k unk roclk flop. iut the 'roups, i , started lars in tie rials resume today Hill murder trial enters second week THE BATTALION Page 7 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1977 1 J United Press International manial* j$TON — The $7.6 million wrongful death suit . Texas oil millionaire Ash Robinson resumes in to catclli [istrict court today with much of the evidence in sure murder of Dr. John Hill yet to be admitted ie case. Hill family are charging Robinson with allegedly ing Hill’s murder to avenge the death of his only [ter, Hill’s first wife. the original murder case is still an ongoing igation by the district attorney’s office, some tes- reg 10 ". Lv must he given outside the presence of the ique. " Lliiian, five-woman civil court jury. And Judge Ar- icd "itligshe,. has withheld rulings on several critical rmy, hfcB needed to link Robinson to Hill’s death, scrawled! cr i m inal case has ever been made against the -old grandfather, e seconJ;lj| s widow, Connie, the doctor’s mother, Myra, nee at Ms , is son, Robert, 17, also must convince the jury iugust lit r to draiti ousand 100 pimli nes and that they did not know Robinson had something to do with the murder until the spring of 1973 and that the statute of limitations did not run out until 1975. The entire case is based on proving conspiracy, wrongful death, and pain and suffering by the family. Joan Robinson Hill, Hill’s first wife, died mysteri ously in 1969. Hill was later indicted for murder, but the trial ended in a mistrial. While awaiting a second trial, he was shot to death on Sept. 24, 1972. The alleged triggerman, Bobby Wayne Vandiver, confessed to his role in the slaying and was released on bond. He was killed by a Longview police on May 14, 1974, while sitting in a local cafe. Lilia Paulus, the woman who allegedly was paid $25,000 to find a hit man for Robinson, is presently serving 35 years for murder. She has refused to testify in the case. Marcia McKittrick, Vandiver’s girlfriend and geta way car driver, is serving 10 years for murder. Murder weapon’ center of Davis case :n and b United Press International k rod; r ARILLO — The T. Cullen Davis murder trial es today, but what will be occurring outside the [room this week might be more important than gle, Litlltlwill be going on inside. i-fenialeiil pdged a i jsic critit newspaw interest hinges on a gun, a .38-caliber pistol i defense attorneys say could be the weapon used loot Davis’ love rival, Stan Farr, 30, and Davis laughter, Andrea Wilborn, 12. wrote(Mday in Amarillo, Davis’ attorneys ignored court ictions to refrain from making statements on the nd declared the new evidence had been found in JWorth and that it would prove that their 43-year- lient nocent. t the activities of Richard “Racehorse’ Haynes of sandck [ton and Phil Burleson of Dallas were similiar to frock fa icity-seeking measures they took in Fort Worth p resulted in contempt of court citations against and contributed to transfer of the trial to the andle last spring. Irrant County District Attorney Tim Curry said hie Left ge E. Dowlen, presiding judge in the Davis trial mksten narillo, had instructed attorneys on Thursday not igfineuiijscuss the latest development. It was obvious from rant Ckflen’s instructions that, even if a weapon had been sse.areifled to police and represented as linked to Farr’s Punks [i nsuppoiti •ed to » saying, nk peopk look anil slaying, the judge was determined that its connection, if any, be developed by ballistics experts, not attor neys. The Fort Worth attorney who delivered the pistol to police said it was about a “50-50 chance” the weapon was the one used in the Aug. 3, 1976, shootings at Davis posh mansion. “I’ve never said it was the murder weapon, attorney Charles Baldwin said. The attorney said the gun was brought to him by a client, Polly Ware, a barmaid. Baldwin said Miss Ware said the gun belonged to Horace Copeland, an ac quaintance of Stan Farr who was murdered in Davis’ home. The gun has been turned over to the Tarrant County crime lab. A ballistics test will be carried out early this week, police said. Haynes previously has mentioned Copeland as the possible assailant who killed Andrea and, Farr, the lover of Davis’ estranged wife, Priscilla. Mrs. Davis has testified her husband was the assail ant. Copeland, 42, was shot to death Aug. 8 at a Fort Worth apartment. No charges have been filed in the ■ mad(| ik party Newjii crov rags,