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Show SOI 10 ILLS FATHER GIVEN LIFER'S TERM Evidence Shows Slain Parent Was Brutal o Family and Children I GRAND ISLAND. Neb., Dc .. 9. Mite fiirtnlii illrire.l la er on .line l list of his own father, has pleaded guilty to murder b. the nd d gn 'and was toduy sentenced by Judge; Bayard Payne to imprisonment for life. The case hud been ret for trial. by jury on December IS, but ah agreement agree-ment was reached between the defenaej and the prosecution to offer and uc-cept uc-cept such n plea in open court and the court to fix the ilcjcrce of the crime and Impose sentence upon hearing the. 1 main evidence. - n .:;v OF mi KDIK The c..--;t Imuny showed that Ihe eld - j (or Curtain, aged 7U. had aCnt for hlB 'son on the night of the murder, thai the latter went to his father's room' armed with 0 billy and a r.izor ind that aftei several hour.-, of dlacuaalon .heard by others In the house, there 'was a scuffle and an outcry When 'the police arrived they found the old! man on the floor with his throat cut; : in.l unable to speak. lie pointed toi ihis son, who was standing nearby, and I died a few minutes later. The son con-, f( ed to the killing the next day. LONG IJR1 l VXiITY Tho testimony taken in the case showed almost life-long brutality bv, the elder Curtain to all the members of his family. Including tho children. 1 when they were mere babes The tS6,-limonv tS6,-limonv came from former neighbors las well as the divorced wife and other j members of the family. The quarrel 1 i arose over farm property. The witnesses witness-es testified that the old man had fre- .1.. lk..Un,l I ft Will tlx. .nlll-O MU"-, ui,i, " . I family. In the acceptance of the plea mo the fixing of second degree murder, the confusion In the Cole-Grammar lcae over which the same judge pre-i aided, played some part. 00 |