Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 22, 1911, Page 9

WOODS IS GIVEN | A LIFE SENTENCE (Continued from page one.) Next he heard Mrs. Wood tion the name, “Murphy.” The floor of the room he occupied ; was also the ceiling of the barroom, | the witness stated and that he be-| came interested when these words | were mentioned and placed his ear; to one of the cracks. After that, the first thing he heard | was Mrs. Woods saying: “Vince,’! you never shot at him at all. You | shot up in the air. men- | Woods replied: “I didn’t. I shot at] him and I shot to kill the—" | Mrs. Woods then asked: “Which! side of the track was he on?” Wood: “I knew which side of the track he was on.” Mrs. Wood: “I’m going to have some fun with Murphy in the morn-/ ing when he comes back.” The witness said the balance of the conversation was unintelligible, it being just a confused murmur, with the exception that he heard the word “buckshot” until Wood asked in reply to something the woman bad said: ‘““How did you know Mur- phy was over there?” In summing up the evidence for the state, Mr. McCarthy said in about these words: “The defendant is charged with killing Vincent Mur- hy and the evidence is circumstn- The burden rests upon the stat to prove, first, that Murphy was ad; second, that .death was due » shot wounds; third, that it was murder and not an accident and that the shooting was by premedi- ed design; fourth, that the de- t fired the shots; fifth, to do » evidence had to connect the ant with the crime. ‘ This was done by showing he could have been in the location at th time the shots were fired, witnesses being brought forward to account for' his presence immediately prior and after the time the murder was com- the place where the body was found. “The: fact was established under the defendants ped. ing from the Woods place, to the where the body was found; that there were only two women in the house to be accunted for. One, Mrs. Thayer, was known to be in the} house to be accounted for. One, Mrs. talked to two different parties be- yond the point where the shooting occurred; that what she said con- cerning her reasons for being at that place was false and misleading; curred the defendant walked in a saloon and called for a drink of brandy and that after this a witney could hear him and a woman talking in the room below; that this woman) must have been Ella Woods, as Mrs. Thayer was deaf and dumb, and that this same woman must have been the one who walked down the railroad track; that the witness heard her say: “Vince, you didn’t shoot at Muphy at all, you shot up in the air; that the defendant re- plied: ‘I did not shoot in the air, I shot to kill the—’ She then said: ‘How did you know which side of the track Murhy was on?’ He: ‘I knew which side of the track he was on.’ And then again, the defend- ant asked: ‘How did you know I was up there?’ And then again: ‘Why did Murphy run if he wasn’t scared” Then the word ‘buckshot’ was used; then the voices heard were proved to be those Ella Woods and the defendant; that this same testimony was related at the coroner’s inquest and at the preliminary hearing and the defendant knew what was com- ing and as he did not show any proof to the contrary, it was con- clusive; that he failed to produce in court the woman or her thir- teen-year-old daughter, who was pres- ent when the conversation took place; that this, in it- mitted. The last time he was seen ore the shots were fired was bout 8:30 o'clock and he then drop- ped out of sight until about 9:45. The evidence of the witnesses show- ed the shots were fired about 9:15 About that time, the evidence showed he was absent from the house, giv- him ample time to commit the nd return. The shots were four different locations, testifying they were to the southeast of him, about 40 rods. Another testified they were stated they were rods to the southwest of sto the south of him, while ' nother said they sounded about 6 is to the north and northwest. tended to establish that the from one central point, ots came ‘self, was proof the conversation could! (mot be denied; that the ; did say immediately after the shoot- jing that he shot at Murphy with the intention of killing him; that if he did not make these statements, the defendant has had ample time to | secure witnesses; that his failing so to do was a declaration of guilt; that the evidence showed the mo tive beneath the crime was jealousy and that the defendant’s brother, who was also Ella ‘Woods’ husband, had left her about three months be- fore.” On this showing of facts the state argued that the defendant was guil- ty; and that he should be made to pay the penalty of his crime. In his summing up of the evidence, SUPERFLUOUS HA Permanently removed b specialist, expert operator. Lindley-Skiles Building, apolis, Minnesota, Phone: Lane IR, MOLES, WARTS y electricity. Exclusive MISS AMES, 425 620 1-2 Nicollet, Minne- s: Main 414, Center 3330, HOUSE WIRING HANGING A Electrical Supplies and Machinery AND FIXTURE SPECIALTY “WwW. N. 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BOX 154 d Feed Co. etc and is per- wants on short notice that|County Attorney McOuat, for whom Murphy was murdered ,as two buck|he handled the case. shots were found in his body when|Jjury that the whole credit for bring- the autopsy was performed, of the|ing up the mass of evidence was No. 4 size and the defendant had two/due to Mr. McOuat’s efforts, alone; guns to shoot this kind of shot; that|that the county attorney had han- other shot of this size were found|dled the case from the beginning; Tracks | made the investigation and collected made by a woman were found lead-|and: arrayed the evidenc; railroad track and to a point beyond | because, at the beginning of the that shortly after the shooting oc-|essary to prove the defendant’s guilt | defendant/the fact that Sherift | rested with the state to and that this was a pure fabrication quarters of an stantial evidence. large crowd and much interest in trial. sworn to truthfully questions as might be put to him by the court testified