Ogden Daily Standard | 1920-01-20 | Page 5 | Four Members of a Family Face Trial

FOUR MEMBERS OF 6 FAMILY FACE TRIALj Brother and Two Sisters Claim Elder Brother Murdered Co-Owner Co-Owner in Farm SPOKANE, Wash- Jan. 20. Will McDonald, elder brother of Ted. Marie and Fay McDonald, on trial in superior court here on a charge of first degree de-gree murder in connection with the death of W. II. McNutt, was declared by each of the three defendants to havo done tho killing. They took the stand in their, own behalf. Will McDonald, also charged with first degree murder, has not been apprehended. ap-prehended. According to the story told by the three defendants, Will McDonald became be-came involved in a fight with McNutt when he burst into the apartments of his sister, Marie, in a local lodging house last June 23 and found McNutt beating the woman. When McNutt drew a pistol, Will struck him on the head with a hammer, It was declared. He then took the body away, and when Ted arrived at their rooms later he was sent to the McNutt farm near Scotia, Washington, about forty miles from this city, to seek his brother and persuade him to consent to calling In the police, it was testified. However, according to Ted's story, his brother demurred, saying it was too late, as he had "buried the body." McNutt's body was found some mouths after his disappearance, in a shallow grave on his farm near Scotia, in the ownership of which the McDonalds McDon-alds were Interested with him. . oo