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Show TRIAL MAY FIX RELIABILITY i DF EVIDENCE Experts to Watch Progress of ""McGannon Murder Case ' at Cleveland fKditnr's' Note Tnu'v hurried np to the -nf of atreat accident "What hap-ttd hap-ttd ?" Several vltnraaa t 1 1 you diffprmf erioi m. Kuc'h i sure hi" version l the -rS. on. Nn I aa Bnytlnnit t gain by ly-,ng. ly-,ng. Hw r you going in arri e m th .trSlh? n1nr n the MrllHnnon murder .trial I r-ntrailittory as la -tmr th .place and in iimn. Ooo gruup of wttneaaea .Wara Cleveland's rhUf Just ir waa prwnl .at In - killing rt his friend and fled from ,iae acne; innthr Rrniip fat ifiea h Wa" .blerk away vhm tli murd-r occurred and ; , third man had taken h.a place at hia , frtrnd'a ah'e. The ''inherent unreliability or i . evidence ?' If you wer .n tiie J ui y, how (Would you vol?) , CLEVKLAND, Feb. 6. Kvldence ' tself goes on trial In Cleveland on 1 -February 7. Xl This id In the rase of William H. Wc;annon, chief Justice of the mu- .nirinel court and nHtionally known for ' J?1 court reforms, who la accus d of i 'shooting and killing hi friend. Harold i A. . rt-upy, a Krai;r pr"irn-iir. . j J"'Kv1dence by which trials are de-.cided de-.cided stands Indicted by rofssnt Roscoe Pound, dean of Harvard law -chool. who says: The inherent unreliability of evi-ftjlance evi-ftjlance Is one of the chief difficulties .authorities face in administering Jus-Ktce.M Jus-Ktce.M WESSON FOR ALL CITIES. ' "Pound la making a survey of the administration of Justice In Cleveland. Rot only to improve local conditions. bt to establish a basis on which every rlty can erect better systems. J,', The McGannon trial and the Pound ! ajsurvcy are going forward slmnltaneous- Pound will study the case closely. j Vfe may arrive at some process which will help Judaea and Juries to sift the ' itoth from conflicting testimony. r.Jour figures stand out among the aivandred or more in the case. These are Mct.annon. John W. Joyce, a sa- i IWcn keeper; Mlsa May Neely, who Claims she was trailing McHinnnon, and cJ4rs. McOannon. who Is fighting to Trove her hushand innocent. WTYSTERY AROUND WOMAN. -Why Miss Neely was tmlHng the jTTdge has not been explained In court. 'S1 ays that after the murder she offered to tHke the blame, but Mr-f.annon Mr-f.annon told her It waa too late. Iuter. she says, he offered her $r00 to keep quiet. This the Judge denies. a a VcGannoo and Kagy met Joyce In an outlying saloon. They drove downtown down-town In JricGannon's automobile. Kagy t-waji at the wheel. This Is agreed; nothing else, except that at the end of the trip Kagy was shot down on the Street and Joyce and a third man fled from the scene. The entire case centers cen-ters on the Identification of this third -man. Joyce was tried for the murder and acquitted. Then McGannon was in-dieted, in-dieted, tried and the Jury disagreed. Sow he is to be tried again, la -the event of another dlsagn-ement. the Vase might be dropped. Rut McGannon demands complete acquittal, -for dis- Varment proceedings against him are pending and his professional career is at stake. .CONFLICT OF TESTIMONY. The case furnish ea many InsTances" of "the Inherent unreliability of evl .denee." Consider some of fbem: Contradiction as to Third Man Joyce and eight other witnesses testified tes-tified Mct.annon waa the third man i at the shooting; twelve witnesses cor-j -soborated Mct.annon'a testimony that he was several blocks from the shoot- I Ing. Contradiction as to Third Man's 1 Rouble Several witnesses identified McUannon as the third man who fed from the scene of the shooting; two; Witnesses swore that after Mct.annon had parted with Joyce and Kagy. sev- I era! blocks from the scene of the shoot- j Ing, a third man aha resembled M Cannon joined them. 1 '' Contradiction as to Miss Neely Miss Neely testified that she was trail-1 ing Mct.annon; that she stood two brocks from the scene of th shooting and saw the Judge pull something from Ills pocket at the moment the shot waa fired. A chauffeur testified he was driving Miss Neely several miles , away at this moment. j Contradiction as to Time Police , teat if led the shooting occurred at 12:33 a. an., and two detectives testified they met Mct.annon between 12:36 and 12:4s1 a. m., walking from the acene of the crime. McOannon and three witnesses claimed he was aboard a aHreetcar on h tsr way home at 12:30 a. m and hia wife testified that be reached home at 1:05 a. m., which conforms with their story. Among many other contradictions, this one stands foremost: The same prosecutor who demanded that Joyce be convicted of the murder later de. manded that McOannon be convicted of the crime. |