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Coroner's Jury Recommends Joseph C. Warf Be Held For District Court TrialA coroner's juiy recommended that Joseph C. Warf, 33, hair stylist, be held for trial in district court after hearing testimony Monday night at an inquest into the shotgun slaying of ltayraon C. Toll, 38, at the War! residence Sunday afternoon.Earlier in the day, War! pleaded innocent to a charge of premeditated murder filed by County Attorney John C. Harrison before Justice of Peace James C. Clarke, Warf appeared in court bu‘ entered the plea through his attorney, John W. Mahan, Clarke ordered Warf bound over to district court without bail. Ife is in the county jail.The coroner's jury verdict, returned after nearly one hour of deliberation, was “that the said Ramon C. Toll came to his dealt) on Nov. 17.3057, at 12DB Twelfth. That the cause of death was a gunshot wound and that said gun was held in the hands of Joseph C. Warf. We recommend that the said Joseph C. Warf be held for trial in district court/'The verdict was returned by Foreman Norman Matthews in behalf of jury members Barclay Craighead, Ike Lanning, Neil Martin, William Carbis, Ralph Andre, William J. Manning and A1 Larson.Three witnesses testified at the inquest called by Shcriff-Coroner Have Middleinas that Warf told Ihcm after the shooting that lie had killed a man. Mrs. Roger Landry, a neighbor at 623 Montana, said Warf told her that he had to kill the man because the man was going to cut his throat.C. 0. Glover. 623 Montana, and Mrs. Teddy Ball, 623 Montana, also testified that Warf had conic to their dwelling and told them he had killed a man.Testimony concerning drinking by bolh Warf and Toll, who was found dead in the blood-smeared front room at the Warf residence, was given by Elmer Edden, at whose home the two stayed the previous night, and Mrs. Toll.The jurors heard testimony that the two were drinking Saturday night, resumed drinking Sunday morning and left the Edden home near Lakeside to secure more liquor.Edden told the jury he refused to go hunting with the men because they were drinking. Originally they came to the Edden home to plan a hunting trip. He said the two were arguing aboutthe north and south but on friendjJy terms.Mrs. Warf testified that she had shown Warf’s hunting guns to the two men after they arrived at the Warf house from Edden’s shortly after noon Sunday. She sajd she did not at that time sec the hunting knife found in the room by the sheriff. She did identify the knife as belonging to Warf.Mrs. Warf said she went to the Warf residence Sunday morning in response to a call from her husband. She had been slaying with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Waller Allen, 707 North Rodney. She was not questioned concerning drinking.Dr. O. J. Anderson, pathologist, testified concerning the nature of the wound that resulted in Toll’s death.Middlemas conducted the inquest. Harrison and his deputy, Clarence Hanley, and Mahan were present but did not participate in the inquest.Spectators filled the lower portion of the courlroom and overflowed mlo the baJconv.tAutio Mural Is Installed inButte ChurchAn architectural rcllef-mural depicting the theme of Christ and the children, produced at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena during the past summer, has been installed in the Gold Hill Lutheran church of Bultc.The relief was designed and executed by A. Rudy Autio, formerly associated with the Bray Foundation and now a faculty member in the fine arts school at Montana Slate university in Missoula.• The composition contains more than 500 pieces of fired clay or terra cotta. The blocks arc mortared and anchored in place to serve a structural as well as dec. orative function in the building.The design features a large central cross form in which the figures of Christ and the children'nnnm. ppn*\p nmn f.,1 Mf}
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Independent Record
Helena, Montana, US
Tue, Nov 19, 1957
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