"DUEL" PLEASES VALLEY
An estimated 600 Valley resi
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Armistice holiday attending one
of the four weekend showings
of “Duel in the Sun,” according
to A1 Hagen, theatre manager.
The much-publicized western
was well received by its Valley
audience, Mr. Hagen said.
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VALLEY PEOPLE TESTIFY
IN JACK STORM CASE
A jury was given the case ol
the U. S. vs. Jack H. Storm at 5
p.m. Thursday after an all-daj
court session.
The case which involved a
number of people well knowr
in the Valley was tried in the
third district court in Anchorage
Wednesday and Thursday. The
jury was picked last Saturday.
The government’s complaint
contended that Storm, a 26-year
old army veteran, was the driver
of a Buick sedan which on June
8 collided near Four Corners
with another vehicle driven by
Peter Bystri, a Jonesville mine
timber packer. As a result of the
accident Rudolph (Rudy) Dernac
was killed.
The grand jury’s indictment
charged Storm with reckless
driving and manslaughter. The
government sought to prove that
Storm was under the influence
of liquor and around this vital
point much testimony by Valley
residents ensued.
Storm and his defense counsel
sought to prove that he hadn’t
been drinking, “except a beer
or two,” and that a spotlight on
the Bystri - driven Chevrolet
blinded him. Pictures taken at
the scene, and testimony by a
number of persons verified that
the defendant had in fact
swerved over to the wrong side
of the road.
Bystri, who admitted that he,
Dernac, and Bob Norris, the oc
cupants of the Chevrolet all had
been drinking in both Palmer
and Wasilla prior to the accident,
told the jury that he didn’t think
thespotlight on the Chevrolet
was on. He said the accident took
place on a level stretch of road
and that he kept the other car
in sight for three or four hun
dred feet.
Bystri said there was an open
field bordering the road, but it
would have been perilous to
swerve off the road since there
was a ditch and an embankment.
Called by the government,
Eugene Marsh, who with his
uncle Don Marsh and Jack and
Charles Storm were passengers
! in the car driven by the defend
ant, told about the spotlight
flashing on. He claimed that
Jack was not under the influ
ence of liquor, and informed the
court that he would not have
driven with him if he had so
thought.
Donald Schaefer,-who lives on
the highway four and a half
miles out of Palmer, was also
called by the government. In his
opinion the occupants of the
Storm-driven vehicle “seemed to
be out of their faculties.” He had
been called by Bystri to take the
injured men to Palmer hospital.
Asked if he thought Bystri was
intoxicated, he said: “If he was
drunk I didn’t notice.” He said
Bystri assisted in aiding the
others while the occupants of
the Storm-driven vehicle didn’t.
The defense counsel then asked
whether or not they were able
to assist since they had been hurt
j and shocked.
The defense counsel then en
gaged in a verbal match with
Schaefer trying to make the wit
ness admit that he didn’t know
whether or not Storm was intoxi
cated “You’ve intimated that he
was,” the lawyer said.
Repeatedly, Schaefer said that
he did not know specifically, but
that the general conduct of the
men gave him the impression
that “they didn’t act as sober
men act.”
“Did you talk to Jack Storm?”
the defense counsel persisted,
i Schaefer admitted he hadn’t.
The witness then elaborated
again on the general conduct of
i the group.
i Four times the defense coun
sel persisted and four times
Schaefer repeated that the gen
J eral conduct of the group led him
I to make his assumption.
I Mrs. Ruth Peterson said that
she saw Jack Storm drink a
“high-ball type of drink” in the
Frontier bar in Palmer before he
drove the car.
“Are you sure it wasn’t a
beer?” she was asked.
She said she was sure it was
a whisky-type highball.
Wesley I. Gilman, territorial
highway patrolman, Deputy Mar
shal Bill Bouwens and Arthur
Marsh, uncle of the defendant,
all testified as to measurements
they took at the scene of the ac
cident.
Marsh drew his sketch on a
blackboard with a piece of chalk.
Gilman said the Chevrolet had
skidded 28 feet, apparently as
the brakes were being applied.
Marsh said this measurement was
36 feet.
i Both Marsh and Bouwens
found marks which showed that
the Buick had left its side of the
road. Bouwens said it was 50
feet from the scene of the acci
dent; Marsh said 40 feet away.
1 Marsh said he had made the
survey of the scene because he
was vitally concerned with his
family’s interest. He said the
accident took place exactly 540
feet from the intersection at Four
Corners. He conducted a test to
see how good vision was at the
, scene. He said that one man
backed a car away from the
spot and another man proceeded
on foot to back away. Each
stopped when they could no long
er see each other. This distance
measured 320 feet, he said.
Don Marsh admitted he had
been drinking the afternoon of
the day before. He repeated that
the spotlight flashed on the
Chevrolet.
The defendant himself told
about looking into the spotlight.
He said he hadn’t been drinking
hard liquor, only a beer or two.
He said he thought something
funny was happening and “draw
ing him” into the other car short
ly before the crash..
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