The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 27, 1948, Page 6

MEEKS DEFENSE TRIES IMPEACH TWO WITNESSES Governmefi Rests Prose- cution of Meeks for Mur- der, Clarence Campbell Page One) front were the leg blood stains were too imong them Me two specimens The knife was| and the specimens, those of proved to be Group items, knife man bl f blcod were Vincent and od ich H nt in McDaniels, a special the Chemistry Section the FBI, testified that he had tests on the same garments milar results. He conduct- tests here in Juneau at| time of the previous trial, and ed the stains with yellow wax pencil markings. He had also clipped the material in several places to facilitate the tests Prosecuting Attorney P. J. Gil-! . then presented to the court ified copy of the death cer-| of Lloyd J. Campbell, who here recently, and a trans- his testimony at the trial Watch In The documents were ofiered Government’s exhibit numbers and 20, nd the transcript read to the jury Campbell had | testified that his son had pur- a 19-jewel gold Hamilton The father of the| was quite familiar and when it was he identified | he sig cate died cript of former Question 19 with the produced watch in evidence, it Gilmore watch for again produced the identiiication and after of Mrs. Sarah B. Hur-| David Friedman and it was marked Gov- ment’s exhibit number 22. Mrs. Hurwitz formerly owned the Eagle Jewelry i Sporting Goods Com- | pany i attle, and she testified! | ner Meeks and | e; was | then went to his Keystone Rooms for the She said at she saw his m when he lit sec time it not noticed it [ Campbel room DOUGLAS NEWS DOUGLAS COUNCIL The Douglas last night with Ter missioner of Education Ryan and the represent 0| th Dougl Cannery atte v. she at 1 |special meeting the Cit afternoon, and saw | Dr. Ryan explained to tl fter the show on Sat- |cil the meanir They a short |trict, its advar time in the Dreamland, aiter which | yantages in the left her to keep another date. |las residents were tathan Skinner was the last to|such a move is terday. He is a soldier in the U. S. Army and a resident of Juneau. Skinner said that he met Meeks in Gulkana while both | men were employed with the Alaska Road Commission. Upon reaching Juneau early in November, | syrance on the buildings with he was approached by Meeks for|view of operating if possible a loan. In re-payment the de-!ing the present year fendant offered him either cash| The former lease under which or an 11-jewel Illinois watch. SKin- | the cannery was operating was accepted the watch, and later |held by the R and H Import Co anged it with Meeks for a|of New York, and was cancelled by gold Hamilton which was identified | the Council last year. Lease terms in court as being the same one|gre similar to those before, ex- as Government’s exhibit number 22. | cept that the city will reserve the Meeks Borrows $20 right to insist the upkeep of He said that the transaction|the dock and see that it is kept tcok place, after Meeks had again in good repair borrowed $20 from him, in the| Burr Johnson, Salo Rooms, in the presence of | Sommers Constructio John Ritter and Dora Kluitch, on| present and presented a iinal set- December 26, 1943. Kelso Hartness|tlement of the agreement between later joined the group. }lm company and the City of Doug- Skinner then testified that short-|las and the F.P.H.A. !ly after he acquired the watch he Earl Bassford of Juneau told Meeks that the FBI had ques-| tioned him about it. Meeks told him to say the Hamilton was the erated in the Oasis Cocktail iirst watch he had given him, and {and an application for a retail also told him to tell his father|liquor store also in the Oasis that he had obtained it from John | which was owned and operated by Ritter | Lee Swift and Crawford, whose ap- The witness gave the watch tU}phcauuns were turned down thi William Didelius, then with the \month by the U. S. District Court FBI, and received a receipt bear- Both applications were referred to ing the number of the movement.|the Police Committee, which is The receipt was produced and ac-| wm. Boehl, Charles Whyte | cepted Governmiant's exhibit | { number watch that a match but that she to that Campbell Campbell left o'clock, she d with everal $2,000 ng what had occasion Haad $2,000 t room was, prior before | and re bills, saying According left the urday 1 spent the interest [ Doug- as tem testify ye: in Juneau The Douglas resented by M Marcus F. Jensen, lease with the city for the cit dock and buildings, paid the Canning Co., rep- M. Miller and took up a new in- the dur- on representative of Co. made application to the City for a Cock- tail Dispensary license to be op- Bar, a and Charles Werner. | i Skinner was sure where | R Meeks claimed to have secured the | CANNERY SUPT. HERE watch, beyond the fact that the| M. M. Miller, superintendent defendant had mentioned that he|the Douglas Canning Co., is bought it $10 | town this week, arriving last Sat- Following Skinner's testimony, | urday. Upon his arrival dividends court recessed until 10 o'clock this|totaling 10 percent of stock held morning. were mailed to stockholders of the company. A board of directors meeting was held cn Sunday af I noon in Miller's room at the Ba ‘Amw Hotel 4 not in for .- Aleufian Here e the Want-Ads! There's news in 1__,,, was !