Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
mrs. De KING GIVEN
SOLEMN BURIAL
Inquiry Into Shooting Opens
Father Opposes Boy
as Witness.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AURORA, ILL.,, March 30.--A SOL
emn procession of townspeople and
friends Of Mrs. Lillian De King, who
was killed during a prohibition raid
In her home Monday, today filed from
the tiny yellow house two miles north
of here to st. Joseph's Church and
thence to the cemetery.
Hours before the body of the wife
and mother who was shot and killed
by a deputy sheriff was removed from
the home, crowds of sympathetic
townsmen gathered about the lawn.
While services for her were held,
Charles w. Hadley, assistant attorney
general Of Illinois, and States Attor-
ney George D. Carbary were in con-
ference, considering various angles Of
the raid that resulted in her death.
Hadley was assigned to the case after
Carbary had APPEALED to Oscar Carl
strom, attorney general, for co-opera-
ton in the investigation because Of
the feeling against him in Aurora.
Hadley was to attend the coroner's in
quest Tuesday and he received back
ground of the affair today from Car
barry.
Gun Figures in Case.
Coroner Herman j. Vierke announced
he would subpoena Eugene Boyd Fair
child. investigator for the States at
torney's Office. who said he bought gin
of Mrs. De King. It was on his word
the warrant was issued and the raid
made, resulting in the death. a frac-
tured skull for Joseph De King, Ia
borer, and the shooting of Roy Smith,
leader Of the deputies. by the 12-year-
old son Of the De Kings, after Smith
had killed the mother.
Fairchild, who also worked as an
automobile salesman here, was said to
be in Elgin and to have been ques-
toned by Attorneys Hadley and Car
barry. He disappeared from Aurora
after the shooting and was located yes
terday at Odell. H.
The young man insisted he bought
gin from Mrs. De King, although the
only liquor found by the raiders was
gallon of wine. He, like the deputy
sheriff, left town for fear of violence.
No mass was said at the church, for
this is holy week. 1t will be held for
Mrs. De King Monday. The church
was filled with friends and relatives of
the family. which has lived in this vi
cinity many years.
Opposes Boy Witness.
An irate father visited the office of
the States attorney today and objected
to his 7-year-old son being called as a
witness against neighbor. Rosie
Kirsch. accused Of dry law violation.
Chris Miller said two strangers
found the boy playing in a vacant lot
and gave him 81 with which to buy a
pint of moon" for them. The boy did
as they asked him, the father said.
Reveals Liquor Purchase.
After Fairchild had been closeted
most Of the afternoon with States At
torney Carbary, Hadley and other on
Gals, it was announced that Fairchild
admitted he had not personally pur-
chased liquor at the De King home.
II had tried two or three times to
make buy at the De King home"
Carbary quoted Fairchild as saying,
but was unsuccessful. Then one night
friend and I were out together and
he said he could buy liquor there.
II gave him SIS and parked the car
by the filling station in front of the
De King home and my friend went
inside the house. He returned in few
minutes WIFI q plnC Oh COlOIe0 uiOOu-
shine and SO in change.
I'VE drank about half the liquor and
I saved the rest"
Oficials refused to reveal the friends
name as he will be wanted to appear
at the inquest, they said.
After Fairchild's statement, Hadley,
representing the attorney general, said
that after a curSory examination OF the
search warrant for the De King home
he believed it was legal. He made 1t
plain, however, that his examination
had been merely superficial.