Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-06
Miss Beech|er' 5 Trial
A Chicago Business Man on the
Witness Stand.
HIS TALK WITH THE DEFENDANT,

And the Agreement She Concluded to
Make-A Story of wickedness and I'm
providence-lder Comprehensive Renun-
ciation-Tho Prosecution Ends Its Case
aud tho Defense Asks Time-Rsmarka-
| BILE Coincidence of Names In the Life of q
Maynard Woman.
OMAHA, Neb., April 6-The court room
was again CROWDED yesterday when the case
OF Libhie Bsechlsr was resumed, many Of the
audience being ladies',
j. Mciregor Adams, president of the
Adams az Yves lake company of Chicago,
was the first wit less placed on the stand. He
detailed an int view between himself aud
the defendant a his Office in the latter part
Of january, 1885 Henry Woolworth King,
PENDANT had come from Quincy. She
seemed much excited. She said Harry had
been very improvident, had many bills uu-
paid, and she had come to Chicago to get
some money from him or his father Mr.
Adams said he was anxious that she should
not see Harry's father, as it would only an
uoy him and his family. She said she wanted,
- oho Souiu gov Iiouol ouOuSu, 10 ~ udCh W
her home in Cleveland She was tired, she
said OF the way things had been going. Mr.
Adams then proposed that if she would break
up her relations with King and return to
Cleveland he would pay the expense OF NOV
ing see that all bar unpaid bills were settled
aud give her $500 besides. He then gave her
$50 and she promised to return to Qaincy.
he told her he would either come to Quincy
o. send some one down there to carry out the
agreement which they had made. Mr.. john
son was sent TO Quincy in pursuance of this
arrangement. Mr.. Adams again saw the de-
PENDANT at the Office of Luther Latin Mills
Henry Woolworth King was present At
that meeting Mr.. Mills said that young King
had renewed his relations with the defend
ant Bills were again accommodating, and he
had been instructad by her TO secure nav.
ment either through young King or his
father. At either this interview or the
previous one the defendant said she had given
Harry her diamo I'd ring to be pawned for
the purpose of raising money TO pay their
debts. She agreed to release all claims on
Harry for 5000 Mr.. Adams thought
81, 800 enough Mr.. Mills proposed to accept
this amount if it was further agreed to pay
all outstanding debts OF the defendant
and young King and pay rent on the fat
they were then occupying until May fol-
lowing.
This proposition was finally agreed to, the
defendant sigued paper to that effect, and
received the ST $40 in cash The agreement
which she signed rected that she had been
living with Henry w. King, Jr, for. several
months that he had promised to marry her,
but hal failed II do so. The agreement
bound her to re ease him, his heirs. execu-
tors, and assigns from all claims against him
which she, her heirs, etc, had, or might have
had, from the be ginning OF the world" To
this agreement sh signed tho name of Libbie
Beeohler. She surrendered package of let
ters written her 10y young King which Mr.
Adams, after submitting them to Mr. King,
Sr, burned up At this interview the de-
PENDANT sent yer bal message by Mr.. Adams
to MIR. King. ST., in which she advised him
70 make Harry rustic for himself as she
expressed it, that It might cure him of his
improvident habits. She also advised Mr.
King TO keep Harry out of her way, thatsshe
was tired OF him and if he troubled her any
more she would-ldr. Adams recollected her
language-"fix him"
The cross-examiiation brought out nothing
except that at first Miss Beechlsr refused To
accept money or g We up Harry, and that she
was told that his fIther had disinherited him.
and that If he married her they would have
nothing but his salary to live Oh A letter
was introduced from Miss Beechler to Harry.
In which she declared she wanted him and
would have him if she had to work for them
both. 1t was sign ed "Libbie King" and al.
ways your true wife, and dated in February,
1888
The prosecution hen rested and the defense
rlradf r.t-o r,1 ,Sl,S., i.
night to determine whether or not to intro
duce any testimony in defense
The observing attendant upon the trial
cannot failed TO have noticed how the dis
tracted woman's life for the last five wears has
been nodded by three men, all of whom were
named King. A still stranger fact is that
the Christian name of all three of the King,
was Henry W. The first one Of this trio to
come into Miss Eeechler's life las not ap-
peared in the trial except incidentally. He
Is a coal merchant in Chicago and is said to
be man of the world. He was an intimate
friend of the II. W King killed in the Pax
ton hotel, and the two at times made the
rounds Of Chicago. The coal merchant was
the friend of Miss Beechler and had known
her for some time prior to her aeuuaint-
ance with the King now dead Curious-
ly enough the coal merchant introduced
q. W. King, Jr., To Miss Beechler, and the
result Of this meeting was tale of misery
and disappointment. How Harry w King
succeeded in displa cling his friend the coal
merchant, in her affections has never been
told, and probably never will, unless the
young Chicago blood sees f1t to make these
dsclo sures on his own motion. That Harry
W. King Jr., became her favorite and still
retained his friendship with the coal mer-
chant is undisputed. All along the course of
the intimacy between Miss Beechler and
Harry W. King, Jr the person of Harry W.
King, the coal merchant, occasionally ap-
pears upon the scene. He went with Law
yer johnson to Quincy in February, 1888,
and at several other times was an interested
party to events constantly taking place be-
tween the defendant and her supposed hus.
band. The third Z ng is of course Henry W.
King, ST., trying to change the career of his
son.
Probably on His Death Bed.
BRookLY 3, N. Y, April 6-Ex-Mayor
John w. Hunter suffered stroke of paraly-
sis Thursdny ono side of his bodo ba;ro 49,.