Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-04-23

the jury rs " tO shy. i"u Sct' Sthhc-
men," and followed on with another
question.
"Was the defendants conduct In
the building In any other way such
81 to arouse your Suspicion
He'd hardly got located before he
hogan buzzing the telephone girl. ask
ing her all kinds Of questions, about
the other tenants In the building. He
kept trying to get her IN go out to
dinner with him."
did she go?''
yes. she did. She reported his nc
tons 10 me. and I suggested that she
20 with him and try to hnd out what
his name was"
what else do you know about the
defendant"
That's ail--except--'
Except whatT
"What I saw on the night Miss I.u-
tan was murdered"
TELL the circumstances"
1T was In the elevator coming down
frem the top floor heard the sound
Of shot. II seemed TO come from
the ffth floor. I got of there TO in
vestigate AS the door of the Lutan
apartment stood Mr.. Nelson"
| "what was he doing theref"
"Just standing there. 1t looked to
me as II ne had just been coming out
and that when he saw me he had
stopped suddenly"
what was his manner? Describe
the position In which he was standing
to the jury" Again there was In the
district attorneys voice triumphant
ring.
HE was all excited and trembly-
Ike" Mr.. Wick went on. "and his
eyes seemed to he hulging ont Of his
head"
what did he say?"
"I asked him II he had heard shot
and he said that he had. I asked II
II had not come from the Lutan apart
ment and he said that II had seemed
40 to him. ! wanted TO keep my eye
on him. so took out my pass-key
and suggested that we investigate to
gether. He did not seem at all anx-
ious to 60 back into the apartment
with me- hut the elevator man was
standing there. so he came along and
was with me when found the body.
kept him there until the police
came"
had expected that my counsel
would offer objections to Wick's tes-
timony especially to his having said
that I did not appear anxious to Ego
back" into the apartment, but Nc
Gregor contented himself with two
questions.
"Do you not know that Mr.. Spal-
ding Nelson is a granddaughter Of Mr..
Rufus Gaston1 Did not Mr. Castor
: tell you Of this relationship"
HE did not" lied Wick calmly.
"How was Mr.. Nelson first standing
when you got out Of the elevator
when you drst saw him?"
recalled my attitude distinctly.
had been standing facing the door.
strnining my ears to catch any sound
In the apartment. When I heard the
elevator stopping, l had looked around
over my shoulder as Wick emerged.
HE was standing" said Wick. of
his own accord. speaking direct to the
Jurors with his back against the
door. One hand--his right hand-was
behind him. I thought at frst he
might have a revolver In II and drew
one always carry, but he had not
1t looked as II he had just slipped out
Of the door and was reaching behind
him to close II when I discovered
him"
THAT will be ALL" said my counsel
to my great disappointment. Through
out the mixed medley Of truth and lies
that Wick had been telling, there had
been manifest to me his deliberate
purpose to discredit me and cast sus-
picion on me. felt certain that an
ADLER lawyer could quickly have rid
died his testimony. but McGreger
showed no disposition to take advan-
tage Of his opportunity.
Nellie Kelly was called. Briefly
she told Of her job-switchboard OPP
orator at the Granddeck. She cor
reborated Wick's story Of my first ar
rival ut the Granddeck and bore out
his statements about my having chat
ted with her and also told Of having
gone to dinner with me, When had
begun questioning her about ether
tenants, she said, she excused herself
and went to the telephone and called
up the Granddeck for advice as ID
how she should answer. For some
reason, she said, when she returned
after phoning, the defendant had not
questioned her further but had seem
ed anxious to get away frsm the res
tauYant.
"Ysa say" said McGresor, 40 he
began her cress-examination, "that