Clatsop-Multnomah County OR Archives News.....Boy Cleared By Grand Jury September 24, 1904
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Mornign Oregonian September 24, 1904
Astoria,Or.,Sept.23- The grand jury returned not a true bill against Willis 
Cook,the 16 year odl son of Police Commissioner Cook,who last March shot and 
killed Alexandra Vilen,a servant in the Cook home. The boy in a spirit of fun 
pointed a loaded pistol at her to scarre her,and it was discharged,the bullet 
striking her in the heart and killing herinstantly.The Cornoer's jury found 
that she had come to her death at his hands,but that it was an invountary 
act.The grand jury evidently found that it was an accident,and that it would 
be imposible tofind a jury to convict him,as his reputation among his 
associates and elders was good,especially at school.

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