"Not guilty": Man accused of killing bank president's wife in 1971 held without bail

The man charged in the 1971 killing of a Massachusetts mother has a long criminal record and a general disdain for the justice system, the prosecutor said Wednesday in arguing that the suspect be detained without bail.

Other than saying "not guilty," Arthur Louis Massei, 76, did not speak at his arraignment in Middlesex Superior Court on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the killing more than 50 years ago of Natalie Scheublin in her Bedford home. He was held without bail.

His court-appointed attorney did not address the specifics of the case but asked that bail be set without prejudice so it can be revisited in the future.