This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_908596906_boundary Content-ID: <0_908596906@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi Louise, Yes. That was my father. He told me the story while he was alive. He died in 1988 at the young age of 68. I have no reason to believe he wasn't telling me the truth. Also, he got custody of me at the divorce in 1946. I have no other proof...yet. My father's name: Jay William Foster. (He was born June William, but for obvious reasons, wanted his first name changed!) Thanks for writing, Karen --part0_908596906_boundary Content-ID: <0_908596906@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: RUBYdakoda@aol.com Return-path: <RUBYdakoda@aol.com> To: RkMontg342@aol.com, WASHINGTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WASHINGTON-L] Spokane Murder. Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 23:06:16 EDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit 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 --part0_908596906_boundary--