The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-11-14
ANDREWS' DEATH
 WAS SURPRISE, I5
 TESTIMONY GIVEN

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 body was in poor condition and not or another person, Blanton said this was true
 The next witness called was PatrCiman John Homme who in the company of an FBI agent, Deputy Marshal Syd Thompson, and As sistant Police Chief Clouse arrived 1t the Andrews house just as the victim was being taken to the hos pital
 Reports Quarrel
 Hcmme said that upon arriving 1t the Andrews house he and his companions talked with Mrs An ilews who was dressed in night dress and bathrobe He said she old them that a quarrel between herself and her husband had re- ulted in her throwing a glass at him or hitting him with it while t was still in her hand. Homme aid she told the officers that she couldn't remember which she did Mrs. Andrews story, briefly, as related by witness Homme was as blows Andrews in very drunk an state began beating her in a quarrel over a whiskey bottle. He nit her on the head with a metal garbage can a number of times.
 Mrs. Andrews told me that she hen picked up the nearest ob- lec5, which was a water glass on the table by the bed, and hurled t at her husband" Homme said.
 Asked to describe the garbage can, Honme said it was the buck et-type' of waste basket or gar cage can that could be used to hold either garbage or waste paper
 Blood Spots
 In discussing blood spots found n the bedroo:2, Homme said there was blood on the floor on a num- ger Of towels and on the under idle of the mattress.
 HCmme. said that after Blanton elephoned that Andrews had died, he authorities returned to the Sold Street residence and request I'd that Mrs. Andrews accompany them to the Marshais office.
 Under questioning, Homme testi- fed that Mrs Andrews went will ingly."
 He testified that the garbage ean was bent" as if it might have been used to hit somebody or something He said he did not .ake the garbage can back to the station and did not know where t was at this time.
 In reference to the glass, Homme said Mrs Andrews picked up two pieces, one a moon-shaped segment Jf an ordinary tumbler or water glass and the other the remaining oody of the glass, and gave them to the officers.
 FBI Conversation
 Taking the witness stand next, the local FBI agent testified that from 6:15 until 6:30 on the morn- ing of Andrews death he had a conversation" with Mrs. Andrews in the FBI office in the Federal Building and secured a statement from her, which was identified by the appearance of her initials on each page.
 Asked by Robertson if the state ment had been notarized, he said t had not been.
 Robertson requested that the statement be shown to Commis- sioner Gray After this was done the defense attorney requested per nissicn to see it himself From reference to it he asked the FBI man several questions.
 OuG QuGSlIOIl WdS- Dlu yOu ildht, or are you now making, an investi- gation to determine the accuracy of Mrs. Andrews stipulation that before going to Sitka to meet An irews several days before his death, she received a wire from Ralph Grover saying that Andrews was getting in trouble again and that she had better come to Sit ka?"
 The witness said such an investi- 3ation was being made.
 Under questioning from Gilmore, the FBI Agent in brief told the following story related to him by Mrs Andrews:
 Drinking All Day
 Andrews had been around the house all day drinking on Nov. 4.