The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-26
WITNESSES ARE RECALLED TO-DAY
 IN MEEKS' TRIAL

the witness stand tlllS nCIlllll6 to testify in the case of the U. $. Government vs. George Meeks, in which Meeks is charged with the murder of Clarence Campbell on December g, 1945.
 First witness recalled was John Ritter, who confirmed previous testimony that Meeks admitted to Borrowing money for transportation to Juneau from Anchorage. Ritter said that he wrote a letter for Meeks to Edward Schwaesdall, who had requested that the money be returned, saying that Meeks was broke. He also said that Meeks had told him he had had letter written to Schwaesdall asking him to forget that he had ever loaned him anything.
 James L. McNamara testified that he had drawn the sketch Of the floor plan of the Keystone Rooms, which had been presented to the court as Governments ex- hibit Number g. McNamara said that the distance from the Key stone Rooms to the Foss residence near which Campbells body was found is $500 feet.
 William Didelius, formerly an agent with the FBI, was then re- called to the stand. He said that he visited Meeks in his room on the night of December 19, and had asked h.m where he obtained the Is hundred dollar bills which had been found in his possession by police the previous night.
 Meeks said he won the money by gambling in Anchorage, and stated that he had placed it in the keep ing of Attorney William Paul shortly before Didelius arrived. The defendant showed him the receipt.
 Much of Didelius' testimony cclrohorated that previously giv- en by other witnesses. He identi- fled marks which he had made in the lining of the suit which had been found in Meeks room, the coat of which was stained with blood, and the trousers of which had been washed The garments were entered as Governments ex- hibits numbers Is and IT.
 Discrepancies
 The witness than read Meeks' statement, Government exhibit number Is, which had been made on December Is and signed by both Meeks and Didelius.
 According to the statement, Meeks had spent Sunday alone in his room, and had not gone out until 5:30 Virginia Brown had previously testified that she spent the day with him. Meeks said that he had gone to the Dew Drop Inn for dinner, had visited several bars, and upon returning to the Keystone Rooms had discovered that his wallet, with $500 in it, was missing.
 He suspected Peter Vincent, who had taken eight silver dollars from him that morning, of stealing the billfold, and became embroiled in a fight with him Police later found the money in a magazine in his own room where he had put it himself.
 Meeks also stated that on Mon day evening he visited Kelso Hart ness and Lena Brown in their room, and that he had thrown the wallet on the floor. He said he was intoxicated at the time.
 He later entrusted the money
 to Attorney Paul. He also main tained in his statement that he had never seen Campbell nor heard his name prior to the crime.
 He said that he had brought s2600 in gambling winnings from Anchorage with him, but admitted to borrowing money from Ritter and George Skinner. He said he repaid Skinner in cash once, and on another occasion with wrist watch.
 Views Body
 Didelius said that he accompan- jed Meeks to the morgue to view the body of the victim, and that the defendant claimed he did not know who he was.
 The witness also confirmed pre- vious testimony, that he had over heard conversation between John Kalinowski and Meeks. in which the latter asked Kalinowski to leave town Meeks didn't want him to testify that he had met Campbell ill the defendants room on Sunday morning.
 Upon cross examination, Didelius inspected the coat and pants which had been introduced in evidence and said that there were several holes and spot which had not been there when he had sent the outfit to the FBI office in Washington for blood tests.
 He stated that he had also sent CampbelIs clothing, sections of stained wall paper from MeekS'