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Washington-Co. Farmer Held Guilty; Gets Life Term for Killing Neighbor| (Special to The Signal)I MARIETTA—John P. Hall, 59-year-old farmer, of near Beverly, was sentenced to life imprisonment today after a midnight jury verdict convicted him of second degree murder in the shotgun slaying last March 23 of his partner-neighbor, Norman M. Moore. The jury, composed of eight rrien | and four women, deliberated eight ; hours after a week's trial. In reducing the charge from first de-’ gree murder, the jurors made Hall ' eligible for parole after 10 years.Moore was shot to death while ; digging a post hole for a dividing ! line fence after he and Hall split over, the operation of the 121-acre farm they had purchased jointly,One of the state's principal wit-■j nesses was the slain man’s 32-year-■ j oM son, Norman M. Moore, Jr., ;;\vho was present at the killing, i The boy said that after the ! shooting Hall yelled to him to call i an ambulance for his father. He said that he was within 20 la 25 i feet of where he had last seen his • father working but did not see him fall.Robert B, Johnson, who had also ; been subpoenaed by the state as a witness, died of lockjaw this week, a day before he was scheduled to . testify.'Immediately after the shooting, Hall gave himself up io Washington county authorities. He and Moore had purchased the farm with World war bonus money, it was said.Blame Shootings On Gang WarfareCHICAGO —(UP)— Gang warfare allegedly Involving membersof the syndicate once headed by Scarface A1 Capone who sought control of bootleg” horse race information services was blamed by police today for the shooting of two men who were believed to be fleeing to a hide-out.John (Irish) McLeod, 41, one of the wounded men, died last night. James Ryan, 41, was reported in critical condition with wounds in his shoulder and back. They were shot down in gangland fashion late yesterday by gunmen who poked shotguns into the automobile into ivhieh they had loaded $10 worth of canned groceries.Police Capt. John Ryan said he believed that the shooting resulted from efforts of the former Capone gangsters to gain control of independent ‘'bootleg” handbook.
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Times Signal
Zanesville, Ohio, US
Sat, Jul 27, 1940
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