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HURLY TO ARRAIGN SLAYER OF MALTA SHEEPHERDER TODAYMalta, Mont.* Sept. S.—iJP)—Dist-' , i ririct Judge John Hurly planned t,Q» ! arraign today James Baker, 25, of-J'i . « ' .J Malta, charged with first degree .j murder in the slaying :Fr!day night.‘of Pat Barrows, 41, sheep -camp.I worker, near the Canadian border. -ICounty Attorney;. Fired- C. Gabriel!] who said Baker: had-admitted' theil shooting, filed the charge late Satur-j- .....••• « r. \ , i • ;»Iday, .••••.. . j\ Gabriel said Baker drove.7.2 miles]| north of here to the sheep camp arid;! j accused Barrows of having insulted:!' I Mrs. Baker five, years ago. “i'm go-1 jing to kill you, the prosecutor]| quoted Baker; - - . .1; A half-mile chase across the pral- l j rie ended, 'Gabriel said, .when Bakerd ; knocked Barrows down with two! shots from a 30-30 rifle, then step-Ji ped forward and fired twice at. the]; prostrate man’s head; ' 1,Sheriff R. L. Campbell apprehend-i] | ed Baker when the man-s car stalled.:] j near Mitche’s hill 20 miles north of:| Malta. Baker, father of three small ji [children, w^s ^eld without •bail. ,.,!{ Barrows, Vhose brother, John, 11 also was at, the ...sheep camp, leaves j' leaves three children! He and bish wife had separated several..'years ] c ago.' . .. ‘ :-r W{It
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Kalispell Daily Inter Lake
Kalispell, Montana, US
Mon, Sep 08, 1941
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