Evening star., 1921-08-09
KENNEDY INQUEST
SCHEDULED TODAY
Burch and Mrs. 0benchain
Held Pending Investigation.
Still Seek Gun.
BY the Associated press.

by lHe Associated press.
Los ANGELES, Calf, August g.
Search for the shotgun with which
John Eelton Kennedy was killed near
the summer cottage in Beverly Glen
Friday night. was pressed vigorously
today by county authorities as the
most important link still missing in
the chain of evidence which has been
so far discovered in connection with
the murder.
An inquest over kennedys body
was scheduled to he held here. this
afternoon. The search for the gun is
being pushed among pawnshops and
stores here and along the railroad
right of way 10 Las Animas. Col.
where Arthur Courtenay Burch was
arrested and brought back here for
questioning Both Burch and Mrs
Madelynn obenchain. who was with
Kennedy the night he was slain. have
refused to answer any further ques-
tions of authorities. Burch iS for
mally booked on suspicion of muir
der" while Mrs. Obenchain is de-
tained as Il witness.
Attempts to interrogate each yes
| terday with special reference to al
legged contradictory statements made
by them. Were baked by their refusal
to talk until attorneys had been con-
suited.
Gun Important Clue.
| 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. Borch admitted, county
officials declare. that the automobile
! parked near the Kennedy summer
house the night of the shooting had
| been hired by him. The garage
| owner. who rented il to hlm, identI-
fed Burch, after the car had been
traced. through the peculiar tracks
of the tires.
The mysterious man and woma
| who followed Mrs. John ID. Kennedy,
/ mother of the slain broker, through
| the streets to her husbands once
/! last Friday afternoon also are fac
tors in the case on whom officials
| are concentrating their attention.
Mrs. Obenchain has stated that imme,
diately after the shots were hred
which killed Kennedy TWO persons
fled past her in the darkness. The
description OF the two given by Mrs.
Kennedy does not fit any one so tar
mentioned din connection with the
mystery. authorities say
Identifies Mrs Obenchain.
The keeper of the hotel in which
! Burch rented a room. across the
! street from Kehnedy's office. TO-DAY
ldSntfneQ MIS- opeiiAiihih es
"female cousin who had Nlsited
| Burch at the hotel room. Burch had
admitted. Deputy Sheriff Joseph No
| Ian said, that he game to Los Angeles
| from his home in Evanston on teie-
! graphic request from Mrs. Obenchaln.
Mrs. Obenchain has admitted re-
! ceiying ss5 from Burch, but SAID that
i il was in payment for loans made by
| her while they were both students IN
| Evanston. She wrote today to her for
| mer husband. Ralph Obenchain. of Chi
cago. who had allowed her divorce,
she said, in order that she might be
happy with the man she loved. asking
| thai he come to her assistance. Oben-
chain, when he heard of the trouble
| his divorced wife was in, said he would
/ do all he could for his former school
mate, although she had abandoned
him for love of Kennedy
Find Verses.
i Verses found were being examined
, by investigators. They said Mrs.
| Obenchain had admitted authorship OF
| the lines. One poem began:
We will 20 to the glen in the twilight.
And watch the darkness come.
| The closing stanZa reads:
At last It all is over, your life earth is done:
! | will go 10 The glen in twilight
And watch the darkness come.
! Mrs. Obenchain. the investigators
| said declared the lines had no sig
nificance, and she had penned them in
| idle moments.