Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-09
MRS. BURCH HOLDS.
HUSBAND INNOCENT.
Daughter of Bishop ouav,.
Though Asking Divorce, Ds.
fends Accused Man
MRS. KENNEDY IS SILENT
BY the Associated Press

ny tHe AsSOCtateu Press
Ludington, Mich, Aug. 0.-Mrs. Am.
Quayle Burch, the daughter OF Bisbon
William A. Quayle, and estranged viii,
Of Arthur G. Burch, in statement Nv
day said she believed her husband ,nno.
cent of any connection with the murdo,
Of J. Bolton Kennedy in Los Anpelo.
last Friday.
Burch is held in connection with IN,
killing Of Kennedy, who was shot in IN.
presence Of Mrs. Madalynne Obenchoin
divorced wife of Ralph Obenchain a,
Evanston. III. Mrs. Obenchain is alsa
held. '
Mrs. Burch is spending the summo,
at the summer cottage Of her parent,
here. She said she felt sure there bsS
been no love affair between Burch and and
Mrs. Obenchain.
According to Mrs. Burch, she fled
suit for divorce in Lawrence COUNTY
Kansas, against her husband more than
a yenr ago, charging desertion extrems
decree to be signed soon. Burch 70
Gently made overtrrcs toward a recon.
ciliation. she said.
Mrs. Burch said she did not kntv
Mr.. and Mrs. Obcnchan or Kcnnedv
and had never heard Burch mention
them. She was married to Burch in
st. Paul in 1915, she said.
Bishop Quayle explained that IN.
marriage of Burch and his daughter Lad
consummated romance of childhood
and that the couple had met as cbildrsr
ut Ludington, where their parents wers
wont to spend the summer.
Los Angeles, Calf. Aug. 0.-(Bv A
P.)-Search for the shotsnn with which
John Bolton Kennedy was killed near
the summer cottage in Beverly Glen
FRIDAY. night was pressed vigorously
today by county authorities as the mos,
important link still missing in the chain
of evidence which has been so far dis
covered in connection with the murder,
An inquest over Kenncdy's body was
schedu led to be held here this after.
noon. The search for the gun is being
pushed among pawnshops ana stores
here and along the railroad right OF
way to Las Animas. New. where Ar.
thur Courtenay Burch was arrested ani
brought back here for questioning. Both
Burch and Mrs. Madelynn Obenchain,
who was with Kennedy the night he
N'' oiuih' ''uNN W tHSWtT
further questions of authorities. Burch
is formally booked on "susp.cion Of
murder" while Mrs. Obenchain is dc.
tained as a witness.
Attempts to interrOgate each ycster.
day, with special reference to alleged
contradictory statements made by them.
were baked by their refusal to talk until
attorneys had been consulted.
County officials assert that the gun
from which were fired the shells found
near the Beverly Glen cottage will prove
the most important clue in the case.
Rurch admitted, county officials de.
clare. that tho automobile parked near
the Kennedy summer house the night Of
the shooting had been hired by him
The garage owner who rented it to him
identified Burch after the car had been
traced through the peculiar tracks Of
the tires.
The mysterious man and woman who
followed Mrs. John ID. Kennedy, moth.
er Of the slain broker. through the
streets to her husbands Office last Fri.
day afternoon are also factors in the
case on whom officials are concentrnt.
ing their attention. Mrs. Obenchnn
has stated that Immediately after the
shots were fired two persons fled past
her in the darkness. The descriptions
of the two given by Mrs. Kennedy do
not fit any one SO far mentioned in cou.
nection with the mystery, authorities
say.