The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-06
Reluctant to See eNewspaper- men Had Made Good Living As Book Agent Through the West Trav- els Covered Wide Range of Territory.


 That Attorney Clitus H. King will not stand trial in the crim- inal superior court but will plead guilty to embezzlement and throw himself upon the mercy of the. court, was the statement made today by per sonal friends who are in the confidence of the defaulting lawyer.
 Several newspapermen called upon County Sheriff Pease this morning and asked to be allowed to talk to the lawyer. The sheriff went to At torney King with the request but the latter replied that he had nothing to say for publication and had no desire
 It was at first thought chat he would insist upon fg1ztiHE thescharges aganst him and thereby cause the state the expense of a long trial His present attitudes therefore. will be pleasing to the states attorney and his saff. His counsel is he city court assistant prosecutor, John F. Gray, and it was stated that he would not take steps to retain any other lawyer in view of the fact that no lengthy legal proceedings are contemplateds An effort was made to get in touch it was said that he> had left the city on the S.57 train for New York in order to be on time for the Prince on-Harvard football game.
 Attorney King cannot be brought before the criminal superior court until the December term The bench warrant, upon which he was arrested Ind u<av criminal superior court Sept 14 last. and this warrant is returAab1e only to. the superior court
 The question of bai1 is one which must also be considered So far no amount has been fixed The total embezzlements/ amount to about 1000 so It is probable that bonds would be fixed at $8 600 or $10.000. Only a judge of the superior court can fix bail and if anything is done it will probably come before Judge William s. Case when he returns to this city next Tuesday morning to resume sessions of the civil superior court
 It was learned today that Attorney King is showing no anxiety about bail and for the present would prefer to stay in jail. A prominent man, whose name could not be learned. is said to. have offered this morning to go as surety for the lawyer but Sheriff Tease declared this morning that no application for bail had been made. RSo far no member of the lawyers family, except his son, has seen him. Mrs King has not yet applied for per mission to visit her husband at the jail It is understood, however, that she will ask to be. allowed to see him tomorrow.
 The lawyer is occupying one of the ordinary cells at the jail and is re- ceivtng the same food served to the other prisoners. It is a. rule of the in stitution that no food from the out side world, with the exception of fruit. can be brought in for prisoners.
 Considering his experience Attorney King does not appear to be grea tIy depressed in spirits. On the contrary he seems relieved that he has taken such decisive step- .1 feel better now than at any time since I left" he remarked last night when he was brought to the institution. t'Fhe load is off my mind now. Since I've been away I've had a chance to think things over and I decided the best thing to do was to come back and face the Inusic.|
 The greatest change in the lawyers appearance is his decreased weight He has lost many pounds since he fled from the city-but in spite of the flow ing beard. which he grew as dis guise, his friends in this city would ASSS no O111Sut~y III recognizing nsn- The upper bart of his face would serve as means of Identification for any body who had met him frequently in the past.
 It IS understood that the state po- lice, who have been busily engaged in searching for King. nave traced his movements from city to city through out the United States. always being but few steps behind him until his voluntary delivery to custody last night.
 From the pieced record of the police # seems that King upon leaving Hartford visited Pittsburgh. thence probably to Albany and Buffalo and
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