Show WOMANS WOMAN'S SLAYER DIES ON GALLOWS p. AT M SAN QUENTIN Clarence King Pate Pale and Downcast as He Mounts Mounts' Scaffold STILL CLAIMS ACCIDENT Convicted of Murdering Common Common Cornmon Com Corn mon Law Wife By Br Untied United Freis SAN SAN QUENTIN QUENTIN PRISON Cal CalDec Dec I 4 Clarence 4 ce King convicted of slayIng slaying slay slay- ing lug his common law wife wile Mrs Minnie Micky McCory l so that he might marry Eunice Pardee daughter of a wealthy Corvallis Ore rancher died on the prison gallows today The trap was sprung at 10 1005 05 a. a m. m King was was pronounced dead Mead at at at 10 1020 20 2 1 a a. a m. m Ki King g was pale and downcast as he approached the scaffold He closed dosed his eyes as he stood on the pl platform torm waiting waiting waiting wait wait- ing for tor the rope to be placed about his neck HE MEAN TOTo TOTo TO To Toh h he khe last last minute h he maintained that the shooting of Mrs McCory was accidental He Het told the warden that he bad not intended to kill her and devoted most of ot his time after alter awakening awakening awakening awak awak- ening this this' I morning to insisting to members of the death deathwatch watch that she had been killed by the accidental Dis di- Discharge d charge of a revolver during a struggle struggle gle for the gun The year old slayer baptised only last Wednesday in m the Roman Catholic faith received the last rites of the chur church h from Fath Father r George A. A OMeal He was accompanied to the scaffold by Father W. W WJ J Meade He ate a hearty breakfast During the night he was restless smoking many tailor made tailor made m ilor-m de had been denied him until he entered the death cell At no time however did he hema ma manifest IC st st. an any f fear ar or r hope that hat h he might escape the death eath pen pen- alty 26 6 SEE EXECUTION There were 26 witnesses Among them was them was F. F J. J Mont agle a Stanford university student who was was a witness itne at Kings King's trial a former convict and arid had finished a sentence from Yuba Yuha county county coun coun- ty only a a short time before becoming becom becom- ing involved in the murder case Mrs l McCory was killed February 20 1930 Her body was found hidden behind a redwood log a short distance distance distance dis dis- dis- dis tance from the Redwood highway 60 miles mlles north of Eureka March 24 arrested March 30 in Portland Portland Port Port- l land d when he attempted to to cash a forged check drawn on 01 Mrs Mc- Mc bank account March 1 he had married Miss Pardee Evidence was Introduced at the trial to show that he had systematically cally set st about securing Mrs Mra McCory Mc- Mc Cory Corys property after her meeting her in t M Marysville and that he had taken all her Jewelry and ct cash h after hiding the body He maintained that she was shot during a struggle for a revolver |