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Show INSISTS BOOS KILLED BIESE District Attorney Fails to Alter Story of Mabel Belarde BACRA3IENTO, Calif., Aug 10. several hours of questioning this afternoon af-ternoon hy iv put v Iiistrlci Attorney Russell fallerl to change mifterlairj the story tohl this morning hy Mr-. Mabel Belarde that her pack of H dogs killed . Ki.se. rancher, after she had quarreled with him yesterday. The nude and mutilated body ol Bieeo was found on a cot In his ranch house and Mrs. Belarde and her husband. Louis Belarde, were arrested. The woman at first denied she knew anything about the affair hut broke down later and that her dogs had attacked Biese after the rancher had struck her over the arm with a club. She said she dressed his wounds, took him to his house and then prepared pre-pared to take him to Sacramento but failed because her husband's car was out of order. V. hen she and Belarde returned to the house later, she said, Biese was dead Russell declared there were man' discrepancies in her story Russell said she could not explain how some of Blese's clothing was found hanging hang-ing on a fence Dciween the two ranches. I K1 l ' i: M 11 Iate today tho woman was taken to the ranch and again went over the details of the killing to officials. Upon Up-on reaching her house she ran to the room where the dogs had been confined. con-fined. The WMinan vv a permitted to caress the dogs who crowded around her barking and whining. "Men don't understand a woman'.1; love for dumb animals." she told Matron Mat-ron Hallahan. 1 would give my life for these dogs and they would dl fighting for me. ther peopo don t understand they are more to me than my husband and brothers." After the woman h.i.l been returned return-ed to the county Jail County Humane Officer II. J. Winters, went to the ranch house with a deputy and shot the entire pack of eighteen dogs. Mrs Belarde said her first refusal to tell of Blese's death was due to feat the dogs would be punished "Thej protected me and I wanted to protect them," she said. 00 |