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Show Matter at the Postofflce, Ogden; VitV lOETTERS BEING" f CROSS-EXAMINED Assistant States' Attorney Attacks At-tacks Alibi of Defense in f Murder Trial. j PERFIDY IS ADMITTED Defendant Proven Familiar With Chicago in Spite of Statement to Contrary. Chicago. March 28. John B. Koet-ters. Koet-ters. resumed the witness stand here today and submitted to. a renewal of the cross-examinatron by Stephen Ma- ' lato, assistant state's attorney, who -Is attacking Kocttcrs' alibi defense in his trial .for the murder of Mrs; Emma Kraft of Cincinnati. The defense offered evidence .that' Mrs. Kraft could not have been. In Chicago on the afternoon o tho day !' on which witnesses lor the prosecii- i tion declare they saw her here with Koetters. "Was It after getting Mrs. Kraft's $800 that you decided not to marry her?" asked Malato. "Naturally," replied Koetters. "When you wrote to Mrs. Kraft the (' falsehood that you had lost the $800 why did you sign yourself 'broken 1 hearted' "? . j "I told you about four times that ' was just for a stall," said Koetters, t "Were you broken hearted?" f ', "No." 'Malato asked Koetters a number of ! questions tending to show that the de- fendant was familiar with Chicago, rJ which Koetters has declared that ho is not. , J |