'High Noon' Trial
Ends in Acquittal
Canyon City -(CPD-Robert
E. Sproul, 44-year-old Mt.
Vernon rancher, was acquit
ted here Friday night of a
first degree murder charge in
connection with the gunshot
slaying of his brother-in-law
Harland Link Williams June
2i.
After deliberating for one
hour and 52 minutes, the fore
man of the jury, Erving T.
Stanbro of Prairie City read
the unanimous verdict of not
guilty at 9:38 p.m. before the
packed Circuit Court room in
the Grant county courthouse
here.
District Attorney Mike Mo
gan told the jury Friday aft
ernoon that the state did not
ask the death penalty, but did
press for a murder conviction.
'Bottom Deck'
In closing statements be
fore the jury Friday after
noon, Mogan charged that
Sproul was "dealing from the
bottom of the deck," when he
fired nine shots from, his
Luger pistol without drawing
it from its holster.
Mogan charged that "He
(Sproul) went out there with
an ace in the hole. If Link
Williams had fired his rifle
first, as the defense contends,
Williams couldn't have miss
ed him at that short range.'
Sproul, . while on the wit
ness stand, had told the jury
that as he sidler up to Wil
liams he jumped aside just as
Williams fired. A doctor who
treated Sproul shortly after
the shooting testified that the
44-year-old cattleman had
suffered a ruptured ear drum.
The doctor said a blast from
a rifle could have caused the
rupture.
'Scared To Death'
Robert Campbell, John
Day attorney, said during fi-
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nal arguments that Sproul
was torn between two impuls
es as he kept the rendezvous
with Williams at a disputed
road site which had touched
off the bitter disagreement
between the two.
"He (Sproul) knew he had
to call Link Wililams bluff,"
Campbell said, giving the
first impulse.
"Second, he was scared to
death,'' the defense attorney
said.
Reserve Major Gets
Achievement Award
Maj. Eradmus F. Starr, who
recently assumed the post of
chief of the reserve personnel
division at headquarters of
the XI Army corps, reserves,
was honored at a recent cere
mony when he was awarded
the Berlin Command certifi
cate of achievement.
Major Starr is the son of
Mrs. Earl B. Winkleman, 505
Scenic dr., Ashland. Mrs.
Starr is the daughter of Mrs.
Anna Davies, 316 Wilamette
ave., Medford.
The certificate was pre
sented Major Starr for his
outstanding service as chief
of the operations branch, ad
jutant general division, Ber
lin command, between Sep
tember, 1955, and July this
year. He was instrumental in
reorganizing the branch re
sulting in a reduction of personnel.
Hay Chopper Victim
Dies At Tulelake
Tulelake, Calif.-OIPB-George
Kurtz, 62, long-time resident
of Tulelake, died Friday night
in a Klamath Falls hospital
from injuries suffered earlier
in the day when he was
caught in harvesting machin
ery.
Kurtz and his wife were op
erating a hay chopper on the
ranch of Mrs. Kay Phillips
near here. Mrs. Kurz, who
was operating the tractor said
she heard her husband call
out and turned to see his body
passing through the chopper.
George Sand wrote more
than 80 novels.
Cattle Rustling
Warrants Issued
In Klamath Area
Klamath Falls -CPD- War
rants were issued here Fri
day for the arrest of two men
on cattle rustling charges.
District Attorney Arthur
Beddoe said Eldon L. Shafer
and Robert Wilson, both of
Fort Klamath, were accused
of rustling cattle from three
Klamath county ranches
Beddoes said 14 head of stol
en cattle had been recovered
after investigation by the
State Department of Agricul
ture.
Beddoe said complaints had
been signed by Lorenz Vander
Kamp and by Adlai Johnson,
both Klamath area ranchers
A third remains to be signed,
he said.
O. W. Goakey, deputy dis
trict attorney, said I don t
think anyone knows how
many cattle have been involv
ed but we have reason to be
lieve there have been a great
many stolen."
Brand inspectors earlier
this week reported finding
several head of Klamath coun
ty cattle near Rainier in
northwest Oregon and the Ag
riculture Department said it
was investigating reports that
some stolen cattle had been
marketed in California and
Nevada.
Family Sees Death
Of Champion Cylist
Melbourne - (UPB - Russell
Mockeridge, 30, Australia's
greatest professional cyclist,
was killed before the horri
fied eyes of his wife and their
young daughter in a road-race
accident yesterday.
