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BOOTH
NOT GUILTY
(Continued from page 1)
diction, he made no interviews or
Investigation. He also answered
many questions concerning the ap
pearance of the scene.
M<S. Graham, special officer, ad
ad details to the description of the
house and of the ride to Wolf Point
With the Booth and Sheriff Shu-
Bma It was Graham who officially
placed Booth and his wife under
arrest that morning. Mrs. Booth
Was later released.
Miss Bess McDonald was the first
Woman witness on the stand, and
described incidents during March
30, the preceding day, leading up
to the shooting.
Details of the drinking party were
revealed through her direct and
cross examinations. She revealed
that she and Mrs. Booth had been
arguing through the day, and that
■he left the house before the shoot
ing. She stated she had been kicked
down the outside steps by Booth on
leaving. Defense testimony charged
the had fallen down them. Monson
Was reportedly in the bathroom at
the time and did not leave with her.
Ted Winslow, Poplar police offi
cer at the time, stated he had not '
Investigated the scene, but was pre
sent with others.
Mrs. Richard McAnally, second
cousin to Miss McDonald, and whom
Miss McDonald had been visiting
With on the mojning of March 20,
Baid that the party of four had been
Bt her home the morning before,
and that Miss McDonald came back
there after midnight in a bruised
and slightly intoxicated condition.
Dr. R. D. Knapp, who helped per
form an autopsy of the dead man’s
body in Wolf Point, was on the
Stand all one morning and part of
the afternoon, identifying x-ray
pictures and tracing the course of
the five bullets which entered Mon
bon’s body, leaving 11 wounds.
One of the final witnesses for the
prosecution was Federal Bureau of
Investigation Officer H. Edgar
Strahl. He had been called to Pop
lar the same day, and investigated
the scene and the body.
Reading detailed notes, he des
cribed the scene as a disrupted one
and produced many more exhibits.
Among them were pictures of the
body and of a wall indentation con
taing hair particles, a plaid shirt
jacket, a T-shirt, two buttons, five
bullet casings, two fired slugs, sev
en unfired rounds and two rough
•ketches of the premises.
Two character witnesses appear-
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"J WNh Mme man would adc me Mmetiunc beeidee
what Pm doing tonight!”,
ed on behalf of the defense for Dale
Monson.
Jury members were: R. C. Gil
christ, William H. Driver, John F.
Overcast, W. A. Lawson, William
Gilead, Albert Skoyen, Winstone
Nees, Joseph M. Bailey, Jack G.
Overcast, Guy Stevens, W. V. Jones,
Allan Hanson, and two alternates,
Herman Anderson and Richard
Clark. All were from in the Havre
area.
Persian Pastor
To Speak Sunday
To Presbyterians
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The only Christian in a large fam
ily of Moslems, the Rev. F. Larudy
of Iran, will speak at the First Pres
byterian church in Wolf Point Sun
day, August 22 at 9 a. m.
The Rev. Larudy, a native of
Persia, took up the Christian fatih
in 1936 and was baptized on Christ
mas 1938. He became a pastor af
ter studying theology under Pres
byterian missionaries and later was
the prinicpal of a mission primary
school.
His American wife, Grace Wild-
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THE HERALD-NEWS — Wolf Point. Roosevelt County, Montana
er, was for a number of years a
member of the Presbyterian staff
In Iran.
George Looking
Of Frazer, Dies;
Service Held
Funeral services were held at the
Peterson chapel in Glasgow last
week Tuesday for George Looking,
63, of Frazer, who died the preced
ing Sunday after an illness of more
than three months in the Poplar
government hospital.
The Rev. W. E. Brown of the
Assembly of God church at Poplar
conducted the services, with Mrs.
Brown and two young women from
Poplar singing.
Mr. Looking was born on the
Fort Peck reservation in 1885. He
engaged in farming and stockrais
ing. He was married to Mrs. Rope
Flynn in 1925.
Surviving are two daughters,
Kate Badhawk and Orabelle Look
ing; a sister, Mrs. Agnes Sherman,
Browning, and a brother, Clifford
Looking, in Wolf Point. He has six
grandchildren.
Recent Bride is
Honored at a
Shower Wednesday
The Parish Hall was the scene
of a bridal shower last Wednesday
evening complimenting Mrs. Eugene
Fitz Simmons (nee Patsy Neutgens).
A large crowd of friends were pre
sent to greet the bride and shower
her with a wealth of lovely gifts.
With peanuts and gum and crepe
paper, miniature brides were fash
ioned by the guests and the enter
tainment of the game furnished
much merriment.
