Show IDAHO IDAH RANCHER WifE IFE STILL HELD m IN GIRlS GIRl'S DEATH Foster Father of oJ Murdered Mur Mur- dered dere Child Kept Incommunicado Incommunicado In In- a com unica lo FACES GRILLING l L L I N G Charges Br Branded nd d' d Frame I up P by Wo Woman an BOISE Idaho Aug 20 Uni United d ress Despite d disagreement ug ree m ent a among g officials regard regarding ng the legality of the he arrests Hobart King Hill rancher r remained in the state tate penitentiary today and his wife in the Elmo e count county jail jai at Mountain Home The couple are are charged with the thi murder of their Foster daughter Marie West 11 September 19 1929 near King Hill 1 has not obtained an attorney n nor r it was reported was lie he ic permuted permitted to to speak k to anybody but bul officers Mr Mrs de declared declared de- de dared yesterday she w would uld employ an attorney to defend herself bersell and anti husband husban at the thi pi preliminary 1 hearing I September 2 Mr Mr and Mr Mrs were ar arrested arrested aru ar- rested Monday Monda r on on a 3 complaint I signed d b by T. T Rag Ragsdale private de detective tlc tlc- who claimed ho had un unearthed un- un n- n evidence c which would eo conict con convict con con- viet vict the tho foster parents of oC brutally murderIng the murdering the girl as S she was oi on Ii berwa way her er- er erway way to school deny nn any implication a l n inthe crime CLAIMS FRAME P Mrs Mra d chara characterized the arrests as a political tram up an add added d that officers disregarded ded clues which she she- shand and her Husband l had given glnn them Questioning g 0 of the couple today and ana according to R Ragsdale Ragsdale Rags Rags- gs- gs dale several discrepancies in lil their respective were evident M Mel l- l Ragsdale said first said sald ild he and his wife had driven to to the murder scene scene on September 19 11 later ho claimed It was September r 20 Mrs as over ever at the crime scene The Boise det detective e cU said ho had evidence t had fiad Continued on p page g 5 5 I IDAHO RANCHER WIFE STILL HELD HELDI I IN N GIRLS GIRL'S DEATH I Continued from page 1 abused the tho girl Irl and that hat on un the time morning or at the murder limo foster footer father had o obtained d an hours hour's leave lea from work Other Othet evidence he lie said 1 would bo be revealed caled at nl thu tho preliminary preliminary nary hearing CHECK ON RECORD Fingerprints ts and photographs I J Iu of ur have been een forwarded to the Pacific coas coast t in an un attempt to determine whether ho lie has hus a criminal crimi nal nAI record Tho The King Icing Hill rancher was calm and deliberate dUlIn during time the question question- questioning In ing of or officers Mrs l zahl however cr frequently wept said Id ho had worked on tho rho case can three months Ho an announced announced announced an- an he would claim a L re reward reward re- re ward for th capture of or tho slayers Tho The West girl was ft assaulted and then murdered Her throat was cut the bod body weighted down with whim a n astone stone stono and then thrown into tho the I o river |