Chippewa Herald-Telegram
Tuesday, October 10, 1944
Funeral services for Dorothy Berrum, who was murdered in Washington, D.C., last Friday, will be held in this city on Thursday morning at 9 o'clock from Notre Dame church. The remains will arrive Chippewa Falls early Wednesday morning and will be taken to the Mason Funeral Home. Friends may call between the hours of 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday. Interment will be in Hope cemetery. The rosary will be said Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at the funeral home.
In Washington yesterday, Pfc. Earl McFarland, marine veteran of Guadalcanal, was ordered held for grand jury action in the slaying.
Arraigned on a murder charge before Commissioner Needham C. Turnage, McFarland stood on his constitutional right not to testify.
Two hours later, before Coroner A. Magruder McDonald and a coroner's jury, he again sat mute with a dozen witnesses outlined the prosecution's case.
Marine Corporal James I. Westberry tgold of accompanying McFarland and Pfc. Warren P. Graven from the marine guard barracks where they were stationed, to downtown Washington Thursday evening.
He said they encountered a girl, whom he identified later as Miss Berrum, and McFarland struck up a conversation with her. Westberry said he walked away, telling McFarland they would meet later. McFarland, he said, did not show up at the appointed place.
When they left the barracks, the corporal said, all three were wearing belts. A belt was found at the scene of the killing. Police said McFarland bought a new belt Friday, and told them he had not used one since he lost as old one in March.
Craven testified McFarland was flashing a knife when they left the barracks. Detective Chief Robert J. Barrett said McFarland told him he had a knife, but left it on his bunk.
Marine Private John Holzberger identified a knife found in a taxi-cab as one he had lent McFarland about two months ago.
The driver of the taxi, Henry Thomas, told of picking up a marine and a young girl Thursday night and starting with them to a restaurant in Virginia across the Potomac river. En route, he said, the couple appeared friendly. He said that during the ride the man leaned forward and whispered an order for him to drive to the park instead of the restaurant.
He found the knife on the floor of the cab shortly after the couple got out. Thomas said, and turned it over to the police the next day after reading of the killing.
Several witnesses identified the girl as one they had seen talking to a marine, but some could identify McFarland as the man.
The girl's father, R. S. Berrum, witnessed both hearings, it was said.
Tuesday, October 10, 1944
Funeral services for Dorothy Berrum, who was murdered in Washington, D.C., last Friday, will be held in this city on Thursday morning at 9 o'clock from Notre Dame church. The remains will arrive Chippewa Falls early Wednesday morning and will be taken to the Mason Funeral Home. Friends may call between the hours of 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday. Interment will be in Hope cemetery. The rosary will be said Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at the funeral home.
In Washington yesterday, Pfc. Earl McFarland, marine veteran of Guadalcanal, was ordered held for grand jury action in the slaying.
Arraigned on a murder charge before Commissioner Needham C. Turnage, McFarland stood on his constitutional right not to testify.
Two hours later, before Coroner A. Magruder McDonald and a coroner's jury, he again sat mute with a dozen witnesses outlined the prosecution's case.
Marine Corporal James I. Westberry tgold of accompanying McFarland and Pfc. Warren P. Graven from the marine guard barracks where they were stationed, to downtown Washington Thursday evening.
He said they encountered a girl, whom he identified later as Miss Berrum, and McFarland struck up a conversation with her. Westberry said he walked away, telling McFarland they would meet later. McFarland, he said, did not show up at the appointed place.
When they left the barracks, the corporal said, all three were wearing belts. A belt was found at the scene of the killing. Police said McFarland bought a new belt Friday, and told them he had not used one since he lost as old one in March.
Craven testified McFarland was flashing a knife when they left the barracks. Detective Chief Robert J. Barrett said McFarland told him he had a knife, but left it on his bunk.
Marine Private John Holzberger identified a knife found in a taxi-cab as one he had lent McFarland about two months ago.
The driver of the taxi, Henry Thomas, told of picking up a marine and a young girl Thursday night and starting with them to a restaurant in Virginia across the Potomac river. En route, he said, the couple appeared friendly. He said that during the ride the man leaned forward and whispered an order for him to drive to the park instead of the restaurant.
He found the knife on the floor of the cab shortly after the couple got out. Thomas said, and turned it over to the police the next day after reading of the killing.
Several witnesses identified the girl as one they had seen talking to a marine, but some could identify McFarland as the man.
The girl's father, R. S. Berrum, witnessed both hearings, it was said.
