Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-02-28 | Page 10 | First Degree Murder Charged as Helper Killer is Arraignee

First Degree e zee Murder urd er As Helper Rd er Killer Is PRICE PRICE Charged Charged with first degree murder as the result o of t shooting of Clarence 22 of Helper James H H. MOllar Mollard i iwas was arraigned before Justice of Peace J. J W. W Hammond here Mo Mond d. d Preliminary hearing was set for lor Thursday at 1030 a a. a m. m Mollard who is also aiso from Helper is being held in the tho county jail here The shooting early Saturday morning climaxed objections of ot young to Mollard's asserted assert assert- ed close friendship for sister Miss Flora 24 in investigating investigating investigating in- in officers reported according to Mollard's Mollard s story came to the home of Mrs Ida Dyet 28 a sister of ot the Sned- Sned dens early Saturday morning Flora Mrs Dyet and Mollard had been spending a sociable evening evening evening eve eve- ning drinking a few glasses of oC beer Mollard said He said he left the house after disparaging remarks by about the friendship between between between be be- tween Mollard and Flora I left Mrs Dyet's house by bythe the back door and walked walled around to the front of my place through an alley which separates the two houses he said I wanted to see if it the milk has been delivered The milk wasn't there so I came back through the alley to the side door of ot my place Just then I saw come out of ot his sisters sister's place and was afraid he was coming after me Once before he came into my house and beat me up and my brother- brother law in-law had him arrested Mollard is a midget standing less than five feet Tells of Fatal Shot I went into the house Mollard said and got my pistol and came back to the door to see where he was I saw a figure in the dark and fired I wanted to scare him away and let him know I meant business I shut the door and went to bed I guess it was half an hour later that I heard a knock and asked who it was I was afraid it might be back again Its It's the law someone said and I opened the door and asked what they wanted He said he was informed he had killed the boy and was under arrest A coroners coroner's jury late Saturday laid the death of ot to Mollard Mollard Mollard Mol Mol- lard and held heid the act was felonious feloni ous The pistol was found by Night Marshal Wallace under Mollard's Mollard's Mol Mol- lards lard's pillow Mollard has been employed in Carbon county coal mines for the thelast thelast thelast last 25 years He has been married and divorced Funeral services for oung Sned Sned- den have been set for Tuesday at 2 p. p m. m in the civic auditorium at Helper Bishop Byron Carter will be in charge was born in Laramie Wyo a son of James and Rebecca Rebecc Hudson February 2 1916 He had lived with his parents in Helper for the last seven years a awas was one of a family of 13 childr A brother died last year H Heu single and unemployed although had previously Been employed the D. D R. R G. G W W. railroad