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Savs Widow Offered Murder CashlivMIAMI, Fla (APt - A Ml-1 available for testimony in the I rial Hospital in Miami, again A ami detective testified Friday current hearing in which the two running from Mosslers apart was that a California drifter told him defendants are fighting for free- ment house, and finally at Mi |onK he was offered $10,000 by Can- dom on bond ami International Airport cardace Mossier and her nephew. Under Florida law. in a habea He said Powers them put his 3 0-( Malvin Powers, to knock off corpus hearing, the defense is head in his hands for about three Mrs Mossler s millionaire hus- required to call available wit- or four minutes, and then ,end; band. Jacques nesses. If it refuses, the state straightened up and made his Acclt;Sgt Charles Maddox of the may do so statement. ,wiuMiami sheriffs homicide de- Maddix said Diehl, inter- I am not going to tell you Hos| partment said the statement was viewed while serving a Jail term about anybody else. he said „e made to him by Edward Diehl for drunkenness, told him this Powers told him. I am not go- |ef, in the city jail at Solcdad. story: ing to say any more here or in T,Calif., last June Diehl was working on Mossier good old Dade. 1^Mossier. 00-year-old owner of property at Galveston. Tex., in Maddox said he advised Pow- ^ a banking chain, was bludgeoned 1962 when he was approached ers in advance of the question- wa. and slabbed to death in his by Powers ing that anything he said could hlc)Miami apartment June 30. 1964 Powers told Diehl that he had be used against him and that he Ne,The state charges Mrs Mossier been “ run out of the Mossier could telcphlt;Hie an attorney if heand Powers, who is half her age. home and added that I’ve got wanted He said Powers replied killed Mossier when he inter- to get that old man knocked off. that his family knew where he{fered with their love affair. I'm willing to pay $5,000 Will was and would get an attorney!Maddox also testified that [you do it? [at the proper time.when he questioned Powers a Diehl rejected the offer andj---year ago in Houston. Tex . he Powers You'd better get some- r|V5ti5lv Far'outlined some of the evidence body else. 1 1 m,l A8K8 rGIagainst him. and Powers re- Later, Powers took Diehl to l.oail Toplied: Mrs Mossier and offered to dou- * .You’ve got it all right there ble the price. lH'IKlirYou don't need anymore , -Like I told you. Powers WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.)Diehl, whose testimony before sa,d. I’ve got to get Mossier|_TOn|ly ^rHy has appllcd foi the grand jury was reported to knocked off because he is in the a s|ate ',|(an of*^ 750 (o ^ j have contributed heavily toward way. We ll up the offer to $l0--l|or repair of flood damaged the inclusion of Mrs. Mossier in 000 roads, streets, and bridges Thethe indictment, was flown here Candace then said she would ref,U(.sl addressed to the state Thursday night from Ung sland good for the money but ai^ion board. is contained Beach. Calif. couldn’t pay it unUI she received ,n a resolution adopted byAsst. State Ally. Charles Hut- insurance benefits after Moss- jupervfaiow on Aug. 3. toe told newsmen that Diehl was fee's death. She explained that -pj,e cou„ty asks $400,000 on brought here to make him she could not divorce Mossier or aboul lt for (inod re-because there was a will m ex-pair work l0 be done in the fis-istence cutting her off with a caj ear penny. Requested on or about July I.Diehl refused the offer for a IS $g55.750 for flood repairs second time and left. 10 be made in the 1966-67 fiscalTestifyng about questioning year. The county has offered Powers. Maddox quoted Powers l0 repay the loan in $50,000 in-as saying: stallments in each quarter be-“What do vou want me to do einmne on Dec 31. 1966 FullWalnut FinishedSTEREO CONSOLE
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Eureka Humboldt Times
Eureka, California, US
Sat, Aug 07, 1965
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