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inillrOolrlekJyState Ends Evidence(r»yiealeIXa♦11-f,ise-i5eieteibinPisn.»g)nerCHICAGO (UPI)—The state completed its evidence Thursday in the trial of Samuel Saikin, 53, charged with the murder of the ex-fiancee of one of his sons on Nov. 4, 1967.Saikin is accused of murdering Ella Jean Scott, 18, who also was known as Tina Scott and Tina Mumma, in a warehouse he owns in Chicago. He and his son Joel, 26. who had been engaged to the girl, put the body into a steel drum and buried it on his farm in Northern Indiana, near Chesterton, it was charged.(EDITOR'S NOTE — Since the young woman’s body was found buried near Fumessville nearly • year ago, most accounts of the case have reported the body was in a steel drum. Coroner Leonard Wet moreadvised The Vidette-Messengerhe took the body from the shallow grave and it was not in a drum.)Defense attorney Peter Georges said he expected to complete the presentation ofevidence for Saikin today.Georges said he was not surewhether Saikin would take the witness stand. The elder Saikin has charged his son killed Miss Scott.A«; its final witnesses in the case, the state called two dentists and a Valparaiso, Ind., widow and her two daughters, although it was agreed the state later may call a pathologist to testify.Dr. Robert Mixer of Muskegon. Mich., a dentist, identified the murder victim through dental x-rays.Dr. Larry Bamesbcrger of Valparaiso, the other dentist, said x-rays he took of the victim were the same as x-rays taken of Miss Scott when she had been ms patient.The other witnesses included Mrs. Doris Hettinger of Valparaiso and her daughter. Mrs. Esther Rusesma, 20, Valparaiso, who formerly dated Joel Saikin. Mrs. Hettinger's other daughter, Mrs. Sharon H. Allan, 22. who now lives in Pennsylvania,shealso testified.I Mrs. Hettinger testified i ordered Samuel Saikin to leave her home Dec. 19, 1967. because he was angry when he and his wife visited there to talk about the possibility of Joel marrying Esther. Mrs. Rusesma testified similarly.: Mrs. Allan testified she had' ridden with Samuel Saikin on the Indiana Toll Road m De-1 cember, 1967. when she saw a gun in the glove compartmentof his carJoe! Saikin had testified his father shot. Miss Scott m the back of the head after forcingthe victim to kneel.tsMiss scott had worked as a secretary for the elder Saikin and also as a go-go dancer in Las Vegas. Nev.. after breaking an engagement with Joel, he said.IGrid FeatureA photograph of the Valparaiso university offensive football team that will probably start against MiHikin Satur-dav in the Merchants' Nightsogame at Boucher Field appears in today’s sports page of The Vidette - Messenger. Also on the sport pages are two stories concerning the ltHi§ Crusaders coached by Norm Amundsen.The younger Saikin testified his father became enamored of the girl and paid her fare back to Chicago to become his secretary.Porter County WeatherClearing tonight. Mostly sunny Saturday. Cool today and tonight. A little warmer Saturday. Low tonight around 50. High Saturday low 70*. Precipitation probability percentages 10 tonight and $*turlt;i*yt
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Valparaiso Vidette Messenger
Valparaiso, Indiana, US
Fri, Sep 19, 1969
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Porter C.
IN, USA 21 Dec 2021
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