as follows: The Court: Question. What is your true name? Answer. Vincent Wood. GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REV! Mr. McCarthy paid a fine tribute to| He told the that Mr. McOuat turned over the case to him term (before Kennedy and the three Austrian pleaded guilty). It looked like he would have more than he could handle. That the cred-} it, if any was due, should all be given) McOuat. Mr. Stone, in a strong argument lasting one hour and thirty minutes, contended that three elements nec- were lacking in the proof of the state, namely: motive, any attempt to hide the body ,and flight of defend- ant. The testimony established the fact that a brush pile three feet nical | strung along for. several rods, hav- ing been cut from right-of-way of railroad, at the very feet of Murphy and that it would have been but the work of a minute to so effectually cover the body that its discovery would have been delayed for weeks. The defendant went to bed as usual the fatal night; slept well, and was about his usual work in the town of Wirt for days immediately succeed- ing the death of Murphy. No jeal- ousy had been shown on the part of Wood. John ‘Walley, who had known Wood for months could have easily noticed any indications of this kind, ; as men were coming and gcing all cf} the time and taking their meals at | the restaurant. No witness had testi- fied to any quarrel] between Wood and Murphy. Wood was seen up- stairs in the restaurant within 15 minutes of the time the shots were heard; that he showed Mr. Coch- ran up to bed and could not have had time to reach the scene of the shooting. John Walley testified to finding‘ a loaded buck-shot shell just under the edge cf Wood's bed on the 2th day of May when they were moving the furniiure cut notwithstanding Riley had made cureful search of the prem- ises, even to the trunks, on the ist of April; that if any such shell had been there Riley would have found it; that it had evident- ly been plaged..there by someone intent upon fastening the crime up- on Wood. Who that some one no- body knew; it was not the county officials. Mr. Stone argued that the weakness of the state's case had prompted the county to secure the services of assistance to pull it out of the fire. Mrs. Woods and the two children would have been important witnesses for the _ state in corrobcrating the testimony of Coch- ran as to the conversation between Mrs. Woed and Vincent Wood in the kitchen; why had not the stats produced ‘hem? The defendant couldn’t do so, being without means and in jail, and the burden rightly establish this most important piece of evidence, |The state did not call Sheriff Riley ty prove that Mrs. Wood was out- side the jurisdiction of the court; in fact counsel had said in his ar- sument that she was at Thayer’s. Mr. Stone argued that it was im- possible for Cochran to have over- heard any conversation in the room where he slept when in a more re- mote room the noise caused by the disorder in the saloon on the first floor was so great that con- versation could not be heard when carried on in ordinary tones. That the witness had not mentioned the word buck-shot as part of the talk he claimed to have overheard when testifying before the coroner’s jury but did testify that the word buck- shot was part of the conversation when a witness on the trial. Atten- tion was called to the fact in this connection that at the time of the inquest it was not known that buck- shot had been found in the wound by the witness. The charge of court, lasting three- hour, dealt largely with reasonable doubt and circum- The arguments were attended by a the case hag been taken through its Examination and Sentence. first answer Vincent wood, being duly such Q. And where do you live,—where is your place of residence? A, At what time? Q. At the time you were arrested WEDNESDAY, NOV. 22, i91/. where was your home? A. Stanley, Minnesota, Q. How long have you lived there? A. For six or seven months. Q. And before that where did you live? A. Mason City, Iowa. Q. Where were you born? A. In Indiana. Q. At What place? berg, Indiana, Q. And when were you born? A. On the 11th of July, 1885. Q. Are your parents living? A. I don’t know. One of them isn’t. I don’t know whether my mother is living or not. Q. How long since you heard of her? A. Eight or years. Q. Where was she then? A. She was at Huntingberg, Indiana. Q. What is her full name? A. Sarah Wood. Q. Have you any other relatives whose names you care to disclose? A. I used to have some but I don’t know whether they are living now or not. Q. Have you any trade or profes- sion,—what has been your oceu- pation or employment? A. I am a carpenter by trade. Q. Have you been employed at your trade in this section of the country at all? A. No, I haven't woked at it to amount to anything. I have done a little carpenter work here, but not much, Q. Where did you last work? A. At Mason City, Iowa. I worked there for a man by the name of Nichols. I have forgotten his first name. Q. Before you lived at Mason City where did you live? A. I lived in -Wisconsin. Q. How long did you live at Maso City? A. About three years. Q. Where did you live in Wiscon- sin? A. At Gay’s Mill part of the time. Q. How long did you live there? A. I lived there for six or seven years, something like that. Q. Working at your trade there? A. I worked a part of the time at my trade and part of the time on a farm. Q. And before that where did you live? A. I went from Indiana to Wisconsin. Q. And you were born in Indiana? A. Yes sir. Q. Have you ever been arrested before? A. I never have. | The Court then imposed the fol- lowing sentence: | “It is considered and adjudged | that you Vincent Wood as punish- ment for the crime of murder in th first dgree, of which you have been duly convicted, be and you are hereby sentenced to be imprison- ed at hard labor in the state pris-| ‘on at Stillwater for the period of your natural life. H A. Hunting- have nine ‘COMMISSIONERS ORDER STOCK SOLD (Continued from page one.) mates. 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