Show I 1 I JOHNSTON iut iua JURY iu 1 t a z GETS LAST PLEA PLEAz TWIN FALLS Idaho o. o April 10 a.- a. Lp A p L murder mystery that has two to weeks to tell was ex ex- t taken ken P to go to a district court courtLy Ly jury ury Wednesday for solution was completed TuesE Tuest Tues- Tues Testimony t E the second trial of Duncan diy day in to cD Johnston former Twin Falls mayor major on a Ii charge of shooting George L L. Olson Salt Lake City jewelry salesman to death in May 1938 Johnstons Johnston's conviction at his first trial was set aside by the state slate ute supreme court which quest questioned questioned ques ques- t tinned inferences it said might have havet been left by some state testimony t k- k thing Everything in this case declared de- de 1 dared Edward Babcock special prosecutor In his address to the theL L jury jury ties ti s into to one Person and andone k one location Reviewed Bedewed Evidence He He reviewed the evidence in dead deail deau de de- de- de au ad ail t and declared that Johnston asI as- as I I he was in Olsons Olson's s 's car the morning of May 21 bec because use he hei i was afraid wed we'd find his fingerprint fingerprints fingerprints finger finger- prints print in m the car No fingerprint I testimony was offered E All I ask you to do he concluded concluded con- con eluded is to give this defendant Johnston as much chance as he gave Ge George rge L L. Olson W. W L. L Dunn chief defense counse counsel coun coun- se set sel was in the midst of his summation sum sum- mation as court adjourned Tuesday Tues Tues- day He commented on the failure to call more than 49 of the 85 witnesses it had been permitted to summon and pointed to the testimony testis s mony of two of them summoned by the defense that the car in which Olsons Olson's body was found May 24 1938 was parked near a hotel some tome time tim between 11 p p. p m m. Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- play May 21 and 5 Sam a a. a m. m May 22 I f Perhaps Other Witnesses Who Who knows he asked Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Per haps there are other witnesses who could tell a story that would clear up up this case Dunn was to complete his plea Wednesday The judges judge's instructions instructions instructions to the jury were to follow I In beginning his statement Dunn asserted he was not convinced that the gun keys and two rings found buried in Johnstons Johnston's diamond diamondI shop basement a ement on June 3 were I there June 1 I. I 1 He cited police testimony that I the hole where the cache was found June 3 1938 was examined two days earlier and that a deputy I sheriff the late Art Parker found t the e buried items June 3 after little search Dunn reviewed Johnstons Johnston's career In politics and as a soldier during II the World war and asked Did the people of this city twice elect electa a mayor with larceny in his i I l heart wt and murder in his mind |