Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-01
BUYER OF DE KING
LIQUOR" LOCATED.
Aurora, Ill.,, Man Declares
Purchase Not Made in House
Nor From Woman.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AURORA, ILL.,, April 1.-The man
who made the buy" in the De King
liquor case has been found. He is Philip
Johnson, and he has told attorneys
that he did not purchase liquor from
Mrs. Lillian De King at all.
The shooting to death of Mrs. De
King week ago by depty sheriff
took place at the De King home during
a raid made under search warrant.
The warrant, in turn, was predicated
on buy" of liquor, which Eugene
Boyd Fairchild, acting as a county in
vestigator, declared he had made from
woman at the De King home.
Fairchild told authorities that the
complaint on which the warrant was
obtained was inaccurate in declaring
he personally had made the purchase
He said Johnson, son of gas station
owner at Batavia. ILL.,, had been the
actual buyer of the liquor, using money
which Fairchild furnished.
Bought Near De King Home.
Johnson, who volunteered his story
to attorneys representing Joseph De
King. said he did not buy the liquor
at the De King home, or from q wona-
an, as the Fairchild complaint declared.
The buy" was made, johnson said,
from man in front of Stafford's FILL
ing station" which is near the De King
home
Shortly after Johnson's account was
made known last night, States Attor-
ney George D. Carbary of Kane Coun-
tv, under whose cleanup campaign the
raid was made. indicated an intention
to turn the investigation over to the
attorney general of Illinois. Such an
action would be an unusual legal pro-
cedure. inasmuch as Illinois law pro-
vides that the attorney general act only
when a county prosecutor has been
found to be prejudiced.
The understanding today was that
Carbary planned to go before circuit
judge and submit a petition asking the
court to direct the attorney general of
Illinois to take charge of the case
In so doing" Carbary said, II do
not necessarily admit that I am preju-
diced in the usual sense of the word.
for I am not. I desire nothing more
than complete investigation and pun
ishment of any one found guilty of
violating the law"
Holds Self-Defense Theory.
Carbary reiterated his belief that
Deputy Sheriff Roy Smith. who did the
shooting. acted IN self-defense, believ-
ing that Mrs. De King intended to shoot
laim after he had slugged her husband,
Joseph. The deputy was himself shot
in the leg by the De Kings young son,
Gerald, and is recovering in hospital.
Robert A. Troy attorney representing
De King, announced receipt of an offer
of $4,000 from Salt Lake City man
for prosecution of officials responsible
for the shooting. The telegram, signed
Orman W. Ewing said the sender and
his friends were willing to raise the
money Ito help defray expenses of
bringing slayers of Mrs. De King to
Justice"
Many letters offering assistance have
been received by Milroy. One from
Chicago read II am 36 years old, 6
feet tall. weigh 178 pounds and am
single. The same hand that is writinee
this has pulled the triggers of various
Vickers and Browning machine guns in
France. 1 will be at your service
should you need me-"
With the appearance of the actual
liquor buyer. every major witness in
the case was expected to be available
tomorrow when the inquest into. Mrs.
De Kings death is resumed The deputy
sheriff who fired the shot will be unable
to leave the hospital. but it is planned
to have the jury so there and hear his
story.