Show Europe Thinks Thin King Albert Slain Scorns Mishap Story BRUSSELS Feb 18 AP The AP-The The first anniversary today of the death of or King Albert finds thousands of people in all corners of the world still sUll unwilling to accept the o official iclal verdict tha he Belgian monarch died by accident 1 As time passes the belief that Albert Al- Al bert was murdered seems to become more tenacious and widespread It is conceivable that a century or two centuries hence the theory of or murder might be adopted by his bin However it would he be scorned today by any responsible chronicler of the tragedy Yet it has been learned that messages messages messages mes mes- sages are continually arriving at atthe the ho Brussels palace and at the Belgium's political political cal cat police department expressing the conviction that the king was a victim of foul play Clues innumerable innumerable innumerable erable are arc offered to expose alleged plots held responsible for the trag trag- ed edy How important this matter looms in n the mind of the man In the street was revealed by bj this fact Everywhere Every Every- wh where here re in Europe during the last year ear a leading question has been Was Vas it murder or accident A few hours after word of Kin King Kins Alberts Albert's death was flashed around the he world an Associated press photographer photographer photographer pho pho- and a correspondent dropped down to earth here in the first airplane to get through the thIck hick fog which had blanketed all Belgium that day It happened that the correspondent correspond correspond- ent was the only American newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper man to see sec the body of or Albert at close range before it was draped under the flag flap of Belgium ond placed in the dim candlelight of or a chapel in Brussels palace for the ly- ly state in which began two days later The correspondent is not in a position position po po- po- po to answer categorically the question stated above but is convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced the king was killed accidentally accidentally accident accident- ally by a chunk of or slate like e rock which unexpectedly loosened by him lim fell on the right side of his head Three months after the death of ofa Albert a British author and publicist cist Lieutenant Colonel Graham Seton Hutchinson a distinguished soldier in the World war and E Egyptian Egyptian p- p tian and Indian campaigns before then startled the world by declaring declaring in ing ing- Albert was killed kille l by being tapped on the back hack of the head The main argument he made in support of this contention was that thattie he tie had ascertained there were no bruises on his body or hands |