Karen........do you have an obituary of this the person killed? Do you have all of the printed stories of this murder from a newspaper? (VERY IMPORTANT!) What do you have to verify this story? I mean..........like ..........THIS IS YOUR FATHER? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW YOUR FATHER? XXXXXXXXXXXXOOOOOO LOUISE KING La Jolla, CA In a message dated 10/16/98 6:53:44 PM, RkMontg342@aol.com wrote: >Hello Washington List Members: > >Here's a challenge for those interested in Spokane stories. > >Back about 1943-1946, when I was a baby in a crib, and my father was a young, >gung-ho Army officer, he came home one day to discover a lumberjack in bed >with my mother! That's what I've been told, folks! Well, it seems this >lumberjack proceeded to jump my dad with a knife, a fight ensued, and dad >killed the lumberjack in "defense of home and hearth, etc.". He was >subsequently acquitted of the murder. I was told years ago that there was a >local trial, community members took sides, there were newspaper stories that >closely followed the trial, etc. So, if anybody can prove, or disprove any of >this story for me, please do! > >Thanks, >Karen