The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 21, 1946, Page 2

PAGE TW! THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1946 \ ~> U 'SECREF DATA' 5 OBTAINED:; IS ADMITTED One) Continued jrom Page One) dian reply pro- Government an statements thi W. Kehoe, pre nt term of th continued the next As reasor Kehce statet inadvisable t efer openin, rorning, Judge over the ourt to prejudice inder J pre here, until at 10 lay deerps st o'cloc Judge it -day Court i 10rTow, Washington's n-judicial day. On matters, including ng of Thoma upy the attention of the Court Sunday is another non-judicial day Government's Side ircumste as recounted ecutor more, by which the prove the which facts will by testimony of r witnesses, are: lapse due lo in not to be instru- & saturday accom- othe ether with Pierc , 0 most varic wvailabl The moe Methodis Monday invite sufficient am of its then proceed- matter al Prc me who [ Feb: of motiy 19 i Meeks {OPERTY Es A 3 numt the P b of nd t knowledge on tt to press Campbell found Tract nce Seatt 10, 19 That the deces h on Wil ‘That i by John in Juneau from Hoonah, ouse had been employed as a district, the preceding Friday. from 4—That on Saturd was here on ernme mat ter was nt's limited of the statement cast by t M night the ) sed met MOSCOW shingler. munist newspaper British Foreign Bevin today ure” at the U in London that Canad iy ; attentior )y Lero rschmidt the purche of t leceasad vded i ‘edersen, Sitk came into possession of 2 of his own lawfully earned monsy. That most of that maney in $100 bills, a few of the bills of the $50 denomination That the defendant, Meeks, warived in Juneau from ward, during the latter part of 1945 Borrowed Money 7—That on his arrival here ks had insufficient money his living expenses; that following his money here and lodging. d a the Hatla “-anzie distract back Pravds - o COLORADO October s le W king sion, later rrowed to for meal pay PLENTY OF HOT | at the TURN of the FAUCET . . . will om here, Mesks was continually and meals to the that on presumed rent BETTER OIL BURNING WATER EEATER § 0.0 up be to have at on December 8, 1945, the is bgfore that. on ,which it that Campbell was killed, secured an advance » eccnomy, dependability and INBEAU Automatic Water aters for your home. Teeks N 10 cember ience of That on that same day, , Saturday, ation with another mar a5 a witness at mmed to be Kelso B. n in ¢ the trial Har . and ADVANCED SU v “pr pr noss) the second who h onah an sum of money. io to ought to “get the big shot drunk. and roll him,” that “split 50-50." 11—That party of a “big shot’ was carrying During all a il Tieat Phone 476 Location 214 Second St.~ Meeks, ¥ REDUSED PASSENGER FAAE. €3 EXPRESS AMES P Auerrcan; Worto ARwAYs ystem: ol “The //z//fiy & RANOF HOTEL TELEPHONE 106 Moy vsmimwar o OYT. ACCUSES DEFENDANT OF |1y ROLLING PLOT Monday hearing of testimony held Birthday, the sen- Sumstad, are to estab- Government murder guilt be es- o fense spokesman. et the body of the deceased in Decem- a vio- the deceased nad arrived where he followed and , December 8, the day before that on which Camp- ;5 presumed to have died, the the to on’ he That from the time of his ar- and korrowed money to pay which the de- been on De- Meeks engaged during which Meeks told t arrived in town from large the con- eged to have | to the witness that they they would was Jater found. after "‘e""i“g’possessiun that Jarge sum of money ampbell’'s body, denied that he|“Peanuts him or had seen him before. occurrence when, Meeks alleges, testimony will show ‘Peanuts” took eight silver dollars had visited in Meeks | belonging to Mezeks. Not finding his room and that they drank together | secret horde of money in his room, only a day or two before Campbell Meeks sought out “Peanuts” and murdered. guve him a beating. The police were Seen Together hen called—before Campbell was 13—That witnesses saw Campbell killed. They iound Meeks' cache and Meeks walking together on the of bills, the serial numbers of which streets of Juneau early Sunday eve- ‘) took. Meeks then apologized to ning, December 9 Peanuts” and It was then that one i 14—That later on, that 5100 bill from Meeks' money passed Sunday evening, Meeks—who to one of the volicemen, a bill that Leen broke all the time since his' -as later taken over by the Gov- arrival’ in Juneau the previous' s nment. October—was found to have in his Money Given Paul possession over $2,000, mostly in g_That Meeks later turned over $100 bills. the rest of his horde to his at- It was upon conclusion of the|torney, William L. Paul Jr., it was recital of these circumstances, which | ,jaced in a bank from which Fed- the Government expects to pro eral agents took it. that U. S. Attorney Gilmore asked| —This evidence, O'Leary concluded, unequivocally” for a verdict of| i) show Mee to be a man capital murder—murder in the| parged with a murder of which | - first degree.” he is “utterly innocent.” O'Leary's Statement O'Leary’s resume of the defense Showing an apparent unfamiliar- |, tion was mter ¢ a sec- ity with Alaskan Court procedure,| 4 japse into S hil O'Leary began his statement upon | ought ‘swift censure from Judge | an argumentative line of thought ;repge. Apologies by O'Leary were ' . that drew prompt objection from pa4 by the Cowt to be not enough, D. 8. Attorney and admonishment .coing™ that counsel had already from Judge Kehoe that the opening 'y ... warned address must be confined