The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-08-11
CLAIMS CONFESSION
In KENNEDY MURDER
Evanston Man Alleged to Have Made
Verbal Admissions in Long Trip
to Pacific Coast.

(By Associated Press Leased Wire)
Las Vegas, Nevada - Deputy Sheriff
Joseph Nolan of Los Angeles who
came here to return Arthur C. Burch
of Evanston, H., to Los Angeles, in
connection with the killing Of John B.
Kennedy last Friday in Beverly Glen,
announced he had obtained verbal ad-
missions from his prisoner in the
course of "a long and thorough grill
ing" Chief among these alleged ad-
missions, according to Nolan, was a
statement by Burch that he had gone
to Los Angeles in response to a tele-
gram from Mrs. Madelynne Obenchain,
who claimed she was Kennedy's fancee
who was with him when he was shot
from ambush, and who is being held as
a material witness in Los Angeles. An
other admission to which the deputy
attributed great value was to the eff
feet that Mrs. Obenchain frequently
visited him at his room in a Los Ange-
les hotel. This, according to Nolan,
explains the visits of the woman
Burch is said to have identified as his
cousin. Nolan also claims that Burch
admitted to him that he had used the
name Mr.. Obenchain, but declined to
tell him why. Exchange of loans of
money between Burch and Mrs. Oben-
chain was admitted the officer said
Burch, in custody of Nolan left Las
Vegas late last night for Los Ange-
les.
The mystery of the Staying of Ken
needy was virtually solved" Deputy
Sheriff Nolan declared The deputy
said he would arrange a meeting be-
tween Burch and Mrs Obenchain
Burch said he was returning voluntar-
ily to Los Angeles to Square this
thing"
Seek Shotgun.
Los Angeles - Discovery of the
shotgun with which John B. Kennedy
is believed to have been shot to death
Friday night will supply the missing
link in the chain of clues uncovered
by them, investigators declared today.
A roundup of pawn shops, firearms
stores and sporting goods houses was
under way and the country surround
ing the cottage where the tragedy oc-
Cured was being carefully searched.
Two empty shotgun shells were found
near the scene of the shooting.
Mrs. Madelynne Obenchain, Kehne-
dy's companion at the time of the
shooting, who was held as a Witness
stuck to her declaration that she be-
lieved Arthur G. Burch, taken into
custody at Las Vegas, New, while on
his way to Chicago, knew nothing of
the shooting. "Burch and l were only
college friends" she declared. She
said she had only brief meetings with
him at her, hotel after he came to Los
Angeles. II believe Belton's (Kennedy)
death is to be traced to his connection
with a girl in this city," Mrs. Oben
chain was declared to have said. She
preferred not to mention the name
of this girl and added that Kennedy
was attacked some time ago by two
men as the result of his acquaintance
with the unnamed woman. She said
she had written to Ralp Obenchain.
Chicago attorney, her former husband,
and hoped he would come to Los Ange-
les in few days.
Mrs. Obenchain said she was posi-
tive that there were two men, neither
Of whom she recognized, who ran past
her after the shooting Friday night.
She said Burch gave her $85 the last
time she saw him and said she took it
because he had accepted loans from
her while in college.