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Show J Murder Suspect Is ! Arraigned in V Roosevelt Court Charged With j Wife's Killing In Duchesne Hugo E. Opsahal, 37. Denver, Colo., who orally admitted ) - Wednesday that he beat his s wife, Edna L. Opsahal, 52, and j stabbed her to death in a trailer a camp in Duchesne last Saturday, I has been charged with murder. Opsahal gave the murder account ac-count to Duchesne County Sheriff Sher-iff Arzy Mitchell and County . Attorney Earl Dillman. who re-L re-L turned him from Rawlins. Wyo. late Wednesday night, j The accused man was arrested Sunday night in Duchesne on a charge of carrying concealed weapons, and then released Mon- day after paying a $75 fine. He I left the courtroom with the promise that he would return with his wife to explain the 1 $2900 found in his possession. He didn't return. Subsequent investigation dis-closed dis-closed that the couple had enshed ,V a check for about $2500 at a Hel- per bank last week. Sheriff Mitchell said the check apparcnt-( apparcnt-( ly represented proceeds from the ( sale of land near Elk Springs, Colo. After cashing the check f iney went to Duchesne. After Opsahal failed to return with his wife, Sheriff Mitchell, f Duchesne Marshall Dave Baum, . - and Attorney Dillman broke into 1- the trailer and found the body. An alarm was broadcast by the authorities to hold Opsahal. i 1 1 : Opsahal was arrested early . Wednesday morning in a night "club nwir 3awJinss by-officers ( who were told he was flashing a big roll of currency. Mitchell and Dillman made the trip to Bawlins and 'back, Wednesday. . When arrested, the man was intoxicated and couldn't be questioned. The two Duchesne J authorities indicated they would P not question him until they re- 2 turned to their own jurisdic-5 jurisdic-5 lion. When arrested in Rawlins, the man had $2000 in his possession. pos-session. Mr. Dillman reported that Op- )sahal was on parole from the Arizona state penitentary after 7 serving 14 months of a 2 to 4 j year sentence for robbery. He was honorably discharged from overseas service during World War II. He and his wife had been married about four years.- The dead woman is survived by 5 sisters and a brother. Opsahal was seen in Roosevelt ;L Saturday evening1, the day the r crime was believed to have been ffCJ committed. Observers renort t intoxicated condition and was that at that time he was in an flashing a roll of bills. t Following his release from luslice court in Roosevelt, where -X if was arrai6ned Monday on l-e concealed weapons charge, If Opsahal is believed to have head- i U ed straight for Rawlins, with a stop at Artesia. in I 1 |