New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-16

by Mrs. Humiston. with the pro'h'''
that he would soon be set free, 4,
The accusation is made under oath
bv King. and the portion OF the repu
diation containing this charge follows:
ave kept talking along. and ~ DeEa"
getting most night and she Mrs. nu
miston) gays 10 me: Mr.. King, III tell
YOU. il you will confess that you uohe
this crime she says, you VIII never W
locked up n great while. ! nave IL nHeu
I'M with the Governor, or the state' ,na'
YOU won't be locked up great "hiie'
and il will be down in black ana wnite,
so that you can see IL before anything
il done in Albion And she says I;
There is $4,000 in money there, ana ,
will see that you get three OF IT,. ana
all / told her is Just what read IN the
paper, and that is all | know about IT,
Town Residents Question King.
The repudiation was obtained Sunday
niOht by Mr.. Knickerbocker, chester
NJ Bartlett, Sheriff OF Orleans county
and George w. Newton, the Bunalo
detective who wrung from Stelow, ~
ia charged, by third degree methods
the confession which resulted In ms
conviction. After King had declared
that his story of killing Phelps and
Mrs. Wolcott was lie, he was taken
before a committee Of five foremost
residents of Albion, who questioned
him at length.
The transcript Of the questions and
answers covers twenty-four typewrit
ten pages and is signed by five wit
nesses, Thomas A. Kirby, Lafayette a.
Beach. George II. Rolife, Alfred W.
Wood and Frederic NJ. Thompson.
So intense has the feeling become
that threats have been made against
Mrs. Humiston by Knickerbocker paru-
sans. By one it was remarked to-day
that she would be in Jail If she wasn't
a little more careful"
Knickerbocker, on the other hand,
has alienated many by his determined
refusal to take any stock in the con
fession of King, by his secrecy IN with
drawing the murder charge against
King before Stielow's attorney had the
opportunity to protest the move, and by
the suspicion of other questionable
motives to which Stielow's side believes
he has laid himself open.
The sentiment of some residents
against the District Attorney was evi-
dent to-day when he began circulating
his primary petition for reelection.
Many of his former friends refused to
sign it. 1t is probably true, however,
that the majority in Albion are with
him. for they regard Mrs. Humiston as
an interloper and the others who are
working for Stielow as sentimentalists.
Osborne May Cross-Examine.
James W. Osborne, of New York, is
60 conduct tho i l.
ton OF King if he is taken to Rochester
as a witness at the hearing on the mo-
ton for new trial for Stielow.
Mr. Kirby, the member of the COM
mittee who did most of the questioning
of King, brought out one apparent con-
tradiction concerning Detective Thomas
O'Grady and Mrs. Humston at the time
King says the money was offered him.
Was 0'Grady there ?" he asked King.
eyes, part of the time" was the answer.
Q.-Was ne present when the sub
ject Of giving you money was sug-
gested? A-Nobody but me and her.
A little later Mr.. Kirby returned to
the subject, and this time King an
volved O'Grady.
Q.-Those promises were what? Let
us have that again. A.-They told me
that if | would say that | done it this
woman said that she would pay me
we'll and show me in black and white
from the Governor that | wouldn't
get locked up a great white, but short
time.
Q.-And you believed that, did you? ?
A.-Why, yes; they made me believe
it by promises.
Q.-Who is they? A.-This woman,
mostly; but / suppose this O'Grady,
every chance he got, was talking to
her and then she would do the talking
to me.
Q.-Did they mention any particular
sum of money? As? 900.
II was rlmored here tonight that
Mrs. Humiston, who is in Rochester,
had succeeded in getting a court order
for the removal Of King from the Jail
here to Monroe County on a warrant
charging murder, but this could not
be confirmed.