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Show GUILTY OF BRUTAL MURDER. Callfornlan Convicted of Crime of Mur derlng His Step-Niece. Orovllle, Gal. A verdict of man-nlaughtcr man-nlaughtcr was returned Monday by tho Jury In the case of Arthur Lewis, the young man tried in tho superior court here for the murder of his thirteen-year-old stepnlece, Helen Rum-ball. Rum-ball. Mrs. Runiball, rtepmother of IlcP n, Indicted jointly with Lewis, will be brought to trial later. Helen Runiball was found dead In the nttlc of her home Dear heio la; t Kcptcmhcr. In tho morning of the clay of her death her stepmother had whipped her and bouad her to the atuddiiig of the attic because of an alleged al-leged falsehood the girl had told her. It was one of the hottest days In the year in U;1h vicinity and the consequent conse-quent heal In the attic was increased by an incubator In operation, The tt Bt'.tuony was that licwis came i . home In the evening and went to the J utile, where he berated the girl for j$ lo r b havlor and made fun of her po-nitlcu. po-nitlcu. Lr-iwa cdtiiitlcl fhi.i, but tit-rleil tit-rleil that, he bad iiM-d force on the glii. ?,ed!e:l cxamitiation showed, liow ever, thai the (l.i'd's heck h.'.d been bsol.ci In two idaces, and In such a manner that, according to Iho I hys-ii i: us. It could not have been cuuia d by hanging. |
