Jury awards killer $27 132 to estate in self defense case
An Indianapolis probate court jury found that William C. Jones of Anchorage must pay 27,132.17 damages to the estate of real estate broker Stanley A. Selig who was shot to death in his office on March 10, 1970. Jones claimed self defense after a dispute over a refund related to a 16,000 acre Brazilian land purchase at 1.80 an acre. The jury rejected a counterclaim for wrongful death and deliberated 80 minutes.