MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1942.
PAGE SEVEN
STAGE GUN DUEL
AFTERLONG ROW
Santa Barbarans "Shoot It
Out". As Climax To Argu
ment Over Home Guard.
Santa Barbara, Cat., April 3.
W) Two retired majors cli
maxed a prolonged feud over
respective merits of the state
and home guards In a deadly
gun duel last night.
Mai. William H. Wenstrom.
43, was killed on the porch of
his home. He was shot twice
Just over the heart.
Maj. Buell Hammett, about
42, shot in the hip, was given
a chance to live after a blood
transfusion.
Mrs. Evelyn Wenstrom, the
slain officer's widow, was ser
iously wounded. A bullet tore
through her Jaw and her pal
ate, emerged just below her eye.
Differed On Policy
The two officers, both social
ly prominent, had organized a
home guard unit here. They
disagreed on policy and Major
Wenstrom stepped out Wen-1
strom repeatedly criticized the
unit; advocated affiliation with
the state guard. He wrote let
ters to the Santa Barbara News
Press. Last night, after a particu
larly violent criticism had ap
peared under Wenstrom's name.
Hammett telephoned to demand
that he cease his attacks.
Police Chief Fred Hoelscher
said Wenstrom replied:
"If you come over and tell
that to my face I'll knock your
beak off."
Hammett went, armed with
two .43 caliber automatic pis
tols and with a hammer stuck
in his belt, Holscher added. The
chief and Deputy District Attor
ney James Chapman pieced to
gether this meager version of
the encounter:
Hammett walked up to Wen
strom's porch and talked with
Wenstrom, who had a .38 auto
matic. Mrs. Wenstrom came out.
'Guns Blase
Suddenly guns blazed. Wen
strom slumped forward, dead,
on the porch. Mrs. Wenstrom,
hysterical, leaned against a
porch pillar screaming, until
she dropped, unconscious.
Hammett was lying In the
driveway, 20 feet from the
porch, when neighbors rushed
up.
Hammett did not tell offi
cers who fired first, or why his
hammer was found on the
porch.
Mrs. Wenstrom, only other
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witness, was unable to talk be
cause of her Jaw injury.
She has two sons, David, 2
years old, and Donald Lincoln,
2 months.
Major Hammett has a wife,
Harriett Cowles Hammett, and
two sons, Danny 6 and Larry 9.
YREKA TEACHER
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San Francisco, April 3 OP)
Gladys Viola Haight, Yreka,
Calif., grammar school teacher,
won her fight in the U. S. cir
cuit court of appeals yesterday
to collect a $18,300 judgment
against the Southern Pacific for
injuries she suffered in 1935
grade crossing accident.
The court upheld the Judg
ment. She was riding with some
friends in an auto between
Yreka and Klamath Falls, Ore.,
when the auto was struck by a
train at a crossing during a
snow storm.
TRUCK OVERLOADS
CHARGED TO TWO
Amber F. Wanker and John
J. Renzema, both of Ashland,
Range Buster
Dave Y. Gould. 223 West
Jackson street, and Gail St
Arnold, 828'j North Riverside
avenue, were injured Wednes
day evening when Gould's panel
truck overturned one mile north
of the Four Comers Junction
on Midway road.
StArnold. who was thrown
clear, received severe cuts about
the head and ligaments In
Gould's right leg were torn
loose. Both men were treated
by a physician and StArnold
is confined in his home.
Gould said today that dam
ages to his truck amounted to
more than $400 and might run
up to $700. He remarked that
his machine rolled over twice
after hitting a deep hole In the
road. The Jolt broke a spring.
he said, and locked a front
wheel. Gould stated that he
was traveling about 40 miles
per hour.
Leek of marking of a road
hazard was blamed by Gould
for the accident. He said that
neighbors put a lantern at the
place yesterday.
The mishap occurred at ap
proximately the same place
three cantonment workers were
Injured last Saturday. I
The Ranee Busters go Into
action and blast a phantom kill
er in "Saddle Mountain Round
up," which plays tonight and
Saturday only at the Roxy the
atre. Ray Corrigan has the lead
as one of the "Range Busters."
"Navy Blue and Gold, ' star
ring Lionel Barrymore. Tom
Brown and Robert Young, plays
as the companion feature.
and Elmer Lewis of Eagle Point,
all charged with operating
trucks with overloads on the
Crater Lake highway were
scheduled to appear in Justice
court here tomorrow morning.
Edward P. Ripley, charged
with driving with void license
plates was assessed $1.50 and
costs, and Frank W, Hardin,
Cascade Gorge was fined $1 and
costs for improper clearance
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jurors voted for acquittal, the
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lasted about two hours.
The trial was started last
Monday, and there was sharp
variance in the testimony of
state and defense witnesses,
several of whom were school
children. The defense offered
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denied the charge, was IS miles
away from the scene at the time
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The complaining witness, now
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Youth Council Plans
Sunrise Service for
5:45 Easter Morning
The Medford Christian Youth
Council is sponsoring an united
Easter sunrise service this year,
open to the public.
Young people from several of
the local churches will take
part and a large attendance Is
hoped for.
Everyone desiring to attend
should meet at the Presbyterian
church at 3:43 o'clock Sunday
morning. From there they will
go In a body to a hill a short
distance from town. The youth
council adviser will deliver the
Easter address.
The program will Include:
Hymn, prayer. Scripture read
ing, Roy Cameron; accordion
solo, Phoebe Swem; poem,
"Faith." by Edgar A. Guest,
Clara Daniels; address, Rev. R.
W. Coleman; poem, "Prayer",
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burg; hymn, benediction. Rev.
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