State v. Wilkins

On the evening of December 9, 1928, John W. Brooks of Walla Walla was shot and instantly killed, the circumstances being about as follows : Mr. Brooks was, on that evening, sitting in his home when someone knocked on the door. Mr. Brooks called to him to come in, and a masked man entered, and, after a slight altercation, Mr. Brooks was shot twice. The assailant turned and walked out, entered a waiting automobile and drove away. Early in February, the defendant and his sixteen-year-old son were placed under arrest, held for examination, and a short time thereafter an information was filed…