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a little target practice by the road-
side. The father then suggested that
they look around for a campsite and
both he and Wiegner had gone into
the bush to find a likely spot. Wieg-
ner had taken the rifle along to shoot
at squirrels, while McComas saunt-
ered along with his hands in his
pockets. Louise sat in the car read-
ing.

Suddenly Wiegner saw a squirrel
on a log, which ran up a tree. He
fired two shots at it, but as he was
crouched down on one knee, Mc-
Comas who was standing immedi-
ately in front and a little to the left,
stepped into the line of fire just as
Wiegner was squeezing the trigger.
McComas fell, almost striking Wieg-
ner’s foot as he landed on the mossy
ground. Wiegner stood and looked
at him a couple of minutes, then hur-
ried out to the road and took Louise
by the arm. He took the child to
the roadside and sat her on a log. She
asked him: ‘“Where is my daddy?”
and he replied: “‘T have killed your
daddy.’’ The child had then screamed
and gone to the car. Later they went
to where the body lay and verified
that the father was actually dead. He
was lying on his back with his hands
in his pockets. They only staved a
few minutes, and returned to the
road which was about 50 to 100
feet away.

They discussed notifying the po-
lice, but both were afraid to do so.
Wiegner then suggested that they
should drive to Wassila and place
Louise in the school there as her
father had wished. She was not sure
that she wanted to go to a place
where she knew no one.

When the man and girl came out
of the bush, they met a family going
north. The male member of the
party asked about a camping place,
and Wiegner told them to go up the
road a couple of miles, as he wanted
to get rid of them. The party moved
off, and Wiegner got into the car with
Louise a short time later, and pro-
ceeded north. After traveling about
20 or 30 miles, Louise prevailed upon
him to return to the United States,

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so he turned around and came back
passing the camp-site of the part:
they had recently seen.

Traveling day and night, they ar
rived at Calgary where a stop wa
made for gas and oil.

During the recital, it was learne¢
that on their way north, McComas.
Wiegner and Louise had stopped a
Hythe, Alberta, where they were be-
friended by a farmer named Nelson
Reed. The roads were in bad shape
and the car got stuck in the mud.
Being invited in the house, the party
spent about three hours there before
proceeding on their journey. This
was on August 9, 1948, and it was
just before dusk of that day, Mc.
Comas came to his death.

On the way back ,Wiegner had
been careful to time himself so that
he would pass the farm house at
night, that there might be no ques-
tioning about McComas’ absence.
Apparently McComas had promised
to see Reed if he returned that way.

Wiegner continued his journey
south, crossed the border at Chief
Mountain, Alta., then stopped for
the night at a cabin south of Yellow-
stone National Park. After supper
he and Louise had gone for a ride
on hired horses. The following day.
Wiegner telephoned his wife from
Laramie, Wyoming, and asked her
if he could bring Louise home to live
with them, but Mrs. Wiegner had
told him that she was through with
him.

McComas’ money, according to
Wiegner, was in the custody of the
girl. About this time he told her he
was running short of funds. She had
then informed him that her dad’s
money was in a pair of ‘‘flight-pants”’
which McComas had worn at night
during the trip up. There was $1,000
in $100 bills as well as some other
money. When they arrived at Bush-
nell, Nebraska, they had bought the
restaurant because Louise wanted to
stay there. They had paid $750 for
the place, and also spent some further
money to obtain stock.

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