Evening star., 1927-12-05
L|L[|ENDAHL CASE
! TESTIMONY DENIED
State Witness Makes Affi-
davit Alleged to Charge
Intimidation.
By the Associated Press.

MAYS LANDING, N. j.. December
S-Oficials acknowledged before court
onened TODAY that "most surprising
situation had arisen in the Lilllendahi
murder trial when reporters asked
them about seemingly authentic re-
norts that Justice Campbell was In
possession Of an affidavit III WHICH
Harry Sanderson of Sydney, ONO. ao-
mitted failure to give correct testl-
mony as a State witness. :.
1t was not believed that the affldaV!1
was cause for declaration or mlstrlai:
but it was expected that "nreWorKs
of some sort would be set on during
the day.
Prosecutor IIinkle would say little
about the matter.
Conflict i'm Evidence.
"I am not in a position" he said,
"to reveal the contents of the aff1daVlt
or what action will be taken about 1t.
According to the report current in
the courthouse, however, Sanderson's
affidavit charges that he was afraid
to give the evidence in court that he
gave before the grand jury.
Before the grand jury Sanderson
testified that on the day that DIR. A.
William Lilliendahl was killed he was
driving past the scene of the crime and
saw a man running from the under
brush to jump into an automobile and
drive away He positively identified
Willis Beach as that man. When he
was called to the stand as the States
star witness, however, he said that ne
was unable to identify Beach.
The affidavit now in the Judges
hands is said to make the following
explanation for the change of front.
When he was in New York. 1t is said,
after testifying for the grand jury,
Sanderson was approached by a
stranger who bought an aluminium
frying pan from him and then made
friends, finally asking Sanderson.
married man, to a party.
Sanderson accepted the invitation
and at the party met another man
friend of the frying pan purchaser.
The next day he bade his new friends
good-by and saw no more of them
until he was called to the stand to re-
peat his testimony against Beach.
Frying Pan i'm Court.
Then some heavy object was drop
ped on the floor in front Of the de-
and saw an aluminium frying pan, one
of the sort that he sold. Raising his
eyes, he saw his two erstwhile friends
sitting near the defense lawyers. In
the affidavit those two men were said
to be identified as defense investi-
gators, though whether their alleged
actions were carried out with the
knowledge of their superiors was not
determined.
Sanderson said in the affidavit that
as soon as he saw the frying pan
and the two men he became afraid
that il he testified against Beach the
inf hi rryifa - @I.n
party. AS a result, he said. he denied
that he was able to identify Beach as
the man he saw near the scene of the
crime.
Before calling Mrs Lilliendahl, Rob-
ert McCarter, her trial lawyer, called
Attorney Charles Phillips of her de-
Tense to the stand today. Phillips tes-
titled that before the trial Samuel
Bark, the Texas lariat man who tes.
titled for the State that Beach had
confessed the murder to him, had Of
fered to hush up testimony and fake
an alibi for Beach for $500.
Widow i'm Tears.
Mrs. Lilliendahl was in tears when
she took the stand. She said she
first met Beach on Halloween in
1926, and said that Beach became
very intimate with her husband and
all three often went for drives at
the doctors request.
Questioned as to what she did on
September Is, the day of the murder,
she said she and her husband left
the house in the car at 1920, stopped
at gasoline station and then went
to bank, where he drew $25 in five
dollar bills. which he gave her.
State witnesses had testified that
bloodstains were found on three SIS
bills in her pocketbook.
She then told in detail Of their
drive until, she said, two negroes
jumped on the running boards.
uppermost in my mind.
out heard a shot.
'They directed me to drive UP the
1ane." she said. whether I drove
or one of them I can't remember
But I can remember being in there.
My husband had often told me never
to- resist in a hold-up and this was
uppermost in my mind.'
I'VE came to a halt. The negro
on my side opened the door and
grabbed me. AS was being dragged
out heard q shot,"
Before I came to completely I
heard sounds" she continued. zone
was Beat 1t, bo., Before the shot
was fred the doctor said, For good
ness sake, save her.
when I came to rolled over on
an elbow and crawled out to the
road. tried to hail passing cars.
My clothes had been torn almost
away and my jewels were gone"
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First "Horseless" Carriage.