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Thursday, April 10, 1975
University Daily Kansan
Four guilty of battery
From page one
They also asked about incidents which allegedly occurred before the fight started. A confrontation between Looney and Pilot and the Wastells in the Lewis cafeteria, and a subsequent incident in which Debra Lee Wastell allegedly made contact with a girl who would be first floor hall of Lewis were the subject of several questions by Jones and Whyte.
Walker questioned the defendants about possible racial overtones of the incident.
Brown and Raynes said they thought the incident hadn't been racial until an article appeared Feb. 28 in the Kansan. Brown said the Kansan blew the incident out of
The seven defendants originally accused by the Wasteils are black, and the Wasteils
The defense attorneys and the
prosecution directed questioning to witnesses both Thursday and March 26 about the number of whites and the number of African Americans present when the incident allegedly occurred.
Laflin, Kimball and Wrench testified that the dean's investigation was started to determine who had started the incident. They said the investigative panel consisted of themselves, Cary Smith, associate dean, and Marcia Llewis, president of Lewis.
Kimball said an oral request from the panel was presented by Laflin to several persons to ask them to write a statement about the incident. The panel then interviewed several people, she said, and, as a result of the interviews, administrative action was taken against some of the people allegedly involved in the incident.
court would have to decide whom to believe, because testimony by prosecution and defense witnesses had often been contradictory.
In his closing argument, Walker said the
Walker said the Wastells did the best they could to identify the people they thought were the villagers.
The incident was racial, Walker said, and Debra Lee Wastell was intimidated by the group of blacks. He said he didn't think the law would require Debra Lee Wastell to wait until she was struck before she defended herself.
In finding the four students guilty, Elwell said identification of the persons involved and the circumstances leading up to the attack were most important to his decision.
The incident was in no way a minor scuffle. Elwell said, but what appeared to have been a fight with the dog was
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