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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1977
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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N ANTONIO — After more
a month of testimony and two
of charges and counter-
;es, the $29 million libel and
Ier suit against Southwestern
Telephone Co. could go to the
this week.
|iual arguments in the month-
case were expected to begin
[riday defense attorneys called
rfinal witness in the suit filed by
lerBell executive James Ashley
the family of the late T.O.
Wtt, a Bell executive who com-
|ed suicide in October, 1974.
Zane Barnes testified Ashley was
fired for sexual improprieties that
constituted “gross misconduct.”
“While I certainly don’t applaud
the behavior of other employes,
there wasn’t anyone who mis
behaved the way James Ashley
did, he said. “Mr. Ashley was the
one who set the climate that led to
these events.”
The suit against Bell alleges that
Ashley was wrongfully fired from his
job with the telephone company
and that Gravitt’s suicide was spur
red by an internal investigation.
Southwestern Bell contends
Gravitt bilked the company of
thousands of dollars and that Ashley
and Gravitt were “lechers and
“ladies men” who stole money from
the company on false expense vouch
ers while handing out promotions
in exchange for sexual favors.
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