Show lUNS FACES fAGES MATE MATEN MATEIN IN N GHIGO CHICO GRIME CRIME i Brought Here i tram California Fails to positively ly Identify Guns Belonging to Accused I Ilak By WAL WALTER TER KING k Ja la k faced Leslie Mere Mere- Saturday morning Jor or the first F since they parted on Aut Au- Au t 31 I vas s the dramatic moment of or preliminary hearing when the c youth juth of 20 O nodded his head Jp accused slayer of C C. H. H wn former mayor of Buhl Buhi site jie Iele it h had confessed to t counts count authorities in Calin Cali- Cali n II tha t I he lie and Mark Collins cd td ip up three citizens citizen In Chico g 31 and amI Saturday morn- morn fas n t the he first time Collins had hadn n 11 i ils partner in crime re Ce August 31 crowd strained their necks g teh i Collins himself only ony 21 r Id I'd Id a as Meredith walked Into courtroom of Judge Noel oel S. S t h Us features ea lures revealing the strain strain has as aM no doubt been under with le Ia Color colo m In n his llis face Meredith straight at Collins nod nodded dell cad NOD o 0 ns al acknowledged the nod h here ie was not the slightest n e n n 11 Ills his Is e eyes es as he looked at d w ho said aid he ha had been Cola Col- Col a c m in a California p. p ld Ed Edard ird ard R n. Callister counsel Ii il maneuvered with Ith alJ ali al- al J i du in his suc- suc tort tun to hoJ hold hoid from record i 31 11 n 0 thai that the tw two lads had hadi hadz z 1 i a i t in Chico t c that any intimation IK lit i Ij ip I i une me I when Meredith f Ila had driven iriven several eral Cd r Tea fOt t II in overtaking an- an 1 I loin I edith redith hid had told Sheriff Ben R. R r cs es that Collins was the owner automatic army armye e and a caliber 44 six shooter le conversation took place In the theo fio o Ille county jail B It t on the stand Satur- Satur Meredith readily adt ad- ad jt t ed d that the weapon Collins card carn car car- d n a August 31 was was similar and here ere no U. U distinguishing to positively prove that the jj found found on Harrison avenue and eged to have been thrown there ollin following hrs supposed Ii t from the murder scene was same as that possessed by me p t on i th August day 1 POSITIVE OF WEAPON I it was wag similar but f r canay can can- jay ay ii is the same automatic Meredith's Merediths reply 5 ed as to the caliber six six- 0 Sr r. r Meredith replied in the J vein vein that the weapon held the case tase resembled the revolver is alleged to have loaned I him Irl P r following consulta- consulta fl R. R rne McCullough as- as ate counsel tounsel in the defense of films ins objected to all the testimony I Meredith Judge Pratt over over- iL him after affer which Mr Callis- Callis S filed exception to the courts court's nJ a as n a willing witness answering Assistant j nty Attorney Ray Hay Christensons Christenson's before Mr could test Tini and time again he heId heild ild Id rep rep- reply over the defenses defense's OD- OD Jos the Jj time he occupied the wit wit- I Meredith kept his eyes led ed on Ins his questioner never let let- II is gaze stray a moment 10 to seated by Mr INIS COMPOSURE ohms at first seemed a bit bej be- be j red ed but quickly regain his and oftentimes smiled answers of Meredith was wi b ought brought to Salt Tuesday evening by L. L K urton ton constable of Chico and a aU luty U y sheriff of Butte county hat promises were made to it you ou would come here to tesa tes- tes n a this case Mr Callister One whatsoever except possibly rip ii to San Quentin the witness led has confessed that he staged a hold p. p Mere Mere- Jias not been tried because r t te county authorities are await await- Continued on page 5 COLLINS FACES I ALLEGED MATE MATEIN 6 IN CHICO O CRIME I Continued from rom page pae 1 I ing the outcome of ot the case In Salt SaI i Lake In the event the case against Collins falls fails fais here the prisoner ilI be returned there to stand trial on the holdup charge It i Is said Meredith related his hs Initial conversation conversation con con- with wih Sheriff Harries in inthe the Oroville county Jail lail denying that he had been promised leniency If It he came to Salt Sal Lake What did he say to you In regard to tn a trip to Salt Lake Mr Cals- Cals Callis- Callis r ter asked WILLING TO TAKE TRIP Well Wen he said How would you ou like lkc a a trip to Salt Sal Lake and I answered answered an an- sacred I 1 would Meredith replied Meredith said that Collins showed t him two tO t O clips cUps for a E 45 5 automatic and ani In 1 that the latter admitted he had hal f fly h o or six aix others As S Meredith closely cosely examined the cart can ridge belt and bolster Collins smiled The witness winess said t the e belt el was to the one Collins hadin had hadin nal in Chico in August but that it was very ver much dirtier than it w s two I month ago td Mr callister then questioned the thep residence to his hiR p prisoner oner as Meredith said he was wag living In tho Salt Sal Lake Lale county county jai Jail that he had hart resided in the Oro Oroville county ja jail i I n brn closely quizzed as to his I to come to Salt Sal Lake I I Mr Mi n hinting that the youth leniency the had lid be n n promised I Itne witness s answered I 1 came to tell tel the tho truth lruth For Fot two things H. H p testimony will wi hang him or save him Then you came only because you are arp a good citizen Mr Callister retorted I ADMITS SHORTCOMINGS I f f consider myself a good now flow At one time I did Meredith replied A Ate Are e ou ou planning to reform be he- he heMi MI Mr Callister asked Better to start reforming now than on the tile gallows slows the youth I 1 fired back Are Arc you ou a friend of Mark ark Colline Collins Col Col- Col- Col line lins the counsel asked the answer Yes I am was Youre a close friend frend of ot his cose arent aren't you ou was asked F. F No Jo I have ha no close friends Meredith said later a adding I have hae no one dear to me except my I I mother Meredith admitted he filed med two notches on both boh the 45 6 caliber autom au automatic au- au I tom tiC and tho the six shooter in the tho when Sheriff Harries Harries Harries Har Har- C California Jail jai ries interviewed him He said he heid I certain that did id this so ho he would be the two weapons wEapons s he saw In would be the same as In Salt Sal Lake Efforts of ot Mr Christensen to have Meredith testify that Collins fired tired tho tIlo weapon In tho Chico Chleo holdup were frustrated by defenses defense's objections upheld by the tOn which were court Other witnesses at the morning session Cession easton were Carl C C. Burton of the Frank McFarland Lumber company R. R Morgan of or the Newhouse hotel n and Deputy Sheriff Sherlf A. A S. S Nicholls the later who found the automobile i abandoned by the slayer following the tho holdup A ti |