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Deaths-i':I£JUNCTION CITY, Ore. (AP}-Shotgun blasts wounded a woman and killed two men in this western Oregon town Monday night.Police said it was a love triangle shooting in which Police Chief Woodrow Whetstone, 43, was trying to act as peacemaker.;Whetstone was killed, along with Everett Leslie Fletcher, 54, Junction Gty.. Verna Mae Milligan, 42, suffered serious wounds.Suspect BookedRobert Evans, 54, was booked at the Lane County jail on a first-degree murder charge.;Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Allen said Fletcher and Mrs. Milligan} ■ fled to Whetstone’s home when they saw Evans with a shotgun. Whetstone came: outside, got between the gunman and Mrs. Milligan and Fletcher, and tried to talk him into laying down the gun.Successive blasts felled the three. Witnesses said the gunman then got calmly into his automobile and drove off.Rejected SutorAllen said witnesses identified the man as Evans, and police rushed to his home at Crawfords-villft. 25 miles northeast, whereEvans* brother, John, 29, talked Evans into surrendering. Police said they, found a 12-gauge shotgun in aibedroom.Alien said Evans formerly was a companion of airs. Milligan, but recently she had rejected him and was often seen with Fletcher, a part-time cook in her cafe.N cloupodnil*moaMutlt;7 tdmWetdalacrdotindoiHi23mnitslyinnortodod83nli
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Avalanche Journal
Lubbock, Texas, US
Tue, Dec 27, 1960
Page 55
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