The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-20
Witness Charged With the Murder of "MolIie Brown"
 Gives Evidence in His Behalf
HE MAKES A DENIAL
Accused Said He Never Told Deputy Hardy He Used Manicure Set
 For Horses

I The case of the United State
 against John Gaslow, is still engag
 ing the attention of the court Yes terday afternoon Dr. l.. p. Dawes and John w. Dudley, testified on be half of the defendant, and then the defendant went on the stand himself Dr. Dawes testified in answer to 9 | hypothetical question by defendant : counsel that from the facts stated in the question. the woman's death was not, in his opinion, caused by strangulation The Witness Dudley been left in the city dock warehouse ', by Gaslow when he. Dudley, was as sistant wharfinger, and that few ho'Irs afterwards Gaslow left for SlSagway on the Estebeth
 i Gaslow's testimony given yesterday was chiefly in relation to his coming into Alaska and the Yukon, and tc his movements since then up to the time of his arrest in Skagway, after the arrival there of the Estebeth This morning his examination waT continued by his counsel MT. Cobb When shown by MT. Cob, the mani cure set which the evidence showed was found in his grip, the defendant stated that the set looked like the set he had, but was not quite as | large as his set. and was not the set which he testified he had bought ir , Seattle further stating that he die not know how the set introduced 1T evidence came to be in his grip. H. stated that the scissors in his se' were stronger, and that he did no' pay much attention to his set afte' 1 he bought it; that he bought the se' for tho purpose of giving it to lady | friend in Dawson, but on account of i her having got married he did no give them to her.
 He said that when he told the off cers in Skagway about set whici hes used for reaching horses, he wa referring to a set of scissors he haf i had and which were on table be fore him at the time. and that h. was not referring to a manicure se' |
 and that he did not see any manicur set there at that time. He den'e that he every told Deputy Marsha Hardy that he used the manicure SC for reaching horses. and repeated thf denial ell said that he did no know anything about one lady's hanf kerchief, said to have been foun among his things. and which hanc kerchief was admitted in evidence but stated that there should be thret ladies' handkerchicfs in his grip which three handkerchiefs came ou' of a bundle of laundry that he got at Fort Gibbon, and which he got as he was about to board the steam CT Jeff Davis at that place, and which he did not open until he reached Dawson.
 l He said he told the officers at Skagway, when arrested that if the ladies' handkerchief, admitted in evi ! dence. with the laundry mark of de ceased on it, was found in his grip that some jobbing had been done The defendant testified that tho floss. introduced in evidence was go by him to use as a cracker on Ill whips. That he had two four-hors' whips. The other floss in evidence sand which was said to have beer found in the reader in evidence, wa floss which he never saw. He lu ther testified that he did not turi over his grip to the Marshai | Skagway, bcause it was left on th dock at Skagway because all th' teams were overloaded. He was take1 from the Estebeth to quarantine, ano 1 later the grip was brought up there
 He had no opportunity to leave quarantine and take the grip to the Marshal before he was arrested. The defendant stated that he did not know Myra Schmidt, or Molly Brown, dur ing her life time, and does not know where her cabin is. After the grir was given him by colored woman named Lulu, he stepped into space between two buildings to answer call of nature. He did not know the witness Madeline Gibson by name but knew her cabin close to a long building. He called at her door ono evening when out walking. Saw 2 laundry sign on her building and went inside. Saw an old timer, Jen l kins. sitting inside with Madeline so he spoke for a moment witn both of them and then came out
 This concluded the direct examina ton of the defendant. He was turneH over to the prosecuting attorney fo' cross-examination. and at the nooi hour the cross-examination was sus pended until o'clock.