The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-01

Court.
 Cross -EraftilGtton
 Cross-examination of Hartness by O'Leary this morning had not pro- greSsed far when the contempt ruling was made. About the only material fact brought out was that Hardness had first met Meeks here, on November or g, just after Hart ness had arrived here from Val deg.
 Other OLeary questions, general ly upheld over prosecution objec- tions as to materiality, were point ed at bringing into the record the incident occurring at Gastineau Hotel when resulted in Hartness becoming complaining with es against Meeks on a charge of as- sault with dangerous weapon. OLeary stressed questions as to whether Hardness had told of all material facts within his know ledge concerning the Campbell mdrder or the identity of the mur- derer-also, whether Hartness had any other motives for testifying other than a desire to make the truth known.
 | BetrdyS Emotion i For the first time during all the trial proceedings, Meeks yesterday afternoon during Hartness' direct testimony, betrayed any sign of emotion. Meeks shifted his posi- tion to gaze directly at the wit ness and as answers came from the stand, a twitching of the de- fendants feet was apparent. i Before the re-opening of the trial this morning, Defense Attorney Paul brought renewed motion that daily transcript of proceedings be made available. The motion was again denied by the Court. How ever, the Judge did answer a spec fife defense request for a trans cript of Hartness' testimony by promising that it would be made available as soon as physically pos sible.
 Testimony of Highway Patrolman Botelho was concerned with a visit paid to Meeks' room by himself, then Chief of Police John Monagle and then Asst. Police Chief Hubert Gilligan. He confirmed, in the main, earlier statements of Gill; gan regarding the visit, which was made to No 5, Keystone Rooms, be- tween 5.30 and o'clock p. m. Mon day, December 10.
 4 In Meek'S Room
 Brought out in Botelho's direct examination by Special Assistant to the U. s. Attorney Robert Jernberg, and in cross examination by O'Leary, were these main points:
 In Meeks' room were pair of trousers just washed, which Meeks' said he intended to send to laur1- dry.
 2-Also seen was suit coat show ing what the witness was sure were three blood stains.
 1 Son the walls of the room were two wet spots that appeared to have been washed.
 ] 4-MeekS first said he had put his money in safe place at a To- cal hotel; later, he produced an envelope containing the money from his bed He brought out the envelope because he thought the officers knew where it was hidden and thought Botelho had been reaching for it.
 Blood Stains 5-At least one of the apparent blood stains on the coat were on the right sleeve and Botelho is sure that Meeks' is right handed. Also, Gilligan said that Meeks was not wearing the coat Sunday eve- ming when the defendant had scuffle with Peter Vincent. I 6-The top $100 bill in the en- velope showed dark stain that ap- peared to be blood.
 Serial numbers of fifteen $1O0 bills in the envelope were then taken by the officers. (The bills were identified by the witness from a memorandum of the serial num- . bers and were placed in evidence) \ 8-After a test of his ability to read the evening paper, Meeks was questioned regarding his acquaint- ance with Campbell. (Botelho indi- cated under cross examination that the headlines of that newspaper of December 10 mentioned Campbells name in connection with the find- ing of the corpse)
 1 9-Meeks replied that he did not know Campbell; had never met the man.
 10-Meeks did not reply to a question as to how blood came to be on the coat.
 11-Meeks said he had won the money gambling at Anchorage and had wired for it.
 12-The money was then returned to Meeks and he was not arrested at that time-because the officers had no reason to arrest him at that time.
 13-The coat, the witness believ- ed. had been sent to Washington, D. C.. for test for blood at the FBI