| Show LINS INS SHOWS rANGE TANCE WHEN HEN b TO PLEAD I Accused of Murder of I Last Sat Sat- f 1 Deny Charge sat sat-I on in Court WALTER WALTER KING I I It lite tie courtroom figuratively when Mark Collins shouted t not viciously Not a I taU tall youthful man charged w with th his wife with murder first degree for the alleged 0 C. C H H. McQuown spit 1 tC c fire Ire re of his heart In those I rd His answer seemed to tor r moments afterwards in iny I y court urt Saturday morning Judge Noel Koel S. S Pratt turn- turn I Mary Iary y Collins his year old ked What do you ou plead r ot guilty l th the reply Not guilty lot the volume was missing ne of her courage and her herI I lared red as she made her reHer reHer re- re Her Her eyes flashed as she at Judge Pratt I nary hearing was set for I RGE OF TEARS I murt urt was dismissed and were led from the separately Collins d under guard of Deputy Joseph and Mauss while Mary ColY Colly Col- Col ly Y stumbled from the courte court- court e head bowed and she was verge of tears t was wa unexpected was s unprepared when hen dep- dep ame amei for him in his cell at atri att ri t Jail With several days' days tot beard of his face ata at- at n a overalls and the brown brownt If t nd slouch hat he is l said S ej worn orn orn when he Is If alleged e shot McQuown to death iso er walked with steady the he courtroom He had to say In a a few minutes after his Un tin rhe fhe courtroom his wife hered hereit in She brushed past d as ag he hOe sat within the theIr Their Ir eyes met for tor a t. t Then she walked to the thee e s de of the room on ora orom or- or oma om a deputy deput D LONGINGLY 15 looked longingly several at her she abe returning his hist his his' 4 t that was the closest ime I Is when hen ordered to arise to toe e of ot the complaint I up his his hat When ordered e 6 elft It on the bench he flun flung I Ip he air of a spoiled child childe Ie e sharp brim hit the seat orce folded his arms assumed stance while the j int ti was read while Mrs l trembling and with I 1 o C a a. hunted animal during deal i ns St reply j to Judge Pratts Pratt's r the plea shocked hocked both i attendants and the few spec- spec o had gathered within The defiant answer startled everyone but pos- pos r. jk Collins Colling himself HATRED th the return return trip to the ja jail clenched his fists but said saide e e He Be had been rea re- re a a. chance to say a single to o his wife wiCe and the embers seemed to burn withIn e ent entering ring th the jail yard ard the ther r passed Sheriff Ben Ben R. R ho personally arrested u u u u a week ago 1 d morning the sheriff said sall e a 1 only looked thenon then Ion on into the Jail and to his hisH H CONFESSION I I confession of of- Leslie LesUe Meredith was his partner In a a al Ll Cal l. l holdup on August 31 prove proe the weight that will the suspected murderer of ot W Renewed efforts to toa a from the lips ling Una lins are In sight sigh t as A n result newest west developments from Ill j a I it Ii is said la who is alleged to ha have hare re McQuown Just a week ago in tempted holdup has so tar far Successful in maintaining and nd during his week weel of In- In tI 1 n has not let one on single le leI I I I I tip tin drop from his hi's his lips His ills wife wIce Mary ha has hac likewise done little talking talk talk- ing and especially since the In InQuest Inquest Inquest In- In quest when she was cautioned to to talk to no one WARRA WARRANT TIN IN HAND I Mere Mere- Ith who admitted that Collins Collins Collins Col Col- I lins carried curled a 4 43 45 caliber automatic In the Chico robbery made his II to the grand Jury jur A AI copy of the warrant for tor Collins Colllns I has been received by Sheriff Sherl t Harries Sheriff Harries Assistant County I Attorney Norvel 15 I. CallIster and andI A Assistant County Ph Physician W W. n l. Madison returned Friday afternoon I from Crom Buhl Ida tda where they con- con d a 11 postmortem An effort was made to locate bullets believed to have lodl e. in McQuown's head but probing revealed gold teeth I shot Into other portions of or the skull V 1 the bandits bandit's bullets |
