Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-11-25 | Page 25 | Uses Shotgun of Lead Pipe; Wounds Rival

USES SHOTGUN I OF LEAD PIPE WOUNDS RIVAL By Special News Service SEATTLE Wash Nov 24 A A Ahome home made shotgun fashioned l out of a foot of g gas pipe and coil spring and a specially designed trigger was offered as an exhibit in Judge King Dykemans Dykeman's court during the trial of the state against Robert Merwyn for assault In the first degree The home made gun was used by Merwyn to shoot Emil Lemon who had taken Merwyn's wife swimming it is charged The defense Is fighting Its case on the grounds of temporary Insanity in insanity insanity In- In sanity at the time of the shoot shoot- ing Lemon admitted In court that he had been In the habit of taking out Mrs Merwyn although both his wife ife and Mr Merwyn objected He said he promised to stay away from the home He lie admitted promIsing promising prom prom- ising tsing Mr Merwyn that he be would go goto goto goto to California The testimony in court revealed that Mrs Elizabeth Johns a MI neighbor neighbor neigh neigh- h- h bor of ot the Lemons and aud InVest in West Vest Seattle on the night of August 15 ii d took Mrs Merwyn who ho has four children to the tank at Luna park panic to meet Lemon The three went In swimming