| Show C c. c M Y I t m 4 Charge Fac Faces s in Denv D Denver nv r V D Colo June 21 UP charge was prepared murder order oA I m elect a 8 policeman l who v a against g y cede c d a drInking bout o shooting an army air Y in front of Dena Den Den- aes J veteran re Union station 1 a iman Frank D. D Cowgill 36 patrolman atro suspended briefly bD o bAd been om 2 the police force torce last Decema Decem- Decem drinking charge was m on a r Police poUce said Cowgill arrest rawest lder ier f oft off duty of duty but ut still wore his IJ form when he pumped two bul bid from his service ice revolver into Jim piam L. L Cross 35 Kearney j b. b y at dawn Thursday Cowgill had met Cross a few urs earlier police poUce said Patrolman William WiIliam McNulty a third member of ot t thee the e. e party was released after ques questioning ning He also wore his uniform although he was off oft duty and nd was suspended d from the tho police poUce force He said he had been unable to restrain Cowgill Cowgill Cowgill Cow- Cow gill In his attack because his right arm was In a plaster cast as the result of a f fall l a week ago Became Enraged Police said McNulty and Cross were passengers In Cowgills Cowgill's automobile automobile auto auto- mobile and that Cowgill apparently apparently apparently became enraged when the two men had Implied he had lost his wa way District Attorney James T T. I Burke e a. a a legal precedent by entering the the thet t Investigation His questioning of ft witnesses and the two policemen that Cross father of four children had joined them In an an- night all t tour of ot restaurant res res- res Another policeman had been with them but had gone home McNulty said that Cowgill was driving him and Cross home when they lost their way He said C Cowgill suddenly ordered him to tolay tolay lay Jay his service revolver on the seat lot of the car and get out Thought Joking Brandishing his pistol the officer officer also ordered Cross to get out police said and the two men com plied thinking Cowgill was only joking Cowgill followed them and brandished his gun wildly ordering order order- in m mg ing g them to 10 o p nut put ut u tin un up p th their e i r h hands hand nanas an d s. s m mg ing g to 10 o p nut put ut u tin un up p th their e i r h hands hand nanas an d s. s McNulty said they did not obey until after Cowgill had fired one shot at the ground he ho said Cross was shot when he dropped his arms slightly despite Cowgills Cowgill's Cow Gow gills gill's warning He fell fell to the pavement bleeding from the nose mouth and eyes eye and died a short time later police said A 4 medical examination confirmed confirmed confirmed con con- firmed that Cowgill was A of ot whisky was found In the automobile Cross who was discharged from the army in 1942 after 15 years' years service was In Denver to buy a anew new car |
