Attorneys Offer Very Strong
Pleas In Closing King Case
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>' Chester, July 9.-Argument b\
John H Hemphill, the fourth and
lust of the day, wound up the ali
ernoon .session Monday in the ca.ro
Of thp state vs. Rate Kins.
I "’Testimony regarding the presence
of human blood on clothing of the
I King's and on the floors and doors
|of their home was attacked by the
,Chester attorney.
i He endeavored to show that, the
!tests for the blood were incomplete
’and rapped the noted pathologist
I who made the tests for his "own
Ideas about - such tests."
j Mr. Hemphill said that If the
pathologist could not be more def
inite, "there must be something
.wrong with his chemistry.”
| He ridieuled the state's contention
that. Mrs. King was strangled to
death and cited several reasons to
jprove that she might have commit
ted suicide.
Condemnation of physicians who
^performed the autopsies on the body
'of the deceased was made by I lie
barrister, who scored them for
I •'jumping at conclusions.”
( "J really doubt that, traces of
Ipoison could be found in Hint small
(portion of her stomach subjected
' tu tliruuvm numi.voia m ici mu
! was twice washed out wit h em
balming fluid, the lawyer said."
State’s attorneys were tlyade by
the speaker telling the jurors
'not to be afraid, of the ‘‘bugaboo
Jot reasonable doubt,” for endeavor
ing to Insinuate to the Jury that
King had been married twice before
and had killed both wives and for
telling the jurors that they would
hot be honest men if they held
She committed suicide.
•Planting” of the blood-stained
butt of clothes marked ”R. P. K.”
found hidden In the attic was the
target of the attorney In closing.
“God knows, I wish we could
batch a fiend like that." he shouted.
“The man who planted those
Clothes there was attempting to
murder Rafe King through the
process of the law.”
He endmdl by reminding the jury
That they were not trying King
under the moral law and asking
them to bear In mind that the
North Carolinian must be given
just as fair a trial as a man from
this state.
Solicitor Htnes led off for the
state when the afternoon session
began with even more people in
the room than at the morning ses
sion, when a larger crowd than
at any previous session of the trial
was In attendance.
The heat In the court room was
terrific, most of the ulr currents
being off by tire crowd that Jam
med the place and it was not long
before a woman almost was over
come by the heat, although .'lie was
quickly revived. Another fainted
later.
Mr. limes launched into n
lengthy resume o! I lie case after
which he dwelt on several Impor
tant points
At. the conclusion of a disserta
tion oil Hie two autopsies, he
shook a, finger at the jurors and
shouted:
"If you are honest and seeking
the truth, you can’t say that, that
woman poisoned herself,"
Later on in ills speech lie said:
"There is no other evidence in
this case but that she was
strangled to death "
The blood-stained suit marked
“R. F. K " that was found hidden
in the attic several weeks after the
death of Mrs. King was played up
by tile Lancaster man, who scored
the contention of defense counsel
that the suit was "planted.”
Presence of human blood on the
clothes of King and his wife and
on floors and doors of their home
sworn to by a nationally famed
pathologist, was stressed by the so
licitor.
In closing Mr. Hines declared:
"Murderers go free, criminals go
unpunished, men go lipwhipped for
Justice. Juries are failing. Men
kill their wives and get away with
it. And when is it going to stop?”
Deny Discourtesy
To Nash’s Citizens
Washington.—Lieutenant Colonel
G. Mortimer who has charge rf
Arlington Memorial Cemetery, de
nies the charge of discourtesy to a
party of 21 farmers from Nash
county who visited the cemetery on
June 22.
Colonel Mortimer says the bus
was stopped because the driver fail
ed to get a permit for driving
through the cemetery and that the
necessary permit could have been
secured in three minutes.
He further denied that, the driver
was either arrested or lined.
Sight-seeing buses are allowed to
drive through the cemetery upon
permits. This regulation for permits
is said to be necessary because of
frequent funerals.
m wit nos
Peanut Pushing In
Pike’s Peak Manner
Not since blind Homer sang and
Aeneas wandered, lias tiie race been
so cluttered up with big achieve
ments Mid great stuff! Take the case
of Bill Williams. Coming up the
home stretch in a cloud of dust,
with pads on his hands, nose au.i
knees, lie finished his heroic under
taking of pushing a peanut tw’entv
two miles to the top of Pike’s Peaw,
using Ins nose entirely and ex
clusively as the motive power. He
won $.r)00 for Ills accomplishment
besides the glory of newspaper bul
letins on how' many peanuts he
wore out in making the grade,
A connoisseur in unusual perfor
manecs has listed some of the lat
est, The flagpole sitt*r and the
chained automobile driver again
infest tiie land. An Englishman
played tiie same piece on the piano
a thousand times without stopping.
