Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-10-05
TRIALOF
DENTIST
OPENED
Mystery Still Clouds 9.
N Msny srr Angles Of Case ! 9
nlpa a @ainst Brumfield
for Murder. o.o

p
/ for Murder. c,.r..a
noseburg, lo Or, oct. 5.-Cnarssu
Rosepu hrutal murder Of Dennis
IRnssell mss and with an 80 a',sp ,'ia own
''nstitute usS the body for ms owm, WI
suOsIl.a n'anord M. Brumfield was
ADr. hlcn trial in circuit court
here today :, ao,tend that The
sant lne who is said to nave
II |Seen in involved finahe.a, annaar as
Deen = ces. tried to make i appear ,a,,,, %
s.an 'mh he we're the murder victim
1nous that his life insurance poilcles'
aggregating $2e'ooo' 'h's''
lected. ,..nnoared the night
piu tq when Russell was mur-
y Sared .I'' He was captured -auguss :.
70 while working on q rahen gu ne as
cs,aarv ~ canada, under the as-
calsaiJ nome OF Norman Whitney
uH' Gave Himself Away. .,.,.a
:. Was the Roseburg GENTS.
.o ~ 90 desire to secure possession
str"ne box of women's lingerie
- l,icb led to his arrest. u ts haa
whion ,oarned Brumfield shipped
.%e DeeI dainty garments to Seattle On
.ne astarnoon preceding the mur-
dar M addressing the parcel 20 MrS.
Norman No whitney" The au'hor,-
w. w. had no idea Brumfield nm
s0,s s,.s would venture to recover tne
sel[ Sor. but hoped it might eyentuaiis y
W. w. them ON his trial. But whiie
ato,y pu. hidden on the canad,ah
as SAL with the chances all IN ms
faTor of being able to MAINTAIN
,.a - now identity indefinitely,
pr,,mfield Dr. betrayed himself py
writing to the Seattle express =
t,oe Ws for the parcel of underwear,
Saws He Forgot" -
~ rem member" has been the
oraistent answer of Brumfield TO
a,, pui onestions regarding the actions
between July 13 and August 2
,ndicating insanity" will pc ao-
yanced by counsel for the delense
at the trial which opened TO-DAY.
The prosecution, in outlining ~
IA oosa announced it expected !.
proye that DR.. Brumfield Eisiteo
the cabin of Dennis Russell, "n'
H was a rancher living near 1tose.
Ii burg. the night of July 49, plie.
Russell with drugged liquor toof
him out for ride" In MS roao
ster heat in the skull of the ranch'
er and then shot him twice IN th'
hack IN make sure he was dead
II will further try to prove brum
field exchanged clothes with TN
dead man and ran his automopli'
over an embankment, atttemptins
to make it appear that Dr.. Richar'
M Brumfield had been killed II
the wreck of his automobile
Blew Off Victims Head.
The state will further contenf
that the dentist, following th
wrecking of his roadster, blew Oh
Russell's head with stick OF dy
Mantle and removed the jaws Q
the victim so that there could b
no chance of using the teeth 7
* identify the murdered man as Rus
sell. The jaws and other parts 0
n the head have never been found
Besides his own clothing. hrum
field is alleged to have placed hi
own ring on the dead mans tingel
Mrs. Brumfielo. after viewfn
the remains of the murder vietir
and until her husband was car
tured a month later, PERSISTENT
maintained that the murdered pei
son was the dentist. Whether sh
knew differently and preferre
that her three children should rt
member their father as a murde
victim instead of the brutal take
of human life, may alwsvs re
main a secret as far as the publ
is concerned. For the state has In
dicated no intention of attemptin
to make Mrs. Brumfield an aces
sorry to her husbands allege
crime.
Pink Shirt Puzzle.
Considerable mystery exists COZ
cerning the box of lingeries whic
Brumfield expressed to Seattle o
the afternoon preceding the mul
der. He purchased various bits
flimsy underwear-butn not con
plete outfit-at a local store an
shipped the box from an adjoir
ing town, to which he made hui
ried automobile trip.
In the box, when returned to tt
authorities here, was a pink sill
shirt, which was bought at I'll
store by strange woman just b.
lore Brumfield entered to buy II
lingerie. The dentist spoke tc he
1t may develop at the trial tn;
there was woman in iSe case
The prosecution will conter
that the purchase and shiument
lingeries by Brumfield before Il
murder shows his alleged erin
was premeditated, and will ask fl
conviction for first degree mu
der. The penalty in Oregon is ''
hang by the Leck until dead"