Evening star., 1921-08-17
MRS. 0BENcHA|N'S
!. DEFENSE OPENED
seizure Of Trunk Brings
"Ebhting Announcement
-. From Attorney.
SEMINAR STAR WITNESS
Will Give Damaging Evidence
i, Against Burch-0benchain
SAYS Both Innocent.

bQSsANGELES, Calf, August IL
fkgnks Lee woolwine, district at
toThAH who has been conducting in
yestigation of the staying of ]. Bel
ton Kennedy, has left Los Angeles on
a secret mission. it became known
today. Information regarding the ma
ture of his trip or his destination
was refused at his Office. 1t was stat
ed he probably would be gone about
ten days.
Reports were current that the dis
trict attorney had gone to Chicago.
They apparently grew out of the an
nouncement yesterday that Deputy
sheriff William Bright had left the
city to interview acquaintances of
Mrs. Madelynne obenchain and Ar
thur c. Burch. indicted for the al.
legged murder of Kennedy.
Handling the proceedings connected
with the case here was left in charge
of Asa Keyes. deputy district at
torney- 1t was stated the latter was
prepared to resist efforts of Ralhp r.
Obenchain, former husband and at
torney of Mrs. Obenchain, to obtain
possession of a trunk seized by the
sheriff's office. declared to contain
possessions of the defendant. 1t was
admitted the prosecution proposed to
iHdhe ItS IlSHt IN InS DSlleI tHdt the
trunk contains articles or documents
which may be used as evidence. Oben-
chain said he proposed to seek an in
junction to prevent the opening of
the receptacle without search war
rant.
Arrival of a trunk here late last night
Consigned from San Francisco to Mrs.
Aadalynne Obenchain, held In Jail here
on charge of murder. and the subse-
quent attempt of the sherifs office
to seize it as possible evidence against
her. was the signal for fighting an
nouncement' today by her attorney.
Ralph r. Obenchain, her divorced
husband. The trunk. according to MIR.
Obenchain's statement. belongs to
him, but Mrs. Obenchain had been
belongs to him. 1t is regulation army
locker trunk.
II will apply for an injunction as
soon as the courts open this morn.
ing" he said Ito prevent seizure Of
the trunk without warrants
Through With AequiescinE.
II intend to show now that the de-
fense is through with quietly acQui-
escing to every deed of the prosecu-
tion whether it hurts the right Of
the defendant or not"
Simultaneous with the publication in
declaration to begin actively his cam
.paign for the freeing of his former
wife from the charge of implication
in the mysterious Staying August of
J. Belton Kennedy. statement is
printed from Charles, S. Summar, ex-
pected to be one of the star witnesses
against Arthur c. Burch, college
friend of Mrs. Obenchain.
Shortly after Burch's arrest and in
dictment for murder. Summar told
the authorities he had seen Burch in
a roadster on the ocean highway near
Santa Monica. the night of the slay-
ing.
Late yesterday Summaf accom-
panied Deputy Shetiff William Bright
to the identical spot OF the declared
meeting and rehearsed what he said
was the exact occurrence
He said that the meeting took place
shortly after 10 o'clock the night of
August 5. He and his wife were rid
ing along, when a roadster speeded
down upon themm. and after being
crowded to one side of the road and
being angered, he said. at the glare
of the undimmed lights Summar
leaned out of the car and called
down" the driver of the roadster. He
shook off the lights. WELL he said
the driver of the roadster replied sar-