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DOSS DENIES HI HELPED IN PLOTTells Of Hearing Mr*, Burton, Joe Burton Plan For Slayingrr»M r«n ifwood ud making wbtoj and Urn.Burton1 boottefgtd t*e. liquor, be lokL tM Jury,Or* c?cm examination be teat 1 tied llut while bert friend wa* rUln,he did not go to Os# Burton h«»* tor eight ttjontu after the dettb, lie Mid be did sot ritw the body or offer condolOBui to the family. Ho explained ihtt be never viewed the body of a friend. He later raid that be did not fo to the Burton home i*o*ua« Uo feared HU prea-tuue there vrouLil osum* su^pklou aiflfar-t him becauw of hit Intimity with Mr*. Bunoa.He signed a itatement In which he admitted th« trio planned the^ murder betutt ha wflt worried and* did uot pay mutt attention to the Uaimeut, he tutlfled.Ho loiii county officer* tliat Joaepb Burton pawned the ihotgun la Portsmouth became Joe and J£r«* Burton laked mm to tell that tale, acuordiug to hi* testimony. „He tichauaisl note* in the county J«l] wJifa Joe Burton U-cauee he thought ho war beiog '’framed/' Do** told the jury. Prosecutor hmoty F. Smith said the not^a attempted ia ertabllvu alibis.
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Portsmouth Times
Portsmouth, Ohio, US
Thu, Apr 25, 1935
Page 25
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