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Justifiable Homicide RuledJustifiable homicide was the verdict of a six-man coroners jury investigating the shooting death of a rurat Otis man, Carl P Moeder, 48 The jury that met yesterday afternoon in Roisington deliber* ; a ted only a few minutes before * rachmg the verdict.The inquest was called after ' Moeder 'was shot to death by ■ Highway Patrol Trooper Tonv 1 Bendel after a three - hour • search for the man northeast of -Hoisington early Sunday morn- j' ing. Bendel, after fmding Moe-; der lying in a depiession at the;1 crest of a gully, shot the man ; j when he attempted to take a i ■ shot at the trooper with a ,22 j caliber automatic rifle -Moeder was the object of a [ J three - day search on a warrant;; charging him with assault of!' ! his wife with a shotgun last j5 . Wednesday. jMoeder’s wife Muriel told the j jury her husband had been suf-; fenng from apparent mental I problems and that she had been i considering an attempt Lo have him committed for treatment.The jury, consisting of Fred Bently, Jake Boese, Haymond j Deutscb, Hugh Burris, Wendell 4 Peel and W. M. Riley, reached ] the verdict after hearing Coun- , ty Attorney Larry Keenan and
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Great Bend Tribune
Great Bend, Kansas, US
Tue, Jun 23, 1964
Page 5
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