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Police Sergeant Declares She Said ‘He Had It Coming to Him’ St. Joseph. Mich. —?— A po lice sergeant testified today at the murder trial of Mrs. Fern Patricia. Dull, accused slayer of Attorney William Holbrook, that Mrs. Dull said “I killed him” and “He had it coming to him” a few minutes after Holbrook was shot to death. Sergeant Eugene Murphy said that Mrs. Dull also told him, I had to eat dirt. Now someone else is going to eat dirt.” Holbrook was killed in front of the Benton Harbor police station Oct. 17. The defense seeks to prove that Mrs. Dull, Holbrook’s office secretary and his sweet heart, fired in self-defense after Holbrook struck her. Sergeant Murphy said Mrs. Dull and Holbrook visited the Benton Harbor police station, “both very angry,” a few minutes before the shooting occurred. While Holbrook registered a complaint that Mrs. Dull was “bothering” him and explained that he wanted to go to a hotel and get some rest, the sergeant testified. Mrs. Dull stood outside the room shouting “It's a lie” Holbrook, he said, left the police station, while he detained Mrs. Dull for two minutes. Before the trial opened this morning, Mrs. Dull exchanged greetings with her mother, Mrs. Mary Baker, of Kimmell, Ind, and her two children, Gloria, 15, and Lester, 17.
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Appleton Post Crescent
Appleton, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Dec 14, 1938
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