Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11
EVIDENCE YELLED
IN KENNEDY CASE
Not All Of Clues to Be Presented
as Grand Jury Begins
Investigation
HARDWARE CLERK QUlZZED
BY the Associated Press


Formal investigation Of the mysterious
Staying last Friday night Of J. Bclton
Kennedy, broker, at his summer cot
tage in Beverly Glen. near here. is
scheduled TO be begun ny County
Grand Jury here this afternoon.
The evidence in the case. involving
Madelynne Obenchain, Kennedy's COM
panion the night Of the Staying. and
Arthur c. BurCh. her former college
mate and acquaintance of Kennedy,
both held in Jail. the latter under suS.
picion of murder. may not all be pre-.
sentcd. 1t was indicated by officials.
Thomas Lee Woolwinc. District At
torney, indicated that among the wit
nesses to be called will be Dick Par
sons, garage man. who identified Burch
as having rented an automobile from
him the night of the killing. The tires
Of the car correSponded. officials said.
to the tracks made by machine parked
on that night. near the scene OF the
shooting.
Shotgun Not Found
Search for the shotgun used in the
Staying. conducted for several days.
had. up to this morning, been unavail-
ing, although the search covered terri
tory from the mountain glen to the
ocean and considerable distanc%iln
der the water near the mouth of santa
Monica Canyon.
A feature Of late yesterday : develop
mentS was the purported visit 10 the
District Attorneys office of a young
hardware clerk of this city. who was
understood to have sold shotgun shells
to a stranger in his store about ten
days ago. 1t was understood an at
tempt was made to identify Rurrh ms
the man to whom the clerk sold shells
corresponding To tho two discharged
ones found in the bushes near the scene
Of the killing.
Assistant District Attorney Koyps
declined to say what information he had
contributed to the investigation.
Nothing in Black Bag
The large black leather bag sent from
San Francisco yc,t"rday to Mrs. Obcn-
chain. in care of the hotel at which
she was staying before her detention by
the authorities. Welded nothing Of value
TO the investigation. il was said
A strict censorship Of information
coming from the District Attorneys Of
fee was declared by Mr.. Woolwine to-
day.
I'VE have some good leads, ' he said
but they cannot be- discussed now.
He promised some action within twen-
ty-four hours.
After four hour grtlling yesterday
Mrs. Madclvnnp Ohcnchain declared that
she was absolutely Indifferent TO her
fate.
81 don't mean to be morbid" sh"
told reporters. when | say ! don't care
what happens II YOU could only know
how feel after having lost what to me
meant more than life Bolton. the
I 7 p1
81 shall make no defense. | don I
care If they indict me; don't care il
they convict me; don't care II they
hang me. Life TO me after this unhap-
piness. and have known unhaprines,
often. Is but q mere school for n life I,
come. a mere playing around with NAT
ural laws and unnardral customs that
Ican only help in a small way to pro
pare US for something Digger somewhere
else. / had my life and my liberty II
year ago when | was still. as thought,
a girl. 1t seems | have aged lately"
II is said Mrs. Obenchain admitted
during her examination that she had
invited Burch. who = hPld as a sus-
pect. to come 70 Los Angeles. She
explained. however. that She did this
because she thought the climate would
be good for his health.
A letter to Kennedy from Mrs. Oben
chain. written December -. l9lS. and
found among the slain man : effects. was
made public yesterday. II said:
at has not been easy ever to keer
my faith in YOU. Felton. You have
perhaps made it harder than you real
ize. Perhaps Ihave not always made
things easy for you. but | do know
have done the best could under the
circumstances.
I'VE both should have been honor
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