ATTENTION PIONEERS
Members of Pioneers Igloo No. 6
are requested to attend the funeral
of our late Brother W. C. Irish
which will be held from Carter's
Mortuary Wednesday afternoon at
2 p.m. —adv
SAILS ON TIME
The Roedda will sail for Sitka
and way ports at 6 p.m. Wednes
day and freight for these point!
will be received until 1:30 pm
Wednesday afternoon. —adv
SHOP IN JUNEAU, FIRST
WITNESS SAID
THREATENED IN
MURDER TRIAL
Man Jailed for Contempt
Ex-wife Claims Tes
timony “Lies”
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found the woman's husband in his
cabin. The latter drank heavily, De
Groot said, and made several threats
on his life. Later DeGroat persuad
ed Hansen to take him back to Hirst
Chichagof aboard his boat, and Mrs.
t DeGroot accompanied them.
vVhen they tied up beside Mclver’s
)oat at Hirst-Chicnagof, another
drinking party was held aboard the
Mciver craft, and Hansen made
more threats, according to DeGroot.
The accused man claimed he (De
Groot) grabbed Mclver's rifle from
tire cabin wait and shot Hansel)
when he believed the latter was
..bout to kill him with a revolver.
“All False”.
Mrs. Kirkioos first testimony,
largely corroborating the DeGroot
account, was read by Faulkner, but
the woman claimed that it was "ail
false" and carefully rehearsed with
her former husband.
She said she "decided to tell the
truth" alter her husoand was Jn
McNeil Island, when she "learned
what kind of a man he was.” Re
turning from Seattle after visiting
him in prison, she met the court
party enroute to Juneau irom Ket
chikan. and told them that if there
was a retrial she would testify dif
ferently. DeGroot’s appeal was then
pending.
