Trial Exhibits 'Gathering Dust9 in
County Courthouse Storage Vault
By VINTT. HOWARD
Staff Writer The Statesman
Exhibits which figured in trials
that made yesterday's headlines
and those which rated do more
than a brief line in the public
records column have achieved a
common denominator: all -.now
gather dust in the vault which
houses them In the Marion Coun
ty clerk's office.
The exhibit' many of which do
not lend themse'ves to easy stor
age, are carefully ta?ged by case
and exhibit number, but of nec
essity are scattered throughout
the vsult, stacked on top of files
or in out-of-the-way corners.
Newcomers to the collection,
two rusty rifles, a map and a box
of other exhibits from the Over
oss first degree murder trial, re
pose unceremoniously just to the
right of the vault door.
Numerous X-Rcys
Most numerous exhibits. Matt
son said, are X-rays which. figure
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u. i r-nt trials. RaethUa holds a revalver from a 194C maaManthter case: tbe axe figured la
v i uy(,A mrtrr im i52: th twa rifles fram the mare receat Oveross trial. Evea the milk caa
hears aa exhibit label. (Statesmaa Phota) .
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Found Safe
VERMILLION, S.D. (UP) To-
jear-old Jeanette Mossefin was
found early Thursday safe and un
harmed about two miles from the
farm home near Wakonda from
which she had wandered Wednes
day night. .
A search party of 1000 had toiled
through the night looking for her.
Jeanette had wandered from the
farm home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Dale Mossefin, who live
six miles southwest of Wakonda,
about 6:30 'pm. Wednesday.
She was found walking in a stub
ble : field about two miles ' from
the farm borne. - -
New Bridge Started
Over Deschutes River
BEND W Work is under way
on a new bridge across the Des
chutes River on tbe McKenzie
Highway about four miles west of
Redmond, the state highway
department said Wednesday.
The new bridge will replace an
old narrow one near water level
on the Deschutes. -
NO PARKING
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES,
N M. (JP No one is safe from
tbe dogged oeiermination of
Parking Meter Patrolman 'Bill
Darr. One of his latest tickets
was on a police car driven by
Police Chief C. L. Clark.
frequently in damage suits stem
ming from accicents. inese, aiong
with other less-bulky exhibits, are
stored in files. Included in this
ateeory are a lew love letters,
property settlement agreements,
and contracts.
Stranee items find their way in
to the vault Right now, for ex
ample, a huge insulating door to
walk-in type cooler occupies
part of the floor space. Others
include a broken perfume bottle,
a broken mixing bowl, an empty
whiskey bottle nd a rock weigh
ing vbout two pounas; an pre
sumably enterea as exniDiis in
one rase.
Labelled Axe
Nxt to these Is an axe lebelled
case numDer jyuJ. u was me
axe which was used to kill Mrs,
Susan Litchfield in 1952. a mur
der which sent Albert Karnes to
his death at the state peniten-
tiarr.
Twelve lull botues ot Deer ana
an oaual number oi aeaa soi
diers" in a cas. a nearly empty
bottle of bourbon, an empty gaso
line can. a revolver, two milk
cans, a gunny sack containing
electrical wiring, and a piece of
old machinery can also be found
in tha vault.
, Most of the items are worthless,
but once the vault held $4,000 in
pennies, nickels, dimes and quart
ers wbicn naa Deen aumpea in
some old boxes. The money came
from a supermarket safe.
Retained 10 Tears
Exhibits must be kept for 10
vears unless both parties in
case agree that they can be with
drawn once the. 60-day appeal per
iod on the case expires.
Once, however. County Clerk
Henry Mattson obtained a court
order to go around the 10-year
period. The exhibit in this case,
was a display oi fireworks which
had been condemned by the state
fire marshal's office.
Hot'' Exhibit
Mattson, fearing that a care
less f ip of a cigarette or match
might bring on an out-of-season
fireworks display of r o m a n
candles and skyrockets among
county records, got an order to
dispose of the "hot" exhibit just
as soon as the 60-4ay appeal time
passed.
Almost anything may eventual
ly find its way into this vault
Mattson said as he pointed out
some of the exhibits. "Once," he
added, "we even had a motor
bike back here."
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