Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-18
K|LCORE
RELATES
Staying
Youth Tells of Killing
BARLEY On Lattcr's
Ranch At Imperial.
FATHER ON STAND
Elder kilgore Confirms
Stories OF His Wife ard
Son.

Stories OF His Wife ard
Son.
NJ. d. Kilgore today took thn wit
ness stand in Judge \. G. Finncy s
court in a hopeful attempt TO save
his son, Ray, from the gallows for
the murder of Frank Bartlcy at the
latter's ranch near Imperial Decem-
her -.
Sobbing and shaking with
emotion, the father told Il pitiful
.tory Of his suspicious of Illicit af-
fairs going on between his wife and
the slain man and of her confession
when the father and SON read a love
letter sent 10y her to Barley in care
Of one Of his friends.
Il felt that something was
wrong,' murmured Kilgorc through
cIcnehed teeth, "and | went to Ray
and told him of my susPicionl !
also told him that | could never
live at home again and begged him
- stay there and be a father 10
the Riddles.
"'Ray was surprised at my sus-
picions, pointing out that there had
been 10 evidence to insinuate that
such thing had happened. You
are letting Your imagination run
AWAY with YOU, be said.
MY son then moved us to Loa
Angeles and said that he would re
turn to Imperial Valley to learn the
truth. He promised to tell me every
thing even if he found out my suS-
picionS were true.
He returned t. Los Angelo
later, declaring that | was wrong
SO decided 10 let the matter drop.
"Thcu we found out Mother re-
ceivcd letter and as she didn {
have her glasses, Ray Offered tc
read it, When She found out what
it was she tried to grab it but Ray
kept il from her.
.'Shc confessed then and Ray
said, 'Mothcr, I'm ashamed of
you.
Mother Leaves Court
He then told Of Rays leaving the
house, saying that hc was going to
take Betty Baily to dance.
Bat he didn t 60 to the dance, -
the father concluded, "hc came
down 10 Rartlcy's ranch iu.'tad.'
Mrs. Kilgore left the courtroom at
the beginning of Kilgorc's testi-
monv. She had not returned at the
noon recess.
The son was composed throughout
his fathers story and from time TO
time he nodded, as if agreeing with
certain parts of it.
Following his father, young Xii
gore was called to the witness chair,
Walking briskly across the court
room, he climbed to the stand and
answered in a clear voice all qucs.
tions asked him by Ernest Utlcy
and Edgar b. HeVey, the defense
attorneys.
When asked to relate the events
on the morning of December -
the youth stood uP in the witness
stand, his eyes blazing defiance, and
rcenactcd the killing.
II was walking across the field
in a trance Kilgorc began, "and
| came out of il as ! confronted the
man who came into our home and
tore the moral foundation from it,
BARLEY had his hand in his
pocket and | remembered then that
mother had told me that he would
shoot ON sight if their affairs wcr,
found out. As approached him
the arm, whose hand was in hi
pocket icrkcd and | fired, tie
stumbled forward and as he started
to regain his balance fired again
Then he fell, face forward. y
The youth then told of returning
TO his machine and of accidentally
firing the gun again, tearing the
dashboard out of his machine
When questioned by District At
torncy Elmer Heald, Kilgorc told his
story but when asked TO relate the
events that happened from the time
lie left Los Angeles to the time he
reached here, the lad declared that
che didn't remember. -
81 was in trance, he sald, "a
dream and didn't wake up until
| met Bartlcy.'
Asked where hc went when ht
left his Los Angeles home, kilgorC
declared that he couldn t remember
anything except that he must have
left the city because he had vague
memory of passing through somC
small towns.
However, he failed to recall the
names of any of them and appeared
to be disgustcd by Hcald 5 persis
tcncc.
Many arguments between the at
torneys marked the morning session
Kilgore was ON the witness stand
at the close of the morning session
and continued his story when court
opened at o clock this afternoon,