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this killing.”
In conclusion, he askec the jury to tell Diane Kid well that “she could not b< the judge, jury and execu tioner for Ranee Spellman.”
In his summation de fense attorney John Dowt declared that the most pow erful instinct is “to live, t< survive. And the seconc most powerful instint, espe dally in a woman, is to pro ted.” The central issue ir the case, he maintained, is “Did Diane Kidwell honestly and reasonably believe sht was going to lose her life?”
Dowd recalled that tht defendant’s son, Earl Kid well, who was watching the scene from the hillside, tes tified that Spellman’s hanc was inside his vest just aftei the shot.
Dowd described th« right-of-way dispute be tween Saltonstall and the Kidwells as “the most puni tive, arbitrary and foreefu acts against a family that anybody has witnessed.” He asked why Saltonstal wanted to widen the road track from nine feet to “big ger than highway 21” wher the roadway had proved adequate for the 60,000-70,00C pound trucks that hauled timber down from her hilltop lots. “Someone just keeps forcing the issue (ir the right-of-way dispute),’ he said, adding that Saltonstall “wanted to run the Kidwells off. ”
His employer had told Diane Kidwell that Spellmar was always armed, the de fense attorney continued. “Diane had seen him with a gun...Could anyone predict
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