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Show Court Battle for $1000 Air Crash Reward Begins Alleged Codiscoverer of Wreckage Goes on Stand When Jury Is Seated Respective rights of five claimants of a $1000 reward offered by the Western Air Express company for discovery of its luxury liner lost December 15, 1936. near Alpine will be determined in trial of a lawsuit which opened Thursday in district court. HUNT FOR BASSETT SPREADSOVER UTAH Uttah peace officers from border to border Thursday were watching for Eugene T. Bassett, 31, fugitive from the atate prison. Clues were still lacking to whereabouts where-abouts of Bassett, who eluded capture cap-ture when his companion In Saturday's Satur-day's break from the prison garden. gar-den. Richard Cotti, 26, was apprehended appre-hended in American Fork Sunday night. A report a man resembling Bassett Bas-sett tried to "hop" a ride with a truck driver near North Farming-ton Farming-ton Wednesday brought no developments. A jury of aix men and two women wo-men will decide the Issues at conclusion con-clusion of a trial conducted by Judge Oscar M. McConkls. The case la an outgrowth of a auit started by Rex Moyle, asserted codiscoverer of ths plane wreckage, wreck-age, against the airline company. The company, however, appealed to the court to decide the Issue, inasmuch as there were also four other claimants. William Healey. Melvln Devey, Emery Andrews and Frank Bateman. Accompanying the appeal of the aviation company was an offer to pay the 11000 reward to the court aa trustee of the sum until claimants' claim-ants' rights were determined. Judge P. C. Evans ruled the compsny might be relieved of any further necessity of defending the action and the money waa paid lo the court clerk. Mr. Moyle waa the first witness to take the stand after selection of the jury waa completed. The courtroom spectators' section waa filled with men and women attracted to the trial from their homes In Utah county, scene of the long search which finally disclosed dis-closed the lost plane in Hogum canyon. Five Press Claims for Airline Fund CLAIMANTS TO REWARD FOR LOST PLANE DISCOVERY APPEAR IN COURT, Rex Moyle, left; Melvln Devey, Emery Anderson, Frank Bateman, William Healey i , |