Show State Court T Trial i l For White So Sought INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL FALLS M Minn June JUn 15 AP Koo AP-Koo Ap county residents today join joined d the contra contra- I verSY very ersy between sf state and feder federal l authorities authorities au au- au- au over custody of ot Emmet J. J White border patrolman charged with murder by circulating petitions peti pett- asking that White be tried in instate state tate tato courts i What Weight the might have in the controversy was uncertain tain but those thos behind the move planned tentatively to present them to federal authorities who hold that White Ite should be tried ried in federal courts if indicted L L. L. L Drill United States district att attorney at St. St Paul said he had been authorized by Attorney General Gen Gen- eral Mitchell petition to-petition for removal of the case to federal courts Drill i saIl said the patrolman may be taken to i St. St Paul for fot questioning to determine determine deter deter- t mine if it he was acting in good faith in the performance of his duties when he shot and killed Henry Virkkula of ot Big Falls near here a week ago TO OPPOSE TRANSFER I County O Attorney David Hurlburt reI reiterated his intention to oppose all efforts to transfer jurisdiction in inthe the case to federal courts Hurl- Hurl r bur will be assisted by O. O J. J Larson Larson Larson Lar Lar- son son son- former congressman retained by relatives s ot o of Larson arson f said ld hat ff t the case as w were r taken from th the state tate courts White will wUl have to td b be n the same kind Cf of trial h hei hv y uld r receive 1 1 h. h dl let 12 court W We are not persecuting White but we wedo do insist that a grave crime has bee committed and have plenty plent of evidence which to base to-base base our statements Meanwhile 1 Mrs widow of the slain man and mother of two children ren Informed that hat Assistant n of the treasury had exonerated Whiter i said paId aid DEFENDS That Th t is all wrong My i husband was Wa as not doing She sai said she had not been questioned by federal invest investigators gators to o learn learns h her version o oJ of the shooting Pending a decision oa on jile of or White the patrolman remained j-remained in the county jail herti herein herin n default of bail ball His pr preliminary ry hearing Is Is set for July 2 |