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MRS. VAN HORN ON TRIAL»r ............State Wins Point In Murder Case atMason City.The records of a mail order house I as to its shipments of revolvers were | held by Judge Edwards as competent : evidence when introduced by the state i in an effort to trace the gun alleged pto have been used in killing Chester | Van Horn to his wife, who is on trial ' on a charge of having caused her hus* i band's death at Mason City, j The court followed a recent Minne-| sota ruling in the Vergeiis case, in which the circumstances were similar.■ The state is attempting to p-rove that the revolver ordered by and shipped ; to D. E. Devara was ordered and re* ceived by Mrs. Van Horn. R. E. Pat* i terson. express cashier, testified that ,; he believed the woman receipted for | the package. William Towle of the j gun department of the wholesale j house brought the company's record I of gun sales into court.si --| f
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Pocahontas County Sun
Laurens, Iowa, US
Thu, May 06, 1915
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