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of the B.C. Police. Travel arrange-
ments on such short notice were diffi-
cult, and the only flight accommo-
dation was from Denver, Colorado.
Mr. Pritzler drove the party down
the 150 odd miles in his high power
car to take the 3 a.m. flight out to
Seattle. By mid-morning the group
had reached Patricia Bay Airport at
_ Victoria, to be met by two B.C.
Police cars.

The following day, Inspector
Duncan arrived from Pouce Coupe
by air, with the warrant to appre-
hend Wiegner. After being formally

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charged and warned, Wiegner insisted
on making a statement to both Dun-
can and Ledoux, similar in character
to those he had already made.
ILL-FEELING BETWEEN WIEGNER
AND MCCOMAS
Augmented now by Inspector
Duncan, the entire party left by the
night boat, to resume their air jour-
ney to the Peace River District. Fort
St. John was their destination which
they reached around 3 o'clock in the
morning. By the afternoon of the
same day, the inquest into the death

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of John McComas had been heard
before Coroner M. S. Morrell. Nel-
son Reed of Hythe, Alberta, had been
one of the witnesses at the inquest.
He told in detail what had occurred
at his place on August 9, and added
that there appeared to be a certain
amount of ill feeling between Mc-
Comas and Wiegner. The former
had charged Wiegner with being a
poor driver and so on. Wiegner,
while at the farm house had exhibited
great interest in two weapons he saw
hanging on the wall. Alfred Mc-

Comas, brother of the deceased, had
arrived from Miamisburg, Ohio, to

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