St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08
Evidence That a Diabolical
Scheme Was on Foot to
Ruin Kingsley.
A Witness Testifies to Hear
ling Billings Threaten to
Kill the Deceased.
A Hitch in the Law That May
Yet Save Holong From
Hanging.
How Iowa Changers Defend
the Rights Of Their
Brothers.
Snacial to the Globe

Special to the Globe
WAvERLY, To-, April 7.-E. W. Ris-
don, the only man who ever heard Bill
ings threaten to kill Kingsley, was put
upon the stand to-day to testify in the
case. He said: 81 have been justice
of the peace and city clerk in this
county for twenty-four years, and am
acquainted with the defendant. l had
a conversation with him in relation to
Kingsley short time before the death
of the latter. There was no one pres
ent but ourselves" Here the witness
was asked to tell what their converse
ton was. A detailed statement of his
evidence would be unfit for publication,
and the following is the testimony in
substance: "There was no one present
but ourselves. Mr.. Billings came into
my Office and sat down, and said he did
not know but that he would have to
have lawsuit. Did not wish to, if he
could avoid it,
AND SETTLE MATTERS
in another way. That man, Kingsley,
had been seducing one of the finest
young ladies in the county-a most
magnificent girl. The girl found that
she was enciente. She wrote letter
to Mr.. Kingsley requesting him to
marry her and asking him to return the
letter with his answer to her. Kingsley
answered the letter, refusing to marry
the girl and signing his name to it.
Kingsley said the girl had an aunt liv-
ing 700 miles from here, and before she
knew she was in misery she had made
arrangements with her cousin to go to
her aunt's and visit them. But after
this she wrote to her that she could not
go for that reason. Her cousin wrote
to her, saying that that need not make
any difference, that her husband had
lately died and that she could be the
MOTHER OF THE CHILD.
But the aunt was not very we'll off,
and the girl could not depend on her
folks. They would not do anything for
her, and he the defendant) proposed
that Mr.. Kingsley should pay for it. He
said he was going to drop in on the
young man with a mortgage running
for all he had-his horse and buggy and
other property running to me, Billings,
for the support of the illegitimate child
not stating any name in it who it was
for. In the first place, he was to pay
5000 down, and $50 per month was men
toned once and $50 once in these papers
for the support of the child until it was
sixteen years old. After that he
SPOKE OF ANOTHER AFFAIR
that occurred in their office when they
officed together. in which he and n. J.
More had surprised Kingley. When he
got up to go out he said: she will be
just d-d-n fool enough to sign your
papers," Billings replied: she will
sign them or | will blow his brains out"
Therewas reference made to Kingsley's
salary and mortgage on everything he
had" During this testimony Mrs. Bill
ings sat by her husband and both seemed
to be very much agitated, and the former
at one time was moved to tears. At this
stage of the proceedings the state wished
to introduce i'll evidence the papers
found on Billings at the time of his ar
rest. The defense, being not ready to
argue the question and the unwilling
ness of the prosecution to allow other
witnesses called till the question of the
admission of these documents was
passed upon, the court adjourned until
Monday morning.