South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-25
SELECT JURORS
FOR HEARING OF
MURDER CASE
Trial of Ernest Cariepy Will
Be Taken Up Monday
Morning.

At 2 o'clock Friday afternoon.
after calling 100 men for examina-
ton, the following men were ac-
ceptcd as jurors in the trial Of
Ernest Gariepy who, with Walter
Baker and Steve Bartak, is charged
by the state with the murder Of
Carl Cook in the latter's grocery
store at LapOrte on Christmas eve
in 1918: Benjamin Brenner, G. L.
Gibson, Allan Burkett, Paul Parker,
William BOrdy. Glen W. Dunning.
Frank Triplet, William II. Castles.
William McCombs. Johannes H.
Ayres. Jacob NJ. Kline and Jacob
Cripe.
Earl ROwley, prosecuting attor-
ney for LaPorte county. and Ralph
y Smith, of LaPorte. are present.
ing the charge for the state and are
insisting on the death penalty for
Gariepy. r. r. LiddeE. of Laporte.
is defending Gariepy, and he is ask
ing that the charge OF manslaugh-
ter. to which Gariepy has already
confessed, be preferred instead OF
the charge OF murder.
Make Opening Statements.
At half past o'clock Friday
afternoon. both sides made opening
statements in which they outlined
their side OF the case TO the jury.
Atty. Fred r. Liddell, in defending
Gariepy. said that the accused man
was in no way connected with the
shooting and had left the scene OF
the murder before the shots were
fired He said that Gariepy had
confessed 10 the robbery and was
guilty Of manslaughter. which
charge carries with il f1Cm two TO
fourteen years Imprisonment.
Atty. Liddell then stated that he
would introduce very little evidence
and that he was in ignorance Of
what points the state Intended TO
introduce. He said that Gariepy
was a married man. living at La
porte, and that he had always been
good to his wife and three children.
His statements that followed tend
ed 20 show that Gariepy was not
murderer by nature and that atter
the death Of Cook he continued to
live in Laporte for some time. He
added that Gariepy did not flee with
Baker or Bartak and that he made
no effort to seek his share Of the
plunder
Calls Physician.
Earl Rowley. prosecuting attor-
ney for Laporte county then called
Or. Wilcox, of LaPOrte, 10 tesuty
for the state DR. Wilcox told or
having been called to the Wander
walker home. where Carl Cook was
taken after the shooting, about ,
o'clock on Christmas eve in 1919
He said that Cook had been hit by
two bullets one above the left hip
near the center Of the back, and the
other entered the right side belo"
the shoulder.
The last named bullet had been
the fatal one. although the hrSt
bullet might have caused Cook :
death. Or Wilcox said that Carl
Cook was conscious for a time and
when asked who had sh7, him COOK
replied. II don't know. it was some
one I never saw before
Leslie Allan. a Laporte architect
was then called by Atty Rowley to
the stand and blue prints Of Cooks
Rose 81. grocery store were intro
duced as exhibit l for the state.
Mr. Allan testified that ne had
made the drawings and that they
showed the interior Of the grocery
store as it was on the night Of the
murder.
Mrs. Carl Cook testified then
that the prints were correct IN
every detail.
Witnesses Testify.
None of the witnesses called 70
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