The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-02

capacity of the District Court room through the murder hearing was advised by U. s. Marshal William T. Mahoney that all courtroom seats will be reserved for members of the jury panel when the Dis trict Court opens again Monday morning. No spectators will be ad- mitted until after the jurors have been excused and have departed. FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION
 Jockeying by opposing counsel yesterday afternoon during cross examination of Hardness finally ended in victory for the defense, when Judge J. w. Kehoe ruled that he will also allow testimony show ing the relationship existing be- tween the defendant and Hardness up to the time of trial
 Defense Counsel William L. Paul, who announced that he would fin ish the case alone after the exclu- sion of associate J. J. OLeary for contempt of Court, under that rul- ing got into the record of this case a description of the alleged fight between Hardness and Meeks, at the Gastineau Hotel on January 8, which led to Hartness' accusing Meeks of assault.
 Previously, the prosecution had succeeded in barring introduction of the conditions on which Hart ness is still on probation for con- viction of a felony in Court here conditions which Paul maintained would instill interest with the wit ness to testify favorably to the Government. The jury was taken out while counsel argued introduc- tion of the suspended sentence terms. The defense counsel stressed that he did not infer any sugges- tion of coercion on the part of the U. s. Attorneys: that it is only the fact that Hartness' freedom is at the discretion of the U. s. Marshal and District Attorney that might cause him to reach his own con- clusions as to where his own inter est lies.
 Judge Kehoe sustained the prose- cution objection on the reasoning that the witness being on proba- ton is a greater incentive to avoid any further criminally implication by being scrupulously truthful.
 In other efforts to impeach Hart ness highly discriminating testi- mony against Meeks Thursday, Paul exhaustively probed the min utest details of the doings and say ings of the fatal week end of De- cember and g, 1945.
 Didn't Know Campbell | Additional statements made by Hardness on cross-examination be- yond what he already testified to in his examination -in-chief were Hardness did not know Campbell and has never seen a picture of him.
 After leaving Meeks' room at the Keystone, Saturday, December g following the rolling" conversation Hartness went to the Dew Dror Inn to eat. From there he went di- rectly to his own room, No. Is Salo Rooms, and remained there with Lena Brown through the re- mainder of that day and until about 2:3O o'clock Sunday after noon; except for trip for orange juice Saturday night, previously re- lated.
 That Hartness first told the FBI his whole story" as he related it in Court, following the Gastineau Hotel cutting incident, month af- 1 ter the Campbell murder. When first questioned he told only of Meeks displaying the money Sun- day evening.
 That after Hardness refused to take part in Meeks' plot to roll the ''big shot," Meeks said he was go- ing to talk to another party he had in mind.
 That Meeks revealed an inten- ton to leave town when he got hold of the "big money" and plan- ned to go to Petersburg or Anchor age.
 That Hardness did not "get a good look at" the splatters he hao testified were bloodstains on the shirt of Meeks removed and de- stroyed after borrowing a clear shirt from Hardness. The witnes: was not able to state the size oi the spots he saw on the front oi the shirt. Meeks inferred he got tht spots on the shirt in fight.
 That Hartness had never seen hi. light blue shirt again after ht loaned it to Meeks.
 Yesterday afternoons overflow