COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, January 13, 2018
East Oregonian
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OUT OF THE VAULT
Photo folly leads to murder charge
A
group of Umatilla County men
on an elk hunting trip near
Starkey in the Blue Mountains
ended up in the courtroom in January
1935 when one of the party was shot
following a photo fracas the previous
November.
Dan Bowman, a merchant from
Mission on the Umatilla Indian
Reservation near Pendleton, joined
a hunting party Nov. 10, 1934, on
the Tony Vey ranch near the border
between Umatilla and Union counties
near Starkey. Two groups of Umatilla
County men, Vey’s friends and a group
including Finis and Chester Kirkpatrick,
had been hunting on the property since
Nov. 5, the beginning of elk season, and
on the day in question the only person
present at Vey’s cabin when Bowman
arrived was Joe Cunha, who invited
Bowman into the cabin for drinks. The
hunting parties returned to the camp at
around 11:30 a.m.
Bowman called to Fred Lampkin,
co-editor of the East Oregonian and
a longtime friend, to join him at the
cabin. A few minutes later Bowman and
Cunha went to the Kirkpatrick camp
and were offered more alcohol, which
they accepted. When Bowman and
Cunha went to return to Vey’s cabin,
Cunha vaulted a fence between the two
camps. Bowman attempted to repeat the
feat but fell, injuring his leg.
Finis Kirkpatrick went over to help,
but also wanted to have some fun at
Bowman’s expense. He motioned to
his brother to get his camera and take
photos of Bowman being helped up;
Chester then followed the men to Vey’s
porch and took another picture of
Cunha rubbing Bowman’s injured leg.
Bowman was not pleased with the joke.
Planning on leaving Vey’s property
anyway, Bowman angrily returned to
his car, parked just outside the fence.
The group of men inside the cabin
were making lunch, and Lampkin
took a sandwich to Bowman at his
car. Bowman complained about the
photos to Lampkin, who tried to soothe
his friend’s ruffled feathers, but an
argument ensued. Charles Goodyear,
who was planning to ride with Bowman
upon his departure from the camp,
joined the pair at the car but was
getting nervous about the argument.
He attempted to intervene but was sent
away by Bowman, who then grabbed
his rifle from the passenger seat of his
car and tried to either load or unload it
(witness statements varied). Lampkin
came around the car and grabbed the
gun, which was pointed upward through
the open car door, to help the injured
Bowman get out. The rifle discharged,
and Lampkin fell to the ground dead.
Several of the hunters rushed to the
car at the sound of the shot, and though
Bowman pleaded with them to leave the
scene untouched, Lampkin’s body was
moved and then covered with a blanket.
The rifle was picked up and set against
the fence. Bowman then grabbed
his camera and took many photos of
the scene in an attempt to capture as
much evidence as possible for law
enforcement, as it was getting dark.
State police officers William Roach
and Frank Perry happened by around
4 p.m. and were waved down by the
hunting party. The officers interviewed
Bowman and the witnesses, turning
the scene over to Deputy Sheriff Hugo
Clinghammer and the Union County
coroner when they arrived. Roach
transported Bowman to the hospital in
La Grande, where he was treated for his
injured leg.
The prosecutors in the case
attempted to show that Bowman shot
Lampkin deliberately, citing witnesses
who heard the pair arguing. The
defense contended that Bowman and
Lampkin were the best of friends, and
the shooting was unintentional. It was
shown during the trial that Bowman
had sprained his right ankle in the failed
attempt at vaulting the fence, but also
had broken his shin bone, which no
one at the camp realized. On the stand,
still hobbling on crutches, Bowman
said his broken leg collapsed when he
tried to exit his car, and the gun fired
accidentally.
Bowman also testified that someone
had once taken a photo of his brother
in a state of undress and then shown
it to a crowd of people, causing
great embarrassment, and he thought
the Kirkpatricks might be planning
something similar. Usually a light
drinker, Bowman was concerned the
Kirkpatrick brothers intended to use
the photos to spread tales of drunken
behavior to discredit him.
