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-o*« **-yMf* No. 21Cottick Murder rrial Hearing In Crime CourtTrial of Bill Kanuka, Dan Prytula nd Peter Korzonowski, for the tiurder of Elko Cottick. opened iere Tuesday morning be fort' Mr. ustice A. K Dysart and a six man ury in Dauphin court house.The charge arose out of an attack n Mr. and Mrs. Ccrttiek, 91 and 81, espectively, old age pensioners, and he theft of $20 The attack, which ras fatal to the woman, took place hortly after nndmght. May 13. at he Cottick home. Fishing Rier. 23 nilos north of Dauphin.Highlight of the morning session vas the calling of Elko Cottick, hus-and of the murdered woman.Cross examined by C. S. A. Rogers, C C. for the crown, and Alex Katz, lefense counsel, the old gentleman old how two men smashed the east eindow of his home, entered and :tabbed him by the throat. One of he men, the witness stated, went rast him into the next room and K*at his wife.Following a severe heating the iged couple were stuiTed into amall cellar.Constable Wm. McKaysefT, of theI.C.M.P., held the attention of alacked court, Tuesday afternoon, leseribing how he. in company with Constable G. Tisdale, followed tire Tacks over miles of dirt and gravel oad which finally ended in the ar ■est of Dan Prytula after a 24-hournan-hunt.Cause of DeathThe first witness of the afternoon ession, Dr. R. E. Dicks, Dauphin,(Continued on Page 10, Col. 5)
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Dauphin Herald
Dauphin, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Nov 17, 1938
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