Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-19
Sin 5 Awful Wages.
How They Were Paid to a
Young Chicagoan.
THE MURDER OF HARRY W. KING, JR.
BY the Hand of Woman Claiming to Be
His Wife - A Fast Life with Women
Brings Its Freuuent Reconnaissance Facts
Regarding the Victim of the Ahair-The
Mother of the Murderess Makes State


Regarding the Victim of the arair-The
Mother of the Murderess Makes a State
ment-Account of the Tragedy.
OMAHA, Neb-, Nov l9-Henry W King,
Jr., of tue Wholesale clothing firm Of Brown
ing, Kirg Il Co, of this city was shot and
killed by Woman claiming To lie his
wife in the rotunda Of the Paxton hotel, at
7:55 Saturday mnrning,
About z O'Clock an attractive and we'll
dressed woman of about "a years arrived in
this city from Chicago and registered at the
Paxton hotel as Mrs H. W X ng, Jr.. of
Chicago. She was assigned to room, and
entering the elevator was taken to the third
floor. Upon arriving at the landing she
turned to the bell-boy and inquired:
"Does Harry W. King room on this 6oorf"
The unsuspectiug youth replied that he did.
and added that he occupied Room G6.
~Weli, does be live with woman heref"
she again inquired
The bell boy replied in the affirmative
In response to the latter reply the alleged
Mrs King muttered something in low
tone, aud at once proceeded to the room oc-
cupied by King, and Il tap at the door
brought the response;
"AIi right; will lie there in n minuten
While waiting outside the door the woman
slipped to the elevator and remarked to the
attendant:
"That man, Mr.. King, is living with an-
| other woman. | an, his wife"
She walked reStleSSly to and fro in the hall
| way in front of the room, all the while keep
| ing close lookout that the door was not
| 10
ton, opened the door, and, catching sight of
| the visitor, said:
"What are you doing here2 l do not want
| to see you and want you to keep away from
men
| The woman replied that she would not
leave, and begged him togo down to the par
| lor with her. King shut the door in her face,
| but in about twenty minutes again emerged
from the room, and the two started for the
| elevator and descended to the parlor floor.
| Here the woman insisted that King take her
| TO breakfast, but he refused, and started to
| leave the house The woman followed, still
| entreatng him, whereupon he said to her:
"Shut up. There is a girl here and she
will hear you" at the same time grasping
her by the throat, saying: a could choke
| you off right here" The statement that he
grasped her by the throat is made by the
woman. 1t is not otherwise corroborated
At this the woman drew a revolver and
fired at King. The latter started to run, but
| before he reached the stairway the woman
| fired three more shots at him, and the man
| reeled and fell heavily down the stairs to the
ground door of the hotel As King lay pros
trats in the throes of death, with the blood
oozing from his mouth, the woman calmly
| knelt over his form and muttered: II have
murdered my husbandn
In the meantime she held the smoking
weapon in her hand. She again knelt over
him and was about to impress kiss upon
the pale lips of her victim when, seeing an
| officer enter the hotel she rose to her feet
| and informed him that she had committed
the deed
The woman was hurried away to the Cen
trail police station and placed in the office of
Chief Seavey and Detective Ormsby. The
coroner was notified OF the event and at
once took charge of the body and removed
it to the uorsue
Upon examination it was found that Kings
body had received only one bullet. 1t had
entered at the right shoulder blade passing
through the lungs, completely severing tn
windpipe, cutting off one OF the large blood.
vessels leading from the heart, and finally
lodging against the sternum Death was
caused by internal hemorrhage
The murdereSs in an interview Saturday
evening in tie jail said that she came here
with the determination to do nothing else
than to bring her "husband" to Justice.
When she met him in the hotel parlor he re-
fused to listen to her and took her by the
throat, threatening to choke her to death
! This provoked her and she concluded to call
her revolver into service. The revolver had
been tested aud found perfect before it came
into her possession, she said
"Then you have been assisted in this under
takingP asked the reporter
"My father never refused to lend me as
sistance, even when child at school, and he
lives to-day Does that expIanf'
Saturday afternoon the woman said he,
home was in Cleveland, O., where her parent.
now reside IN very poor circumstances. but
in the evening she claimed to be the daughter
of retired capitalist of Chicago She wa,
married to King, she says, in Quincy, Ills
about four years ago, where the couple be
came so heavily involved in debt that bel
husband had to leave the town. King ther
went to Chicago, and shortly after sent fol
her In that city they lived until about foul
weeks ago when her husband forSook her t.
marry Missouri girl
Mrs King, the real wifeof Harry W. King
Jr., was absent from the city when tn,
tragedy occurred and upon her arrival here
was almost frantic at the awful deed tina
had widowed her.
| The remains of young King were taken
from the morgue and placed on board
train for Chicago Saturday afternoon Mrs
King, the young Missouri bride. her cousir
Mrs Snyder. and number of friends of tn
dead man, accompanied the body on it
Journey,
Mrs. King, or Beechler, is in close confine
ment at the county jail, and no one is al
lowed to see her. A guard, however, acte'
as intermediary for representative of tn
United Press, who gained a few additions
facts concerning the murderess She say
her father is William Beechler, living at )
Cotter street, Cleveland, o. She expect
her lawyer from Chicago will come t
Omaha 10 defend her She denounced tn
interview alleged to have been had with her
in which she spoke Of her father as Il Oh
, cago capitalist, as false in every particular
She says she did not mention her father, an
: remarked that the shooting was mo r,
yenge" either.
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