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Show : UTAHN SHOT TO DEATH BY OFFICER Nighlwalchman Held To Have Been Careless. ST. ANTHONY, Ida., April 21 (U.R) "Cureless shooting" was charged against Night Watchman Grant Powell late last night by a coroner's jury which investigated the death early Tuesday of Harold Martin Mar-tin Helgeson. Howell assertedly shot and killed Ik-lgeson, a 29-year-old Logan, ' Utf 1), painter, when the Utah man lesisted arrest. Two women, Mrs. Wilma Anderson Ander-son and Miss Uola Maupin, reported re-ported that they had been "insulted by a man." They sought assistance , from Deputy Sheriff Jesse Jackson ' who, in turn, called in Powell, j Shoots Twice (Together, the two officers sought the man whor-i the women said had bothered them. When they saw Helgeson, they called on him to halt. Instead, the Logan man took to his heels, they testified. Powell shot twice-the second bullet struck Hdgeson In the back of the head. He died a short time later. Last fall Powell wounded Spencer Spen-cer Anderson when the latter was Ktild to have resisted arrest. Helgeson had been in St. Anthony An-thony for three weeks, where he was employed in the construction of the new hospital. He is survived sur-vived by his widow and a daughter. daugh-ter. LOGAN, Utah, April 27 (LU: Widespread indignation over the fatal :;hoot.ing of Harold Martin Helgos-m, 29, Logan painter, was expressed here today. Was V.YU Kikijtl Hclccsmi was well known in Logan Lo-gan and well liked. He had resided re-sided here for three years and was a voeat ionaNstudent at Utah State Agricultural college, where he majored in art. He received "A" grades. The general feeling throughout Logan was that Powell "shot the wrong man." |