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Mete Section iKomiaJJ Busines B-5 Opinion B-14 Weather B-15 Green Bay Press-Gazette Sunday, March 25, 1984 Margaret Anderson: fun-loving, tough, kind ii By Terry Anderson Of the Press-Gazette "She was a tough Montana cowgirl." the three months since Margaret Anderson, 35, was murdered, little has (Surfaced to shed light on the type of person she was. In typical, terse police style, investigators call her a loner who had no previous criminal record. But to those who knew her her ex-husband Robert, their teen-age son, Robert and close friends there is much more which should be said. That Montana cowgirl characterization comes from her former husband. "Margaret was like anybody else.

She was a fun-loving gal, but wasn't wild and didn't have a mean bone in her body," Anderson said in a Press-Gazette interview. He said that on Christmas night, two days before she was murdered, they were together, "laughing and joking and having a few beers." Police say Margaret Anderson was taken by four men in a car from the Back Forty Tavern, 618 Bod art Way, early in the morning of Dee. 27. She was found later on Lime Kiln Road, beaten and her throat slashed. No one has been arrested in her slaying.

When he first met her, Anderson was an airman stationed near Glasgow, Mont. homemaker with an artistic spirit. She relaxed by painting plaster statues, knitting afghan blankets and doing woodwork. But why was Margaret Anderson drawn to a place like the Bark Forty, a tavern which police say is known for the rough-and-tumble characters who gather there? The question perplexes some of her best friends. "I was really surprised she went to a place like that.

She never talked much about her private life. But she didn't seem like the type of person who would go Please see MargaretB-2 ago when she was 17 and he was 21. The couple moved to Sturgeon Bay, and later to Green Bay, after his service duty was completed. And even though they were divorced five years ago, they remained close friends. Anderson, a 39-year-old Sturgeon Bay native with a face as weathered as the Door County shoreline, said his former wife never lost that sense of self-reliance that had been bred in the high-ranch country of Northeast Montana.

Anderson, who has worked as an auto mechanic, is currently unemployed. Robert 17, a red-haired, freckle-faced West High School senior who physically resembles his mother, said she was a "We live with it (the murder of Margaret Anderson) every day, think about it every day. Sure we're bitter. But what can you do?" Victim's son She was a teen-ager from Saco, Mont. Her family owned a thousand-acre ranch and two est ar ants which she and her mother operated.

They got married in Montana 18 years The victim The suspects Police confident Anderson killer will be found Ux- -wmri mi I miimmmtmmmi fi iiiot riming dws Wftwiiiaij if 'I Mark Hinton Alias A. D. Margaret Anderson Murdered Dec. 27 Randolph Whiting Alias Gargoyle Denice Stumpner Alias Bobber Three months of investigation The following are key events in the murder the slaying. He, like Whiting, has not been seen Since Margaret Anderson was murdered Dec.

27, area lawmen have devoted nearly a thousand hours of investigative work to unravel details of the crime. They now have plenty of suspicion, loads of evidence and a pair of outstanding warrants. But they don't have the killer. Randolph "Gargoyle" Whiting, the chief suspect in the stabbing, and Denice "Bobber" Stumpner, who is wanted as a material witness to the crime, have eluded lawmen. Meanwhile, Mark "A.D." Hinton remains in a cell at the Brown County Jail, held on a probation order in connection with the crime but never formally charged.

He has subsequently been charged with battery to a police officer following a scuffle with jailers. A fourth individual who apparently has knowledge of the crime but has not been implicated as a participant has been identified as the Mark Lukensmeyer, owner of the Back Forty Tavem. For more than a month after the crime he was given around-the-clock police protection. However, Lukensmeyer has since loft the state with the blessing of lawmen and a promise to return whenever he is needed. "I'm not discouraged at all," Green Bay Deputy Police Chief Richard Rice said late last week while discussing the case.