Chippewa Herald-Telegram
Tuesday, October 10, 1944
Funeral services for Dorothy Berrum, who was murdered in Washington, D.C., last Friday, will be held in this city on Thursday morning at 9 o'clock from Notre Dame church. The remains will arrive Chippewa Falls early Wednesday morning and will be taken to the Mason Funeral Home. Friends may call between the hours of 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday. Interment will be in Hope cemetery. The rosary will be said Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at the funeral home.
In Washington yesterday, Pfc. Earl McFarland, marine veteran of Guadalcanal, was ordered held for grand jury action in the slaying.
Arraigned on a murder charge before Commissioner Needham C. Turnage, McFarland stood on his constitutional right not to testify.
Two hours later, before Coroner A. Magruder McDonald and a coroner's jury, he again sat mute with a dozen witnesses outlined the prosecution's case.
Marine Corporal James I. Westberry tgold of accompanying McFarland and Pfc. Warren P. Graven from the marine guard barracks where they were stationed, to downtown Washington Thursday evening.
He said they encountered a girl, whom he identified later as Miss Berrum, and McFarland struck up a conversation with her. Westberry said he walked away, telling McFarland they would meet later. McFarland, he said, did not show up at the appointed place.
When they left the barracks, the corporal said, all three were wearing belts. A belt was found at the scene of the killing. Police said McFarland bought a new belt Friday, and told them he had not used one since he lost as old one in March.
Craven testified McFarland was flashing a knife when they left the barracks. Detective Chief Robert J. Barrett said McFarland told him he had a knife, but left it on his bunk.
Marine Private John Holzberger identified a knife found in a taxi-cab as one he had lent McFarland about two months ago.
The driver of the taxi, Henry Thomas, told of picking up a marine and a young girl Thursday night and starting with them to a restaurant in Virginia across the Potomac river. En route, he said, the couple appeared friendly. He said that during the ride the man leaned forward and whispered an order for him to drive to the park instead of the restaurant.
He found the knife on the floor of the cab shortly after the couple got out. Thomas said, and turned it over to the police the next day after reading of the killing.
Several witnesses identified the girl as one they had seen talking to a marine, but some could identify McFarland as the man.
The girl's father, R. S. Berrum, witnessed both hearings, it was said.
Tuesday, October 10, 1944
Funeral services for Dorothy Berrum, who was murdered in Washington, D.C., last Friday, will be held in this city on Thursday morning at 9 o'clock from Notre Dame church. The remains will arrive Chippewa Falls early Wednesday morning and will be taken to the Mason Funeral Home. Friends may call between the hours of 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday. Interment will be in Hope cemetery. The rosary will be said Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at the funeral home.
In Washington yesterday, Pfc. Earl McFarland, marine veteran of Guadalcanal, was ordered held for grand jury action in the slaying.
Arraigned on a murder charge before Commissioner Needham C. Turnage, McFarland stood on his constitutional right not to testify.
Two hours later, before Coroner A. Magruder McDonald and a coroner's jury, he again sat mute with a dozen witnesses outlined the prosecution's case.
Marine Corporal James I. Westberry tgold of accompanying McFarland and Pfc. Warren P. Graven from the marine guard barracks where they were stationed, to downtown Washington Thursday evening.
He said they encountered a girl, whom he identified later as Miss Berrum, and McFarland struck up a conversation with her. Westberry said he walked away, telling McFarland they would meet later. McFarland, he said, did not show up at the appointed place.
When they left the barracks, the corporal said, all three were wearing belts. A belt was found at the scene of the killing. Police said McFarland bought a new belt Friday, and told them he had not used one since he lost as old one in March.
Craven testified McFarland was flashing a knife when they left the barracks. Detective Chief Robert J. Barrett said McFarland told him he had a knife, but left it on his bunk.
Marine Private John Holzberger identified a knife found in a taxi-cab as one he had lent McFarland about two months ago.
The driver of the taxi, Henry Thomas, told of picking up a marine and a young girl Thursday night and starting with them to a restaurant in Virginia across the Potomac river. En route, he said, the couple appeared friendly. He said that during the ride the man leaned forward and whispered an order for him to drive to the park instead of the restaurant.
He found the knife on the floor of the cab shortly after the couple got out. Thomas said, and turned it over to the police the next day after reading of the killing.
Several witnesses identified the girl as one they had seen talking to a marine, but some could identify McFarland as the man.
The girl's father, R. S. Berrum, witnessed both hearings, it was said.
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