Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-10-02
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dence ended the third day of the
trial of five strikers at the john
son Plasctics plant, Auburn, in
Geauga Common Pleas Court.
Gribble, one of the five charg-
ed with shooting with intent to
wound along with other crimes.
made the statement to Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney David J.
Eardley in the prosecutors of
flee on the day the five men
went before county court for a
preliminary hearing back in
July.
Eardley, in conversation to-
day, said Gribble did not confess
to the shooting in the statement,
but did name the person who
committed the shooting.
The issue came to the attention
of the court when Prosecutor
James w. Dinsmore called
Eardley to the witness stand late
Wednesday. Eardley then said
Gribble made the statement af-
ter he was informed of his Con-
stitutional rights and told the
statement could be used against
| him.
Eardley produced the original
copy of the statement in court,
reportedly signed by Gribble.
Defense attorneys argued that
the statement could not be aG-
mitted as evidence because 1t
is a confession. They also say
Gribble refutes the confession.
and claims it was made under
pressure.
The six Newbury youths who
were In the car which was al
legedly shot at by the strikers.
were called as witnesses for the
prosecution Wednesday morn
ing. They are Kenneth Fife. dri-
yer of the car: Gary Lanesky,
Bell Rd.; Tom Lewis, Portlea
Dr.; Guy Stilke, HilInier Rd.;
Jim Brejina, Rt. 2: Tom LOCK-
hart, Music st.
They testified that, on June IS,
after they passed the Johnson
PlasticS plant, a car chased
them. Five or six bullets were
fired from the chasing car, ac-
cording to testimony, two of
which hit the Fife auto.
| According to the youths, they
then went to the home of Chief
Sheriff's Deputy Richard Ford,
and returned to the plant under
his direction. At this time a
second round of shot was fired.
Attorneys for the prosecution
and defense will continue O
present evidence today as h 6
trial of five men, accused OF
strike violence at the Johnson
Plastics plant in Auburn in Ju-
ne, moves into its fourth day in
the Geauga Common PIE a s
Court.
The men charged are Gilbert
Gribble Jr., 20, 645 Cedar Rd.. !.
Chester: Guy Omer Bennett, 80.
Kiwanis Lake, Newbury; will
liam Puglisi, 80, Mantua; Nolan
P. Weimer, %, Mantua: and
David L. Barlow, %, Mantua.
ALI are charged with shooting
with intent to wound, aiding in
the shooting, assembling for
the purpose of shooting and dis
charging firearms on a public
road.
First day and a half of the
trial was spent in selecting the
jury of three men and nine wo-
men. Attorneys questioned Al
possible jurors before picking
the panel of IL and one aItern-
ate.
Finally selected for the Jury
are Marlene Rayl, Thompson;
Luella DeWalt, Chardon; Cert
rude Rose, Novelty; Florence
Petkosek, Chester; vonne
Garlich, Huntsburg; Joseph Co
rnelius, Novelty; Ruth Schmitt,
MunSon; Laura Glaze, Chester;
Margaret Mahoney, Burton; Al
ton Weller, Chester; Ernest Nj
klos, Chardon; Helen Schikow
ski, Chardon; and Maureen We
bster, Thompson, alternate.
Tuesday afternoon, at the re-
quest of Prosecutor James w.
Dinsmore, the jurors were tran
sported to the scene of the al
legged crime.
Defense attorney a m L.
Werner questioned the transpor-
tation of some of the jurors to
the scene by Chef Deputy Sher-
iff Richard Ford, one of the key
witnesses scheduled to be call
ed by the prosecutor.
Jurors who rode with F or d
were questioned in the judges
chamber, and stated they had
not discussed the case W lille
they were being transported.
Because of the large number
of jurors excused before the pa.
mel was selected, it was neces-
sary to draw 80 additional petit
Jurors for the courts Septemb-
er term
Drawn Monday afternoon, So
me of these were seated ON the
jury, and others were excused
before the panel was finally s.
lcted Tuesday.
The 80 additional selected are:
John Edwin Anderson Watt
Rd., Novelty; Florence Petkos-
elk, 2415 Chillicothe Rd., Chest
er; Helen Schikowski, Auburn
Rd., Chardon; Gertrude r. Col
win, 208 Downing Dr., Chardon:
Joseph M. Cornelius saltwater
Dr., Novelty; John Bolden, Rt.
Is, cambridge Twp; James Ed
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