, 1888-11-22

lie even scoffed at my entreaties. l in
formed him that he would be prosecuted
for ti1amy and he took me by
the throat and said for me to shut
my neck but | never screamed"
"If you did not intend to kill him why
did you carry such weapon?"
'l carried that to defend my own per.
son. When he treated me that way and
provoked me concluded | would call il
into other service. and consequently ]
shot"
"How many times did you shootp"
81 don't remember, but shot to kill
each time. was driven to 1t by his des.
perate determination to frighten me out
Of taking action in the matter. The revo.
yer was thirty.two calibre, and was test
ed and found perfect before it came into
my possession"
Then you have been assisted in this
undertakings"
"My father never refused to lend assis-
tance, even when child at school, and he
lives to-day"
MRS. KING, NO. 3.
Shortly after clock Mrs King, No. 8,
who had gone to Council Bluffs the night
before to visit friends. returned to the
Paxton hotel with her cousin, Mrs. j. f.
Snyder of Lincoln. Somebody had told
the unfortunate woman the full particu
lars of the tragic event and she was COM
pletely Frustrated. She had to be carried
from the elevator to her room and since
then she has been raving insane with
brief lucid intervals. Her physicians say
that there is little hope of her sustaining
the blow. At present she is under the in.
fluence of chloroform. This lady has been
at different times called Moore and Duffy.
Ii was under the former, however. that she
was best known Her home is supposed
to be in Louisiana, Mo. Advices from
st. Louis say she was married to King in
August. Since her return she has moved
in the highest society as Mrs. King, and it
is reported that she had been welcomed to
the family of her father shortly after her
marriage. although an attempt was made
to keep the matter quiet. An announce
ment OF the fact appeared in the papers
This reached the eyes of the murderess,
who immediately went to Miss Moore's
family in Louisiana. Missouri, and in
formed them that the young lady was liv-
ing with King, who was married man in
this city. She also telegraphed
to K;, this The city .oto,u to the last last Mrs. m
yesterday, and was only delivered in the
morning. Soon after Mrs. King No. 3
left the hotel, but without telling where
she was going. An hour later note
from MIR King TO his wife was received by
the clerk of the Paxton. 1t was sent to
Mrs. Kings room, but she was found TO
be away. The note was returned to the
clerk and placed in Mr.. Kings box. There
it was found by that gentleman last night.
who was marveled greatly at the absence
of his wife. who unquestionably had been
frightened by her rivals telegram, which
contained the information that she was
coming here to prosecute King for bigamy.
KING NEGLECTED HER.
CHICAGO. Nov. 17.-Mrs. Beechler, who
committed the murder, lives in fashion.
able quarter on the North Side, where she
has Ii child years old. IL appears, &C
cording to the statement of a servant, the
only person left in the house, that Beech
Ter Ia an alias, and that the real person for
whom it stands is Henry w. King, Jr
The servant declares that King had not
been there for six weeks, and that on
Thursday, Mrs. Beechler, or King. first
heard he was going to marry Miss Duffy,
and became much excited. She has a
child years old, which she left with the
servant, and left the city yesterday, saying
she was going to Cleveland, wnere she had
lived before meeting young King. Her
maiden name was I.izzse lie Gorde. or
late she complained that young King was
neglecting her and went to her husband s
father and demanded that the young man
support her properly. The servant de-
clared that Mrs. Beechler's conduct was
entirely wifely during her husbands ab-
sence. Kings first wife disappeared after
the divorce and her attorney says she is
now in Europe studying for the operatic
stage. Her name was Carrie Walker.
CHICAGO, Nov. ia careful iuyestiga-
tion made by a representative of the Asso-
ciated Press tonight tends to throw much
light on the unfortunate parties to the
King shooting in Omaha this morning
The apartments occupied by the couple at
No. 2l0 Cass street, are in fashionable
part of the city and they bear all indica-
tions Of refinement and culture. No one
named King but they all knew Of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Beechler. That was
the name of the couple as they appeared to
all the neighbors and tradesmen. A four
year-od boy. whom Mrs. King claims as
her own child by King, is in reality her
own brother. Mrs. Kings folks live in
Cleveland, Ohio. Her mother has been
twice married, her last husbands name
being the one under which she and King
passed while living in Chicago. While
the couple lived in Quincy. Ills, they as
one Of the books in the Cass street resi-
dence bearing Mrs. Kings autograph, as
follows: "Libbie Lagarde, APO Elm street,
Quincy, Ills"
A Times special from Quincy, llls., says
in substance: Henry w. King, or Mr..
Legarde, as he was called here, was we'll
known in this city. He came here in
1886, bringing with him very stylish and
handsome woman who was known as Mrs.
Libbie Legarde. A two-year-old child was
also with them, and it was understood it
kha ohslA IS IaoA osa ako IS kha
woman. They all boarded at house on
EIGHTH street. King hoWeyer alxava