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MCLAIh TRIAL-1-
LS. COURTROOM. In the Dallas criminal district court of Judge King, a 30-year-old transient laborer is charged with the bludgeon death of 72-year- old West Dallas woman, Mary Grace 'Williams. ifcClain,in a statement before police at the time of his arrest, said he was living 2 in a ir West Dallas shack with the woman, that he bludgeoned her many times with an iron pipe and took 50-dollars fn her. DETECTIVE ON STAND. Despite McClain's plea of guilty, the state yreallwas puts on evidence to show that iaY-n the killer, as he said. Captain Will Fritz of Homicide tesitifies. DEFENDANT ON STAND. From the stand, McClain says he was in the army and was given a medical discharge,E and is illiterate. He was arrested last June in Oklahoma City,