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Show CAPTURE OF CAPI. KING EXPECTED SOON San Diego, Jan. 21. Capt. Richard King of the 145th Utah Field artillery, artil-lery, whose sensational escapades at local beach resorts and subsequent flight from Camp Kearney stirred service ser-vice circles here. Is being traced by I SI military authorities. It la believed hejff shortly will be arrested and tried by a I a general courtmartlal board. j 1 Captain King has been traced across ' H the continent through letters written ! H to a prominent woman of the city. He H has written and telegraphed to this j 1 woman from all parts of the country1! since he fled from Camp Kearney's shortly before Christmas. I 3 The last letter wan dated Washing-1 JL ton. 1. C. The captain said he had j 881 reported to the adjutant general oH to h nH'M,or in,rofl.oinR a woman to brother officers as his wife I stroke of insanity to he carrying m 'the way he has. He in nothing more to me now and I am through with liini. ! I cannot believe, however, that lie lias had dealings with any other woman. : He was with mo every liberty day 'and when ln was not hero lie was writing l calling nie on the telephone tele-phone and sending me telegram from the wimp." De.spite this woman's defense of Captain King it Is knpwn that the (la-sliiiig army officer had been keeping keep-ing company with one or more women well known in southern California beneli resorts. He is said to be several hundreds short in his battery accounts and Is Known to, lie heavily in debt to brother broth-er officers at Camp Kearney. Ho is said to have left the camp after la-had la-had been told by hi superior officers the army and expressed the opinion that he soon would be out of "hot water." ;IIe also said lie received a "fine reprimand," according to the letter. let-ter. Ho was ordered by the war di1-partment di1-partment to proceed to Camp Grant at Rockford, 111, Instead of obeying he went first to Chicago, thence back to i New York and finally to Slireveport. ' l,a. Tiie woman in the case said. '"Cap-! i tain King was engaged to marry me and lie iiiut have suffered a Midden |
