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PINEVILLE — The trial of Ralph Saylor, 31, Page, charged With the Wifi murder of Fred Fuson, ended in a thing torday. Unity the instinctions given them by Circuit Judge W. R. Knuckles, the group had a choice of accusal for self defense, or con dition of manslaughter, or mur der. They deliberated shout, three hours. Saylor admitted shooting Fuso twice through the stomach near the bridge in Page December 40 after an airday drinking session. Fusan had struck him in the mouth, he said, and wets “coming toward him when he fired the shits. Fusan, a part time consuue tion worker aunt father of four children, died about 20 minutes af ter being admitted to Pineville Hospital. Defense attorney Grant Knuck- les attempted to prove that Say! was in danger of great bodily harm' when he shot Fusan, his farousing pal Tor several years. Under examination py Krue Saylor said Fuson started the words “Damn you Vll get you.” The to y yes been sitting in Say lors car drinking, the defendant re lated, and testified Fuson struck in in the mouth and accused him of sticking up for two men he (Fuson) was “soing to whip. Rube Hoskins, Tiling station operator in Varilla, Ky., said Say me in his place afer the necting, said a snubnose 3S olat, spun the cylinder, and testified Saytor told him red the bsom on him three times. He added that Saylor's mouth was “full of bloc’. When Saylor was picked up in Pineville about and four afte the shooting, Sheriff £ 01, West sand ‘cursed him aged Lrodper H, for Rh. darvis. West said Saylor rey marked at the time “'T wonder IP az sayin and didnt know what we hard said. Aromey’s W. RR, Lay and Jamas Geren ot Harlan help'd tvith the fivverse, Commonwealth Atty. Par nie Hellen and County Atty. Mar tin Wilson prosecuted the case, _ at Wilson said anti t saritis h Vi. He saie he did not know if Any out of county jury would be cidled. 3. Robert Callioss: Brock, Mrs. Woner , Joe Mutnturft, Mrs. iW. J. Btone and Tilton Bree
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Middlesboro Daily News
Middlesboro, Kentucky, US
Tue, Jan 29, 1957
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