¢ of | THE DAILY /\LASK/\ EMPIRE»—IUNEAU ALASKA — 'ROTARIANS HAVE BUSY DAY; LIBRARY BOARD REPORTS ON (AMPAIGN th m and cooperative |included a decision to sponsor the pleas on indictments by the Fed- vhich prevailed at the|University of Washington Glee Club, eral Grand Jury. luncheon today were ed throughout the city week, Juneau ave a new library wnk Heintzleman, Chairman of u Memorial Library Board, betore Club at the regular Gold Room of the June the luncheon included s on the board, Dr >. Ryan and Mr. B. D. Stew- e a report on ) of the 22 civic, and fraternal groups which possible the purchase the site of the lib- tributed so substan- funds for the build- [ the the conclusion of his talk,| leman, Ryan and Stewart given a rousing vote of thanks| for their fine contribution to the campaign for a new library. So far, 32 pledges for $1,000 or r have teen made by individ- and corporations of both Ju- and the Outside for the con- on of the building, and a to- subscription of $42,043 has' been by persons, Heintzleman struc off said The three-member board has been working dilig on the project for ove ra year, contacting possible contributors both here and in the ates, and taking every opportun- o further the cause of the lib- campaign ey feel that to continue their effectively they need assis- and Heintzleman.asked P: Homer Garvin to appoint two Rotary members to the board, and expressed the hope that a meeting might be held shortly with - other nizations to establish an ad- y koard of at least 12 members to aid in the campaign for funds. PGt Of Silver Rod Darr sustained the spirit of the luncheon very materially by bringing around a pot df silver dragged from the depths of the fish- pond at Darnell's Sporting Goods Center. Members were asked to guess the amount of money containd in the pot,’ and each Rotarian contributed 50 cents. The money was gounted, and the winner was visitor BfDi- lelius of I He was presented with )x\]( of the total collncnon tak- work 1ce, aho en up from the Club, and promptly| donated his winnings to the library fund. The remainder of the cash, along with the money in the pot,| will also go to the fund The Rotarians had a busy day,; and other business on their agenda which will pay its own expenses to| Juneau during the Easter vacaLion.“ would jand will be heard at the 20th Cen-| Union. by | tury Theatre. Ralph Rivers was ap- | sentenced to two years in prison.| ‘pmmcd chairman of the commmer‘ [to entertain the visitors. Ray Rand reported on the Rotary | concession at the Golden Nmm‘ | Frolic, and asked for 10 or 12 vol- unteers to assist him. | At the fireside chat held in the | home of Dr. William Whitehead | last week, plans were made for the sign advertising Juneau which is/ {being erected by the Rotarians. It! will be a map approximately four by ix feet of Juneau and surrounding territory within a radius of miles. | Manuel Paredes was made general chairman of the sign, and Don Skuse and Neil Fritchman were put in charge of the treasury and secre-! tarial work respectively. Bob Akervick reminded the moup to renew memcership in the Alaska | |{Crippled Children's Association which is conducting the March of Dimes drive, and asked all members to contribute. Finally, it was announced that the winning team in the hari-fought attendance contest was that headed by Ernie Parsons. The losing team is now responsible for purchasing a new set of colors for the club .- 1 Venus, | the The surface of the planet, is completely hidden from earth by clouds. I'the fine picture of Gene Vuille and Salvation Army 6:30 p. m. SHANNON, HARRIS (,HA\ GE Robert Shannon, ®f Sitka, and Frank “Bucky" Harris, of Juneau, appeared in U. 8. District Court this afternoon to change their | For Your | Shannon is accused of embezzling | funds from the Sitka Bartenders'| He plead guilty and was | Harris, charged with grand lar-| |ceny involving the theft of an overcoat, plead guilty to a petty ' larceny charge and was sentenced to six months in the Juneau Fed- | eral Jail e WHERE CREDIT IS DUE In response to many inquiries, | Mayor Mike Pusich, which appear- | ed in yesterdays Empire, was pho- | tographed by Eckley Guerin ,de engraved for newspaper printing by Larry Parker. l, e | NEWBOULD GOES WEST Major Eric Newbould, Divisional | Commander of the Salvation Army | in Alaska, left today aboard the Aleutian for Anchorage where he | will conduct special services from Thursday, January 29 through Sun- ! day, February 1. On February 2 he will go to Fairbanks to locate a site for a in that town. | —————— | PIONEERS AND AUXILIARY | Joint Installation Friday, Jan. 30, at 8 p. m. Potluck dinner at 95 3t for the TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1948 , Convenience “he fiamnv_O/C COFFEE SHOP will remain open every night until | midnight Meet Your Friends Here and enjoy a “*Snack”’ after the Show that Campbell had pawned the| watch there cn July 30, 1943 A description of Campbell, and | serial numbers of the watch move- | ment and case numbers was re-| corded in the pawn record book ! which was presented to the court as exhibit number 21 She examined the number Enroufe Wes ‘The Aleutian docked at today with the following pus.wm,l-h from Seattle and Ketchikan From Seattle: G. G. Bixley, G. G. Bixley and infant, R. F. Bond, | Bill Hammer, Fred nmerson, H. L e i SR U oy | Mann, John Morris, A. B. Mizak,| the watch and aifirmed that they . R. Nesalhous| Ralph Nesalhous, N corresponded with those in her . : E. Syd.| rabby Mrs. Pried RS Peter Schneider, Mildred xecords, IS, TTIOGIDAR OONGUGLS |yngn 1., Oabigas, Rudy Halemba. | loan business in Seattle, and .10 ; From Ketchikan: C. W. Abbott, e cffered similar testim 10 joe Green, D. B. Kinkle, S. C. Moc-| the effect that Campbe had Fee, Frank Metcalf, A. Miller, Gor- pawned the same watch in 1944, don C. Seland, Curtis Shattuck ' May David was called to the The Aleutian left for Seward at| stand and testified that she hads.39 pm. with the following ph_ spent the evening of December 7, . : sengers: Mike Lody, Delories Zies, | 1945, with Campbell at the Dream- | g . Schnacker, Mrs, E. M. Schnac- | land Bar. She said they left at ker, Major E. Newbould. closing time, and went to the — e, Gastineau Liquor Store, where Campbell borrowed five dollars. PAA BRI"GS I“s They were joined there by Marie | PASSENGERS; 5 OUT, Williams, who accompanied them to the Dew Drop Inn and Was| paa carried five passengers in then taken to her lodgings at the| a4 five out on Monday. Salo Rooms. 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