to statc- " pocentation of the opening argu- ment of what is expected to belijents was delayed somewhat this | "",‘;_‘]'1“"\"-" Svidaie at morning by three defense motions he U. S. Aftorney’s objection|,, pegr which the Court had the ellicited an outburst for the de- i ” " " | jury taken from the courtroom. Making: himsell "o gyt of, the motions, pre- heard above the remarks by Gil-|_ ¢ S ohd At more and Judge Kehoe, Olleary Tmed by the r"hl?f counsel for the polibed 68 "HB e wsErtiR e T e, L.v:fmsn. asked for the subpoena of 26 witnesses, without cost to the clared: “I sat silent while you told E < defendant who was stated to be :\“)l‘:%. Lepmuters M0 Reid without'funds. In denying that mo- z ¥ . uon, Judge Kehoe ruled that it Following Judge Xehoe's ruling may be renewad with more suffi- that established procedure must be .ione showing of what is to be argument refrained .. veq by the witnesses, provided the opening statement, {y.¢ it oeks for the subpoena only resumed his address (0 s witnesses not already called by cither side. The second motion, that the opening of the trial be postponed ior one week to give the defense more time for preparation was also over-ruled, as was the third, that the defense be permitted to with- hold its opening statement until . the conclusion of the presentation f evidence and testimony for the Government because of a previous | campbell was same had d e e n | o 1 from in O'Leary the jury: “You have heard the prosecutor tell what he expects to prove and ask of you a verdict that will take this defendant’s life. Even if the United States Attorney proves all he says, we still are satisfied that there will be in the minds of each of you many reasonable doubts.’ The defense expects to prove, continued, from the facts leadi up to the crime, that this defe 5 5 ® dant is “an utterly innocent man A “nieiaie < Gill cpoivaous Tt Indicating acceptance of the cir- the delivery the opening ad- " cumstances related by = Gilmore, Gresses this morning, while the cor- went on to present the defense in- ''dor outside was filled with the terpretation .of them: numercus witnesses whe will fol- i low each other to the stand with s o o L {he opening of the Governments E > S % case against George Harrison chorage shortly after his arrival in \reere Monday morning. BLOOD, G of 2—hat he had kept his posséssion T ke S e UERIN WiLL OPERATE DARK ROOM AT ORDWAY'S STUDID pear as a wiiness, an Anchorage Mrs. Laura P. Ordway announces friend of Meeks, “Eddi dall, had even entrusted Meeks that she has sold the darkroom cquipment connected with Ordway’s with money of his; money ' WHich . Meeks kept separate from his own. 4—That when Meeks had return- Photo Shop to Amy Lou Blood and Eckley K. Guerin, who will operate the darkrooms, portrait studio and ed Scfiwaesdall's money to him, “Eddie,” not knowing of Meeks nidden cache, had given Meeks $60 to pay the latler's passage to Ju- neau. commercial work under the name of Ordway’s Studio of Photography. All work, however, will continue to be handled through Ordway's Photo Shop. His “Nest Egg” 5—That all the time Meeks was in Juneau he kept untouched .and cceret his nest egg, his “gambling money,” even though he borrowed tv pay his living expenses. i ARRAIGNED HERE 6—That Meeks did work for plas- | Taken in custody terday at ‘lering contractor Dave Burnett on, lloonah, by U. S. Deputy Marshal +'a job near where Campbell's body Walter Hellan, Harold T. Rowe was arraigned here before the U. S. Commissioner ‘his morning on a ! charge of grana larceny. Rowe's bond was set at $2,000 and his pre- | liminary hearmmg for Monday at | 10 o'cleck. He is accused of taking a hoist belonging to the city of | Hoonah and later selling it to can- | riery operator H. Woed. The com- plaint. was sworn here by Hoonah Mayor Harry Douglas. e - { 7—But, that Meeks had in his | before Campbell was killed; that it was seen by City Police in Meek’s possession before Campbell was kalled. 8—That on Saturday evening, December 8, Meeks was out around town, drinking heavily. Campbell olso likely was out and around. Meeks went home to his room, where he saw cne Peter Vinceht— ' R. T. MATHEWS HERE known as “Peanuts’—leaving 'his R. T. Mathews of Fairbanks is a room. Meeks was suspicious of guest at the Baranof. | - For Sale 3 DOUBLE FLOURESE}ENT LIGHT 15 FIXTURES fon o EAGH 1 MEAT BLOCK 1 BARNES COMPUTING COUNTER SCALE: 24 LB. 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CORBIN HYDRAULIC DOOR CLOSER KB BACK BAR, WITH SHELVING . 20th Century Super Market B S et i SUNDAY SKI i i i PROGRAM ON FOR FRIDAY J J ,pregram n o c With a large part of Juneau en- oying a holiday tomorrow, the uneau Ski Club plans to put on a at the Second Meadow nuch like the usual Sunday deings n the Douglas Island area—in- luding hot dogs and coffee If the meadow proves teo icy trip may be organized, either up the Crooks trail or to the Upper Ski Bowl. m it scheduled for this Sunday 1 | lied events, may be postponed till 2 The Ski Club's tournament com- nittee today announced a possibil- y that the Moller Gold Cup Rac and al- later date. race h: New snow is needed before ik can be run without great azard, the lower section of the trail now being ice-topped. ‘ | - - FROM FT. RICHARDSON Lt. Col. M. Mitchell arrived ere yestcrday from Ft Richardson. ie is staying a¢ the Baranof b at the Baranof S e TWO FROM SEATTLE Stanby S. 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