The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-06

suit found in MeekS' room as be- i ing those of human blood. McDaniel qualified as witness after describing his chemical back ground and training by the FBI.
 Human Blood Found He said that he had found hu- man blood on the sleeves of the coat and also a spot on the inside ; lining. He said he found large ] traces of "thinned" blood on the i trousers and said the condition 1 could have been caused by washing. Under cross examination he re- vealed the technique for determin- | ing the nature of bloodstains He said he had not seen the garment before yesterday when they were entrusted to him by the court for the purpose of making the tests. : Skinner On Stand In the closing phases of the gov ernments case the prosecution spent most of yesterday afternoon establishing that watch sold by Meeks to youthful Nathan Skinner was a watch owned by Campbell immediately preceding his murder.
 Skinner, the last witness of the day, testified that he had known Meeks for some time when both were working for the Highway Com mission at Gulkana He said that he meet Meeks again in Juneau and that the defendant borrowed $20 from him. Skinner said that when Meeks offered to repay the loan he gave him, Skinner, the choice of the money or an Illinois wristwatch. Skinner chose the WriStWatch.
 Subsequently Meeks borrowed an- ether $20. This loan, Skinner said, was made before the murder. Meeks promised to pay him back when he received a check for work he had done.
 Skinner said that he went to Me3ks' room in the Salo Rooms on December 27 Present at the time were Dora Kuich, an uniden- tified native man, Meeks, John Ritter and a white woman whom he knew as waitress at the Dew Drop Inn.
 Second wrist Wdtcb
 There, Skinner said, Meeks of fered to give him another wrist watch, a gold, 19-Jswel Hamilton, fer his own watch plus $10 in cash as payment of the debt. Skinner accepted.
 At the time, he said, MeekS cau- toned him that if the F'BI asked him where he got the Hamilton watch he was to say it was the watch Meeks had given him pre- viouSly.
 Skinner, under questioning by the prosecution, identified the watch presented for identification in the morning proceedings, as the one he had obtained from Meeks.
 The prosecution then moved that the watch be accepted as evil dence and it was so accepted by the court without objection by the defense.
 Hartness Was There
 Under cross examination Skin- ner said he had never seen Meeks wearing the gold Hamilton wrist watch until December 27th He said that-ne went back to the Salo three times that same day and that Kelso Hartness, important prosecution witness, had been there the third time,
 At that time he said Hartness made the remark that you don't hear much about the case any more" He was unable to recall whether any more of the conversa- tion had been devoted to the mur- der.
 Meeks at that time, he said, tolc him that he had purchased tht wristwatch from a soldier for $l0.
 Skinner's testimony eliminated solid day of effort by the prescott tion to get the watch admitted in to court as evidence. Earlier testi. mony had been objected to on tht grounds that it was remote ant that records produced were thos' of routine business.
 Seattle PalUnbroker Here
 At the beginning of the after noon session Saul Pierce, SeattN pawnbroker, was produced to iden tify pawn books belonging to th' Eagle Jewelry and Sporting Good O.. of Seattle, in which was record ed a transaction with Clarenct Campbell.
 He identified a watch pawned a the store as the same watch or exhibition in the courtroom.
 Defense immediately moved t. have his testimony stricken iron the records on the grounds that h. had not been connected with tn company, nor was he dwelling il Seattle at the time of the trans action. The motion was overruled
 Meanwhile a coat and pair o trousers introduced in the mornini as exhibits were turned over t Roy McDaniels, FBI technician, 10 laboratory analysis.
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