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Canton Weekly Register
Canton, Fulton County, Illinois
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In San Francisco trial of actor M. B. Curtis (Maurice B. Strellinger) for Officer Grant's murder, witness Henry Jeralsen retracts Saturday testimony claiming the pistol was Strellinger's, alleging police coercion; nippers on Strellinger identified as Grant's.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7. -The contradictory testimony of Henry Jeralsen, formerly a gardener for Maurice B. Strellinger (Curtis the actor), caused something of a sensation in the courtroom Monday. On Saturday Jeralsen testified that the pistol found at the scene of the murder of Officer Grant belonged to Strellinger. Monday Jeralsen took the stand and said that his testimony of Saturday was false and that he testified to what the police had told him to say. He said that he had never seen the pistol in Strellinger's possession. The nippers found on Strellinger's wrists were identified as those belonging to Officer Grant.
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Oct. 7
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Henry Jeralsen, formerly gardener for Maurice B. Strellinger (actor M. B. Curtis), gave contradictory testimony in the trial. On Saturday, he claimed the pistol at Officer Grant's murder scene belonged to Strellinger; on Monday, he retracted, saying police instructed him to lie and he never saw the pistol with Strellinger. Nippers on Strellinger's wrists identified as Officer Grant's.