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18 • SfcUon 1CHICAGO TRIBUNE. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 25. 19692 Policemen Murdered, Jury Decides in Panther Shooting:ByjoitN 0*0 mcNA cofWf )ofy nrM yn* krda/ («« ntdle CMcdfo poUccsm wtrt munkred In • Milh ildft fuii btUW Not. u with mcfflbm of (ho Ptack Pantbff party.It also iikJ pollco JuallfM hi Iho fatal ooundinf dl cm of (he Panthrra ano rttomrMAded tha( another ho tiled for nurder of the two poUeemes. Frandi G. TUppa* port St. and Mo J. GUhoelyJr. at.Dtpotf Coroner Joceph liatu, bclort wbom (he diet# vrre roUinKd, acid the omaual Chriatmea m toqwt at the morgue wei btW (ot eapelt;Ufc (he (ssuame of formal ' cerUficatM of death.tauraere Hr lag Aeeght ' He laid reecipt of (he rertlfl-; ca(cf ncertfary (o reiofve{ payment of (Aiuranec beoeflU had been requeitrd by ivr-vlveri of (he polKcmen and the ilain Paniher. Spurgeon (Jakel Wlolera Jr.. it. of M7 Perry ar. a poaial ctcrt.The jury ^ four irhKe and Uo Negro men deliberated for II mlAutea.They acted after Sgl. Wetlcy Ddlsnf (e$tiTed hew R^paport and Gdheoly aad WbUera vere each fatally voumM Nov. 1) la a gun baUk between police and Paetbera (a and arwod anrabaadaoed buikllf at SIOl I Calumet ar Ha described tho eachanga of tMfoo. rifle, tod pUiol lire ai atmoit a Ueedy hail of gunfLre.** tViMcrf* Palher A WKoom The only other irllocii bdoro (he Jury «ai Wlaterv* falhtr, IS. Noao of tho nrrlvon of tbapoUcemra iru p r • a a q t •Winter*' father aniwered a aujnber of routine qoeaUoaa as (e Kk loe'i birthplace and educalloa. Whce Utke adud (he Uat (boe be aaw Ui aoe alive, Wietera rvptkd:**As a matter ef fact, the last Him I u« him wai the algbt (hey came and kiDed him. The wo^ they pretumably meantpolice. Uaka did net loqulre.Among (he S3 apectatora and eevTiocn at (ba tnqueit vrre Pohby Risib, tOinoU Paatber parly defeue nIaUter, and atreral ef hla f^ewn. Ooe of tha foUoam. wbo reacted srUh reurmora ef diipkaaorT when the Ttrdid on WlnUra* death was read, approechad ■ Negro Joror aa tha pinct left the room.Tee Aaiwrred CaQCo Ucfc (0 the plaotitlen. brother, he rfmaraed to the juror.Dillard aaU Rappeperl and Cllhooly were shot ai they responded to a radio meaaago (hat some men were about tocommit murder with gm at Sllh street and Cahimtt avcmie. He uM police were told of the men by the wife of e county }eU guard UTing nearby.DiUard told the Jury en eccomplicc of Winters, Lance Bell, an. was wmded ta the bailie and arrested (n an elky between CahimeC aveooo and King drive. He qooted Dell, wbo was Indicted Monday by the ceuBty grand Jury for the reurderi of the potiecnten. aa fhoudag to Winfen: Hold IL l*m hk. m wlib yon.Dillard mM peike emptied tbelr revolvers'* Into Wlalen secoodi after be hit Rappaport whb two bUiU from a ahetgun., Winfcn was hkiiag under a porch at Kmg dr. Bell la In be erraigoed Maoday in Crim* tnai coert.Dalk it TcsHfyinj;BY J.OICS STRONG None ef the seven prrsoa arrested in the Doc. I raid en a Black Paether party bead* quarter* to which two leaders wm ilaln niU lesUfy at ilk Inqucftt by a special corooer'i Jiay, It was enaounced yestcr* day.Tho aflDouocemrat was made by KcmH Cokmae, an aUer* ney wbo frequMlly rrprescnu membcrt of (he Panther party.Oq Tuesday. Dr. Andrew To-maa, coonly ear oner, said the I seven would be called to iaUiy before the Jury and tell Ihelr aide ef bow Fred Hampton and Merk Clark died la the raid by U poikratn eailgned to the office of Slale'f Atty. Edward HanrahiB.Kyraa Pbefan. Toman's chief tovcsUgatir, said the refusal of the seven to testify li net espeeted to delay or ^berwise hinder the jur' to fLaIng the legal cause of the Past her deatlii.Usti Legal ReasonsCotoman, apeaktog at (be offiee of the Chicago chapter of the Amchcan Dvtl Ubertiaonton. 4 S. Clark H.. listed a ■umber of kgil reasons why neither he not ether lawyers for the aeveo wodtd pennlt their clienta to testtfy when the coroner's Jury meets Jan. a to begin the Inquest. 'He (fid say, however, that the seven would aUcnd (he toqorst beirtog if ordered to do so by aubprna Coleman said the main rea* saw for not teiUfylng was tbot the seven atl face Utcr prnie* cutioo on charges of attempted murder and aggrnvaled battery and that aiy comment by ihem BOW mJgbl (rod to deny them a fair trial.
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