Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-24
NOT GUILTY
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AVVU WILT "a
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\ woman claiming to have seen Mrs.
King murdered. has been received by
he authorities.
plea OF not guilty to the charge
OF numbering Mrs. King was entered
by Means when his preliminary hear
Ing began today in the small crowded
here.
Means delayed proceedings by de-
change of venue. Under
the law. the examination halted when.
. new Justice was rushed from an
other township to preside at the pre-
ACCUSED MAN NOT WORRIED.
The little room was filled with a
throng Of country folk. Beside Means
sat his father. "Oid Bill" Means. a
typical southerner. The alleged slay-
er's stout fact was wreathed in smiles
as he beamed upon the Judge. the
spectators and the reporters. Pretty
little Mrs. Alton Means, his sister
in-law, sat beside him. Mrs. Melvin,
sister of the late Mrs. King, sat near
the Means group.
His fellow townsmen in this typical
ly southern community were grudG-,
ing witnesses to his arraignment be-
fore Police Magistrate Palmer.
Not 80 the representatives of the
machinery Of justice from Chicago and
New York. where Means alleged vio-
tim scattered her money to the winds
and from the department Of justice at
Washington. who know volumes more
OF his international Vaccinations than
they're ready to tell Just now. !.
OiesiPATED HER FORTUNE. +
Tho Chicago and New York author
tiles who have painstakingly pieced
together long and important strands
of broken threads in the tangled skein
Of the mystery are convinced that
Means claim that Mrs. King accident
ally shot herself at lonely Black
wedler Springs the night of August
90. is a lie. They believe and claim
they can prove that Means having
dissipated Mrs. Kings fortune while
he masqueraded in the guise of trust
worthy confidential adviser and hav-
ing schemed to get more of the King
millions by a forged second will, de-
liberately murdered the woman rather
than permit her to discover his du-
plicity. Means has lost a bit OF hts
devil may-care attitude today. He
sent for local Prosecutor Clement dur
ing the night to profess his innocence
and was rebuffed, being told to say
his say at his trial. His usually smil-
ing round face was podgy and pasty
white and dark circles ringed his eyes
when he appeared today.
The preliminary hearing begun to-
day and may end tomorrow or run
into Wednesday, depending on the
amount Of evidence introduced.
The state scored its first strong
point against Means when Coroner's
Physician Burmeister. of Chicago, tes-
tiled that Mrs. Kings death wound
was inflicted on the left side Of her
head, whereas the autopsy proved that
Mrs. King was righthanded.
UNDERTAKEN CALLED FIRST.
I. A. Wellington. undertaken. who
handled Mrs. Kings body was the first
witness called by the state. He told
of being called by Alton Means to pre-
pare Mrs Kings body the night of
the alleged murder and Of shipping it,
In . sealed casltet in q steel case to
Ashevilfe. In company with Alton and
Castor Means, Aug. 80. e~
The questions hero indicated the
state believes there was a discussion
between CASTOR Means and Mrs. Anne
l. Robinson. Mrs. Kings mother, as
to the disposition Of Mrs. Kings body.
The caslxet, Wellington said, was
opened there for Mrs. Robinson and
then taken to Chicago at Means order.
IAN he said was we have decided to
take TIE body to Chicago" said Wed
dinSton-
Means went with the body to the
cemetery In Chicago, remaining close
by II, the witness said.
Means claimed Mrs. King had on
high heeled slippers when she stumbled
and fell. dischargine the pistol, he
says, and accidentally shot herself
Weddington testified Mrs. King had
on no slippers. only hose wore on her
feet when he got the body the night
of her death. He remembered that
because he examined her broken
ankle.
Weddinston said It was either Gas
ton Means or Mrs. Melvin who sug-
gestsd the party stop at Cincinnati en-
route to Chicago. ito get some flowers
DEATH NOT ACCIDENTAL.
DIR. William Burmeister. chief coron-
ers physician, from Chicago, who has
the bullet taken from Mrs. Kings head
at the midnight autopsy in Chicago
after the authorities' suspicious were
aroused, then took the stand.
His testimony is expected to prove
that Mrs. King could not have died