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Maddox
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here in the county during a quarrel
among Washington gamblers.
From that time Killeen became a
different man. He lived in fear and
became increasingly brutal.
Haunted by Fear.
"He was haunted by the fear that
he was to be the next victim, and car
ried a gun wherever he went. Often
he raved that the had been double
crossed and at these times he would
become drunk and beat Mrs. Maddox.
He took her to his boat, anchored in
Chesapeake Bay, and kept her there
for three weeks, refusing to let any
one come aboard"
Prescott then told of the fight just
before Killeen was shot.
He was after the gun himself, de-
termined to kill her" the attorney
said, "and she had no choice but
to get the weapon first and fire"
Killeen was shot twice, three other
bullets lodging in the bed room wall.
The attorney told the jury Mrs.
Maddox first met Killeen % years
ago. when she was 13 years old.
Promised Marriage.
1.-TWO years later" he said, "Killeen
promised to marry her and then
seduced her-when she was only IS"
He said the defense would show Mrs.
Maddox knew Killeen had killed two
men and wounded a woman, giving
her ample cause to fear for her own
life.
Although she has admitted shoot
ing Killeen, prominent in the Wash
ington gambling fraternity, Mrs. Mad
dock pleaded not guilty when ar
raigned as the trial opened. From
this, it was assumed, she will plead
self-defense in conteSting the charge.
Killeen was killed last November
% when Mrs. Maddox, with whom
he had been living for two years, fired
two shots into his body.
A jury was selected at the end Of
the first hour. The defense challenged
16 prospective jurors, and several
others said they had formed opinions
in the case, requiring the sheriff to
make three trips into the streets to
round up additional talismen.
Mrs. Maddox manifested little in
terest in the proceedings. She has
been in court before, her washington
police record showing four convic-
tions for disorderly conduct, two for
drunkenness, one for destroying pri-
vate property and one for violating
the Harrison narcotic act, for which
she served a one-to-two-year term at
Lorton Reformatory. She is now
awaiting trial on two petty larceny
charges, preferred since the killing OF
Killeen.
Her story of the killing will be a
twice-told tale, however, unless the
prosecution has some surprise wit
nesses. for the defense version was
given during a hearing last December,
when the charge against Mrs. Mad
dock was reduced from murder TO
manslaughter.
Killeen, for years a dominant mem
Der Of Washington's gambling fra
ternity, met his death on the after
noon Of Saturday, November %, when
Mrs. Maddox climaxed protracted
drinking bout by firing two bullets into
his body.
In a written statement to Montgom-
cry County police, which was read
during the hearing on the reduction OF
the murder charge, she attempted to
justify her action by relating a shock
ing story of brutalities and indigni-
ties she had suffered at Killeen's
hands.
Mrs. Maddox said she had loved
the burly gambler for years, although
she realized there was nothing in
it" for her. At one time, she said,
the gamblers estranged wife, Mrs.
Florence Killeen, came to her apart
ment while she was out and left
note saying: Next time come here
I will blow you to hell"
Despite this warning, she said. she
continued to live with Killeen.