The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-09
LEGAL COIL
ITCH TENS
UPON BURCH
Grand Jury in Kennedy
Murder Case May In
dict Evanston Man.

Los Angeles, Calf, Aug. 9.--An
! inquest over the body of John Bel
/ ton Kennedy, slain at his summer
cottage in Beverly Glen, near here,
on Friday night, is scheduled to be
held here at o'clock this after
nocn. Following the inquest, it was
sale late last night, indictments may
probably be asked OF the county
grand jury for either one or two
persons believed to be closely con-
nected with the case and able to
throw light on the mysterious slay-
ing.
! Meantime Arthur c. Burch, of Ev-
anston, ILL.,, and Madalynne Oben-
| chain, former college-mate OF the
young man, and fiancee of Kennedy.
are being held in the county jail in
communicate.
! Following his return from Las
| Vegas, New Mexico, where he was
arrested, to Los Angeles, Burch yes
ter6ay admitted to investigators
that he had rented an automobile
the night of the Staying of Kennedy,
the peculiar tires of which con-
formed to the tire tracks made by 4
car which had been parked in a
deserted lane at the supposed time
of the killing. near the Beverly Glen
summer cottage where Kennedy
was shot from ambush.
May Indict Burch-
Coupling this admission with 9TH
ers which Deputy Sheriff Nolan,
who arrested him, said Burch had
made, Nolan said he did not antici-
pate any difficulty in securing an
Indictment against Burch.
"Of the indictment of Mrs. Oben-
chain" the deputy sheriff added, u
am not so sure"
p During questioning. yesterday
Burch admitted, according to No
Ian, that he had sat in hotel across
a downtown street from Kennedy s
Office watching Kennedy for 10 days
before the Staying, had been absent
from his room when it occurred
and had left for his home in Evans
ton the following morning.
Certain discrepancies in Burch's
statements as compared with those
made by Mrs. Oberchain, divorced
wife of a Chicago attorney, had not
vet been cleared up this morning by
those investigating. One of these
was the statement that he had come
to Los Angeles at the request OF
MRS. Oberchain, who, he is said tc
have told the deputy cheriff, wired
for him, and her statement that she
had not sent for him.
Mrs. Obenchain had denied also
according to the officers, that she
, had visited Burch's room across the
street from Kennedy's Office. Burcf
told officers that she had visited hin
wearing a colored wig and togeth
Ter they had watched Kennedy.
=, Burch denied ever having a gur
/. in Los Angeles when questioned
!, Yesterday and said he had rented
the automobile for a pleasure drive
. No trace of the shotgun, a volle,
from which struck Kennedy from
: behind and tore away the back por
tion of his skull, has so far beer
. found, according to Nolan, who hai
: Instituted a countrywide search 10
: the missing weapon
UphOlds Husband.
> Ludington, Mich, Aug. 9.-Mrs
!: Allie Quayle Burch, the daughter o
| Bishop William A. Quayle, AM
1 estranged wife of Arthur c. Burch
!, in a statement today said she be
Iieyed her husband innocent of an,
connection with the murder of J
: Bolton Kennedy, in Los Angeles las
i Friday.
Burch is held in connection wit
!, the killing of Kennedy, who wa
!. shot in the presence OF Mrs Mada
Z lynne Obenchain. divorced wife O
= Ralph Obenchain, of Evanston, IL
Mrs. Obenchain is also held.
{ Mrs. Burch is spending the sum
> ner at the summer cottage of he
I narents here. She seemed sur
y that there had been no love affai
a between Burch and Mrs Obenchair
u According TO Mrs. Burch, she file
u emit for divorce in Lawrence couD
tv Kan, against her husband, owe
a wear ago, charging desertion, ez
treme cruelty and neglect. She el
meets the decree to be signed sooI
2 Mrs Burch asserted Burch ha
H racently made overtures at a recor
II c;Iiation. She said she did nc
n 1-now Kennedy, nor had she hear
Rurch mention him. She was mai
u ried TO Burch in st. Paul an 191
she said.
Bishop Quayle explained that th
= marriage of Burch and his daughtt
y had consummated a romance I
: childhood and that the couple ha
met as children at Ludingtol
where their parents were wont
!, | spend the summer.
Z INSPECTOR IN JAIL