Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
dead MAN ENTERS
|. TRIAL OF BROTHERS
Evidence Showing Police Held
Frank Marco, Chief Suspect,
to Be Offered.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 30.-Attorneys de-
Tending Leo Brothers in his trial for
the Staying of Alfred Jake" Lingle,
newspaper reporter, announced today
they would attempt to introduce evil
dence that Frank Marco who has since
been killed in New York, was once con-
sidered by police the chief suspect" in
the murder.
AS the State was putting on its last
witnesses, the defense subpoenaed Lieut..
Walter Storms and Capt. John siege
and revealed that the police officers
would be asked about other suspects to
the Lingle Staying, principally Marco, a
former chauffeur to Julian Potatoes"
Kaufman.
Kaufman's name was mentioned
prominently in the Lingle case because
he owned q night club allegedly closed
by orders of Lingle, who was close
friend and adviser Of the then police
commissioner, William Russell.
X-Ray Specialist Testifles.
The first witness today was DR.. M. A.
Pfannebecker, an X-ray specialist, who
gave testimony concerning an examina-
ton Of Officer Anthony Ruthy. Ruthy
was the witness who told the court Fri
day that he was chasing a vision" as
vel! as a man Immediately after the
Lingle Staying and who said that when
he identified Frank Foster another
Lingle suspect, his mind was blank.
The State has several witnesses who
we're expected to testify that Ruthy has
been mentally unbalanced for years, but
the defense will attempt to prove, that
Ruthy's testimony was merely an ''act"
to throw out his previous identification
Of Foster.
May Hear Brothers.
Asked whether Brothers would take
the stand in his defense, Attorney Tyr
rell Krum would not say definitely, but
answered sit would look funny If he
didn't at least get up and say I didn't
do it."
DR.. Peannebecker, testified that he
examined Of1cer Ruthy March 16 and
found an old fracture of the skull.
Col Calvin Goddard, Ballistics expert
and head Of the Crime Detection Labor
atory of Northwestern University, was
the next witness.
Goddard Gives Lecture.
The jury heard a lengthy lecture on
ballistics by Col Goddard, who told of
examining the bullet that killed Lingle
and comparing 1t with another bullet
fired from the pistol found near Lingles
body He testified that from the mark
ings on the two bullets he was able to
determine that the bullet taken from
Lingle's brain was fired from the weapon
that is now States exhibit No. 2.
This point was considered important
because a State witness, Clark Apologize,
Kentucky race horse trainer, testified he
saw Brothers toss gun near the body
of the slain reporter.
Although he left soon after the shoot
ing and was unable to say positively
that it was the same weapon now in
evidence in this case, Applegate said 1t
was the same type and loked exactly
like the pistol he saw.
Col Goddard produced bullet which
he said had been turned over to him as
the ALFRED Lingle fatal bullet" and an
other that he said he fired into basket
of waste to make the comparison. They
became a part of the court record as
States exhibits.
From these tests I concluded that
both bullets had been fired through the
same arm" he said.