TEN-The Heppner Gaiette-Timet, Heppner. Oregon. Thursday. Julv n, IStil
Verduzco convicted
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conspiracy In commit murder.
District Attorney Ann Spicer
did not object and both
Verduzco and Pedro Ortiz
were released from charges of
conspiracy to commit murder.
Court convened again Tues
day morning and Debbie
Tippett. sister-in-law of the
deceased, was called to the
witness stand. She testified to
an incident which occurred in
March of this year in which
Tony Guzman had threatened
her with a knife after an
argument. The next two
witnesses testified they. too.
had been threatened with a
knife by Guzman.
Jim Brooks gave his testi
mony to the jury, recalling an
incident in which Tony was
harassing a man when Mario
walked over, put his arm
around Tony, talked to him.
and the two left together.
Dean Harrison, private de
tective, reported he had inter
viewed Corrine Guzman about
July 5 or 6. He stated Mrs.
Guzman said she first though
Tony had shot Mario because
she had heard a rumor of a
shooting. He also reported she
said there was a knife in the
drawer at their house and.
after seeing Tony dead, the
knife was still there. Harrison
said she told him she gave the
knife to Eloi Osulna. Osulna
lived with the Guzmans for
about j month before the
shooting, he continued.
The detective said he had
served Osulna a subpoena to
bring the knife to court.
Osulna stated in an earlier
testimony he had not received
a subpoena and did not bring
the knife because he had
thrown it away.
F E. Glenn then called the
defendant to the stand Ver
duzco. who testified through
interpreter., Barbara Smith,
stated he was employed at
Oregon Potato Inc.. (OPI). in
Boardman and his position
was "supervisor of the
drums." Mario said he first
met Tony at OPI and had lived
with Tony and about 10 other
people in Stanfield for a period
of time.
Verduzco stated that Tony
carried a knife when he first
met him. He also said he had
tried to stop Tony from
fighting a number of times.
The defendant said he had
trouble supervising Tony, that
he wouldn't listen and didn't
want to follow instructions. He
also said he had to call his own
supervisor to get Tony to
work. Verduzco stated that
Guzman had told him he
(Guzman) would kill him
(Verduzco) if he kept telling
him what to do.
Verduzco said he and Mario
Avilas went to the H Bar W
Tavern and Tony had asked
him to play pool. Verduzco
said when he told Tony he
didn't want to play pool Tony
cursed at him and said he was
going to kill him if he kept
telling him what to do at work.
Verduzco said Emiiio. who
was with Tony, had a pistol in
th.e car. The defendant said he
left because he thought he
would be killed and later went
to the Hitchin Post tavern
where he played pool. Verduz
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co said he was afraid Tony
would come so he left about
11:45 and later went to
Sebero's (Berduaco) house
where he drank one beer with
Sebero,, Pedro, and Rafael. ,
Verduzco said he told them
that Tony had threatened to
kill them. According to Ver
duzco, Pedro said he was
going to go see Tony
and fight, but, he had no
gun or knife. He (Verduzco
also said he told Pedro not to
go. that Tony would kill him.
He reported to the jury that
Pedro and Rafael went to the
tavern and he and Sebero
followed shortly after. He said
he had gotten the gun from
Sebero's house and that he
bought it about IS days
earlier. Verduzco said nothing
was happening when he and
Sebero reached the parking
lot : he parked and Tony came
out. The defendant said Pedro
called Tony over to talk and
they started fighting. Verduz
co said he got out of the van
with the gun and said "Tony.
I'm going to kill you." He said
the gun didn't fire, but that
"Sebero took the gun awav
from me and we fixed it."
Verduzco said, "they were
fighting all the way down
there." he followed, and told
Tony h was going to kill him
when Tony said. "no. I'm
going to kill you." Verduzco
said he ran in between Tony
and Pedro and again said.
"I'm going to kill you Tony."
Verduzco recalled Tony was
turning around when the shot
was fired and it hit him
in the back of the head.
Verduzco then related the
series of events he said
occurred after the shooting,
including going to Hermistnn.
Pasco and Parkdale where
he phoned his wife and agreed
to have police pick him up.
Verduzco stated he told the
police some but not all he
should have because he was
afraid the police would hit
him.
Doug Beerman. plant man
ager of Oregon Potato. Inc..
was called to the witness stand
to give testimony concerning
both Guzman's and Verduz
co's behavior while at work.