The hostesses, Mrs. Ben Battani,
Mrs. Clarence Lee, Mrs. Albert
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LOST —Dark brown billfold. Finder
notify J. S. Meyer, Wolf Point.
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FOR SALE—Two wheel with frame
trailer, suitable for stock. $25.00.
Jim Garfield, Jr., Wolf Point —3l
FOR SALE—Slightly used Bassin
ette on wheels, folding legs, very
good condition. $6.50. Call 398-W,
Wolf Point. —3l
FOR SALE—S lots, 6 room modern
house, furnished or unfurnished.
Corner of Number 2 highway and
Broadway M St., in Culbertson.
Max E. Makoff. —3l
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WOLF POINT, MONTANA
Berndt, Sr., and Mrs. Charles How
er and Mrs. Frank Matejovsky serv
ed a bountiful lunch at the close
of the evening.
COUNTY-WIDE
CROP MEETING
IS AUGUST 19
A county-wide meeting concern
ing the Christian Kurai Overseas
Program (CROP) will be held at
Poplar, Thursday evening, August
18, at 8:15 In the Legion Hall.
Dr. H. G. Klemme, state director
of CROP, will be present at the
meeting to explain the welfare pro
gram of sending food to European
countries.
The CROP is a nation-wide col
lecting agency for churches and
many farm organizations that have
combined for the purpose of gath
ering commodities for world relief.
Churches included in the movement
are both Protestant and Catholic.
From Its beginning in 1917
April SO o fthls year, CROP has
collected over two and one-quarter
million dollars worth of farm pro
duce and processed food for ship
ment overseas. Many millions of
displaced persons, orphans and
poor people are being aided by the
program.
Capt. DeVere J. Dougherty of the
Great Falls Air Base spent the
week-end in Wolf Point with his
family.
fgWL fruits for
AM|b canning
AT BUTTRE Y’S r
HERE THEY ARE - REAL SAYINGS IN CANNING FRUITI
PEACHES ROCHESTER'S CRATE $1.25
Moor Pack Lug
APRICOTS .... *1.29
Positively the Last of Season
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One of the Finest Peaches 1 vClvll VW ™
You can find most of your needs in Wolf Point’s Leading Shopping Center
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Rl2-oz. Canned Luncheon Meat A
PORK or BEEF "" 46C
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Bulk-Cider
VINEGAR
39c
Jug Gal.
Manchester —Waldorf Soda 2-lb. box
CRACKERS 45c
Cottage Cheese
Dill Pickles
Hot Tamales
SALT 45c
PORK
Lb.
SLAB 65c
BACON D3C
By the Chunk Lb.
Brockton Student
Graduates from
Havre College
Irene H. Boyd, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Boyd, Sr., of
Brockton, was one of 10 students
to graduate from Northern Mon
tana College at Havre August 6.
Special exercises were held for the
group at the First Presbyterian
church.
Miss Boyd has completed a two
year course In secretarial business
and science, and has accepted a
position as commercial teacher at
Sweetgrass, Montana.
Jobs of Enlisted
Men Protected by
Selective Service
Men who volunteer for any
branch of the armed forces during
this period, as were veterans of
World War 11, are guaranteed their
Jobs upon return from service, it is
announced by the commanding of
ficer of the Montana U. S. Army
and Air Force recruiting district
“Many industrial organizations
apparently believe Job status of
men who volunteer are not sub
ject to reinstatement at end of
service, as in the case of inductees.
This is not true and Jobri of men
without prior service who volun-
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PUREX a 25c
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tarily enlist tor three years, as well
as Jobs of reserve officers and re
serve enlisted men called to active
duty, are fully proctected by Section
9 of the Selective Service Act," the
officer said.
MRS. JOHN COFFEY IMPROVED;
THE JOHN TOSNEYS CALLED
Mrs. John Coffey of Wolf Point
was removed from her home to the
hospital last Thursday afternoon
following a sudden attack of illness.
She was alone at the time of the
WAITRESS WANTED
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WOLF POINT CAFE
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FIRMS *1.29
This is The one to Can
Granulated 100-lb. Bag
SUGAR $8.89
THURSDAY, AUGUBT 18, IH*
seizure and managed tq call
neighbor, who realizing th» Mrl«Ui«
ness of her condition called the
physician who (oqk h«F to the hM>
pital. She remained iq prltUa!
state until Sunday when ah* baga*
to show signs of Improvement
Her daughter Evelyn »n 4 hula
band S-Sgt. John Toaiiey of Beattie
arrived the first of the week and will
visit for a time.
Mrs. Coffey was brought home
from the hospital Tuesday and U
resting comfortably at the pr« Hat
Cold Meats
Weiners
Cured Meats
BACON qtp
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