The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon August 8, 1935 SILVERTON MAN SHOT Portland, Aug. 8 (IP) William A. Taylor, Silverton, Ore., was shot in the neck today and slightly wounded by Mrs. J. O. Silkett, police said. Officers asserted the affray was the result of an argument in the womans apartment. Mrs. Silkett was held by police on an after hours charge. POLICE SEEK SUSPECT IN MEACHAM KILLING Fingerprints Left Upon Fruit Jar; Coupling Pin Was Weapon Meacham, Ore. Aug. 8 (IP) Police today hunted for a man, probably a hitch-hiker, who left fingerprints on a glass in the old vacant house near here in which Roy Hamm, 20, Portland, honor student at Montana state college was slain, as a suspect in the killing. Hamm was beaten on the head with a wagon coupling pin, apparently as he slept. Sergeant George Glenn of the state police found the death weapon stuck in the earth near the house. Microscopic examination revealed strands of Hamms hair on one end. Officers found a half-filled pail of lemonade on the table and two fruit jars which had been used for glasses. Fingerprints were discovered on both glasses. Police believed the murderer attacked the youth the night of July 26 while he was asleep. There were no indications Hamm had eaten in the house and his body was clothed in sleeping attire when found. After slaying Hamm, the murderer apparently threw his body down into the basement through a trapdoor. Sergeant Glenn found it there Tuesday. Searchers found a pan and a broom in a field adjacent the house which had been used to clean up blood. Frank Watkins, owner of the house where the killing occurred, became suspicious after he noticed Hamms car had stood in the same place, for nearly a week and notified authorities, Tuesday. The youth had left Portland early July 26 to drive to Pocatello, Ida., to deliver some household goods to his brother, D. J. Hamm. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy 78th Annual Wasco County Pioneer Association Reunion May 5 & 6, 2000 The Dalles, Oregon http://w3.gorge.net/dzopf/wcpa.htm 150th Anniversary of founding of Fort Dalles, May 20, 2000 For details telephone: 541-296-4547