The witness said Verduzco
became senior drum operator
in March of this year and
believes Guzman was employ
ed as a drum operator. He
stated both Tony and Mario
have disciplinary action forms
in their files for failure to
report to work or call in.
Beerman also reported Guz
man was given a three-day
suspension for violation of a
safety rule but said no
accounts of Tony not following
Mario's direction were found
in his file. He further stated
that the supervisors are in
structed to write up all
accounts of misconduct.
Verduzco was then recalled
to the stand to continue his
testimony. The defendant stat
ed he brought the gun to the
tavern because he thought
Pedro would be killed. When
asked by Glenn why he didn't
phone the police, he said lie
didn't think they would pay
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any attention to him, and
reported two accounts in
which he had phoned the
police and stated they were of
no assistance He said he
thought Tony would quit
fighting when he told him he
was going to kill him He also
said he was scared and
offended by Tony. He said he
wasn't drunk, but was an
xious, afraid Tony would hurt
him. Glenn asked the defend
ant if he had it to do over
again, would he do it the
same? "No. just lake better
care of myself." he replied
When Glenn asked. "Are you
sorry you shot Tony?" the
defendant said. "Yes. hut he
was real had with me I know "
Spicer did not cross exam
ine the defendant.
After one other witness as
called to testify. Spicer sub
mitted a written lestimonv
from officer Jesse Villareal
for evidence, the document
was entered as exhihit No 2
and a break was given before
closing argument were heard
In the stale's first closing
argument. Spicer addressed
the jury by reviewing exhibits,
the sequence of events the
night of the shooting and
fragments of given testimon
ies. One of Spicer's chief points
in closing was "Tony liked to
fight, a lot of people like to
fight, but is that reason to kill
someone?"
When Glenn directed the
jury in the defense's closing
argument, he referred to
various testimonies, and re
minded the jury that thev
must believe, beyond a rea
sonable doubt, that the defend
ant did not act under an
extreme emotional disturb
ance in order to find the
defendant guilty as charged
In the state's second closing
argument Spicer maintained
that Tony's insult to Mario
was motive but not justifica
tion for shooting him. She
again reviewed events that
reportedly took place and
reviewed given testimonies
Spicer then referred to the
blood alcohol content of the
Irrigon
man
sentenced
An Irrigon man. Sergio
Gutierrez, was sentenced
Monday morning at the Mor
row County Courthouse in
Heppner for the July 19W theft
of fishing poles from Frank
Dye. manager of Miracle
Potato.
According to District Attor
ney Ann Spicer. Gutierrez was
sentenced to two years in the
Oregon State Penitentiary,
suspended on the condition
that Gutierrez be put on
probation for three years,
spend 60 days in jail, reim
burse Morrow County $513 41
for court costs, spend 50 hours
in community service and
make restitution to the victim
at $75 a month beginning Oct.
1. for a total of $1,500.
According to Spicer. restitu
tion was eliminated because
Gutierrez had returned the
poles to the victim.
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the "pass out staue." said
Spicer She stated thai Tnnv
did insult Mario but did ii"1
threaten him Spircr 'lin
asked Ihe jtirv in listen clnsHv
to the juduc's definition l
Close to Home...
Marv Ann (Vrullo
Last week while rummaging through some old odds and
ends. I came across another newspaper clipping that I
thought might be of some interest
The clipping was of an editorial from the Oregonian. dated
November 5. 1909:
"A letter to the Oregonian asserts that Morrow County.
Oregon, was named for Colonel H A Morrow, a soldier of the
Civil War. stationed later at Vancouver: and the writer
desires to correct the Oregonian's statement that it was
named for an early pioneer But the Oregonian's statement
was correct
The county was named for Jackson I. Morrow, one of the
very earliest settlers there. He first settled on Pimet Sound,
and Shelton Bay. in 1H.Y1: a few years later went to eastern
Oregon, and was a member of the legislature from Umatilla
when Morrow was formed out of a part of that county. In the
debate about what the name of the new county should lie.
someone said : Let's call it for Jack Morrow ; he is entitled to
the honor.'"
For those who are interested, much of the history
concerning the forming of Morrow County can he found in the
Heppner museum
If anyone has any similar clippings that they would like to
share with those of us who are interested in eastern Oregon
history, just let me know. I'd enjoy hearing from you.
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