The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 3, 1948, Page 6

PAGE SIX CONFESSION MADE BY LAMOORE GIVEN . IN MURDER TRIAL LETIN The Government ested it case at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon and the defense cpened its case by placing LaMoore immediately on the stand in his own defense attributed to Moore, was introduced Exhibit N¢ r i statement was made 1 Walter Hel- Attorney H. I ented by U. S J. Gilmore, Jr Henry Roden objected to e of the state- 1t on the nds that it had been proved to be a voluntary made without coercion, threats, but Judge e W. Folta overruled the ob- jection on the grounds that govern- t witness Hellan had already to its being volun- ed a statement told of LaMoore h lived in Juneau since 1942 and having known Austin Nel- s bout four years. Nelson ar for Ellen's and was sen- victed last or and robb ed to be h mitted talking to Nelson at Black- ie Bar on the night ot Dec. 21, 9 and that Nelson had suggest- en. LaMoore cla ed that Nelson had made this s suggestion on several previous occasions. He said that he loaned his .32 Colt automatic pistol to Nelson for the robbery, but re- moved the ammunition and pleaded with Nelson not to kill Ellen. They stopped at the home of Frank Pineda enroute to Eilen's store, according to LaMoore's stat When they arrived at the they rapped on the window Moore masked his face with chief. Ellen let them in ore at 12:45 a. m. and n shoved LaMoore's gun ribs and said “this is a e- he waited in s a lookout while nt into the e cash regis- ed to the back LaMoore says he heard 1 of running water. Money Is Split LaMoore claimed that Nelson left by a rear door and met him in front of the store. He said they went via the Seaview Apartments tc the Alaskan Hotel where they entered a lavatory and locked the door. He said that Nelson threw the money on the floor and they then split it up. He says that his share was less than $1,000. LaMoore said in his statement to Hellan that he got blood on his tan camel hair overcoat when he past Nelson to get his v, and that he got additional blood on his new brown hat when he again brushed against Nelson when he leaned over to pick up his money from the floor. The accused man declared that > burned his hat and rubbers his stove because there was i on the hat but none on the which were burned acci- He first said he threw in Gold Creek, but Hellan that he later changed his nd claimed to have thrown om the Douglas Bridge onto a ating piece of ice which car- ried it down the channel Gun Not Loaded LaMoore also told Hellan that as his intention only to rob nd knock him out if nec- th the butt of his gun, left unloaded so that uldn't kill him. € whict Nelson Describil tement was made, 1] red that LaMoore had orally confessed his part in the holdup to him and asked that Faulkner be present when he made a formal statement. Hellan said he warned LaMoore that he 10t have to make a statement less he wanted to. also told the court of his ion of the murder. He he discovered tracks of blood along the floor when he en- tered Ellen’s store after being call- ed to the scene. He said he be- lieved that the tracks were made by rubbers corresponding to the e worn by LaMoore Pool Of Blood Body t the body could not reet and that E I had been left unt He said it was ap- parent that gegle had taken place. Hellan reported th terviewed LaMoore tl {_ » orated Hellan ,| ment the conditions under he had r N 8! e was viev hich the H Kept In Leg witness and informed could not re amination leg irons c wear hand the murder scene of his autopsy died quickly arteries. He from a 3 | ived rports that | wearing mackinaw when latter claimed ght Government Irons A orney. He also said that no force inducements were used to se- LaMoore's statement by he was wearing y and that he did not ffs or a neck chain At Murder Scene Dr. C. C. Carter was the first witness to be called and describ- ed the condition of the - body at and the res He said that Ellen sudden loss of blood caused by two deep gash- es in the neck which severed the estimated a leather He corrob- Moore's state- THE DAILY ALAS He inter before 2| (an New Be Painfed When Nof in Use By The “BOB-BIN® the final t he had 1 that he Upon Defense Joseph A. McLean, Faulk- SERVICE By Appointment ONLY you can have your pick-up truck, or com- mercial vehicle refinished Thurs- day Nights or on Sundays, thus getting maximum service. Its time of death at between 8 and 11 hours previous to his examination FBI Agent George Fletcher iden- | titied photographs which he took and which were in- troduced as government exhibits No. 1 and 2. of the body 9:00 a. m. to 2:30 p. m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p. m. In his opening statements, Dis- trict Attorney Gilmore he will ask the jury to bring a - verdict of guilty as charged which e means the death sentence. 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