The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-06-03

SENSATIONAL lawsuit Ufl0u
the case of the State VS..
Creek rancher, which OF
the District Court last II
urday.
HalloWell was charge
Emma Kerckel, II, whom
ing on the afternoon of
Of the Importance Of this
summoned as it was feared that
smaller panel would be exhausted in
an effort to find twelve men in the
county qualified to sit on the case
which had received such wide pub
licity.
The State was represented by Coun-
ty Attorney Emily E. Sloan and by
Attorneys G.. c. Rowan of Red Lodge
and H. c. Crippen of Billings, while
Hallowell's attorneys were John Z.
Skinner of Red Lodge and R. G. Wig
genhorn of Billings. The case opened
Thursday afternoon at one o'clock
with Judge Robert G. Stong Of Bill
lings on the bench and by four o'clock
the following jurors had been empan-
neled and sworn to try the case:
George W.. Crawford, Ole H. Arthur,
Charles Russell, j. E. Carroll, B. H.
futile, Gus Lindgren, Ed Cunning
ham, w. F. Wiedman, B. J. Anderson,
Earl E. Thiel, Mike Larkin and George
Jarussi. Witnesses for the State in
cluded Coroner R. G. Martin, Mrs. H,
E. Wolfe, undertaken at Bridger;
Sheriff John Albert; Undersheriff
Tracy Mccall of Fromberg; J. F. Rich
of Bridger, Jake Lowe of Fromberg;
DR.. J. e. Midget of Bridger and M
G. Swan, county surveyor. The only
witnesses in behalf Of the defense
were the defendant, Hallowell, and
Anthony Sancomb, who was present at
the Hallowell ranch at the time of the
tragedy.
Hallowell admitted having killed the
girl but claimed that he did so in sell
defense, as he stated, that he thought
his life was in danger at the time tina
he fired the fatal shot. The court sus
tanned objections to the effort to in
troduce testimony tending to show In
innate relations between the defen
dant and the girl prior to the killing
on the ground that since the defendan
admitted killing her there was no rea
son for developing motive for tn
murder. Introduction of evidence botl
by the State and the defendant wa
concluded before noon Saturday afte
which instructions were settled ant
given to the jury and arguments be
gan.
County Attorney Sloan opened tn
argument on behalf of the State an
: briefly reviewed the action of her OF
flee in investigating the murder. Sh
o urged the jury not to believe that tn
= girl came to Hallowell's ranch for tn
, purpose of killing him and that hi
q fears were very much exaggerated
She closed by characterizing as films
e and childish the defendants reason
E for what she stated was cold-bloode
murder. Mrs. Sloan was followed b
Attorney G. G.. Rowan, special pros
ecutor, who rehearsed the testimon
and argued that the defendant and tn
girl talked for forty-five minutes be
1 fore the shooting as evidence that tn
girl was not bent on shooting Halo
we'll or she would have done so within
that time He charged that Halo
wells impulse to shoot her was not S,
:, much due to fear but to escape com
:, plications that might arise in tn,
future in connection with his ALLEGED
, intimate relations with Miss Kerckel
He charged further that Hallowel
was untruthful in his testimony whel
: he stated that he did not know tina
:, the Kerckel girl was dead even afte,
he had wrapped her in blanket ant
placed her in car to take her to Bird
:, ger.
Attorney John G. Skinner opened
the argument for the defense with tn
statement that the county Attorney
office had been fair in its conduct t.
= the case but he said that the trial it
! self had not been fair, arguing tina
n Hallowell was being tried for murde
and not for statutory offense as in