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Layton Marts Lite fresh*After Serving Time■JaiiBy PAUL W LOVINGERLayton lefti “I expected to go back to the penitentiaryFairbanks lastt*He heaped praise on Warren night by train, ready to start a. Tavlcr for defending him.life fresh.unmarried,(remarking that no other attor-|Layton, 36, unmarried, re-iney jn Alaska could have done'turned to the Maclaren River what be did. Taylor said heCopper Co., off the Denalij entered the case in 1954, con-Highway, where he has worked |Vinced that “a great injustice since spring as a welder and'was done.”mechanic.Layton said he didn’t wantt it ** publicity. He said he just want-a normal natural life,’ saidLayton1 r6’f f If! ed to forget — although he—----- , As a,:1„ could never forget. “I want tohe cast an absentee ballot yes- Jet thig th- die _i. I — «— — . . . Do you!terday morning at the t a think I’m rejoicing because I banks U.S. commissions s killed a man and the jury ac-urday ^ThSe^fsecond'| Layton from Johnstown Pa.joi a B o{ Barney was discharged from the ArmyGran? ItTlsolound him' not j at Fort Richardson -------„eunty of manslaughter and not met Grant the following yeargu iiy ui in and thev decided to go traD-lulny of assault with a dan- and_ they decided to go trap gerous weapon“It’s a terrific break. I feela new man,” said Layton.Layton was originally charged with first-degree mur-i der. at a timeSeattle MenReorganizehaWcapital punishment. Hetestifiedin 1951 to a charge of second-degree murder because hepossible exie had beensured ^that if he pleaded guiltyFhone Firmdegreebe dropped.Served Seven Years30* yearyearsSEATTLE, Nov. 4,nal confirmation of a reor- Forbes last January ordered »under which trial on grounds that Laytonbeen adequately ad-ganization plansix Seattle businessmen will acquire the properties and as-of the bankrupt Alaskabeen ap-vised of his right to counsel.DuringTelephone Co. has been ap- week, Layton admitted pump-proved orally by United States ing several shots into Grant District Court Judge William near the latter’s trapping cabin! south of Tanana the night ofJ. Lindberg.Judge Lindberg askedthe final payment and thp order be orethat Jan. 14, 1951.alsobebodyhis signature by Wednesdayto the bodvitafternoonlookDonaldBut he maintained, as he didney for Richard Harris, trus- in a 1951 statement to a deputy tee in bankruptcy, said a pay- marshal, that it was “kill or ment of about $205,000 re- be killed,” that Grant washiscreditors.000 in paymentsThe only other defense wit-Creditors accepted the plan ness was Taylor. Questioned by the required two-thirds ma- y his son, attorney Williamsaid. It is Taylor, he testified that thep* statement signed by Mrs.mjority, Scnmechelestimatedcreditors will receivedollar.about 24 cents on the;Qran^ was taken from her ac-Investors Listedcurately in Fort Yukon in 1956.She was quoted as saying thatThe Seattle men are r.. ton if Layton hadn’t shot first. Clark. Irving Clark, Jr., hied- court‘ she said she didn’t eric J. Blachett,^ Dari ah Co^- remember making the state-bett. D. WGrant would have killed LayandE. Jones.ment.The transaction includes telephone systems at Seward. /y Wrangell, PetersburgHaines, plus ance on the sale oftheBasketballLeague Officersway system.The firm filedbankruptcyMeet TomorrowAllproceedings in September,1955. It had obligations total-ing about one million dollars, the YMCA Boys BasketbalLater the systems at Nenana League will meetand Skagway were sold for building tomorrow at 4:30 pat the Yabout $80,000. .Work is nearing completionm.Plans and details for thesystem’s manual toot tne sev,dIU | ]eagUe will be discusssed. Thetelephones irom jeagUe ls scheduled to operdial operation byon conversion of the SewardsymiM --------- ,, U'oU UJ* ^vcl acvrepresents more than nail deen enro]iecj an{^ teams oi1Sewardim. Over seventy boys havethe company s service.ganized.AttnA
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Fairbanks Daily News Miner
Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Tue, Nov 04, 1958
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