After seven days of hearing
testimony, the jury took less than three
hours to deliver a not guilty verdict,
with 10 of 12 jurors voting for acquittal.
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Renee Struthers is the Community
Records Editor for the East Oregonian.
See the complete collection of Out of the
Vault columns at eovault.blogspot.com
DEAR ABBY
Teen without true friends puts blame on her parents
Dear
Abby:
I’m
a
when the teacher asks the class
16-year-old girl, and I’m pretty
to partner up, I’m usually left
sure I’m the most insecure thing
alone.
on the planet. I always feel
A lot of this “no one likes
self-conscious. Although I guess
you, everyone hates you” para-
it’s normal for kids my age
noia comes from my parents,
to feel like this, it’s at a whole
because when I was younger,
different level for me.
they said it to me repeatedly. I
I feel like everyone, including
only have a few internet friends.
Jeanne
my closest friends, don’t like me Phillips They’re the only best friends I
or care about me as much as I
have, but unlike me, they have
Advice
care for them. I try to distance
lives outside of the internet.
myself from people so I won’t
I’m the loser. Please help. —
seem annoying or clingy, but that has Completely Worthless
left me socially deprived.
Dear Completely Worthless:
I don’t have a best friend either. I Please do not compare your life with
have multiple “kind of” friends. I’m the lives of the people you know from
scared to get close to anyone, and too the internet because the information
shy to make new friends. And yes, I can be misleading. In an online world,
know, having friends isn’t the most everything seems rosy because people
important thing in the world, but it’s are less likely to post about their disap-
still pretty important because you need pointments.
to have people there for you, to trust and
In the real world, let me point out
to have fun and make memories with.
that parents are supposed to support and
I always feel like a burden to encourage their children, not belittle and
everyone and like everyone who is denigrate them. Because you need more
nice to me is only doing it out of pity. mentoring than I can offer in a letter
This year I wasn’t invited to even one or a column, I hope you will discuss
Sweet 16 party because I have distanced your issues with a counselor at school
myself from everyone. No one, except who may be able to help you receive
for two kids, talks to me at school, and professional counseling to overcome
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Today is the 13th day of
2018. There are 352 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Jan. 13, 1968,
country singer Johnny Cash
performed and recorded
a pair of shows at Folsom
State Prison in California;
material from the concerts
was released as an album
by Columbia Records
under the title “Johnny
Cash at Folsom Prison,”
which proved a hit.
On this date:
In
1733,
James
Oglethorpe and some 120
English colonists arrived at
Charleston, South Carolina,
while en route to settle in
present-day Georgia.
In 1794, President
George
Washington
approved a measure adding
two stars and two stripes
to the American flag,
following the admission of
Vermont and Kentucky to
the Union. (The number of
stripes was later reduced to
the original 13.)
In 1864, American
songwriter Stephen Foster
died in poverty in a New
York hospital at age 37.
In 1898, Emile Zola’s
famous defense of Capt.
Alfred Dreyfus, “J’accuse,”
was published in Paris.
In 1915, a magnitude-7
earthquake centered in
Avezzano, Italy, claimed
some 30,000 lives.
In 1941, a new law went
into effect granting Puerto
Ricans U.S. birthright
citizenship. Novelist and
poet James Joyce died in
Zurich, Switzerland, less
than a month before his
59th birthday.
In 1962, comedian
Ernie Kovacs died in a car
crash in west Los Angeles
10 days before his 43rd
birthday.
In 1978, former Vice
President
Hubert
H.
Humphrey died in Waverly,
Minnesota, at age 66.
In 1982, an Air Florida
737 crashed into Wash-
ington, D.C.’s 14th Street
Bridge and fell into the
Potomac River while trying
to take off during a snow-
storm, killing a total of 78
people; four passengers and
a flight attendant survived.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Frances Sternhagen
is 88. TV personality Nick
Clooney is 84. Comedian
Rip Taylor is 84. Comedian
Charlie Brill is 80. Actor
Billy Gray is 80. Actor
Richard Moll is 75. Rock
musician Trevor Rabin
is 64. Rhythm-and-blues
musician Fred White is
63. Rock musician James
Lomenzo (Megadeth) is
59. Actor Kevin Anderson
is 58. Actress Julia Louis-
Dreyfus is 57. Rock
singer Graham “Suggs”
McPherson (Madness) is
57. Country singer Trace
Adkins is 56. Actress
Penelope Ann Miller is 54.
