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a tne norm Atlantic states and Newtosyeeb-HomiieyMan Given TermIn Stabbing:eta,00netn’tElmer Lee May hew, Romney, was sentenced to from one to five years in the Wes* Virginia Penitentiary yesterday for the stabbing of James D. Likens last December,A Hampshire County jury found Mayhew guHLy last Thursday and the sentence was imposed yesterday by Judge H. Gus Muntzing.]Judge Muntzing also orderedDE I wa who’ 13-ye we 1 later was and busir 1 c for heremot!told mine they but tell 1 edi frier) not in s ihe lc me. mad thisyesterday that Mayhew be given credit on his sentence for the S3 days he spent in Hampshire County Jail at Romney,Mayhew was found guilty of feloniously stabbing Likens on December 12 outside the Fountain Inn, a roadside establishment on U. S. Route 50 about three miles west of Romney. Likens sustained several stab wounds and was a patient in the hospital at Romney for over a month.At the trial last week, testimony indicated the argument which started the fight apparently arose over who was going to pay for the beer purchased at the tavern.In other action yesterday atthe Court House at Romney,Judge Muntzing, on recommenda-.tion of two physicians, ordered, lira Didawick, 62, sent to the'™11|West Virginia State Hospital for | aan examination to determine when he would be able to standi. 01 trial on a charge of murdering »!nir his wife. .Didawick was indicted last Friday on a charge of first degree murder in the shooting of his wife, Audra. 56, near their home at Delray, W. Va., on March-15.D1USUctreethethecareD]boy sma you in t DJDidawick also shot himself in ra^l!aboi—issionD] shoi:1 the head with an old shotgun,; and underwent surgery in Hampshire County Memorial Hospital.; Ralph W. Haines, Hampshire ; County prosecuting attorney, said .the state hospital at Weston will ?,uin determine when Didawick will be'. ier I able to stand trial. His brain was; ie c i damaged by the shotgun blast, j op Haines said yesterday Did- a awick has been showing improve- an ment since the shooting. BecauseEof the brain damage sustained in the self-inflicted gunshot wound, beei Didawick suffered an apparent |sh°l :loss of memory, Haines said.neigtliejDyou'
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Cumberland Evening Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Tue, Mar 29, 1960
Page 7
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