A polish jazz band ground out its
so-called music for thirty-three
hours without a pause for a long
breath. An Italian played a trom
bone six hours andvtwcnty minute.,
while treading water, which added
another horror to tlie futility of
treading water.
Even in Europe tii ■ search tor
quick fame lias worked miracles,
particularly gastronomiral miracles.
A German ate a 300-pound pig in
ten days# Another or his country
men swallowed seven and a hull
yards of sausage in I lie record
breaking time of thirty minutes. An
Italian ate more than two miles of
spaghetti in one session, and on tiie
twenty-third gulp a Parisian swal
lowed the last drop of a two-gallon
Jug of beer.
peanut greatness. It lias reached
the point where the most disgustin':
gomandizing wins space in our in
telligent newspapers. Anything Ilia,
is great, big, outstanding, coloss-il
and immanse is a ticket to the seats
of the mighty. Foreigners used to
say that Amerclans judged every
thing by the question, “Is it the
biggest in the world?” Now it be
gins to look as if this American
habit had contaminated all Europe!
Paper Raises Funds
For Needy Families
Durham, July 8— An ice and e6.il
fund for the needy families of this
city is being raised in a campaign
by The Durham Sun, local afternoon
newspaper. About $2.r>0 has been
raised thus far through donations of
Durham people. The newspaper is
working in cooperation with the
organized rharit.v associations in the
city, tn an effort, to relieve tlie dis
tress occasioned by the , ot weather.
ttoey’s Plea Regarded
As Strongest Appeal
Ever Heard In Court
i Special to 1'lic Star.)
Chester Court House, July 9 -
The only tune since the beginning
of his trial eight days ago for the
murder of his beautiful young wife
that Kafe King of Shelby has dis
played any deep emotion came to
day when his counsel, Hon. Clyde
U. Hoey of Shelby was making an
impassioned plea for an acquittal.
As the words of the North Caro
lina ( rat or fell upon . is ears. King's
eyes filled with tears and he was
visibly overcome. Aside from thi.,
he has maintained a non-commit
tal air throughout.
Mr Horv's argument before the
jury for the defense is regarded
here as having been one of the
strongest plcris for an acquittal ever
heard by any South Carolina jury.
In ins well known oratorical voice,
Which trembled in earnestness Mr.
Hoey launched his appeal for tire
acquittal of the defendant. He said
that slate had failed to prove that
Mrs. King had been killed, that it
had failed (o prove that she had
not committed suicide, and that all
the evidence proved the Innocence
of “this man.”
As'he recounted the events the
night before and the day the
body of Mrs. King was found Mr.
Hoev wanted to know if “he was
planning murder."
King Weeps.
Declaring that the letter, written
by Mrs King the day of her death,
bespoke in "living burning words”
that he was a sick man, Mr. Hoey
continued with great dramatic
force King was affected by the
words of the attorney and tears
welled to his eyes.
"If he had killed his wife would
he have called in the little Bingham
boy, would he have called in Dr
Burris, wpuld he have taken the
chance of observation of conditions
there in the daylight?” asked the
attorney, adding that the state has
construed "every simple act” of
King against him.
The state lias no consistent
theory of guilt., Mr. Hoey continued.
After speaking of King's willing
ness to "live up to his contract”
regarding^ his insurance arrange
ment, Mr. Hoey declared "I am
constrained to believe that a man
who would live up to his business
contract, would highly regard his
contract with his wife, made be
fore God, would keep that contract
until death did part them."
The attorney spoke of King’?
devotion:to his wife. “As she walk
ed the streets of Shelby, as he took
her to Sharon, she was to him his
‘Rose of Sharon' and lily of the
valley," exclaimed Mr, Hoey.
Piece by piece Mr. Hoey took the
state's evidence, and its construction
ol this evidence and held it up to
scorn and ridicule, declaring in
reference to King's breakfast the
morning after the finding of his
wife’s body “Should a man be con
victed of murder for eating a piece
of ham?"
