Evening star., 1950-02-26
Marine Tells Story
OF Quarrel Before
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Staying Of Father
By the Associated Press

Sf0IuiS VI Iuiu~t
BY the Associated Press
PRESCOTT, Ariz., Feb. 25.-A
quarrel which eliminated in the
fatal shooting of his father. Stan
ley James, 81, more than two
years ago was described today in
a signed statement by Marine
Corps Sergt. Carson w. James. II.
David H. Palmer, Yavapai
County attorney, today released
supplementary statement signed
by James, in which the sergeant
said his father and his (Carson's)
wife had intimate relations while
Carson was in the service.
James is being held here for
Michigan authorities in connec-
tion with the Staying of his father
at Clawson, Mich, in November,
1947.
Yesterday, in a signed state
ment, he admitted the killing. He
said his father had become an
gered regarding the younger
mans pending divorce. He said
his father was also determined to
return to the residence of the
rest of the family, called the Nine
Acre Place, north of Clawson.
No Comment from Ex-Wife.
My wife and father had an
affair in his home in Clawson.
Mich, in April or May of 1946."
James said in his statement to-
day.
In answer to a question as to
what the affair" was, he ex-
planned he mean intimate rela-
tions."
The former Mrs. Carson James
could not be reached In Cam
bridge, Mass, for comment.
The statement, a stenographic
report of the questioning by the
county attorney, continued:
@. Who told you this?"
"a. Both of them"
Father Admitted Charge.
James said further that his IA
ther told him about it when he
saw him while on Thanksgiving
furlough in 1947 and that his wife
had told him about it in August
of 1947.
@. Did that have anything to
do with the shooting?"
"a. Well, I know it was true.
I charged him with it and he ad-
mitted it."
@. Do you think this had any,
thing to do with shooting your
father?"
"A. No. I think the first thing
was that if we had a divorce he
would go off his mind, plus the
fact that he was going to move
out with mother"
Told Wife of Plan.
James said he thought only
about three of the six shots he
fired at his father that Novem-
ber morning hit him.
Asked what statement he had
made to his wife prior to the
shooting. James replied:
Il told her that we were going
to get divorce and that was the
only answer to that. I was going
to tell my father that we were 60
ing to get a divorce and if he went
too much off his head, I was go
ing to shoot him"
@. That was because you an
ticipated his temper?"
A. That's right"
Perfect Crime Proposed.
James further stated today that
he did not see his wife again until
about year after the shooting,
that he then told her what he had
done and showed her the gun he
had used.
@. What was your statement"
A. II just said. I killed him with
this gun told her I had no in
tention Of doing her any harm"
At Cambridge his former wife,
Mrs. Cynthia Atwood Pike, 81,
said in an interview Thursday
night that her then husband had
told her his plan to commit "a
perfect crime" as early as 1916.
Il thought he must be insane or
unbalanced" she said. james
told me he was going to kill his
father, but I didn't believe it."
D. C. Woman Led to Arrest.
Mrs. Pike added:
Following our separation in
1947, Carson came back to see
me, showed me his pistol, and told
me I took care of that matter"
James was arrested in Ashfork,
,Ariz.. last Wednesday after
sister, Mrs. Muriel Hockensmith,
q school teacher in Washington,
D. c., had revealed the Staying
because of fear and conscience.
In his signed statement yester-
day, James had said other mem-
bers of his family knew about the
killing, but all had agreed to keep