Mockeridge was swerving
out to avoid a stopping car
when his bicycle spilled and
dumped him in front of a bus.
The bus, unable to stop, ran
over his head.
Mrs. Mockeridge and her
two-year-old daughter were
following the race in an automobile.
United States trappers mar
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skins in a year while farm
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million.
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Negro Students
Seek To Enter
Virginia School
Front Royal, Va. -(DPB A
group of Negro students tried
unsuccessfully yesterday to
enroll for classes "in Warren
County High school, which
has been closed down com
pletely to avoid racial inte
gration. 1
Gov. J. Lindsay Almond Jr.
took over full control of the
school, its teachers and its pu
pils Friday night and announc
ed that it was "removed from
the public school system" as
of next Monday.
Moments later, the county
school board rescinded its in
vitation to 22 Negro pupils to
enroll in the school this week
end.
Nevertheless, 17 of the Ne
gro students, accompanied by
some of their parents, showed
up yesterday at the county
court house where the school
board maintains its offices.
They remained downstairs
while Oliver Hill, attorney for
the National Association fo"
the Advancement of Colored
People, acting as their spokes
man, spent five minutes in a
private conference with the
School Superintendent Q. D.
Gasque and an attorney for
the board.
Hill told reporters later
that Gasque and the board at
torney declined to register the
students' because of F r i d a y
night's actions by Almond and
the board.
Director of Motor
Vehicles Refutes
Hatfield's Remarks
The first national tennis
championship matches played
at the Newport (R.I.) Casino
were in 1891. An annual in
vitation tournament continues
to make this the oldest tennis
tournament in America.
A rebuttal to remarks made
by Secretary of State Mark
Hatfield here on Aug. 18 was
made Friday by James F.
Johnson, director of the de
partment of motor vehicles,
Salem.
Hatfield, Republican candi
date for governor, had ap
peared at a Republican round
up in Hawthorne park. -
Hatfield had stated, "If
elected, I will not play politics
with Oregon's government.
An example of this is the mo
tor vehicle department which
no longer is in the secretary
of state's department."
"I have received many com
plaints of the poor service.
One reason for this ineffici-
Committee Reviews
Sales of Timber
Washington -UPD- The Sen
ate Interior Committee'is re
viewing timber sales pro
grams at national forests.
Chairman James E. Murray
said the group wants to iden
tify areas where timber sales
could be increased within the
limits of sustained yield pro
grams. He said the committee
will work closely with the
U.S. Forest Service.
He said the review will
cover Montana, Idaho, Wash
ington, Oregon and Califor
nia. A report has been or
dered by Dec. 1 so the facts
will be available when Con
gress convenes in January.
as political featherbeds," John
son wrote. The seven S560 a
month jobs eliminated meant
a saving of $93,600.
Of the other 14 higher paid
supervisory personnel (all
Civil Service) inherited, five
have been promoted, six have
been kept in the same jobs,
one has resigned just before
retirement to run for legisla
ture and one has resigned to
take a better-paying job and
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Ore., Sunday, September 14, 1951 S
one has been fired for incom
petence, Johnson said.
"Your inference, from com
plaints made to us, that we
are . inefficient is as silly as
mine would be if I took to
heart the complaints I hear
about you not keeping the
capitol lawns green during
the summer," Johnson concluded.
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sitions have been removed
from the career men who for
merly occupied them and have
been given to political ap
pointees." .
Eight Positions
Johnson refuted this by
saying that there were only
eight unclassified positions,
excluding the director's secre
tary. "I have removed only four
men from such positions, all
for demonstrated incompe
tence or disloyalty," Johnson
stated. "Your assistant (Warne
Nunn, former motor vehicle
director) will tell you that he
planned to fire at least one of
them, himself, but didn't get
around to it during his six
months in office. I replaced
these four with three Demo
crats, and a Republican with
28 years in the department."
"The Republican I kept was j
the only man among the nine j
who could truly be called a j
career-man. All the others j
were appointed either by your '
present assistant or by the pre
vious secretary of state. And
I have promoted a Republican
career man with 23 years ex
perience to an unclassified po
sition, giving me one instead
of the two I inherited."
Others Resigned ,
Three others from the de
partment all resigned to take
higher-paying jobs,. Johnson
added. Including these among
the persons removed, it would
only leave a total of seven.
Most positions eliminated
have been those which "served
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