"Is that evidence of his guilt?”
queried the attorney as he spoke rf
the various acts of King before and
after his wife's death.
"I am willing to rest the guilt
or innocence of Rafe King on the
testimony about the marks on Mrs.
King's throat. I’m willing to take
the testimoney of Dr. Abel the state's
witness." declared the Shelby law
yer.
. ... v..pu.uitwvu 11ic auacitui;
of blood on Mrs. King's face was
Riven by Mr, Hoey, who declared,
"I believe that the dog. which
licked the blod from her face,
was Rate's dog, the one that knew
her footsteps, that loved her.”
The suit found in the attic
was King's wedding suit, the only
tailor made suit he ever had and
the only one containing his initials,
said the attorney, as he referred to
the testimoney of King's sister that
this suit was hanging in the closet
the morning after Mrs. King’s death.
Development of the theory of sui
cide, Mr. Hoey, declared that even
though Mrs. King was bright and
depressed with the realization that
she was suffering with a dreaded
social disease. He spoke of the
risk of circumstantial evidence.
"You don't look to me like a
mean man” the attorney said the
little angel faced girl, who drew
the jury, had told King, the day
thi trial began.
“In the name of stern , ma
testi: justice. I ask you for acquit
tal." concluded Mr. Hoey in an iin
passionate outbreak.
You will never find the splinters
when climbing the ladder, but they
are always there when you arc
sliding down.
We have just heard of a new in
vention. Rubber dishes in ailistic
designs. Will not break or nick.
Can be thrown at your wife with
out harm to either
How Proposed New Tariff
Will Effect The Farmers
Under the Hawley tariff bill,
which the senate finance commit
tee has now under consideration,
no section of the population of the
United Slates escapes extortion.
There has been an effort to make
it appear in rural sections that the
city man bore most of the burden
and in the urban sections that the
contrary was the case. The follow
ing tables show that neither farm
er nor town-dweller Is spared. Both
elements of our population pay tri
bute and the only gainer is the pro
ducer.
According to one of President
Hoover’s campaign speeches, there
are 23,000.000 families in the United
States. The increase in the cost of
living, which is involved in the
Hawley tariff bill amounts to ap
proximately $700,000,000 a year.
In other words, if yours is an
average family in size living on the
average scalp, it will cost you $30 a
year more than it does now if tile
pending tariff bill goes through—
more, if the senate, as Republican
senates do ordinarily, raises ihe
rates above the house figures.
Congressman Hare. of South
Carolina, recently compiled a rougn
schedule showing what the new
rates would mean to the farmer, in
whose behalf the session responsi
ble for the Hawley tariff bill was
called. This does not begin to
enumerate all of the items for
which he will have to pay morn,
but it gives a fairly comprehensive
picture:
20 boxes shoe blacking, valued at
15 cents each—10c. 40 cents’ worth
flavoring extract—10c, varnish, val
ued at $3—$1.50, 2 bottles ink—4c.
paint, imported, at $5—$3.50, 5,000
brick—$6.25, 1 ton cement—$1.60 to
$14.00. cups, saucers, etc., valued at
$3—$1.80, lamp chimneys, fruit jars
tumblers, etc., valued at $6—$3.0t:,
a 12-inch square looking glass,
valued at $2—$1.00, tombstone, val
ued at $100—$50.00, plows, valued at
$20—$4 00, nails, valued at $10—
$3.50, aluminum plates, pans, boil
ers, etc., valued at $8—$4.80. one
cross-cut saw, valued at $5—$1 00.
one pair wagon harness, valued at
$10—$3.50. two horse collars, valued
at $5 each (note that bridles, lints,
gear, etc., are not included in this
list >—$3.50. one pocket knife, val
ued at $1—$.50. one safety razor,
valued at $2—70c, one shotgun, val
ued at $30—$23.30, one saddle, val
ued at *20—$7.00, two pair pliers,
valued at 20 cents e^ch—64c. one
pair scissors, valued at 50 cents
(note that kitchen utensils, such
as knives, forks, etc., carry a tarlif
of 2 to 16 cents each, not included
in this list)—42c, one 1-2 inch wrist
watch—$2.50, one $20 bicycle Or
ho„'—$fi00, two blankets containing
any wool whatever, weighing A
pounds and valued at $3 each—
$4.80, one suit of clothes weighing
2 1-2 pounds, valued at $20—$11.25,
two wool shirts, valued at not more
than $2 each—$2.00, two hats for
wife, valued at $4 each—$2.00, one
doll for child, valued at $1—90c one
overcoat trimmed in rabbit ci^in,
value not over $4—$2.50, ten pair
of shoes, or two pair for each mem
ber of the family consisting of no',
over five, valued $5 per pair—$1000,
one shovel, one pitchfork, one gar
den rake, value $1 each—90c, three
hoes, valued at $1 each—90c.
