Show DENIES SUSPECT OFFERED PLEA PLEAM M Statement Statement- De De- lib Twisted Attorney Attorney At At- torney Claims BOISE Aug 23 United Press Press Press- Denial that Hobart of of- erod to plead guilty to third degree murder charges in connection with he the the brutal slaying of his of-his his year old foster oster daughter M Marie Manie arie W West st was made today by Eugene Anderson attorney for the defense who claims h he IB was present when the tho third degree de degre de- de gree gre conversation came up and that hat statement was misconstrued by T. T Ragsdale private private vate vale detective for th the tho purpose se of casting suspicion on his prisoner Anderson today stated he entered catered the he room at the tho penitentiary where was being questioned and asked and asked his client if and hIs ils associates were trying to give hl hIm ilm the he tI third degree L. L U L. L U What do you mean meanT 1 asked Mel Mel- Do they want me to pl plead d guilty guilty- to third degree murder They told me my wife was dangerously ill illIn In tho the Jail at Mountain Home and that she could receive no treatment until I told them I killed Marie Marlc wh when n they would release her ller Anderson claims Ragsdale twisted Iel statement around for publication to make mako It seem t that the defendant was willing willing- willingto to plead guilty to a lighter charge e than first de degree ee murder whereas there is no such thing thinS as third degree murder In Idaho statutes |