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CROWN WITNESSES HEARD 28,Grim Exhibits Entered In Murder jUr Trial Of Peter Abramowicz, Macleod(Prom Our Own Correspondent)MACLEOD, March 7—At the sittings of the Supreme Court opening Monday with His Lordship Mr Justice Tweedie presiding, the omy crim.nal case on the calencar was that of Peter Abramowicz charged with the murder of Vetomca Za-horejko of Letlibndge in an East Coleman cottage to which a p.ea of -not guilty was entered Jurymen chosen for this case w ere K Munro and J. Scott o. | Pmcher Creek, H Leeds of Clares- ' holm, W. B. Rogers of Granum and B. R Armor and E LunoQuistol Stavely.prosecuting on behalf of the Crown is C H S. Blanchard. KC, of Calgary, assisted by John L Fawcett, KC. of Macleod John A S McDonald, barrister of Macleod, is defending the accused Stephen Janostak of Coleman is acting as interpreter and sat with the accused during Monaay’s nearingThe case was adjourned at 5 1G pm until 10 am Tuesday when probably four more witnesses for the Crown will take the stand The case is not expected to last the entire day on Tuesday.Witnesses Heard Some of the witnesses heard were Stella and Joe Zahorejko. Dr. Gordon Maynes, George and Mrs Doris Elascbuk, Wanaa Wanat, Mary Bielech, Joseph Kapaika, Sam Lee. Carl Suplat, Stephen Pecrosky, John Scanzewsky. Const. J C. Braoley. Sergt T E Mudiman and Const Campbell Exhibits in the case included a bed sheet, shirt, a womans slip, a wrist watch, an aluminum cup. a short handled axe, suit c! underwear and several photographs with a plan taken and prepared by police witnessesDescribes Photographs Const Campocll gate evidence describing photographs he haa taken of the interior of the house In East Coleman as follows No 1, showing body cf woman on floor with an axe some four feet away to the west. No 2. taken approximately at same angle xo show relative position of door of kitchen and that of bedroom, No. 3 showing body on floor with almost total size of kitchen door and what appeared to be a large bloodstain— only door that leads into the kitchen and was the only means of exit through the porch to the outside. No. 4, showing body lying face down with bloodstained newspaper near kitchen door and woman’s slip near the bedroom door, No 5, taken with camera inside bedroom showing body of woman and bloodstained slip; No 6, taken with camera in kitchen showing interior of the bedroom, bed, suit of man's underwear on the floor and womans underwear on a chair. No. 7, closer Mew of bed, underwear and mans shirt—shirt lying on top of quilt or comforter with what appeared to be a blood stain on the sleeve of shirt, No 8, taken with camera from west of bedroom showing east wall, woman’s hat and nair net, etc . No 9, northwest ccrner of bedroom showing in background under garment previously referred to and what appeared to be spots of blood in the corner and on wall, No 10, outside of house of which interior was photographed.The plan drawn on the scale ol *;-inch to one foot showea position of the body w’ruch Const. Campbell said was approximately 3x- feet from the door There was a smudge of what appeared to be blood on the door casing and shown in a photo.Const. Campoeli was not cross-examined.Sergt. Mudiman of the RCMP Elairmorc, gave evidence of his arrival at the house m question and of the location of articles entered as exhimts Woman’s clothing was on the chair, shoes on the floor and other articles on a bench. There was no evidence of a struggle m the bedroom, he swore.Continuing, Sergt Mudiman gave evidence that there was what appeared to be blocd on the bed. a little on the wall behind the bed and on the floor behind the bed and a smudge at the door leading to the kitchen. In the kitchen near the head of deceased woman was all lands of blood on the floor from u mch to inch thick There were no signs of extensive blood in the bedroom and no signs of the injuries having been inflicted in the bedroom—nothing more than what might have been occasioned by scratches made by the hand and fingernails The blood smudge on the door jam and edge of the door was apparently made by a hand Position of the woman would indicate that she was attempting to get outside The slip was partly under the woman’s head and to the right—no suggestion it was on her.W. Aimlt; plan have of olThe axe was in the kitchen On the right shoulder of the womans body were four deep scratcne* wlnle the other shoulder had three marks on the left hand side, fairly deep scratches with blood around ihe wound and all over the back was what appeared to be blood Maiks were as nine as fingernails There was a \er\ definite bruise on the bridge of the nose but neither the skin nor the nose were bioken—this was ascertained after the body had been photographed and turned over Theie was so much blood on the face that Cergt Mudiman coula not tell whether the nose had bled or not The sheet produced showed the extent of the b’ood marks on the bed a lew’ drops on the floor and a few arops on the wall being the extent of the blood at the bed There was very hide blood on the axe handle and only a few drops on the blade _Cross-examined by Mr. McDonald, Serge Muoiman swore that the scratches on the back appeared to nave been made by finger nails ano the blood as if a hand had been Pressed into body The blood on wall appeared to have been splashed there Re-examined by Mr Blanchard, Sergt Mudiman sworerhat the marks on the bacx naa not been caused bv an axeAt this point His Lordship adjourned the court to 10 a m Tues-Inspector Fry etc of the RCMP. Lethbnoge was watching the proceedings throughout the day and Serge J Cawsey was also presentsagefore!annlt;Re the four or 2 leas* rest Aim tain*‘S leasi ere a nav; F £ ley’a of a fighM150,«forbeeiberaAliiproinotourAMIS50 “Conchies” Are Britain’s Latest HeroesLONDON March 7 —K?—Britain’s newest heroes arc a select group of conscientious objectorsFifty strong, these men all of whom have refused to Join any military service on religious grounds, have been formed into a special corps and now are serving as parachutists wuh Britain’s airborne forcesBut they still don’t fight. Their particular job is to drop unarmed with the paratroopers into enemy territory and there treat the wounded and attempt to get them to safety.They are attached to an RAM C. unit, and the officer in charge described tlieir job of parachuting unarmed into enemy country as one of the most dangerous and difficult tasks of the war ”-V-JCaGuclainestmitorMlLise:hx.AtarrobeVlaimA’m11’alAI*IBombs Trap Nazi Train InItalian TunnelALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ITALY, March 7-*7P)—Bombs cast from an American mecuum bomber caught an enemy tram just as it reached the exit of a tunnel at. Montenero, Italy. It was disclosed Monday Debns crashed down on the tram and it stopped abruptly. said Lieut Donald Stein Kansas City. Mo, the flight leader The target was the tunnel and Stein said the damage would put it out of use -V —YUGOSLAV MINISTERTO CANADA RESIGNSOTTAWA. March 7—His second attempt to resign having been successful, Dr Isidor Catikar, Yugoslavian minister to Canada, said the reason for his decision was his profound disagreement with his government’s policyHe said he had first offered his resignation Feb 23 and when this was not accepted he repeated the offer Feb 28 and he was released from his duties March 3.I am unable to serve the interests of my country as I see them and be. at the same time loyal to my government in performing my duties, he declared.* * . • ••• • * * * * * * * * ** R.C.AF OPERATIONAL lt;•* TRANSPORT SOON ❖* ❖* OTTAWA. March 7 —.(P.— •❖ Air Minister Power said on ❖ • Monday in the commons a *❖ transport operational train- *❖ Ing unit is being opened bv ❖❖ the RCA.P m Canada next ❖❖ month He was answering lt;* • an inquiry as to whether the • lt;* RCAF had facilities for •❖ the training of aircrew in ❖❖ the movement of troops by ❖ lt;• air. *•V lt;• * a A
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