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Show ATTORNEY RETAINED BY FRANK G. BERRY Man Who Shot Divorced Wife Is Preparing Pre-paring to Defend Himself; Woman Improving. Special to The Tribune. OGDEX, Dec. 5. Attorney George Hal-verson Hal-verson has been retained as counsel for Frank G. Berry, now locked In the city jni on an open charge, but the lawyer was unable to state today what defense will be, attempted for the man's alleged murderous assault upon his divorced wile, Mrs. Harriet L. Berry, last Saturday nig lit. In met, Attorney Halverson said lie had not talked to his client more than a few minutes and has not heard his side of the story. It has been reported to County Attorney Charles L. Fair that Mrs. Berry's condition condi-tion is much improved and that her recovery recov-ery seems certain. l.nder such conditions he expects to file a complaint before the end of this week charging Berry with assault as-sault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit murder. Mrs. Berry has made no statement up to this time indicating that she would prefer pre-fer not to appear as a witness agatnst her former husband, and it is the belief of the authorities that she will willingly appear for the state. |