The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-04
SLAIN G-MAN'S CHIEF ENDS
STORY OF AGENTS KILLING;
STOOL PIGEON TAKES Stand
Jury Told Barrett Boosted US Kentuckians
Carry Guns and We Use EN-; Partner
Of Dead Agent Completes Story.
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IN a COndlClOn 10 furnish accurate
information.
Mckee told Judge Baltzell he had
read the statement to Barrett and
insisted upon Barrett reading it be-
fore he signed it.
Judge Baltzell examined the sig
natures and asked District Attorney
Nolan to place other witnesses to
the statement on the stand before
he would rule on the admissibility.
Denies Force, Threats
During this skirmish Barrett
pulled his wheel chair forward by
the edge of the table and vent into
conference with his attorney.
Robert H. Klett, a special agent
who was present when the state
ment was obtained, identified his
signature on the list of the fou1
pages and identified Barrett's sig
nature. He denied any force was
used or threats made on Barrett.
Klett said Barrett appeared to be
competent. Barrett was told, Klett
said, that any statement he made
would be used against him.
Klett then identified a second
four-page statement which he said
was signed by Barrett also while
the gunman was in the hospital.
One Of the statements, Klett said
was relative to the killing of Klein
and one to numerous auto thefts."
Physicians Are Summoned
Rice asked if the person who took
it used the exact words of Barrett
and Klett said that it was not q
question and answer statement.
Rice objected to the admission of
the statements on the grounds that
they we're not Barrett'S own words.
Baltzell said that he would admit
the statement if the government
could prove Barrett was in compe-
tent physical condition when he
signed them and the court was re-
cessed while Nolan called physician
witnesses in Hamilton in an effort
to get them here.
After the intermiSSion Nolan
told the court he had summoned
physicians and put on the stand
David E. Sauer University OF Gin
Cinnati Medical School student
who said that, as junior inferno, he
was connected with the Hamilton
hospital when Barrett was patient
there after the shooting.
Q-Do you know the defendant?
Ayes, sir.
Q-Where did you meet him?
AIT the Hamilton Hospital
Q-Did you administer to him?
Ayes, sir.
Sees Defendant
Odd you see the defendant
from time to time?
Ayes, sir.
Odd you talk to the defendant
when you greeted him?
Ayes, sir.
Q-On the days in question, how
much time did you spend with the
defendant?
Al was with him hourly for the
first couple of days.
Nolan brought from Sauer that
he had been present in Barrett's
room when the contested statements
were signed by Barrett.
Q-What was the condition of
Barrett then as to being rational
and in possession of his faculties at
that time?
Rice's objection IVES overruled.
A-Mr. Barrett was rational all
the time he was in the hospital
Conference on Condition
Sauer said that he had a confer
ence with physicians and special
agents on the condition of Barrett
before the statements we're taken
Rice CroSS-eXamined and brought
out that Barrett's was regarded as
an emergency case.
Rice asked whether the physician
in charge of the case ever person.
ally examined Barrett and the wit
ness said he had.
Q-WaS Barrett a sick man, very
low?
A-No, sir.
restaurant operator and friend of
Rarretts was called.
Q-Do you know Barrett?
Ayes, sir.
Q-How long?
A-Two years.
Recalls Occasion
Q-Do you recall the occasion of
the killing of Nelson B. Klein.
Ayes, sir.
Q-On Aug. g. were you at police
headquarters at Hamilton.
Ayes.
Odd you get information about
Barrett?
Ayes.
Q-You were not a policeman?
A-No.
Q-Why were you there?
Aust loafing.
Q-What did you do?
Barrett Wanted
Al asked the sergeant what Bar
rett, and he said George. He asked
If l knew him and I said yes. He
said the Federal men wanted him
and told me to go find him. I went
to Mabel Barrett, relative of Bar
rett's and told her Barrett was
wanted
Q-Was the name Irwin Brockman
mentioned?
Ayes. She said she would get
in touch with Brockman in an eff
fort to locate George.
Lawes said he then returned to his
restaurant and that Brockman came
there and he asked him if Lawes
wanted to see Barrett.