Show Coroners Coroner's Jury Favors Gates I W I i I I II I I i f I j I I I i l lk 4 a y tv I I I I I I II I i iJ 1 I I I Mrs Mary Heaton widow of Richard Heaton center slain by William Gates b below low 1 I Mystery House I e LOUISVILLE Ky ny March h 15 A A coroners coroner's jury has found that William Wil VII liam pates was Justified in killing Richard Heat Heaton n merchandise broker broker bro bro- ker Saturday Saturday- night In In- Ina a mystery house where Gates Gates declared he was held prisoner by th the slain man In preparation for a mutilation opera opera- tion Bound han and foot by strands of rope fastened to the floor by hea heavy Y staples staple he saw his captor Heaton wealthy Louisville broker preparing Ing t to perfo perform an n a operation that w would uld have havo med him hini for life If it had not b brought his death With almost superhuman strength h t fl finally allY succeeded In freeing himself him him- self obtained d a rev revolver v r and killed the tM broker f Heaton according according- to the police spent approximately and many months' months time in planning the operation Surgeons say Bay instruments instruments instruments ments he selected were the best ob ob- ob tamable And ho he planned detectives Continued on page pageS 3 MYSTERY HOUSE Continued from page paga 1 1 1 sa say to have burned the body ha hac Gates died Mrs rs Mary Leahy WIesen Heaton Healon widow of ot the slain broker was be being being being ing trailed by private detectives he husband had bad hired Heaton in hi fanatical state of ot mind had accuse her of ot Intimacy with Gates long a ar ai intimate friend of ot both Mrs Heaton a witness at the Inquest in inquest quest said she learned as early a alast R. R last January of her husbands husband's pIato pIa to kidnap Gates Oates but refrained fron notifying police because of ot Heaton threats to kill kin the children 1 if shi sh told Gates Oates an Interested spectator a athe athe athe the inquest did not testify He i i at liberty under 1000 bond for f preliminary hearing In police court |