Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-09-22 | Page 5 | Trial is Sought for Idaho Pair

TRIAL IS SOUGHT FOR IDAHO PAIR TWIN FALLS Idaho Sept 22 22 UP Prosecutor UP-Prosecutor Prosecutor Edward A A. Babcock Babcock Babcock Bab- Bab cock began today his second attempt at attempt attempt at at- tempt to bring Duncan M M. J Johnston Johnston John ohn- ston and William Lavonde to trial on charges that they killed George Olson Salt Lake City jewelry salesman sales sales- man manAt At a hearing before Probate Judge Guy Kinney lUnney he presented present d evidence which Kinney will consider consider consider con con- sider before dismissing the charge or binding the two over to district district district dis dis- dis- dis court to stand trial Johnston former mayor of Twin Falls and jewelry shop proprietor and Lavonde his clerk in m the shop had been bound over to court once before on the same charge but Lavonde was released on a supreme court order and the original information information information mation against Johnston was dis dis- dis- dis missed Babcock drew up a new complaint complaint com corn plaint and Lavonde was rearrested and Johnston arraigned again for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of rehearing after District Judge James arnes Porter re refused refused refused re- re fused bond for Johnston The sensational case grew from Olsons Olson's death by shooting some sometime sometime sometime time after he visited Johnston in in his jewelry store May 21 1938 Three days later his body was found in his automobile parked by a Twin Falls hotel and his jewel samples were found secreted in Johnstons Johnston's store basement