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v\tl1a*where the bty hti\ iconc.Burk, who was with Moreland, 11 stated that “Krugler trlea to pull d Morelund «*fT the wagon a*nd More- * land said Tm not able to light you,’ j* followed by the word*, Tm going to shoot you,' after producing a gun which was wrapped in an overcoat.” r*He later said that Krugler ra'n up ** to Moreland when he presented th« ^ shotgun, but did not heat either say *' anything further. IfOne Shot I iredFollowing the firing ol one shot Moreland and Burk continued their way to Fayetteville in u wagon. Moreland, who gave up voluntarily, wuk arrested by Sheriff Henry Walker and Deputies Claude Owens and I. • ♦ B. Presley. He insisted that hlt; not J j be placed in jail us he “wasn’t going anywhere.”Krugler wus brought to the hospital following bis running to bis 4 truck u'fter tin* shooting suying “I’mshot.’’Frank and llarvel Dowell were-some 200 yaids away, tiny said, uraJ be lieved the shot bad missed and that Krugler wtfs running for safety.Krugler was in poor condition to talk at the hospital and muttered a few words about tin. “whereabouts of his boy” before persons were asked to leave the room.Iturk Questioned (J. I. Burk, the first witness to be questioned this morning, stat».l other thun the incident of the actual shooting that he did not know. He did not know, he stated, thtft Moreland bud a gun wrapped in bis overcoat, which was lying in the wagon. Burk is about 70 years old.'Crudup stated that Krugler did not seem mud when he left the truck “toace Moreland.” First Krugler went to the left side of the wagon afnd after Moreland said words not under-1 stood by him, Krugler went to the right side to grab Moreland. It was , thcji that Moreland reac hed for bis, gun, Crudup said, and waved it in front of Krugler, who said “Don’t shoot.” He stated that he did not hear Krugler mu'ke any threat*. The truck was going west and the wagon headed toward Fayetteville, Crudup said.Frank and HarvcJ Dowell were tlt;* far away to give any new light on the rfctual happening*, they said. jFor the past five months Krugle. has lived on the J. Y. Kit e farm west of Fayetteville. He is married and ; bus thro? children. His age was i given as F years, while Moreland; was said to ht Fboi'i yeais of age. t
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Fayetteville Democrat
Fayetteville, Arkansas, US
Wed, Mar 20, 1929
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