The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 16, 1947, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT "™ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-—JUNEAU, ALASKA NELSON GOES MURDER CASE Jury Is Secdred', Wiinesses{ Begin Testifying on Jim Ellen’s Death Paye (Conrinued rrom One) | check was presented as ment Exhibit No. 5 Blood On Rubbers ! He 1 said that he and the City | Police went to Nelson’s hotel room | and interviewed him. He said that| he observed a brown jacket and | a pair of blue trousers drying on the radiator. He said that they were wet in spots. He also saw a pair of | rubbers which he believed to have blood on them. Hellan said that he | asked Nelson if he had any ub]cc-f tions to the oificers making a| search of his room. When Nelson | stated that he did object and that| the officers should have a search | warrant, according to Hellan, they put him under arrest after a short | struggle in which it was necessary | to put Nelson in handcuffs | Hellan told the court of taking| Nelson to the City jail where he| discovered what he said to appear | to be a small smear of blood on the | sweat band of Nelson's hat. At this| point, Gilmore introduced the hat,| after Hellan's identiiication, as | Exhibit No. 6. Hellan continued, saying that he then secured a| search warrant from the U. S. Commissioner and then, in com-| pany with City Police, took Nelson back to his room where they con- ducted a thorough search and picked up several items. Bloed On Towel t 3:30 Saturday afternoon in alsome ago had not told de- washroom upstairs. Hellan said that/fense counsel that he (Demry) he later changed that story and | was drunk on December 22 and| claimed to have washed late later day night clothing, which he picked Nelson's room was turned over to the FBI here and then sent to the FBI Laboratory in Washington, D. C. for analysis Identifies Ciothirg FBI Agent Fletcher was 1ecalled the stand this morning and to | identified Ellen’s blood soaked shirt and trousers which were submittgd Government Exhibits No. 11 and No. 12 of head hair taken from body and from Nelson. These were for Identification No. been sent to the FBI Laboratory Zalmain Alaska and son of W. D. Gro. time Satur-!Demry l IN | downstairs at a A | ON TR' | Hellan testified that all of the up at! He also identified samples had Ellen’s | ing Govern- | introduced as Government Exhibits | 1-A and No. | ag |1-B. He said that these had also |body, previously had estimated that| Savikko, D. G. Taylor and Elmer denjed that an dalso de- nied that he had quarrelled with| Nelson Fisherman Testifies | Rodney Hunter, native fisher- man, added another link to the ilegal chain reaching toward Nel- _son. He testitied that he had seen Nelson, with “another color- ed fellow, Gene Lamour,” stand-' ing in the doorway of Ellen’s store at approximately 20 minutes past midnight on the night of the slay- ing. He reported exchanging greetings with Nelson, whom he previously known from fish- in the same area with him Slashes Described Dr. C. C. Carter, who had acted| medical examiner on Ellen's! Ellen’s death had occurred be-| Gross, manager of the tween 1 o'clock a. m. and 3:30 or W. D. Gross interests in Southeast 4 o'clock a Dr. Carter also| report on the! m. submitted a full was called to the stand to identify |autopsy on Ellen's body and des-! the purported signature of his fa- cribed ther on the check found at Ellen’s | found. nature of my father, W. D. Gross *|of Ellen’s neck, which had seversd the various wounds he He listed as cause of death| | store. Gross stated that the signa- extreme hemorrhage resulting from |ture on the check “is not the sig- {long, deep slashes on either side Eileen Nelson, student and part all major blood vessels in the vic- time employee of Ellen’s, was called jtim’s throat He reported Ellen’s to describe Ellen's banking proce- [lungs and heart were found to be dure and habits. She testified that |Practically bloodless | she did his banking tor him on| Questioned over Roden's ob-| Saturday mornings d that the jection, Dr. Carter said a ‘“con- check, in question, was not deposit- ed on the day before the murder. Ismail Vosotros, proprietor of the Ismail Rooms, was called in nex as the last witness in the morning session, to testify that Nelson did not make any payments of rent between December 17 and Decem- ber 22. At this point, defense atto ney Roden, attached the books which Vosotros had submitted and asked that one page of his recor be subpoenaed as Defense Exhibit No. 1. Judge Harry E. Pratt grant- ed the motion. Roden claimed that the books did not show the dates of payments and therefore c | tended that they could be used as | proof ot payment as well as proof They picked up the previously|os non-payment described jacket and trousers and | 4 an empty case for a straight edged | razor and a blood stained towel, Hellan said. The empty razor case, which Hellan said Nelson teld him THIS AFTERNOON | Conversation regarding a pur- ported “deal” in which the defen- : ' dant Nelson was alleged to have he found in the hall, outside of his |5y onoced to crack a safe “down room, a month or two before, Was |py Billy's” was testified to b introduced as Government Exhibit geattle negro named Howard No. 7. The towel was marked as|Charles Demry, whose surprising Exhibit No. 8, the trousers as No. | the highlight of |statements were 9 and the jacket as No. 10 after be- |l early afternoon ing identified by Hellan. | During the introduction of the parade of exhibits, deiense attorney Henry A. Roden asked if all of the items had been taken legally and after a short recess wus taken for the procurement of the seach war- rant from the U. S. Commission- er’s office, Roden, following the ex- amination of the warrant, appeared | satisfied.. Hellan told the jury that he and FBI Agent Fletcher had talked with Nelson at the Federal jail on Dec. 24 about the $67.50 check | found. I Check Explained Nelson told them, at