Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-18 | Page 7 | Battle Death Quiz Set

LANE UNE BATTLE DEATH QUIZ SET Sept 18 T R-T UP Town Town- wn wn- u police said Id today would K p 9 witnesses from the Eted lied Iud States toi testify at the Int In- In t Thursday Into the death eath of ofu R u rf Koenecke Brooklyn Dodger player ey y held William WilHam J. J Ed d Irwin Davis fliers on man man- charges as a result of EI killing of Koenecke in their airS air air- S I early yesterday in a wild Eat bt in midair e prisoners asserted Koene Koenecke ke ted led the fight and put th their lives Jives jeopardy I and that it Jt was fry to hit him with a fire ex- ex Isher to subdue him The TheY K Y is alleged to have caused death brown rown authorities today Bd ed Casey Stengel manager of the lodgers ers era to describe tal state when he left St. St Louis insisted that the eb U player last years year's star out- out Eder Mer Ider being sent home after hita hit- hit Eg ga a a slump this year had become manageable and started to fight said it was a case of ot one or iree ree ree Although though Murphy protested it Lj nothing but a tragedy to jail i 1 fliers filers Attorney General A. A W. W buck said laid this matter has hasye five ye ve implications and ordered he e men h held ld so 80 an investigation lay be conducted The airmen were taken before Douglas Keith in the nty co court rt at suburban Mimico and were remanded with- with hit t being asked to plead to the charges They will called at the inquest tomorrow t in Islington and will appear Friday day day in J Mimico mico court body remained at a Sew IW w Toronto Toronto undertaking parlor the arrival of tho the athletes athlete's Hither ther and brother r from Adams D Death ath Ship and Figures Figures' in Air Battle J I IL c d 4 x S. S L I The plane in which Leonard Koenecke baseball star battled to death with William J. J M ey y an and Irwin vin airmen is shown above after it landed in Davis Detroit a field near r Toronto 1 Inset upper left Davis left and Mul q queeney right in inset lowers lower er right Koenecke S