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Lynch and Walter L. Fowler are the
prosecution lawyers.
The principal clash between opposing
counsel developed during the testimony
of Shott over a stenographic notebook
which he revealed was missing from his
files at police headquarters. The par
ticular notebook contained a statement
of Policeman Laurence Bolts, a partner
for former Policeman Robert j. Allen.
Bolts, it developed, gave a subsequent
statement to Inspector Shelby. Shott
said he transcribed the original state
ment and had not seen it or the note
book since.
In the heat of the argument over
the missing note book the prosecution
brought out that its sole purpose was
to show that while Shelby and Kelly
had taken statements from trivial wit
nesses they failed to get statements
from important witnesses.
During the testimony of Collier it was
revealed that former Policeman Allen in
troduced him to Manager Ruff as "Mr.
Hoover of the Department of Justice
]. Edgar Hoover is director of the Bu-
reau of Investigation of the Justice De-
partment.
The prosecution has excused Merritt
o. Chance, foreman of the July grand
iurv which made the serious charges
against Kelly and Shelby, and tlve other
members of that grand jury until the
session tomorrow. These members OF
the grand jury also are looked upon @s
important prosecution witnesses.
Lynch Conducts Examination.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Lynch
conducted the examination at the open
ing this morning, the first witness for
the prosecution being Enyeart, who
visited the Mcpherson apartment the
day her body was found in his capacity
as an assistant flngerprint expert at
headquarters.
Enyeart testified Kelly ordered him
to photograph the body as it lay on
the floor of the death room, and he
spent about As minutes in a careful
search for fingerprints. Although he
looked all over the floor, walls, doors,
bedposts and other available furnish
ings the expert testified he could find
no fingerprints that he could do any
thing with.
Lynch inquired if he sought for fin
gerprints in the bathroom, where blood
spots we're, found, or If Kelly had IN
structed him to look in the bathroom.
He replied he could not recall any
such instructions from the homicide
think it necessary to look for finger
prints in that room.
The prosecution then placed In evl-
dence the photograph OF Mrs. NC
?herSon after her death. 1t was passed
around to the officers of the trial board,
and Enyeart explained the difficulties
he had in taking the picture.
Upon cross-examination by the de-
fense, Attorney O'Shea elected from the
witness that it was not necessary Tor
Kelly to give him instructions In the
performance of his duties.
Fingerprint Taking Discussed.
Counsel entered into a discussion of
flngerprint taking and the witness said
it was impossible to take impressions
on persons neck. He also said finger
prints cannot be taken from papers or
letters after an hour had elapsed.
Sergt. Sandberg, who has been in the
Identification Bureau since 1904, upon
being called as the next witness, said
that the men In his bureau were sub
ject to orders from headquarters detec-
tives. but declared it was not the usual
thing for detectives to give them in
structions as to their duties.
The prosecution evidently was anxious
to show that under the circumstances
of Mrs. McPhersonS death the finger
print expert who visited the apartment
Sandberg said If he had been there he
would have been governed by the cir
cumstances of the case.
IF the case looked bad to the cap
tain who was first on the scene, would
you have looked in the bath room
then?" Counsel Lynch asked. This
question precipitated a warm dispute
between opposing counsel, Mr.. Quinn,
for the defense, insisting that Capt.
Stott had called it suicide" case.
well then" Lynch repeated, "if you
found the woman with cord twisted
around her neck two times, who was
separated from her husband, who was
being held by the police, would you
under those circumstances, have in
spected the bath room for f1ngerprints?'
Eyes," I would have looked for every
possible evidence if thought the bath
room had any connection with the
case" Sandbers; replied.
Satisfied with Enyeart's Work.
Under cross-examination by the de-
fense, ,Sandberg explained he was
thoroughly satisfied with the investiga-
tions made by Enyeart and considered
him a competent man. He reiterated
there was no necessity for either Kelly
or Shelby to give the expert any in
structionS about his duties.
AS for Kelly'S own efficiency as ar
investigator, Sandberg testified he had
found him always thorough and
painstaking in the % years during
which he had worked frequently with
| the homicide chief.
There was more discussion of a
technical nature over the photograph
of Mrs. McPherson's body, Sandbere
having testified that he could not tel
whether a better picture could have
been made without having seen condi-
tionS for himself.
Before he was excused from the stanc
| the defense obtained a statement from
the sergeant that in 1853 homicide cases
| investigated by the bureau, fingerprints
were obtained in only SO.
The third witness called was Knee
land, News reporter who covered" the
Mcpherson case when it was first re-
ported to the police. He got there be-
fore Kelly.
Kneelands recollections were yer!
haZy, especially as to whether it wa!
Kelly who admitted him and three
other reporters to the death chamber
The reporters were not allowed inside
the room until after the deputy coronel
| had completed his investigation, Knee