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Show I WIFE KILLER j i WILLING TO ; I PAY PENALTY; i : J AMARILLO. Tex., Aug. 11. U.f Justice moved speedily today to deal with A. D. Payne, Amarillo attorney who confessed murdering his wife by placing three sticks of dynamite in the family automobile j to explode when she went driving, i Payne was to be brought heie ' from Stinnett, where he was taker after threats of mob violence had been made against him, and his indictment was planned for today. Not Afraid-Payne's Afraid-Payne's trial will be held Tuesday or Wednesday, surpassing all Texas records for speediness, Judge Henry Bishop said. "I'm not afraid of the music." Payne said before he was called to testify to the grand jury. "I will welcome the chance to die. If there is any delay in my going to the l electric chair, it will be the fault of the state and not mine. "I will not plead insanity In an attempt to beat the chair nor will I commit su:c:Je. If I die:, my children chil-dren would not profit by my $21,000 insurance policy. That's the only thing I have to leave them. "The only thins 'I want to have now is the forgiveness of my wife's j parents. I have written them, saying say-ing that I will see them in heaven j and hope they can forgive me for ' my sin against them." Payne was bitter, however, toward to-ward Mrs. Verona Thompson, his former secretary, who brought about his arrest by telling Geno Howe, Amarillo editor, and A. B. MacDonald, Kansas city newspaperman, newspaper-man, that the attorney had promised prom-ised to marry her and said he would "get his wife out of the way.' "Mrs. Thompson flatters herself by thinking I murdered my wife so I could marry her. I was only fooling her all the time," Payne said. "I did enjoy watching the police working on this case, though. Why, it took them f:vb wet"s 10 find out why I did it, and then they just sTumbled on the solution " |