The city family fares even worse,
for not only does it use most of the
articles that make up the cost of
living to the farmer, but, in addi
tion, its table costs move up enor
mously. The item of sugar, alone,
wlil increase the family budget on
an average of $8 a yea!-. The family
using a quart of milk a day and
two pounds of butter i week would
pay $5 a year additional on these
tilings. The meat bill, for the aver
age family, would be about $12.50
more every year; and everything
else in proportion. These are Con
gressman Cordell Hull's figures.
A $20 suit of clothes will coot
$31. It will cost 90 cents more for
a football for the boy in college
and 30 cents more for a baseball.
Every dollar's worth of toilet soap
will cost $1.30 and a $2 pair of kid
gloves will cost $3.
The list could be continued in
definitely, but these items will in
dicate hat the Hawley bill pro
poses doing with the cost, of liv
ing. This in the face of President
Hoover's recommendation for limit
ed tariff revision only and his
statement in the speech at Eliza
beth ton, Tenn., with which he open
ed his campaign, in which he said:
‘‘the purpose of the tariff is not to
balance the books of business
corporations but to safeguard the
family budget,"
If the American people is to be
saved from this extortion, it will be j
by the efforts of the Democrats in 1
the U. S. senate and such of the
Republicans as may join with them
in Knocking down the schedules of
the Hawley bill as it was passed
by the Republican house of repre
sentatives after the secret hearings
by the Ways and Means Committee
and the gag rule on the floor.
Try Star Wants Ads
Farmer Waits For
50 Years For His
Boyhood Choice
Most people would consider 50
years a long time to wait for erne s
sweetheart. The kind of love depict
ed nowadays seems to be the mect
'em-and-marry-’em variety. with
acquaintanceship, love, marriage
and, possibly divorce—all in a sea
son. But Frank Benr.ard. wealth-'
farmer in Tazewell county, XU,
didn't' become discouraged through
more than a half century of silent
courtship and finally a few days
ago, he was rewarded.
It is doubtful if there exists any
stronger example of devotion than
that shown by this Tazewell land
owner. Nor any stranger. Five de
cades and three years he waited -
never abandoning hope that some
time his dream would come true.
And, finally, just/ like story book
fantasy, it did come true.
She Weds Another.
It was Way back in the ’70's that
Bennard, then a husky farmer boy,
became enamoured of Margaret
Smallenberger, a neighbor's daugh
ter. But somehow there was a rift,
the lovers separated for a while,
and in the interim the pretty farm
girl became Mrs. Ralph Banz after
a hurryup courtship on the part of
the new swain.
Right there is where the ordinary
ordinary individual: But this ro
ordinary individual. Butthis ro
mance was not ordinary Frank Ben
nard waited in silence, stayed sin- '
gle. accumulated great land inter
ests, and lived in solitude:
He could not bear to visit Mar
garet and her husband, who resid
ed on a farm but a few miles dis
tant
Goes To See Them.
Twenty-eight years ago Mr. and
Mrs. Bam; celebrated their silver
anniversary. They invited Bennard
but he didn't come. Three years
ago it came time for their golden
anniversary. Again an invitation
was extended to the lonely bache
lor. This time he came, congratu
lated the couple, and returned to
his great , farm. Shortly after tne
celebration of the 50th anniver
sary had been held Margaret’s hus
band died and she was left alone. •
Prank dropped around one day
to console her. He came aga n
and again. The courtship of more
than half a century was renewed
with earnest and Margaret did not
say no.
This couple is quiet happy slow.
They live on one of Bennard's -r.
farms near East Peoria in tut
turtle dove fashion. Who sav*
that the old-style romance is dead’?
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