The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-23
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4 girl has been telling us about a
shooting which took place at your
t home"
: Kittock, according to Johnson,
= then broke in: "She' is lying,
: never had d gun in my life; never
shot anybody. Johnson here
knows | never shot anybody. Why,
sI didn't even know that man.
Met him once ON the street"
The county attorney, johnson
testified, then asked Kittock:
"What nan do you refer to?"
To this johnson said Kittock re-
piled: 'FThat fellow you took out
of the river a year ago-that man
Seigert."
Although every effort was made
by the defense to get testimony
holding that Kittock was not the
first to mention Seigert's name,
the effort failed.
State and defense attorneys
there began a sharp tilt over some
of the Witnesses testimony re-
garding drinking at the home of
the client but the judge ruled
that the answers given were in
order and prompted by the ques-
Itions.
Sheriff Lawrence. Doctor Col
linson and others testified first re-
garding the finding of the body,
its condition and evidence of hav-
ing been foully dealt with.
Saturday
Attorney Thomas NJ. Keogan.
counsel for the defense Saturday.
continued his smas hing attacks on
the testimony of the prosecu-
tion's star witness, Elsie Hedder-
lex. nirle-yearIold niece of Kit
took, who testified that she saw
her uncle shoot q man in her
GRANDMOTHER Kittock's home dur
ing a quarrel over a bottle of +.
whiskey.
After introducing witnesses Fri
day who said they had seen Elsie l
in Poplar on April "a, 1925, the :
day on which Siegert was last 4
seen alive, and that Elsie was !
known to have been i'm Poplar
prior to that date and for several
hays thereafter. Attorney Keo-
ran Saturday continued his eff
to discredit the GIRLS testi-
nony by presenting Carrie Kit
5ock, sister of the accused man.,
who lives i'm the house where the
murder is alleged to have been
committed. She told the court that
was not at the Kittock home 8
Scicibey either in the fall of 8
-925 or the spring or summer of ?
-925. Elsie came to the Kitt9ck
lome here late in August, 1925.
he said. E
May Impeach Witness
With the evident intention of f
the foundation for ~impeach- A
nent of Carrie Kittock's testi-
nony, County Attorney John S. Y
asked her OF cross exam
nation if she had not told the A
the county attorney and
theirs at the hearing last June,,
nat Elsie was at her home late l
April, 1925. The witness an
wered: mo" Later she seid she
ecalled no such conversation.
Three schoolmates of Elsie "
frederick in the Poplar school .
ere placed on the stand Satur- 2.
ay. They testified that Elsie had
cen in school in that city on
avs ranging between April %
nd %. 1925.
Monday
Attorney Ke2g n. THROUGH his
Iestioning of witnesses, is en- o.
saw ring to fix the date of Sic
death as April "a. 1925, 3.
Aich is the day he last was seem,
ioutgh the prosecution has mode
D attempt to fix am exact date.
Kittock admitted on cross-ex- 4.
nination in district court Mon
~ that he had at one time own
a revolver, though a few min
5es before he had testified he had
ever owned a frearm and had
aver used n in any manner, CHI,
even for target practice.
Kittock was put on the witness D.
and by the defense at 1890 -
morning. He was ques-
med rather extensively by At
rney Themes Clifford, who is as
sting County Attorney Nyquist tra
the prosecution. Kittock made e
veral evident slips of tongue. \
Question Forces Admission
It was Attorney Clifford who
the accused into a MOST EN- NJ
rrassing trap by asking: Ct,
"Do you remember an occasion,
out two years ago and prior to
,ril %. 1925. when you came
er to Ole Knudson's shack with \
% revolver and did some tar