The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-19

FIGHT OVER TRUNK
Property ofMrs. Obenchain
Seized By Sheriff q.
- IL
CLAIMS OF ATTORNEY
Charles Summar Positive Burch
Was Driver of Roadster
After Staying
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatchl

ASSOCIATED TT6SS DlSpdtCnl
Los Angeles, August 17.-Arrival
OF a trunk here late last night con-
signed from San Francisco to Mrs.
Madelynne Obenchain, held in Jail
here on charge OF murder, and the
subsequent attempt of the sheriff's
| office to seize it as possible evil
dence against her, was the signal for
| a fighting announcement by her
attorney. Ralph r. Obenchain, her
divorced husband, according to a
story which appears in the Los An
geleS Examiner this morning.
The trunk, according to Mr.. Oben-
chains statement, belongs to him,
out Mrs. Obencnaln mad ueen uslns
| II. Some properly Ill il, he Saio,
| belongs to MIN. 1T is d r2gula ION
| army locker trunk, and, he salu, was
USED by him when he Was a neutau-
ant in the armed forces.
Will Apply For Injunction.
Il will apply for an nJuncr.on as
soon as the courts open i'll the morn
lng," his last nights statement SAID,
to prevent search OF the trunh
| without warrants Tor the seizure"
court ruling, il becomes a vioiarlon
OF constitutional rights TO seize prop
erty for use against d delenuant WITH
| out warrants describing the rape S
| or evidence sought.
Il intend to snow now" he said,
that the defense is through Mltn
quietly acquiesing to every deed o.
che prosecution whether it hurts the
right OF the defendant or not"
Simultaneous with the publication
of Mrs. Obenchain's declaration to
begin actively his campaign for the
freeing of his former wife from the
charge of implication in the myster.
ious Staying August OF J. Bolton
Kennedy, the newspaper this morning
prints what is described as the la
test official word from Charles S.
Summar, one of the expected star
witnesses, against Arthur C.. Burch,
college friend of Mrs. Obsnchain.
Identified Burch as Driver Roadster.
Summar is the man who shortly
after Burch's arrest and Indictment
for murder, told the authorities that
he had seen Burch in a roadster on
the ocean highway near Santa Monica
the night OF the Staying. Late yes
terdag SumpSs, accompanied Deputy
e isiis ss - u 3 49, y - y
Erehearsed what he said was tns sxacf
occurrence.
He said that the meeting took place
shortly after ten o'clock the night
of August 5. He and his wife were
riding along when a roadster speeded
down upon them, and after being
crowded to one side of the road and
being angered, he said, at the glare
Of the undimmed lights, Summar
lnanpn
down" the driver of the roadster.
He spoke of the lights.
Well" he said, the driver of the
roadster replied sarcastically IN
trade lights with you"
The uriver of the roadster, whom
he said Mrs. Summer also plainly
saw, was Burch, he declared. The
meeting place was 200 yards west of
the place where the stock of a shot
gun was washed ashore and found
sixteen hours after the shooting and
later turned over to Investigators.
Attorney On Secret Mission.
Thomas Lee Wooline district at
torney, who has been conducting in
vestigation of the Staying of ]. Bel
ton Kennedy, has left Los Angeles
on secret mission, it became known
today. Information regarding his trip
was refused at his office 1t was said
he would be gone about ten days.
To the question: Has Mr.. Woolwin
gene to Chicago to make investiga-
lions in the Kennedy case? Office
attendants refused to reply. Reports
that the district attorney had gone
to Chicago grew out of the announce
ment yesterday that Deputy Sheriff
William Bright had left the city to
interview acquaintance of Mrs.
Madelynne Obenchain and Arthur c,
Burch, indicted for the alleged muir.
der Of Kennedy.
Asa Keyes, deputy district, stated
he was prepared to resist efforts of
Ralph R. Ohenchain. former husband
and attorney of Mrs. Ohenchain, to
secure possession of trunk order
ed seized by the sheriff's office. de.
! clared to contain prosecutions of the
accused woman. 1t was admitted that
the prosecution proposed to make it's
fight in the belief that the trunk
contains articles or documents which
may be used as evidence. >Obenchain
said he proposed to seek an injunc-
ton to prevent the opening of the
receptacle without search warrant.
TENNIS EANC yNTEPEcTED