Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-08-11
Officers Are of the Opinion
That the Man Who Com
mitted the Crime Threw
Gun Into the Sea,
GRAND JURY WILL BE
GIVEN THE EVIDENCE
Funeral of Slain Man Is Held,
Attended By a Large
Number Of PerSonSi IS
Without Incident,


The mills of justice ground slowly
today in separating the wheat
from the chaff in the investigation
Of the shooting of j. Bolton Ken
nedy here last Friday.
Neither Arthur c. Burch, held
on suspicion Of murder" nor
Madelynne Obenchain, held as
witness, was subjected to
any extended questioning today.
Mrs. Obenchain, the young di-
vorced woman, who was with Ken
nedy on the steps of his summer
home in Beverly Glen, when he
was shot, was not taken to the
district attorneys office today.
Burch, her college mate, who was
returned here in custody from Me-
vada following his departure the
day after the shooting, was taken
to the district attorneys office for
a brief conference with that Off
cial and two deputies.
Late today it was announced
that the evidence in the case would
he presented to the Los Angeles
county grand jury tomorrow and
that indictments would be re-
quested. 1t was anticipated that
they could not be returned before
some time Friday as fifteen wit
nesses were summoned to appear.
Kennedy Funeral Held.
The funeral of Kennedy was
held today from the chapel of an
undertaking firm here. 1t was at
tended by a large number of per-
sons but was without unusual In
cident.
While the friends and relatives
of Kennedy were gathered about
his casket, deep sea divers began a
search Of the ocean floor just off
the shore that flanks the base OF
Santa Monica canyon. They We're
looking for twelve-gauge shot
gun, in the belief that the men
who shot Kennedy had thrown
the weapon into the ocean.
The theory was based on the
mileage shown by the trip speed
ometer on a car believed to have
been driven from Los Angeles to
beverly Glen, concealed there
while the shooting was accom-
plished, then returned to the auto
mobile livery from which 1t had
been rented.
The mileage was just sufficient to
have made the trip to and from the
glen to the spot below Santa Mon
lea where the search started. A
study of the routes from the glen
to the ocean led the authorities to
select a definite location to search
for the missing weapon.
Another Development.
Another development relating to
Mrs. Obenchain was the receipt
at the district attorneys office
from San Francisco hotel OF a
large sized black bag almost the
size of a steamer trunk that origi-
nally was addressed to her at the
hotel where she lived before her
detention. When the piece of lug
gage was received at the district
attorneys office it was examined
and then a hurry call was sent for
the chief detective attached to the
office, who set forth at once, taxi
ing care to avoid all newspaper
men and all other interested per-
sons
When the district attorney left
his office he was asked whether
he could make any statement. He
said he did not deem it proper to
do so. He said he expected to
work on the case tonight. An af-
ternoon newspaper man asked
him whether he anticipated any
that might warrant
an extra edition. He hesitated.
but finally said that he did not.
Dick Parsons, the automobile
rental agent who supplied Burch
with a car several times before
Kennedys death, told the officers
TODAY that Burch had q woman
companion on some lof his trips.
Parsons was asked to visit the jail
and see whether Mrs. Obenchain
was that companion, but had not
made the call late today. Mrs.
Obenchain was asked whether she
was Burch's companion on any of
the rides, but declined to discuss
the matter. :,
In addition to searching the
ocean floor for the missing gun
with which Kennedy was shot, the
sheriff's officers today continued
a search of the Wiltshire district,
which attracted their attention be-
cause when Burch was asked
whether he had gun he said
that he had not and that a pack
age resembling wrapped gun
that he had been seen to carry
was merely some newspapers that
he had thrown away "in the Will
shire district. In that connec-
tion At was said that any one de-
string to dispose permanently of a
weapon or any other incriminat-
ing article, might readily have
done so If familiar with the city
by tossing 1t into Bear Pit" an
oil and water sink that never has
been successfully sounded. and
that II is located only few yards
from Wiltshire boulevard. main
thoroughfare to and from Beverly
Glen.
II was said at the district at
torney's office today that the evil
dence in the case to be presented
to the grand jury would include
only a portion of that at hand.
Just enough to make prelim-
mary case against those impli-
Gated 1t was stated that neither
Burch nor Mrs Obenchain would
be called, under present plans
Friends and relatives of both
prisoners have rallied to their
support. Mrs. Obenchain's mother
and sister have visited her fire.
quently and have procured attor-
neys for her. Burch's parents
have telegraphed assurance of
support and also have arranged
for counsel. His parents. who
live In Evanston. Ills. were re-
ported to have started west. but