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BILLINGS (AP) - The fateof four southeastern MontanaAnother indication is that they District feel the four-defendant nature ofmen will be decided this weekandRoundupby a seven-woman, five-man testimony have left open thejury which has heard only one door for an appellateside of the story. The defense overturnrested without having called a witness for rebuttal testimony. Prosecution and defense rested Friday in the trial of Bernard Fitzpatrick, 34, Travis Holliday, 35, and Gary Radi, 30, mailed all of Billings, and Paul Bad ly $29, Horse Jr., 25, Lodge Grass. All food si are charged in the death of a Dycl Hardin supermarket employe. fn theEdwinMonte Dyck man, 18, was last seen the night of April 5 as he left the supermarket to make a night bank deposit and mail some letters. The letters were000 in checks, cash andA nother defendant, Bushman, received immunity for his testimony against the others.There is speculation the defense lawyers decided on silence because they felt thestate had not oroven its case.{t)I8888i.4i.4'828'8'8'8'84'4'2Dyckman had been shot twice in the head when his body was found the next day.The charges of aggravated kidnaping and deliberate homicide carry a mandatory death penalty, but the jury is charged with determining only guilt or innocence. The jury has not been told two of the offensesare capital in nature under Montana law.Attorneys were not allowed to question potential jurors on their reactions to the deathpenalty.A11 fourmen also are charged with robbery.The 12 jurors and two alternates were chosen in one of the8 most protracted sessions ofselectioncalledto fill a jury pool beforlt; panel was finalized, and2 choosing took a fullThe 26 prosecution witnesses had varied backgrounds. The star witness was Bushman, a former Indian tribal police officer.Bushman testified that he,toBad Horse and Holliday knew the Hardin Safeway store was be robbed, but that only Radi and Fitzpatrick kidnaped, robbed and killed Dyckman. Bushman also testified hehad heard that Fitzpatrick shot Dyckman, information whichsay.Two witnesses who partially corroborated Bushman's testimony were two 16-year-old girls who traveled to Hardin withBushman, Holliday and BadHorse on April 5. They said they thought they had seen Radi and Fitzpatrick in Hardin, but were not certain.beenunderInfluencehallucinogenic drugs and alcoholthat nightRaleigh Kraft Jr., a witness who testified that he works asan informant in drug cases, added intrigue to the trial whendisappearedchiatric ward of a Billings hospital several days before hewas to testify.beenhospital on a bench warrant requested by a defense attorneys, who said in opening remarks he would show that Bushman andplanned the robberyslaying.Kraft'sdenial of anyof the crimes.PoliceArrestCoupleRichard Allen Baker, 20, andMona Lee Baker, 18, of LittleRock, Arkansas are in the HillCounty jail this morning afterbeing picked up Friday night onburglary charges.Deputy Jim Doxtater was pa-troling Havre's east end when he noticed a car at the HavreVeterinary Clinic. When a fur-ik - ^ i_ j •__«____1___i__i__
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Havre Daily News
Havre, Montana, US
Mon, Oct 20, 1975
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