that time, | Hellan said, that he had written! the check in order to borrow $60| from Ellen and purchase two pints| of whiskey and some cake. He said! that he wrote the check with his| own pen on a blank furnished by | Ellen, according to Hellan. Hellan | said that Nelson told him that Ellen had laughed when he offered | the check and said that it wasn't| any good unless it was endorsed. Hellan said that Nelson claimed to have used Ellen’s pen to make the endorsement. When asked what he did with the $60, Hellan says that Nelson told him he used part of it to pay his rent and “just fooled away the rest.” Hellan said Nelson changed hwm story on the wet clothes found on the radiator in his room. First, Hellan said that Nelson had told him that he had washed the clothes “"What's Your - " Question? A NSWERS to various questions on insurance will NOT be found in ONE big book. Through extensive study, and vears of experience this agency is qualified, often with the assistance of specialists, to supply the answers to your questions on insurance. You can consuit this agency with full confi- dence. Shat—tuck Ageney Seward Street JUNEAU PHONE 249 | Demry, |sel who came Juneau last September 2, and first met Nelson here, related that the de- fendant had proposed the deal to to tused laceration” upon the top of Ellen’s skuil could have “stunned” Ellen. It could have been causad by a blow of any blunt instrumen he said. The throat gashes must have been made by a very sharp instrument. Dr. Carter answered U. 8. Attorney Gilmore that an extremely sharp knife or straight edge razor could haye the times being shortly before De- cember 22 James Smith, first witness call- them could remember nothing about it? ed by the Government this after noon, identified clothing in evi- dence as like that he saw worn by Nelson on occasions when he saw the defendant in the Alaskan Ho- tel late Saturday and early Sun- day of the fatal week end. Hunt- er also said the sport jacket and green hat in evidence were lik> that worn by Nelson when he saw the defendant in the doorway of Ellen’s store. The jury for the case, which was finally secured at 4:30 o'clock yes- terday is composed of Fred S. Al- exander, Jessie L. Geeslin, Mrs Beatrice Guerin, -Joseph A. La Pierre, Odelia Light, Curtis Shat- tuck, Orin H. Bliss, Robert Simp- son, Erwin Hachmeister, Herman Howerter. Named as alternate jur- rs are: Frank E. Cashel and Mrs H. S. Waldemar. - s e e s . o - e e WEATHER REPORT Temperatures fo: 24-Hour Period Ending 7:ou 0'Clock This Morning. In Juneau—Maximum 49; minimum 34. At Airport—Maximum 50; minimum, 37. WEATHER FORECAST . (Juneau sad Vicinity) Mostly cloudy with occa- sional rain showers tonight and Thursday. Little changece in temperature. PREUIPITATION ® (Past 24 hours endizg 7:30 a.m. today) . In Juneau—Nine; since April -, 211 inches. . . . . . . . . . . . c . . . . Specacular Blaze Follovpjxplosion MARCUS HOOK, Pa., April 16.— —A spectacular blaze swept through two huge wax tanks and a warehouse at the vast refitery of the Sun Oil Co. last night. The flames, visible for miles mushroomed through the wax after starting with a muffled explosion at 9:40 pm. (EST). No one was reported injured and company officials said the cause of the blast and fire had not been ietermined. Hearing on Rent Control Delayed WASHINGTON, £pril 16.—P— | The House Banking Committee postponed a scheduled meeting on rent control until House Republican | leaders decide whether to approve a 10 percent increase in rent ceil- |ings. Chairman Jesse P. Wolcott, (R-Mich), hoped party leaders, would express their views in time | for the committee to take action | on rent control extension bill early | next week. | | - | | Read tne want-ads for bargains! | Salmon Creek Couniry Club Finest Couniry Club in Alaska Wednesday and Thursday ROAST : Sirloin 1 i f i { | | | | | { | of Beef .90 Browned Potaices and Vegetahles For the Finest in Food | SPECIALS caused the neck wounds. Dr. Carter descrited other cuts, o A_A’.' BEDOEY = T‘r"f‘?' sincs |apparently made by a sharp knife J J,)]n! 4 51')8;0 1_nc}.].,s, since or similar weapon, found on El e ndii kol len’s right hand. Dr. Carter mad SR e D e his first examination at B e store, at about 11 o'clock that . ” ™ |fatal Sunday . morning. HOLLER SURVIVED BY TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS Rhazor Entered In Case Joln Roscoe (Jack) Holler The fact that the defendant had former Juneauite who died recently possessed a straight edge razor was in Seattle, is survived by two established by witnesses William Avery and Hubert Brown, negroes. Avery said he had given Nelson a “nice razor” at a time when they were sharing a room, approximately grenddaughters, Laura Marie and Elsie June Johansen, who are now in the care of their grandmothe: Laura M. Holler of Juneau They| are the children of Mr. Holler's in September, 1946. He identified daughter, Elsie Harriett, who died the case of the razor in evidence January 25, 1942 | as that which he had given Nel- o S son. Brown reported ceeing the The Benedictine monks were the | {same or a similar razor and case first to mtroduce monastic life into| him while the two were walking| from the Ismael Hotel to the Dreamland Bar. Their conversa- tion took place either late in No- vember, 1946, or early December. Over objection by Defense Coun- Roden, the witness amplified his damaging testimony, declaring though Nelson had not named the place where he proposed to crack the safe, the Jim Ellen’s store was the only place that Demry con- sidered he could have meant. He identified “Billy's” as the resi- dence of Billy Avery, at 226 Wil- loughby avenue—a little north of and across tke street from Ellen's. Roden directed his cross-exam- ination of Demry at attempting to impeach the witness, and per- haps to link Demry himself up with the crime; asking if Demry e o e s on visits to Nelson's room, one of we! ern Europe. 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