Actor Patrick Dempsey
is 52. Actress Suzanne
Cryer is 51. Actress Traci
Bingham is 50. Actor Keith
Coogan is 48. TV produc-
er-writer Shonda Rhimes is
48. Actress Nicole Eggert is
46. Actor Orlando Bloom is
41. Meteorologist Ginger
Zee (TV: “Good Morning
America”) is 37. Actor
Liam Hemsworth is 28.
Thought for Today:
“A little too much is just
enough for me.” — Jean
Cocteau, French author
and filmmaker (1889-
1963).
the verbal abuse you have experienced
at home. Please write me again and let
me know how you are doing because I
care.
Dear Abby: What’s a polite way to
respond to friends who ask, “Are you
having a baby shower?” when no one
has offered to throw me one?
My husband and I are expecting
our first child, and we are thrilled. My
family is unable to host a baby shower
(which I understand would be a breach
of etiquette anyway) and my husband
has no family.
I’m not particularly wedded to the
idea of having a shower, since my
husband and I are well established and
I don’t really like being the center of
attention. Still, if someone offered, I
would graciously accept. I feel awkward
when I am asked this question because I
don’t want to seem entitled or expectant
or like I’m feeling sorry for myself. Do
you have any way to say, “No one has
offered, but I’ll let you know if they
do”? — Expectant Mom In California
Dear Expectant Mom: Honesty
is the best policy. Your answer to that
question is perfectly acceptable. It’s the
truth, and it may cause some of your
friends to step up to bat.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 13-14, 1918
Unable to sell thousands
of bushels of potatoes raised
last summer in obedience
to the “more potatoes” cry,
H.E. Bartholomew, well
known west end sheepman,
is feeding potatoes to his
sheep. He finds that the
sheep are doing well on
the unusual feed and that,
all things considered, it is
cheaper to feed potatoes than
to feed them hay at prevailing
prices. It takes some educa-
tional work to get sheep
to eat potatoes, according
to Mr. Bartholomew, but
when they get accustomed
to the feed they do well on
it. In lambing time he will
feed from one to two tons of
spuds daily.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 13-14, 1968
How would you like to
join a bicycle club? This
query is addressed to all
adults who would like to get
rid of rheumatic aches and
pains, or any other physical
ills that might be plaguing
them. It is also addressed
to people who feel pretty
well, but who could feel
even better. Crusaders for
the bicycle club are two
members of Senior Citizens,
Mrs.
Paul
(Katherine)
Huettl and Mary Nilson.
Mrs. Nilson rides a regular
bicycle, and has for the past
three years. Mrs. Huettl’s
bike is a three-wheeler,
especially designed for
senior citizens. Her husband
gave it to her for Christmas,
and she says it’s the best
gift she ever received. “I
had such rheumatism in my
knees I couldn’t walk up
the porch steps,” she said. “
Now you should see me run
up them.”
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 13-14, 1993
Controversy over a
proposed medical waste
incinerator at the Port of
Morrow ended Wednesday
when the company pulled
out of its lease. Therm-Tec
Destruction Services sent
a letter to Port General
Manger Gary Neal early in
the day, stating its intention
to withdraw from the project
lease. Several area residents
vocally opposed the place-
ment of the incinerator at
the Port because of possible
health hazards from the
incinerator’s
emissions.
Many of the 65 people who
attended a Jan 6 meeting
in Irrigon regarding the
incinerator proposal voiced
concerns. The commis-
sioners voted unanimously
to accept Therm-Tec’s
withdrawal from the lease.
Both parties will be held
harmless in the withdrawal,
Port officials said.
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