ground
about the place where the murder was
committed on July %, six days after the
event and of how the Colton child had
found an empty cartridge from a Colt
revolver. This was found four feet away
from where the blood spots had been
made by the wounds from the dead girls
body
Handles Loaded Gun.
Sergeant Green said he knew some
thing about the mechanism Of a Colt re-
volver. having visited the Colt plant and
watched the manufacture of such wea-
pons. Mr.. Reinhardt questioned Ser
geant Green relative to the operations Of
a magazine revolver and when he started
to handle il, Judge Heisel. addressing the
officer. said; Sergeant, before vou han
die that weapon remove those car
tridges.7 Sergeant Green also produced
a STEEL jacketed bullet such as IL fred
in magazine revolvers, which had been
found near the scene Of the murder bv
a child. This bullet was not deformed
and Mr.. Ball asked if it could have been
used without being marked. Sergeant
Green said II IL had hit nothing hard IL
could be so used.
In reply to questioning by Mr.. Rein
hardt. the officer stated that he had
been able TO locate but one Colt au-
tomato revolver In the city during
the week following the murder. and
H
store. He admitted however that
hundreds OF such weapons were made
by the Colt company almost anywhere
Isaac Kahn. who was the last wit
ness OF the afternoon session. when
asked II he remembered the night OF
July 21 last, replied. yes, 7 will
never forget IT," Kahn told what he
knew OF the shooting I'm a clear. calm
manner. This witness said that after
he heard the shooting Nicholas Mich
olas came into his place Of business
and entered his bedroom. hiding be-
tween the two beds used by the Kahn
children. Asked If he tried to get
Nicholas 10 leave the beds. the wit
ness said that the proprietor OF the
cafe replied he wouldn't leave for a
million dollars. The witness then
related how he had seen the form OF
man STOPPING down in the bushes
behind the cafe. and when he called
to him the man partly turned. and at
that moment Mrs Kahn called, which
caused him (the witness) to go to
her.
AT this point Mr.. Reinhardt asked
Ganges to stand up for Identification,
/ Mr.. Ball obiecting. He was sustained
by the court.
Kahn was then asked: ITO the best
OF your knowledge and belief is or is
not this the man you saw there that
! night?" Witness replied; "He Is"
The witness than related how he
had visited the worlzhouse with State
Detective Mccoy and Sergeant Green
on Friday last and looked at five men
through a window and had picked
out Ganges as being the size of the
man he had seen in the bushes. Gan
ges. It was explained, was in the
group of five men he had looked at,
although the faces OF the men we're
not turned towards him.
The witness was then subjected 10
a vigorous cross examination by Mr..
Ball. but he remained mistaken.