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Show SURGEON LEE 10 DRESSED J. H. MARTIN'S WOUNDS Yesterday's Proceedings. Yesterdny afternoon tho cross examination ex-amination of Detective Robert Burk took up but little time, immediately following which the stnte began the examination of witnesses from Morgan. Mor-gan. The Morgan witnesses, except tho druggist, Francis A, Lyman, have knowledge that Martin was in that place Sunday evening, November 9, 1913, If their identification of the man is correct, and that he was wounded in his legs. The first witness on this point was Daniel Geary, a farmer, who tes.tl-flod tes.tl-flod positively that Martin came to his homo at about 7:30 on the evening even-ing of November 9 and asked permission permis-sion to sleep in tho barn. The wit-nosH wit-nosH said that tho man claimed ho had asthma and could not sleep indoors, in-doors, for which reason he preferred the barn as sleeping quarters. The witness said that Martin walked Into the house and removed his hat which gave him a good view of his features and his general makeup. Howevor, the witness was not required to give a very detailed description of the man, except to say that ho wore a dark colored hat and a dark coat. Ho wore no overcoat. Tho witness stated that his wife told Martin that the barn was not a fit place for hlra to sleep and that he likely could get I better barn-quarters at his neighbor's place, Joseph Francis, across the street. Mr. Geary stated that when Martin came Into his house ho very politely removed his hat and stood in the light of tho big lamp on the table In such a position that he could well be seen. On cross examination, Mr. Geary created some laughter in tho court room by explaining in a frank way some of the characteristics of farm life. He said that the barn of which he spoke waa reaJly not a barn, but a stable, where the cows and horses were fed, Tho place contained no hay. He said ho fixed tho time that Martin came to the house at about 7:30 as he had not milked the cows. Soon after the stranger left, he looked look-ed at the clock to see just how late it was and learned that it was not yet 8 o'clock. He said he "put off milking as long as possible as he waB usually tired in tho evening after the day's work on tho farm and took pleasure In resting up a little before doing the milking." He said that sometimes he would lie down and take a nap before milking, remembering remember-ing times when it was 10 o'clock before be-fore he would get the cows milked. Mr. Geary stated that a deputy sheriff came to his home some time after the Seventeenth street shooting shoot-ing and showed him a number of photographs, asking him to select the picture of the man who asked for, quarters on November 9 and that he had no trouble in determining that Martin's photograph was that of the stranger. Afterwards, the witness said, he came to Ogden and was shown a number of prisoners in the county jail and was requested to select se-lect the man he saw at his home that night, if he could. "They had a bunch of fellows lined up there," the witness said, "hut I had no trouble in picking Martin as the man." Francis A. Layman, the Morgan druggist, testified that he filled a prescription pre-scription for Joseph Francis, November Novem-ber 7, and refilled it November 9 to bo used by the veterinary surgeon of the town in doctoring one of Francis' the town in doctoring one of Francis' horses. PIIs testimony was given simply to fix the date that Dr. Lee doctored the horse, as that fact will be closely connected with Martin's alleged visit to Morgan. Mrs. Josephine Geary, wife of the j former witness, Daniel Geary, testified testi-fied to the material facts given by her husband, although her testimony did not agree with his as to the time of milking the cows, the exact time for supper nor the number of photographs photo-graphs brought to the Geary home from which to select the photograph of the man who visited them November Novem-ber 9. Mrs. Geary stated that on Sunday evening, November 9, between 7 and 8 o'clock, a stranger knocked at the door. She responded to the knock and opened the door, the stranger confronting her and asking whether he might sleep in the barn. "I told him the barn was not a fit place to sleep in and that he had better go across the way to Francis" place where there was a good barn In which the people would likely permit per-mit him to sleep. I told him that If ho would come back in the morning I would irive him breakfast." Mr3. wouiu give nun um3.tt.iiuL, xura. Geary said, "but he told mo that he would be satisfied with our barn. He explained that ho did not smoke and that he had. asthma and could not sleep in doors.'!-"7"" "When I opened the door the stranger stepped inside a short distance, dis-tance, so I got a look at him. He wore a dark undercoat and, I think, a dark hat. It was In the kitchen and tho big lamp sat upon the table. The man said he was going to Evans-ton. Evans-ton. Quite a long time after this, a deputy sheriff came to our house and showed a photograph which I recognized recog-nized as the image of tho visitor to our home November 9. I don't know whother there was more than one picture." Mrs. Geary, on cross examination, said that she and otlier witnesses came down from Morgan to see Martin Mar-tin in the county jail and that she Identified him from a "lot of men, twelve or fifteen, standing in a circle against the wall." "Martin was quite a long way around the circle from the first man. but I recognized him as soon as I saw him. I knew him by his eyes and I placed my hand on his arm and, turning to the officer, said, 'This is the man that was at our house.' " Mrs. Geary differed a little from her husband regarding the Martin visit, as she said that he did not take off his hat when he came into the house She sajd that Martin was well dressed and wore a dark coat and a blue muffler around his neck. The first she bord about the Martin Mar-tin affair, she said, was when she camo down to Ogden to have the children's chil-dren's pictures taken, two or three weeks after the stranger's visit at her home. She said that sho went to a photograph gallery on Twenty-fifth Twenty-fifth street and when she told tho photographer where sho was from, he said that, "Morgan is on the map now." "What do you mean by that?" she said to him. "Why, the blackmailer has been caught and it is said that he visited Morgan people the night of the shooting shoot-ing on Seventeenth street" To this, the witness said, she exclaimed: ex-claimed: "Oh, ray Lord, I guess I am in for It," "Why did you think your were in for it?" remarked Attornoy Christen-sen. Christen-sen. "Because I thought thore would be some one come snooping around soon after witnesses." the woman said. Mrs. Geary said that the case had been talked about some at the home but that tho talk "was not so common com-mon as other topics at home." She told of the trip of the Morgan Mor-gan witnesses to Ogden at the time of the sitting of tho grand jury and said that when they arrived in town "wo scatted all over, tho men went to the saloons and tho women went shopping," finally coming to the county coun-ty jail to see Martin. Mrs. Geary declared that the photo-graph photo-graph did not aid her In the Identification Identifi-cation of Martin, but that ahe know him by his eyes. However, she could not explain the characteristics of his eyes. She said that she remembered the date wheu Martin visited Morgan, as it was Sunday and the children had gone to Sunday school. Her attention atten-tion was called to the fact that the children would go to Sunday school In the morning and that It was In the ovenlng when Martin wns there, to which the lady quickly Bald: "Well, If It Is Suuday In tho morning morn-ing it is Sunday all day, is It not?" Sho Insisted tliat her husband had his chores dono when Martin was there and that the cows had been milked. She also resented the intimation inti-mation that he ever "laid around the house to rest and neglected to milk the cows until 10 o'clock." |