"No person can hide forever. There's too much going against them." From the beginning 3:30 a.m. on Dec. 27, 1983 it has been an exhaustive and expensive Jan. 31 Still sporting a black eye from the jail scuffle, Hinton makes his first appearance in court.

Unusual security precautions are taken because of threats by Anderson's relatives. Feb. 2 Oconto relatives of Whiting break their silence and publicly plead for him to surrender. Feb. 7 A tipster tells Sauk County police that Whiting's girlfriend, Victoria Chamberlain, was in the Wisconsin Dells area and that Whiting might have been with her.

However, authorities fail to find the suspect. Feb. 9 Lukensmeyer, having" left Green Bay with the blessing of local lawmen, fails to return for a municipal court appearance to face charges of drunk driving. A warrant for his arrest is issued. Feb.

14 Under the protective eye of local police, Lukensmeyer briefly returns to town to plead innocent to two drunk driving arrests, then quickly leaves town. March 9 An anonymous businessman offers to put up an undisclosed sum of money for information leading to the arrest of Whiting and Stumpner. of Margaret Anderson and subsequent police investigation: Dec. 26 Margaret Anderson and date attend a movie, then go to Back Forty Tavern, 618 Bodart Way. Dec.

27 Margaret Anderson found dying along Lime Kiln Road near Packerland Packing Co. Her throat is slashed and she is badly beaten. Her identity is not immediately known. Dec. 28 Tips from informers prompted by police sketches publicized by the news media help authorities positively identify Margaret Anderson.

Jan. 3 First degree murder warrant issued for Randolph "Gargoyle" Whiting and probation hold ordered for Mark S. "A.D." Hinton. Another man remains in protective custody. Jan.

3 Hours after he is named as a fugitive in the Anderson murder, Hinton voluntarily surrenders to authorities. Jan. 4 Whiting is spotted in Wausau, but he eludes authorities. Jan. 10 Denice "Bobber" Stumpner is named in a warrant as a material witness to by authorities since the first days following the slaying.

Jan. 19 Mark S. Lukensmeyer, the mystery man in protective custody, receives the first of two drunk driving tickets from the police officers assigned to guard him. Jan. 20 In a handprinted letter sent to attorney Arthur L.

Schuh, Jr. of Appleton, Whiting professes his innocense and desire to surrender. But he also voices fear for his life and sets conditions for his surrender. District Attorney Peter Naze rejects those conditions. Jan.

24 Oklahoma relatives of Margaret Anderson claim they have hired a "hit man" to track down Randolph Whiting. Jan. 26 Hinton is charged with battery to a police officer following a scuffle with jailers. Jan. 28 Acting on an anonymous tip, area lawmen surround an Ashwaubenon apartment in hopes of apprehending Whiting.

After several tense hours, heavily armed police storm the residence and take two people briefly into custody. They are released when police realize it's a case of mistaken identity. Richard Rice Still investigating investigation. Anderson, 35, 997 Shawano was discovered by a passing trucker on lime Kiln Road near the Packerland Packing Co. She had been beaten and her throat cut.

During the first two days after the murder, authorities were stymied because they didn't know her identity. Then, with the aid of anonymous tis and police sketches publicized by the news media, authorities cleared that hurdle. From there they were able to piece together the final hours of her life. It is an evening that began at the Marc Theatre, 4 1 1 Schoen Please see PollceB-2 Margaret Anderson's last night 4 I w4f JSWS3tt nnruEim pnoios The night of Dec. 26: Margaret Anderson left her house at went to a movie, "To Be or Not to Be," at the Marc Theatre, ern, then ended up at the Back Forty Tavern, right, 61 8 Bo-997 Shawano left, with a boyfriend Dec.

26. They center, 411 Schoen St. They later went to a Broadway tav- dart Way. The tavern is now known as Schnooky's Inn. Inside: The top 10 students in each class at Seymour High School will receive letters for academic acheivement like those received by athletesB-4 St.

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She was dead soon after police arrived. -m a t. 4 A -m.