Show HANSON DANSON TRIAL IS NEAR NEAR- END Defense Attempts to Tear TearDown TearDown TearDown Down Testimony of Governments Government's Governments Government's Gov Gov- Witnesses In Jo an n effort efort to take fake tho the blame for the burning of tho in September 1908 from tho the shoulders of Frank Prank Hanson brother of former Coun COll County ty tJ Attorney W willard Hanson Hansona a long on list Jit j t toC of oC witnesses s is hin being examined today in tho thu United States district court to show shot that tho the witnesses examined last week Meck eek in behalf of tho government either cither falsified or were mistaken as to what they tilE saw 1 Hanson is charged by tho United Stat States f grand and jury with setting ettin fire to tho p stealing mail mait and 1011 committing com mittin other depredations a short time after he was as dismissed as flo postmaster The first witness this morning mornin was rauk Frauk who stated that he was as in the park nt the tho time Hanson was wils supposed to have hwe passed through h it Ho Ito stated that he had not seen sen Han Han- son hon Sheriff Sherif Black was next net called 1111 and lie he explained that at at the time of or tho tim fire Ike ho did not seo eo either cither Ira Irn Warner or orthe orthe orthe the Trimble bo boy both of whom tho UIO gov government o used a SA witnesses against Han Jian- Hanson anon an Hanson Hanson Han Han- on son and both of whom stated that son on appeared on tho the scene ceno in an excited ed erl alon along alone d m ncr ncr- after tho the blaze was well Tho The defense defenso evidently o is attempting to shift the blame for tho fire fre on the tho shoulders of ot Richard Donean who was in tho the habit of sleeping in jn b barns 11 about Fillmore imore Sheriff Sherif Black Blac stated that the first he saw faw of Duncan on the tho night of the fire firo fm was as when an effort ort had been mado to save 1 0 a hl I shed hed Dunc Duncan n appeared appeared ap ap- ap on the tha scene and helped in in sa sat sav- lug ig tho the building John rohn Jol- Jol was nex next called caled to tho stand and another effort made mado by the defense to show eho ho how it would have hat been possible for the thc letters Jeters which were wre found in nan Hansons Hanson's on room after tho firo fire to have havo hen been taken by iy someone else Postmaster Kelly Kly tc testified tf ed that the day ilay after aier the fire firo he opened an m o office ko in in a a drug store toro across tim tho street nail and nUl bad had a n cracker box which he ho used a as a mail mai box hox Ho Tie Io stated that the m mail il in iii thi this was is-as carefully a watched and none of it was removed Saw Tire Fire Starting Staring The most important of the theil il ilay iY 3 W was that of Willard Wiard Huntsman Hunsman 17 years rears farl old oI and ant a nephew of ot Hanson He Ife stated that he ho was tho the first fist to discover cr the fire He lIe le said he saw t 63 an smoke rising from behind the po tofit anti and mt ran around there Ho lie le saw faw a small blazo bave on the north wall walh wal of the tho po behind a pile of cement ement sacks Acks Immediately atel hi ho JI spread tim the the alarm of fire fim and ani a cr great reat at atm m many n people soon gathered When hn cross examined b by District Distri t Attorney TI H. 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Booth Huntsman told n a wandering story ton varying in some somo points pints from hun hia ori original nal evidence lie Ho stated that hn he hp didn't see eec ce either cither Warner r or Trimble His JIs testimony the defensa believes make mako certain that the fire it fre was wal not it et tt inside the after it was robbed Tim Tho defense a alsi alo No tried d to show that tho the post office wax waK not Dot broken into and ald therefore the mail mai was wa taken from the thc theoffice theoffice office in in some seine MIP other way than by breaking breaking break break- in ing into the building va round Pound Doors Locked Hiley Huntsman also related to Hanson lan Han han- son on stated Mated on tho thio stand d that n a fow few minutes after tho the firo fire was discovered by hy hi his hiM son ion on lie he ran rm over to the fico a distance of about feet Run Rim ning into int the time front door coor ho bumped humped him him- elf belt against tho the door to tIme the wimple sample room and 11 was wa locked Jacked Ho lie 10 then tri tried d to force open time the door to the tho post and found that it was locked also lb Ho 10 stated that he lie tried with wih all an his bis force to open the thc door hut but faie failed thus thins showing showing show show- in ing that no one ODe had hud robbed tho the place or entered at least enst through h the door It I was a also 1110 shown that the tho shutters shutter were locked on 01 the inside The Tim next question W was S that o of time the grade grado on 01 the time streets of Fillmore and the possibility of seeing from Crom tho timo middle mid mid- lie die of one ono block to the corner across tho the street on the tho next block It I was t testified early arl in the tho tria that Ira Ir Varner War AVar- ncr ner had laid stood on the tho sid sidewalk walk in the tho middle of the block north of tho the post pl office and looked down to tho the corner corer and across aCTS the tho street where ho saw Maw Hanson standings standing in front of a drug drugstore drugstore store storo near tho the postoffice Time Tho defense attempted d. d by b- bUl use Ul of Clinton Cinton Cinton B. B B lay Kay a local ocl mining man and by others to to show that it would have 1110 been impossible l ble bic le to sea CO that far fur because the tho point pint where Hanson was as Raid to have been hen was on hi higher br ground ro than where Warner Warner War ner ncr wa was and the street was lined with trees with wih low branches blocking the tho yi vision ion Mr Ray nay stated that ho he did dia not know but it was his opinion that Hanson hanson Han han- son could have O JI been boen seen Two Tivo witnesses witnesses wit wit- nesses for tor the defense said tid it would not lot have havo avo been possible An Al equal nina num ber for the the- government stated that it was as possible The Tho next witness called cled was Peter I who whoso whose e testimony was used to show that Hanson had frequented the postoffice at various tim times He le stated statI that one nc un day dar Hanson had taken him in into into in in- to the tho ce and shown him a lock loci loc on tb time tho rear rt door coor which had been ben broken supposedly by hur burglars I sonic some time be bo fore rd Beauregard could could not remember on what what da day be he ne had bad been shown shon the tho place Arguments it i. i is js thol thought bt will be submitted sub sub- to tho the Jur jury tomorrow morning It I is iR is expected I nero will vill bo be a verdict by noon tomorrow Se Several ral important points out this in af afternoon the defense will wi be bo brought |